Emma Bingham Dewey
Oct. 27, 1837-Sept. 25, 1910
Niles Daily Sun (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, September 27, 1910, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
ONCE LIVED IN NILES
Remains of Mrs. Geo. N. Dewey will be Buried Here
The remains of Emma Bingham Dewey will be brought to Niles at one o'clock on Wednesday for interment at Silver Brook cemetery.
The lady's death occurred at Owosso, Mich., Monday in which city she had made her home for twenty years.
The remains accompanied by relatives will arrive at 1 p.m. and will be conveyed directly to the cemetery.
The deceased was the widow of Geo. M. Dewey, who many years ago was the publisher of the Niles Republican.
Mrs. Dewey was born in Ellsworth, Ohio, October 27th, 1837, and moved to Cleveland with her parents, while yet a young girl. She attended the public schools at Cleveland and later the family moved to Niles, Mich., Miss Bingham teaching school for one year at Buchanan.
She was married on May 27, 1857, to George M. Dewey, moving to Hastings, in 1864, where Mr. Dewey for fifteen years was publisher of the Hastings Banner. Mr. Dewey and their eldest son, Edmond O., at present postmaster, went to Owosso in 1881.
Mrs. Dewey was at one time a member of the Presbyterian church but at Owosso joined the First Congregational church.
Surviving are the following sons and daughters: E.O.., and Geo. M., of Owosso; Henry B., of Tacoma, Wash.; Miss Emma Grace, of Lowell, Mass., and Mrs. Howard S. Reed of Blackburg, Va.
Mrs. Dewey spent last winter with her daughter, Mrs. Reed in Virginia, returning to Owosso in April. Since then she has been in poor health.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, September 28, 1910, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
HERE & THERE
The remains of the late Mrs. George Dewey, a former well-known resident of this city were brought here this afternoon and buried in Silver Brook cemetery. Rev. W.R. Yonker officiated.