Mr. Whitaker, I am descended from Jonathan Dean, born abt 1772, in Ulster County, New York. He married Mary Cole. He migrated to Washington Co., Virginia, Henderson Co., Kentucky, Edwards Co., Illinois and finally to Searcy County, Arkansas where he died 10-9-1853. He is buried in the Horn Cemetery in Searcy County and I have a picture of his tombstone. It is of natural stone, large slabs of limestone, and the dates are handcarved. A lot of people think that he is descended from the Jonathan Dean, Sr. and Jedediah Dean but I'm not sure that anyone can prove it. I will help you all that I can with these Dean children.