This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZCC.2ACE/549.554.1.1 Message Board Post: The father of Russell Dean was Hiram Dean and his mother was Nancy Lawson. They came from Wise County, VA. Who was your gg grandmother? I possibly know a lot about them. My dad's mother was a Dean and related to these Dean's.