Farmer settled in Lexington in early life, and was identified with its banking institutions for nearly half a century. He was teller, at one time, in the old branch of the United States Bank, and was subsequently the first teller of the Northern Bank, with which institution he remained connected until old age.

Mr. Dewees was distinguished for his gentle manners, amiable deportment, and quiet charity. He filled his alloted part in life with fidelity, and died July 28th, 1869.

According to an act of Assembly in 1777, Philadelphia was divided into seven Battalion districts, and Samuel Dewees was appointed sub-Lieutenant.