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172 DEWEY. DEWEY, members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives from Massa- chusetts united in signing a recommenda- tion that he should be retained in the re-organization of the regular army, and though the compliment was a very high one, it was not presented, as General Devens wished to resume the practice of his profession. He was chosen by the G. A. R. as its national commander, to succeed General Burnside. He has served as commander of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of Massachusetts, as well as of the military societies of the army of the Potomac and of the James, and of the 6th army corps. General Devens was appointed by Governor Bullock, in 1S67, one of the judges of the superior court of Massachusetts, and in 1873, by Governor Washburn, one of the judges of the supreme court. March io, 1877, he was appointed attor- ney-general of the United States in the cabinet of President Hayes, and on his return to Massachusetts, was re-appointed by Governor Long to the supreme judi- cial bench, which position he still holds. General Devens is unmarried. DEWEY, Charles Augustus, son of Charles Augustus and Caroline (Clinton) Dewey, was born December 29, 1830, at Northampton, Hampshire county. For three years he was a student at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, entered Williams College in 1847, and was graduated in 185 1. After studying law one year at Worcester in the office of his brother, Hon. Francis H. Dewey, he continued one year each at the Cambridge law school and in New York. He was then admitted to the New York bar in 1S54, where he remained for two years, the latter part of the time as a member of the law firm of Mead, Taft & Dewey. He practiced law two years as partner with General James K. Mills, at Davenport, Iowa, and in 1859 united in partnership with the Hon. Hamilton B. Staples, in Milford. Mr. Dewey was married in Milford, March 12, 1867, to Marietta N., daughter of Alexander W. and Marietta (Duston) Thayer. Of this union is one child: Maria Thayer Dewey. Following in the line of his father and grandfather, who had been judges of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, Mr. Dewey was appointed trial justice in 1861, and in 1S64 judge of the police court of Milford, holding the office until 1872, when he was appointed judge of the third district court of southern Worcester, and has continued in that office ever since. Mr. Dewey has served as a member of the school committee for nearly seven years, and for many years as trustee of the town library, being now chairman of the board. DEWEY, HENRY SWEETSER, son of Israel Otis and Susan Augusta (Sweetser) Dewey, was born in Hanover, Grafton county, N. H., November 9, 1856. His father was the son of Israel Dewey of Ber- lin, Vt., and his mother was the daughter of General Henry Sweetser of Concord, N. H. HENRY S. DEWEY. His father was a merchant in Hanover, N. H., until 1864, when he was appointed additional paymaster of volunteers ; honor- ably mustered out in December, 1865; was appointed paymaster in the regular army in 1867, and served as such till March, 1888, when he was placed on the retired list; he died in Boston in May, 1888. Mr. Dewey's boyhood and youth were passed in various places in which his father was stationed, principally in the South and West, and he attended' schools first in Hanover and later in other places. He fitted for college in Salt Lake City, and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1S7S with the degree of A. B. He