Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Bear Creek:

John D. Dewey, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Spring Green; was born in Westfield, Mass., April 20, 1810; when he was 14 years of age, his parents removed to Portage Co., Ohio where he married, in 1833, Miss Mary Ferry; in 1839, they came to Wisconsin, settling in Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co. Oconomowoc at that time contained a population of twenty-seven persons. In about 1845, Mr. Dewey and his family returned to Portage Co., Ohio, where his wife died, leaving six children, the oldest of whom, Benjamin F., now of this town, served in Co. G, Wisconsin Heavy artillery during the war of the rebellion; Sarah L., the second oldest, is married and lives in Richland Co., Wis.; Eliza J., wife of Daniel Miller, of Richland Co., Wis., was the first white female child born in Oconomowoc; Moses F., the fourth oldest, enlisted in Co. K, 23rd W. V. I., and died in the service; Mary E., the fifth oldest, is the wife of Henry Flummer, Idaho Springs, Colo.; Ellen O., the sixth oldest, is the wife of S. Shaw, Kent, Ohio. July 25, 1848, Mr. Dewey married his present wife, in Brimfield, Ohio; her maiden name was Louisa Hooper; she was born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., Sept. 30, 1821; they have one son, George D., born in Kent, Ohio; he is a leading farmer in this town (Bear Creek). Mr. Dewey and his present wife came to Richland Co., Wis., in 1854, and lived in that county until 1858, when they moved to their present home; he has at various times been elected to local offices, and , during his residence in Wisconsin, has been closely identified with the manufacturing and other interests.

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