Biographical Sketch of John W. Dean, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** John W. Dean. Mr. Dean is a native of Virginia; born in Clarke county, October 10, 1830. His parents moved to Warren county, Va., when he was quite young, where he was reared and educated. Was first married in 1851 to Miss Sarah M. Skinner, of Loudon county, Va. Their union was blessed with three children, living, viz.: Howard, Sallie and Lizzie M. In 1857 he came to Missouri, stopping at Jefferson City, where he was engaged as a building contractor, having followed same occupation before leaving Virginia. He contracted to build the new addition to the asylum at Fulton, Mo., which was finished in 1859. In the fall of the same year he came to Lafayette county, Mo., and purchased a farm, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1878, when he went to Corder and built the hotel known as the Corder House, which he is operating in connection with his other business. Is associated with L. W. Wernway in the grain business, which firm has handled all of the grain shipped from Corder, since engaging in the business having shipped during the last 12 months about 75,000 bushels. His wife dying, he was married again in 1868 to Miss Mary J. Colborn, of Jackson county, Mo. By this union they have three children, viz.: John W., Beulah and Gertrude. Mrs. Dean has occupied the position of teacher in the Corder schools for the past four or five years, and is re-engaged for the coming year. She is a graduate from the school at Independence, under William H. Lewis, now a professor in one of the colleges of Missouri. Mrs. Dean is a highly cultivated lady, and a faitful wife and mother. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================