Houston County List PML > Source: ALDATA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Al-Dale Co. Bios (Dean) > > > > Dale County AlArchives Biographies.....Dean, James J. September 27 1836 - living in 1893 > ************************************************ > Copyright. All rights reserved. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm > ************************************************ > > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 18, 2004, 5:16 pm > > Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) > JAMES J. DEAN, SR., farmer and merchant of Charlton, was born in Houston > county, Ga., September 27, 1836. He is the son of Elijah and Martha (Page) Dean, > the former of whom was born in Lawrence county, Ga., about 1794. He enlisted in > the war of 1812 under Gen. Blackshire, and served two enlistments. After the war > he engaged in farming in Houston county, Ga., and followed that vocation for > twelve years. He moved to Muscogee county and lived there until 1854, when he > removed to Alabama, settling on Rocky Head creek, where he bought 1,000 acres of > land, which he improved and continued to cultivate until his death, which > occurred on November 10, 1858. Politically he was what was known as an old line > whig, but when that party became extinct, and while he still entertained the > same political principles, yet he voted the democratic ticket. He was a member > of the Anti-Mission Baptist church, was congenial and cordial in manner, and had > hosts of friends. The mother of James J. Dean, Sr., was also a native of > Georgia, born in 1790, married in her sixteenth year and became the mother of > thirteen children, ten of whom reached maturity, and five of whom still survive, > three brothers of Mr. Dean, living in Texas, and one sister living in Dale > county. Her death occurred in 1875 at the advanced age of eighty-five years. > James J. Dean. Sr., lived upon his father's farm until he was twenty years old > and then began farming for himself, so continuing until his twenty-sixth year, > when he enlisted in the Confederate service in a company known as the Partisan > rangers. Later he was mustered in at Barnes' cross roads as a member of company > D, Twenty-third Alabama cavalry, under Capt. William T. McCall, M. W. Hannan, > colonel. He served in the army of Tennessee until the end of the war. He was > wounded at New Oak Church, losing his right forefinger. He was at home on a > furlough at the time of the final surrender. He then engaged in farming in > Georgia until 1868, when he removed to Dale county, Ala., near where Charlton > now stands. Here he purchased a plantation of a 1,000 acres and has continued to > operate it ever since. He has the reputation of being one of Dale county's model > farmers. In 1890 he formed a partnership with E. R. Phillips and opened up a > stock of general merchandise, doing business under the firm name of Dean & > Phillips, and putting in a stock of goods worth $5,000, and now doing a business > of some $30,000 per annum This firm also deals in cotton, buying 2,500 bales in > 1891. In 1857 Mr. Dean was married to Miss Martha Anne Magee, daughter of > Richard Magee, a native of North Carolina, a farmer and mechanic. He died in > 1850. Mrs. Dean was born in North Carolina in July, 1837, and moved with her > parents to Georgia, where she grew to womanhood. She is now the mother of ten > children, seven of whom survive: Emma, James J., William L., George B., Robert > E., Thomas H., and Richard F. Mrs. Dean is a member of the Presbyterian church. > Mr. Dean became a Mason in 1872, and is now a member of Clopton lodge, No. 174, > F. & A. M. He was elected county commissioner in 1880, and. served three years; > is a democrat in politics and a worthy citizen. > > > > Additional Comments: > from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 812-813 > Published by > Brant & Fuller (1893) > Madison, WI