SOURCE: Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Friday, January 22, 
1909)
Solomon Dean Obit - 1909 - Rockingham Co., VA
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HEADLINE: Death of Solomon Dean Aged Resident of Blue Ridge Falls Victim to 
Grippe.

ARTICLE:

Solomon Dean died shortly after 10 o’clock Wednesday night at his home in 
the Blue Ridge, several miles east of Elkton. His death was due to grippe 
and the infirmities of old age. He was seventy years old. Surviving him are 
three sons: Reuben, Asberry and Jesse and four daughters. The daughters are 
all married.
The funeral will be held from the family residence at 11 o’clock this 
morning. Rev. H. S. Coe, of the Methodist church, of which Mr. Dean was a 
member, will conduct the services. Interment will be made in the Dean family 
burying ground.



SOURCE: Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Friday, January 29, 
1909)

HEADLINE: Solomon Dean's Will Probated

ARTICLE: 

The will of Solomon Dean, who died last week at his home in the Blue 
Ridge, a few miles east of Elkton, was admitted to probate yesterday after 
being proven by the oaths of Eugene and Wardy Shifflett the subscribing 
witnesses. Mark Haney and Marion Eppard qualified as executors, giving bond 
in the penalty of $2,000, with S. A. Dean and E. M. Eppard as surities, each 
in the sum of $1,000. Stephen Hensley, D. P. Dean, Wesley Meadows and Samuel 
J. Breeden were named as appraisers.