James Riley Dean

Brief Life History of James Riley

When James Riley Dean was born on 21 January 1823, in New York, United States, his father, James H Dean, was 39 and his mother, Abigail Hulse, was 32. He married Mary Horton in October 1849, in Lucas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Whiteford Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Passaic, New Jersey, United States in 1860. He died on 21 January 1897, in Whitewater Township, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Elk Rapids Township, Antrim, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Riley Dean
1823–1897
Mary Horton
1828–1914
Marriage: October 1849
Samuel Pershall Dean
1850–1913
James Riley Dean
1853–1941
George Herbert Dean
1855–1945
Hattie M Dean
1860–1911
John Horton Dean
1862–1939
Minerva A Minnie Dean
1868–1923

Sources (23)

  • James R Dean, "United States, Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
  • James R. Dean, "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897"
  • James R Dean in entry for Minnie A Dean, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"

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World Events (8)

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1847 · Moving the State Capital

The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.

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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