Pike-Upson County GaArchives News.....Our Older Citizens March 9 1928
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The Pike County Journal

Our Older Citizens

Mrs. N.C. Dean
Mrs. N.C. Dean, who now makes her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Ella Brown of Zebulon, is one of our oldest citizens of 
Pike county.
Mrs. Dean was born in Upson county near Thomaston 86 years
ago last December 30th, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Yates, originally of South Carolina.  Mrs. Dean first attended school
at The Rock and a short time at Delray to Prof. Bob Smith.
At the age of eighteen she was married to William Thomas Dean.
She became the mother of two daughters, Mrs. J. G. Willingham 
and Mrs. D. Brown, who are now living in Zebulon.
Mrs. Dean's husband was a Confederate soldier in the war between 
the states.  He was in Company d 13th Regiment Upson county 
Volunteers.  He was killed by an accidental discharge of his own 
gun while crossing the Savannah river at Savannah, March 17, 1862.
Leaving Mrs. Dean a widow with two small children 
She endured many a hardship and struggled hard to raise and 
provide for her children and herself.  But says she feels that 
God was with her and helped her all the way through.  Mrs. 
Dean joined the church in her early girlhood and is now a 
member of New Hope Baptist church where she has been a 
member since 1901 when she moved to Pike county.
Mrs. Dean has 7 grandchildren, 5 of whom are living, Mrs. 
J. M. Gardner of Chappel, Ga., Mrs. Marvin Pryor of Atlanta; 
J. T. Willingham of Zebulon; T. A. Brown, of LaGrange; J.W. 
Brown of Zebulon; 13 great grandchildren and 1 great great 
grandchild, Master J. W. Taylor of Barnesville.


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