Almira D. Shutts Dewey

	Daughter of Chas. And Susanah Shutts and sister of the late Herman C. Shutts, of 
Jamestown, was born near Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1841; died at the home of her 
son, Dr. F. N. Dewey, in Elkhart, Ind., Aug. 11, 1901.
	Mrs. Dewey’s early life was spent on the home farm in Ohio.  Soon after the death of her 
father, in 1859, she came to join her brother and sisters in Indiana, where she was married to 
Charles T. Dewey in 1862.  After a number of years spent on the farm in Jamestown Township they 
went to Fremont and later moved to Hillsdale where Mr. Dewey died some years ago, since which she 
has spent most of the time with her children, all of whom were present at her funeral which 
occurred on Tuesday, August 13, at the home of her stepson, Frank Dewey, conducted by Elder C. S. 
Medbury, of the Angola Christian church and she was buried by the side of her husband in the 
Jamestown cemetery.  Mrs. Dewey was a devoted wife and mother, a loving sister and a faithful 
friend.  Dr. F. N. Dewey, wife and daughter of Elkhart, Dr. Herman Dewey, wife and daughter of 
Bellevue, O., Misses Alice Dewey, of Dakota and Grace Dewey of Vassar, Mich. (obituary cut off 
here).
(Picture included with obituary) 

The above information was found in Book #5 in the black notebook collection, #1 through #22, 
compiled by Audree Siebel Lewis, located at the Steuben County Library, Angola, Indiana.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

	Almira D. (Shutts) Dewey, 24 Dec 1841-11 Aug 1901, daughter of Charles S. and Susanna 
(Ritchie) Shutts.   She was the 2nd wife of Charles Truman Dewey, 1830-1861, who was the son of 
Truman C. and Welthey (Foreman) Dewey.
	Sister:  Mary Jane (Shutts) Wilder, 03 Feb 1837-22 Dec 1912.
	Brother: Herman C. Shutts, 06 Jun 1839-27 Apr 1897, married Mary M. (Collins) Shutts, 
born about 28 Nov 1844-died 28 Dec 1923.
	Sister:  Lucy Clorene (Shutts) Colvin married Hiram M. Colvin (from the Shutts family 
Bible at the Steuben County Library, Angola, Indiana).

“Cemeteries of Steuben Co., Ind., 1990” by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol. I, page 494; Vol. II, pages
 1658, 1949, 1950.