WIA at 2nd Kernstown and Hatchers Run; suffers sunstroke from forced march into Maryland to head off Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Present at Appomattox, fighting in the last Battle against General Gordon's men. Flag of truce was in front of the 11th West Virginia.
Spouses:
(1) Grace Casto m. 05 Nov 1848
Child: James Robert Dewees
(2) Nancy Ann Hershman m. 08 Jan 1857
children: Christopher Columbus Dewees, John Wesley A. Dewees, Benjamin Franklin Dewees, Joshua Dewees, Ulysses S. Grant Dewees, Jasper Newton Dewees.
(3) Caroline Runner m. 09 Oct 1876
child: James Albert Dewees
(4) Marietta McDade m. 19 Apr 1881
child: Samuel S. Dewees
(5) Mary E. Clark m. 21 Feb 1898
WIA at 2nd Kernstown and Hatchers Run; suffers sunstroke from forced march into Maryland to head off Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Present at Appomattox, fighting in the last Battle against General Gordon's men. Flag of truce was in front of the 11th West Virginia.
Spouses:
(1) Grace Casto m. 05 Nov 1848
Child: James Robert Dewees
(2) Nancy Ann Hershman m. 08 Jan 1857
children: Christopher Columbus Dewees, John Wesley A. Dewees, Benjamin Franklin Dewees, Joshua Dewees, Ulysses S. Grant Dewees, Jasper Newton Dewees.
(3) Caroline Runner m. 09 Oct 1876
child: James Albert Dewees
(4) Marietta McDade m. 19 Apr 1881
child: Samuel S. Dewees
(5) Mary E. Clark m. 21 Feb 1898
Inscription
Per several family gravestones, the surname is misspelled on this government-issued grave marker.
Family Members
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Mary Dewees Parsons
1811–1891
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Infant Dewees
1817–1817
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Elizabeth Dewees Slaughter
1819–1880
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Isaac Updegrove Dewees
1820–1904
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Edith Dewees Hershman
1822 – unknown
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Susanna Dewees Casto
1823–1859
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Alfred E.S. Dewees
1825–1900
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John Wesley A. Dewees
1830–1908
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Robert Henderson Dewees
1831 – unknown
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Henry Spencer Dewees
1834–1913
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Sellinda Dewees
1836–1849
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