Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - Elisha Dean

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Elisha Dean (deceased), formerly a farmer in LaFayette Township, was 
born in Pickens County, S. C., in 1810, and was a son of Elisha and 
Jemima Dean, Both parents were natives of South Carolina, where the 
mother died. The father was a son of English parents, who settled in 
South Carolina in an early day. His death took place in Mississippi. 
Elisha Dean, our subject, was married, about 1835, to Caroline, 
daughter of James and Elizabeth Parsons, and a native of Pickens 
County, born in 1814. In 1837 they moved to Alabama, and from there 
went to Mississippi about six years later, making that place their 
home until 1867. They then came to Polk County, but only remained 
there one year, removing subsequently to Crawford County, and after 
renting land two years purchased a large farm on the mountains five 
miles north of Alma, in LaFayette Township. Mr. Dean at once proceeded 
to improve the place. and engaged in farming there until his death in 
1875. He was a successful and good citizen, and his property was the 
result of his own labor and good management. He had been a member of 
the Baptist Church many years, and in politics was a Democrat. To 
himself and wife ten children had been born, of whom five sons and 
three daughters are living: William J., James M., H. Pinckney, Frank 
(of Washington Territory). Elisha P., Emily C. (wife of William 
Davis), Sarah A. (wife of William Sutton) and Margaret (wife of C. A. 
Bulion). Three of his sons, William J., James M. and Thomas P., served 
in the Confederate army. The last was captured in Mississippi, and 
after being held a prisoner some months. died at his home at the close 
of the war from the effects of army exposure. Mrs. Dean is a member of 
the Baptist Church. Elisha P. Dean, a son of our subject, was married 
in 1879 to Jennie Hill, who died four years after. He remained a 
widower one year, and then married Bettie Overstreet, daughter of 
Mattison Overstreet, and a native of Mississippi. Mr. Overstreet 
served in the Confederate army, and about 1869 came to Crawford 
County, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Dean have two sons. Mr. Dean's 
first wife was a daughter of Richard Hill, of Georgia, where she was 
born. Mr. Hill came to Crawford County in 1869, and lived here until 
his death. Mr. Dean is a successful farmer of 200 acres of good land, 
well improved.