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NELSON DEWEY'S STONEFIELD Ruins of Dewey Home about 1880, WHI Image ID 92867. picturesque A country STONEFIELD AFTER DEWEY estate, Stonefield was the dream of Chicago politician Walter Cass Newberry bought Stone eld in Wisconsin’s first 1887. Newberry operated the farm, selling crops and animals to governor. the Chicago market. By 1895, Newberry incorporated the re damaged ruins into a summer residence. e new house was Right: Nelson Dewey (1813-1889), simpli ed and scaled down from Dewey’s original. Newberry WHI Image ID 117519. sold the property in 1896. Tenant farm families lived in the house for the next 40 years. In 1936, 744 acres of Dewey’s estate became Nelson Dewey State Park. Around 1948 the home opened for tours. Stone eld Historic Site opened in 1953. 12195 County Hwy VV Stonefield is one of twelve museums and historic sites Cassville, WI | 608.725.5210 owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. stoneﬁ eldhistoricsite.org | SEEKING ADVENTURE PALACE IN THE WILDERNESS Nelson Dewey, son of a New York State lawyer arrived in By 1859, Dewey commenced Stone eld a 2,000 acre Cassville in 1836. He clerked for Daniels, Denniston & gentleman’s farming estate. Completed in 1868, the gothic Company, land speculators vying to make Cassville the revival home included many modern conveniences. A territorial capitol. By 1837, He was elected Register of Deeds. contemporary described Stone eld as a “marvel of beauty and Fair and objective, Dewey was soon elected to the Territorial attractiveness where, from wide open balconies, one could look Legislature. Practicing law in Lancaster, Dewey amassed a upon the green lawns, the waving meadowlands, and the green fortune in real estate and mining. sloped Iowa hills in the distance.” At 35, Dewey was elected the State’s rst governor. He established the State seal and State motto “Forward”. His two FIRE & HARDSHIP terms guided formation of State government. After leaving o ce, Dewey returned to practicing law. On January, 2, 1873 a re gutted the Stone eld home. Luckily, Cassville citizens were able to rescue some belongings. Dewey su ered nancially from the Panic of 1873 and FAMILY resulting economic depression. Money issues strained Nelson and Catherine’s marriage and the couple separated. In 1849, Dewey married Nettie Dewey Catherine followed her daughter to St. Louis Catherine Dunn, (1857-1929) while Nettie brie y lived with his father in daughter of Territorial Stone eld’s Ice House. By 1879, Dewey lost Chief Justice Charles Stone eld to foreclosure; he lived the rest of Dunn. She was socially his life in the nearby Denniston Hotel. ambitious and 14 years his junior. e couple In 1889, Dewey su ered a stroke while lived in Lancaster and had arguing a case and died ve months Katie Dewey three children, Charlie, (1854-1922) later. He is buried in Lancaster beside Katherine “Katie”, and his son, Charlie. Nelson “Nettie”. Charlie died of cholera at age 7. Right: Catherine Dunn (1827-1898).

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