L. DEAN

DEAN, EVANS

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/12/2009 at 16:35:25

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

L. DEAN, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Unionville; born in Mercer Co., KY, March 14, 1814; removed to Randolph Co., Mo., in 1830; thence to Adair Co., Mo., in 1831; was with the Rangers in time of the Black Hawk war; in 1834, he removed to Schuyler Co., Mo., where he remained ten years, and in 1844, came to Wapello Co., Iowa; in 1845, he returned to Schuyler Co., Mo., and in 1846 came to this county, where he now owns 491 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. Married Miss Missouri A. Evans in June 1834; she was born in Kentucky, Aug. 12, 1817; when a child, her father, Loverance Evans, removed with his family to Howard Co., Mo.; he died in 1834, her mother having died previous to that; they have five children - George W., Sarah A., Mary E., Martha J. and Erastus L. Republican; Mr. and Mrs. Dean, and their four eldest children, are members of the M.E. Church. Mr. Dean has held the office of Township Trustee several terms; also school offices; has made most of what he has since coming to Appanoose Co., having never owned land until after coming here.