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Lillian D. <I>Dwight</I> Dewey

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Lillian D. Dwight Dewey

Birth
New York, USA
Death
19 Nov 1880 (aged 30)
Kankakee County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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The Kankakee papers record the death of Mrs. Lillian D. Dewey, wife of R.S. Dewey, Superintendent of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane. Her death took place on Friday, Nov. 19.
Mrs. Dewey just before her death gave birth to a healthy son, which is still living. she had always enjoyed robust health and her death was very sudden and very unexpected.
Mrs. Dewey was about thirty years of age and had been married a little over seven years. Her infant son was her fourth child, three of whom survive, the oldest being about three years old.
Mrs. Dewey was a woman of great beauty, and loveliness of disposition and was eminently respected and beloved by all who knew her.

Credit: The Momence Reporter, Dec. 2, 1880. A copy of the article is available on Facebook at Momence Genealogy Corner.
The Kankakee papers record the death of Mrs. Lillian D. Dewey, wife of R.S. Dewey, Superintendent of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane. Her death took place on Friday, Nov. 19.
Mrs. Dewey just before her death gave birth to a healthy son, which is still living. she had always enjoyed robust health and her death was very sudden and very unexpected.
Mrs. Dewey was about thirty years of age and had been married a little over seven years. Her infant son was her fourth child, three of whom survive, the oldest being about three years old.
Mrs. Dewey was a woman of great beauty, and loveliness of disposition and was eminently respected and beloved by all who knew her.

Credit: The Momence Reporter, Dec. 2, 1880. A copy of the article is available on Facebook at Momence Genealogy Corner.


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  • Maintained by: Scher Ann
  • Originally Created by: Paula
  • Added: Mar 16, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13631418/lillian_d-dewey: accessed ), memorial page for Lillian D. Dwight Dewey (Feb 1850–19 Nov 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13631418, citing Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Scher Ann (contributor 48503399).