MOPUTNAM-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > MOPUTNAM-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 101 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Henry Clay Dean [Glo Wellman > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Henry Clay Dean > Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:38:19 -0700 > From: Glo Wellman <gwellman@santarosa.edu> > To: MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com > > I am looking for information about Henry Clay Dean who died in Putnam Co > in 1887. He came there about 1871. He is said to be a "relative" of my > ancestor Nancy Dean who married James Porter. They lived in MD and Kent > Co, DE. Since he was a noted person, I hope there is some kind of > genealogy or biographical write up for him which might shed light on my > Nancy's family origins. > > I understand there is a "Dean Family" book in the Putnam Co Library. > > If anyone has any ideas for my search, I would appreciate it. So far I > have mostly antidotal info which paints a rebel picture for HC Dean... > quite a character. > > Thanks ahead... > > Glo Wellman > Santa Rosa, CA Dear Glo, I have a write-up on HC Dean from a little pamphlet about notable Iowans. I think it is in our family history center. It won't be open again until next week. I'll try to remember to check into the exact title for you. I copied the article and would be glad to mail it to you if you include your address. It is quite long. The title of the article is "Nineteenth-Century Hippie. He was a preacher and a lawyer. He had been a circuit-riding preacher in Virginia and chaplin of the US Senate in Washington before moving to IA in 1850. He lived at Mount Pleasant for a number of years. He moved his family and library of 4,000 books to Putnam Co., MO in 1871. The library & many valuable papers were destroyed by fire in 1876. He died in MO. in 1887 at the age of 65. There is also a picture of him. The reason I copied this article is because he served as the lawyer for my husband's great-grandmother's suit against her husband for adultery. I could also copy those papers for you. Hope this helps. Virginia Sande in MN. > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > >

List, Virginia and other... This seems to be a very helpful, responsive, active list. I am glad to find it. Virginia, I would be very interested in that little pamphlet on Henry Clay Dean. Thank you. Let me know if it is at your FHC. Everything I read shows him to be quite a character. I have some dates for him, but I am trying research his roots with that hope they might give clues to my ancestor, Nancy Dean. Thanks again. Glo