Dale County AlArchives Biographies.....Dean, James J. September 27 1836 - living in 1893
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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



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