Dean Family Information

Jesse Dean
[son of James Dean and Theadocia ?]
born: August 1851 - Indiana
died:
1860 Census - Vanderburgh County, Indiana [Jesse Dean, age 8]
1880 Census - Warrick County, Indiana [Jessey Dean, Head, age 28]
1900 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Jesse Dean, Head, Aug. 1851, farmer]
married:
wife: Avis Young
[daughter of Joseph Young and Eleanor McDonald]
born: 15 May 1857 - Warrick County, Indiana
died: 10 September 1943 - Chickalah, Yell County, Arkansas
[Her 2nd husband was Rev. James L. Durham]
1880 Census - Warrick County, Indiana [Avis Dean, wife, age 23]
1900 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Avis Dean, Wife, May 1857]
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Avis Durham, wife, age 52, married twice, wife of James L. Durham]
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Avis Durham, head, age 62, married to James L. Durham]
1830 Census -

Children of Jesse Dean and Avis ? Dean:

1. Lewis F. Dean
born: 18 September 1878 - Indiana
died: 12 December 1916
buried: New Hope Cemetery - Yell County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Warrick County, Indiana [Lous F. Dean, son, age 1]
1900 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Louis F. Dean, son, Sept. 1878]
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Louis F. Dean, head, age 31]
married: c1904
wife: Ethel C. ?
born: c1887 - Arkansas
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Ethel C. Dean, wife, age 23]

2. Rosa Ellen Dean
born: 20 November 1880 - Indiana
died: 21 October 1952 - Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
buried: New Hope Cemetery - Yell County, Arkansas
Obituary
1900 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Rosa E. Dean, daughter, Nov. 1880]
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Rose E. Gray, wife, age 27]
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Rosa Gray, wife, age 39]
1930 Census -
husband: David Franklin Gray
[son of Andrew Jackson Gray, Sr. and Mary P. Atkins]
[his 1st wife was Edna Piercy]
born: 17 January 1880 - Arkansas
died: 7 March 1930 -
buried: New Hope Cemetery - Yell County, Arkansas
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [David F. Gray, head, married twice, age 30]
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Dave Gray, head, age 39]

Children of Rosa Ellen Dean Gray and David Franklin Gray:

2.1. Esther Gray
born: 1909 - Arkansas
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Esther Gray, daughter, age 1 6/12]
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Esther Gray, daughter, age 11]
husband: ? Carter

2.2. Elsie Gray
born: c1911 - Arkansas
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Elie Gray, daughter, age 9]
husband: ? Carter

2.3. Frank Gray
born: c1916 - Arkansas
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Frank Gray, son, age 4]

2.4. Wortham Gray
born: c1920 - Arkansas
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Wortham Gray, son, age 5/12]

2.5. Everett Gray

2.6. Earl Gray

 

3. Martha Emma Dean
born: July 1883 - Arkansas
died:
1900 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Martha E. Dean, daughter, July 1883]
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Emma Dean, step-daughter, age 26]
1920 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Emma Dean, daughter, age 35]

4. Mary Naomi Dean
born: May 1887 - Arkansas
died:
1900 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Mary N. Dean, daughter, May 1887]
husband: ? McCorkle

5. George Otto Dean
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: April 1891 - Chickalah, Yell County, Arkansas
died: 5 October 1957 - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
buried: Resthaven Cemetery - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
1900 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [George O. Dean, son, age 9]
1910 Census - Yell County, Arkansas [Otto Dean, step-son, age 19]
1920 Census - Hughes County, Oklahoma [Otto Dean, head, age 29]
1930 Census - Lamb County, Texas
1st marriage: c1914 -
1st wife: Dora Holt
[daughter of William S. Holt and Eliza R. ?]
born: c1892 - Arkansas
died:
1920 Census - Hughes County, Oklahoma [wife, age 28]

Children of George Otto Dean and Dora ? Dean:

5.1. Mark Allen Dean
born: c1914 - Arkansas
1920 Census - Hughes County, Oklahoma [son, age 6]

5.2. Jessie May Dean
born: c1917 - Arkansas
1920 Census - Hughes County, Oklahoma [daughter, age 3]

5.3. William M. Dean
born: c1918 - Arkansas
1920 Census - Hughes County, Oklahoma [son, age 2]
1930 Census - Lamb County, Texas [son, age 12]

5.4. Chester T. Dean
born: 14 October 1923 - Oklahoma
died: 10 November 2000 - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
buried: Resthaven Memorial Park - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
Obituary
1930 Census - Lamb County, Texas [son, age 6]
married: 2 November 1947 - Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas
wife: Ruthie Dell Parks
[daughter of William Parks and Carmon Phillips]

Children of Chester T. Dean and Ruthie Dell Parks Dean:

5.4.1. Charles Lee Dean

5.4.2. Juanita Mae Dean
husband: ? Ashmore

5.4.3. Thomas Ray Dean

5.4.4. Patricia Ann Dean
husband: ? Roark

5.4.5. Clarence Edward Dean
born: 3 January 1962
died: 1962

 

5.5. Lester Dean
born: 14 October 1923 - Oklahoma
died: young

 

2nd marriage of George Otto Dean: c1924 -
2nd wife of George Otto Dean: Ruth Taylor
[daughter of William Jasper Taylor and Lutie Samantha Nix]
born: 28 September 1896 - Hamilton or McLellan County, Texas
died: February 1982 - Plainview, Hale County, Texas
buried:
1930 Census - Lamb County, Texas [wife]

Children of George Otto Dean and Ruth Taylor Dean:

5.4. Jimmy Ray Dean
born: 10 August 1928 - Plainview, Hale County, Texas
died: 13 June 2010 - Varina, Henrico County, Virginia
1930 Census - Lamb County, Texas [George O. Dean, Jr., age 1 3/12, son]
1st marriage: 1950 -
1st wife: Sue Wittauer
[daughter of ? Wittauer and ? ?]
born:

Children of Jimmy Ray Dean and Sue Wittauer Dean:

5.4.1. Gary Dean

5.4.2. Connie Dean

5.4.3. Robert Dean

 

2nd marriage of Jimmy Ray Dean: 1991 -
2nd wife of Jimmy Ray Dean: Donna Meade
[daughter of ? Meade and ? ?]
born:

 

5.5. Don Taylor Dean
born: 3 August 1930 - Lamb County, Texas
died: 2 November 1994 - Irving, Dallas County, Texas

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Obituaries

Services for Mrs. Rosa Ellen Gray, 71 years, were held in the Gum Springs Cumberland Presbyterian church near Dardenelle, Arkansas, on Thursday, October 23, 1952 with Rev. John Bingaman, officiating.
Mrs. Gray died at her home in Hammon, Oklahoma October 21, 1952 after several months illness.
A native of Indiana, Mrs. Gray had lived in Hammon the past 11 years. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Esther Carter, Chickalah, Arkansas, and Mrs. Elsie Carter, Hammon; three sons Frank Gray, Lubbock; Everett Gray, Welch, Texas, and Earl Gray, Hammon; a sister, Mrs. Naomi McCorkle, Nimrods, Texas; a brother, G.L. Dean, Lubbock, and eight grandchildren.
Burial was in the New Hope cemetery with Martin-Hullum, Elk City in charge.
Hammon Advocate, Hammon, OK 30-Oct-1952

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Chester Dean
Services for Chester T. Dean, 77, of Lubbock will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Pat Driskill officiating.
Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
He died Friday, Nov. 10, 2000, at his residence.
He was born Oct. 14, 1923, in Oklahoma and was raised in the Olton and Plainview area. He was an absentee graduate of Dardanelle, Ark., High School due to entering the U.S. Army in 1941. He served in the infantry and received the purple heart as well as other honors.
He married Ruthie Parks on Nov. 2, 1947, in Dardanelle. He served in civil service at Reese Air Force Base until his retirement. Following his retirement he owned and operated a lawn care service. He had been a resident of Lubbock since moving from Dardanelle in 1954 and was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
A son, Clarence Edward Dean, died in 1962.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Charles of White Oak and Thomas of Lubbock; two daughters, Nita Ashmore of Midland and Tricia Roark of Lubbock; a brother, Jimmy; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials to Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
[Source: The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, November 12, 2000]