Looking for parentage of my ggg grandfather Horace Deane shown below. HORACE R., son of ?, b. 1802 (acc. to death record) or 1811 at VT; m. to Carrie Scribner (NH Vital Records)or to Clarissa Mason (Ellen's obit.). His parentage is at present. A Horace C. Dean is shown in the 1850 Census for Winnhall, Bennington Co., VT, but because of his age cannot be Horace R.'s father. Horace reappears in Walpole in the 1840 Census and then in the 1860 Census in Charlestown, NH. Another man, a Horace Deen (alias Horace C. Dean) is listed in 1850 in Claremont, but he is older with a different wife and children. Ellen's father, Horace R. Deane died at Claremont on 10 DEC 1884 at age 82, a farmer, of prostration. The 1850 Census shows his wife as Clarissa, b. about 1811 in NH. In the original proprietor's records of Claremont, a reference is made to posting a notice for a meeting of the town proprietors. The records mention posting a copy of this notice at the tavern of Horace Dean, in Claremont, on 15 NOV 1845. The other Horace Dean had a prominent farm in town, so that it is possible that the tavern belonged to my Horace. Children Ellen Maria, b. 1842 at Walpole, NH, m. John7 Eugene Lovejoy on 5 SEP 1857 at Claremont, NH; d. 30 SEP 1914 of cerebral hemorrhage at Claremont; buried at Pleasant Street Cemtery, Claremont with husband. Claremont Vital Records show that Ellen died at Claremont, a prior resident of Walpole, at age 75, and that she was bom in Walpole. She was a resident of Claremont at the time of her death, a widow and retired. She was buried on 4 OCT 1914. An ad appears in the 1896-97 City Directory for Claremont , showing her ownership of a boarding house in West Claremont. TheNational Eagle of Claremont printed the following obituary for Ellen on 2 OCT 1914. John, b. 1849 at Walpole, NH. George, b. between 1849-50 at Charlestown, NH. (The 1850 Census includes the following people living with Horace and his family) George Howard, b. 1823 in NH, famer. Harriet Howard, b. 1831 in NH, famer, perhaps a daughter of Horace. Martha J. Howard, b. in Hubbard, Vt. Any assistance will be appreciated. Jerry Lovejoy bennabre@ici.net http://home.ici.net/~bennabre/bennabre.html