Brief Life History of William Madison
When William Madison Dean was born on 15 February 1878, in Alexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, his father, Charles Madison Dean, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Pasley, was 24. He married Gertrude Eliza Fincher on 10 February 1906, in Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 2 Alexander, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Auburn, Lee, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 10 July 1950, in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 72.
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- William M Dun in household of Charley Dun, "United States Census, 1900"
- W. M. Dean, "Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936"
- William Madison Dean, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean or Dene from this word.
English: nickname or occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official, the head of a chapter of canons or a church official with jurisdiction over a sub-division of an archdeaconry. Though no doubt some deans had illegitimate children, they were officially celibate, and in the main the surname is probably a nickname in origin, similar to Bishop , Prior , Priest , and Monk . The Middle English word deen, dien, dein, is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, doien from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .
English: from the Middle English personal name Deyne (or Dene) a rhyming pet form of Reynald (see Reginald ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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