William Morton Dey

Life and Orange County connections

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1. between 1875 and 1885 Joseph B. Martin builds an I-house on East Rosemary Street The two-story I-house at 401 East Rosemary Street, with end chimneys and a three-bay front, is credited to Joseph B. Martin, who probably put it up sometime from 1875 to 1885. W. M. Dey, who owned it later, gave the house its name. People: William Morton Dey Place: 401 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Joseph B. Martin · Also mentions: East Rosemary StreetSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Chapel Hill Historic Sites Survey: Final Report (1992), p. 51
2. Spring 1918 Chapel Hill Red Cross treasurer Dr. J. B. Bullitt resigns to enlist in the Army Medical Corps In the spring of 1918 Dr. J. B. Bullitt, who had set up the chapter's monthly subscription plan, resigned as treasurer to enlist in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. Dr. J. M. Bell succeeded him, and after about a month Dr. W. M. Dey took over when Bell went to Washington for government work. People: William Morton Dey, James Munsie Bell, James Bell Bullitt Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · State Archives of North Carolina, Military Collection, WWI Papers, Box 2, Folder 37: Orange County Red Cross History (typescripts, 1918-1919), scan 19
3. by June 28, 1940 Chapel Hill citizens sign an appeal urging the United States into the war beside Britain A group of Chapel Hill citizens, among them professors J. M. Booker, Sturgis E. Leavitt, W. M. Dey and W. T. Couch, signed an appeal to President Roosevelt and North Carolina's members of Congress to place the United States beside Britain in its war on Hitlerism, arguing that the country would be drawn in anyway and that its sea and air forces might decide the outcome. Admiral Percy W. Foote and Archibald Henderson answered over the radio from Raleigh, urging immediate mobilization but opposing a declaration of war. People: John M. Booker, Sturgis E. Leavitt, William Morton Dey, William T. Couch, Archibald Henderson Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Percy W. FooteSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 28, 1940, p. 1