Orleans

DEWEY, Hiram Kinne

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 103 
(portrait p 103)

Hiram Kinne DEWEY, of Barton [Orleans County, Vermont], was born 22 July 1832 
in Waterford [Caledonia County, Vermont], son of Lyman F. and Laura (KINNE) 
DEWEY. Educated at the public schools of his native town and the academies 
of Peacham, McIndoes Falls and St. Johnsbury [all in Caledonia County]. For 
five years after leaving school he was engaged in teaching in Vermont and New 
Hampshire. In 1861 he was made chief clerk, and had charge of the U. S. 
Pension Agency at Concord, New Hampshire, until 1865. In 1868 he held the 
position of engrossing clerk in the New Hampshire Legislature. In the fall 
of 1868 he moved to Lyndonville [Caledonia County, Vermont] and was in trade 
and in the employ of the Connecticut & Passumpsic Railroad for three years. 
In 1869 he received the appointment of postmaster at Lyndonville, which 
office he resigned in 1871 to accept the position of cashier of the Irasburgh 
National Bank of Orleans, where he remained until 1875, when he was elected 
cashier of the Barton National Bank at Barton, which position he still holds.

On 01 March 1866 Mr. [Hiram Kinne] DEWEY was married to Susan Augusta, 
daughter of Calvin and Ann (FIFIELD) GERRISH, of Concord [Merrimack County], 
New Hampshire, and they have had three children: Fred, who died in infancy; 
Edie; and Lena. In politics Mr. DEWEY has always been a Republican. He has 
several times been chosen to office in the towns in which he has resided. In 
1870 he was appointed clerk in the House of Representatives; in 1892 
represented the town of Barton [Orleans County] in the Legislature, and was a 
useful member of the committee on banks and the library. His religious 
preference is Congregational.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly