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Descendants of George W. Dean

Generation No. 2

2. JAMES H.² DEAN (GEORGE W.¹) (Source: Wayne Co. Records.) was born 1840 in Delaware (Source: Age 10 in 1850 census. PA on death record may be erroneous. Computation from death record gives 9/13/1838.), and died 25 Dec 1899 in Romulus, Wayne, Michigan (Source: Wayne Co. Records.). He married (1) ELVA A. FARGO (Source: Wayne Co. Records.), daughter of HENRY FARGO and URSULA KNICKERBICHER. She was born 1848 (Source: Tombstone. DAR cemetery record indicates Jan 1849 by calculation from age 19y 1m.), and died 11 Feb 1868 in Romulus, Wayne, Michigan (Source: Tombstone. DAR Cemetery records provide exact date). He married (2) SARAH J. FARMER (Source: (1) 1850 census., (2) Romulus cemetery.) Bet. 1870 - 1873 (Source: By deduction from the census as single in 1870 and birth of George in 1873.), daughter of JOSEPH/JOSIAH FARMER and ELIZABETH MILLER. She was born Dec 1848 in Kent Co., Delaware (Source: 1850 census.), and died 1920 in Romulus, Wayne, Michigan (Source: Romulus cemetery.).

Notes for JAMES H. DEAN:
1850 DE Kent Duck Creek 100, p24, 337-343, 30 Jul 1850
Henry Vining 53 M B Farmer bDE RW, Susan Vining 51 F B bDE RW, James Deen 10 M M bDE, Mary [Deen] 10 F M bDE, Emma Johnson 2 F M bDE [JR]
and nearby:
1850 DE Kent Duck Creek Hundred, p24, 341-348, 30 Jul 1850 - all bDE except Rachel
Vincent Ford 29 farmer, Rachel 26 bMD, Matthew 1/12, Thomas 70 carpenter, Henry Loatman 18 black laborer, Edward Loatman 17 black laborer, Anjelica Deen 13 mulatto bDE
Next door to another Henry Vining 30 black laborer.
Note: there are descendants today at Romulus with the surname Vining, and many are buried in the cemetery there. This Susan Vining may be an aunt of these Deen children, related either to mother Sarah Durham or father George Dean. The Vinings may have taken James H. and siblings to Michigan if their parents had died.
1870 MI Wayne Canton p27wr p40st 2 Aug 1870
Martin Carlton 67 M W retired farmer bNY, Sarah A 60 F W keeping house bNY, Alfonso 29 M W farm laborer bNY, James Dean 30 M M farm laborer bDE, Brass Anna 28 F W domestic servant bMI
1880 MI Wayne Nankin p8wr 5 Jun 1880 - all black
Dean James H 39 farmer bPA pbDE, Sarah wife 31 housekeeper bDE pbDE, George W son 7 bMI fbPA mbDE
James and Prudie Simons on previous page.

Wayne Co. death record Bk. 18, Page 81, 868:
25 Dec 1899
James H Dean, M[ale] - Black - M[arried], 61y 3m 10d, Nankin, Hem[i]plegia of Brain, b. PA, Farmer
Geo. W. Dean - Sarah Durham of unknown
Recorded 04 Jan 1899 [sic pro 1900] [JR]

May be the "Father" buried with Arvilla Dean Perkins at Romulus.

Apparently, James H. Dean lost his first wife, Elva A. Fargo Dean, shortly after their daughter Arvilla was born. At that time, James put Arvilla in the care of Robert Dean and his wife Angeline. We have sought for the relationship between James and Robert that would indicate sufficient closeness to justify this trust. Having found no way to connect Robert and James, Joseph Romeo came up with 1850 Delaware census records where Angeline might be James' sister, though the name is Angelica and the family tie is tenuous. The ages match, the surnames are all spelled Deen, and the three children are all in the same location. The tie is tenuous because the children are not all in the same household and none of the three we have found are living with the father George. We presume this is because George and/or wife Sarah Durham may have died by 1850. This possibility also may relate to the marriage record of Nancy Perkins to a George Dean, who we cannot otherwise identify, in Ypsilanti in 1865. This is speculation, we are seeking more documentation.

Notes for ELVA A. FARGO:
May be the "Mother" buried with Arvilla Dean Perkins at Romulus.

Notes for SARAH J. FARMER:
See father's listings for 1850-1870 census listings. Nore that Sarah was at home and single apparently called Farmer in 1870, between the two husbands, despite marriage to John Grinage in 1868.

1900 - Michigan, Wayne Co., Nankin Twp., ED 194, Sheet 26B, June 21 1900
Dean Sarah head W F bDec 1848 51 wd 1-1 children bPA pbPA, Geo W son W M bFeb 1873 27 single bMI pbPA, Farmer Chas bro W M bFeb 1856 44 single bMI pbPA [JR]
1920 MI Montcalm Bushnell p5Awr p42st 13-15th day of blank 1920
Dean Sarah J 70 W F widow bNY fbEngland mbCanada, living alone

Child of JAMES DEAN and ELVA FARGO is:

ARVILLA³ DEAN, b. 21 Mar 1867, Michigan; d. 18 Mar 1903, Romulus, Wayne, Michigan.

Child of JAMES DEAN and SARAH FARMER is:

ii.

GEORGE W.³ DEAN (Source: Joseph Romeo.), b. Feb 1873, Michigan (Source: 1900 census.); d. Unknown; m. VIOLA RICKMAN (Source: 1930 census.), ca. 1927 (Source: 1930 census.); b. ca. 1882, Canada (Source: 1930 census.).

Notes for GEORGE W. DEAN:
See father's listing in 1880.
See mother's listing in 1900.
1910 MI Wayne Nankin (Wayne village) p7Awr p7st 3 May 1910 - both white
Dean George W 37 single bMI pbPA farmer owns no mortgage, Sarah mother 61 widow 1 child 1 living bPA pbPA
Possibly, though in 1930 George reports not being married prior to Viola:
1920 OH Cuyahoga Cleveland Ward 18 (7104 Carnegie Ave) p1Bwr 2&3 Jan 1920 - both black
Dean George H 47 rents bMI pbMD janitor in apartment house, Augusta G wife 48 bOH pbMD
1930 MI Wayne Livonia (south half) p7Bwr 11 Apr 1930 - all Negro
Dean George 57 mar first at age 54 owns RE $5000 owns radio bMI pbUS road construction laborer, Viola wife 48 mar first at age 24 bCanada fbTN mbUS naturalized 1896, Rickman Robert b-in-law 46 mar first at age 22 bCanada fbTN mbUS naturalized 1897 pattern maker in a foundry

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