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Leonard Chapin Dewing

Members of the Campbell and Dewing families on the piazza of the Dewing house, c. 1880. The two women on the left are the Campbell sisters, Delia and Cynthia Eugenie.  The woman in the center is Mrs. Herbert Campbell (Selima Storrs Campbell).  At the right are Leonard H. Dewing standing by his mother, Susan Maria Storrs Dewing. The two men in the top hats are unidentified.

Making Straw Into Gold: The Story of the Dewing Family

Published by David Landry on May 18, 2020

From the Mansfield Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 55, No. 3, September 2019

Posted in Historical Article Series May 17, 2020 | Tagged Catherine Dewing, Ebenezer Dewing, Fannie Chandler Ames, Henry Thayer, Herbert Campbell, Hiram Dewing, Leonard Chapin Dewing, Mansfield Center, Mansfield CT August 1, Otis Freeman, Rudy Favretti, Selima Campbell, silk, stonewalls, Tuscan straw bonnet, Warren Gilbert Chapin, Zalmon Storrs

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