The father was born February 14, 1841, in Ohio, and he was a cousin of Admiral George Dewey, who achieved renown in the Spanish-American war. George B. Dewey engaged in merchandising in Kansas and in 1888 started for Washington. He spent the first winter in the Cascade mountains, being unable to reach the coast owing to the deep snow, and then purchased a ranch in Van Wyck township. He operated the farm for several years and then leased the property, afterward buying a ten acre tract, on which he resided for some time. Having decided to retire, he located in Bellingham but was not content to remain inactive and purchased twenty acres of land in Mountain View township, where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away April 8, 1918.
