Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....Dean, Johnson September 10, 1901
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Owensboro Twice Weekly Messenger; October 18,, 1901
DEATH OF JOHNSON DEAN.
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Father of Mr. J. Allen Dean Passes Away at Glendean.
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Mr. William Johnson Dean, father of Mr. J. Allen Dean, of this city, died last
Thursday at his home at Glendean, Breckenridge county, after a brief attack of
paralysis.  Mr. Dean was well known in Owensboro, having spent much time with his
son here.  Mr. Dean belonged to a family of prominence in this part of the state,
one that has been identified with its most important agricultural interests for
years.  He was widely known throughout Breckenridge and adjoining counties, his
success in farming and stock trading being almost phenomenal.

Mr. Dean was born in Breckeridge county on January 17, 1827, and had he lived a few
months longer, would have celebrated his sevety-fifth birthday.  He was the oldest
child of Summers and Amanda Robertson Dean, the brother of the late Henry R. Dean
and half brother to Eli H. Dean.  With some assistance and by industry and economy
all three men accumulated large landed interests, which still remain in the family,
being divided among their children.  in 1849, Johnson Dean was united in marriage to
Miss Mary Eliza Godman, the second daughter of Judge Godman, of Muhlenburg county,
who survives him.  From this union resulted nine children, two of whom, Elizabeth
and Jenny, died when grown.  John Allen Dean, the prominent lawyer in Owensboro; W.
J. Dean, Jr., president of the Dean Tie company; C. W. Dean of Breckenridge county;
Mrs. C. L. Cornwell, of Louisville, wife of Mr. Cornwell, proprietor of the rock
quarry below Cloverport; Godman and Summers Dean, both residing in Muhlenberg
county, and Miss Amanda Dean, are the children of this noteworthy couple.

Mr. Dean and his family have been members of the Baptist church for years, indeed
were considered pillars of that church in their community.  For some time Mr. Dean's
health had been quite frail, so his death was no surprise to his family and friends.
 From all sides comes testimony of this man's genial, clever dispositions and
staunch traits of character.

He was buried near the family home at a spot he had selected only a short time ago. 
Rev. Jimmie Lewis, or Irvington, preached the funeral Friday afternoon, when the
interment took place.




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