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Oliver H. Dewey (Fleming County shoemaker and Justice of the Peace)

b. 1795?

Fleming County, Kentucky, shoemaker and justice of the peace. Connecticut native. Married to Mary Dewey. Postmaster in Elizaville, Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Justice of the peace in Fleming County in c1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, District 1, p. 46. Lutie Allen Vansant Crutcher, “History of Elizaville,” Fleming Gazette (Ky.), February 7, 1952. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, vol. 12, p. 304 (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-1305. KYR-0001-004-1306.

Citation

Dewey, Oliver H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215123 (November 12, 2026).

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