Biographical History of Pottawattmie Co., IA

Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa

ARREN DEAN, an early settler and prominent citizen of Wright Township, Pottawattamie County, was born in Rhode Island, March 8, 1843. His father, Edward Dean, formerly a worthy citizen and pioneer of Wright Township, now resides in Griswold, Cass County, Iowa, both he and his wife being past eighty years old. He was born at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1810, and his wife, nee Mary Ann West, was born in Massachusetts in 1809. She is a daughter of Amos and Avis (Horton) West, who lived as man and wife for sixty-eight years. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and lived to be ninety-six years old. The Deans were of an old New England family. Edward Dean married his present wife in Rhode Island, and in 1856 came to Iowa, settling in Wright Township, this county, being the third family to locate in the township. Here they lived until 1884, when they removed to Griswold.

Warren Dean was a lad of thirteen years when his parents came West. His youth was spent on a farm in this frontier district, and his education was obtained in a log schoolhouse. During the civil war he tendered his services to his country, enlisting in August, 1862, in Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry Volunteers, William Dewey being his first Colonel. Mr. Dean was a brave soldier and participated in many of the important engagements of the war. He was first under fire at Port Gibson; was at the siege and surrender of Vicksburg; went with General Banks up the Red River; was at the siege of Mobile; and finally received an honorable discharge at Harrisburg, Texas, whither he had been ordered from Mobile.

After the war, he returned to Pottawattamie County and engaged in agricultural pursuits on his father's farm. April 3, 1867, near where Atlantic now stands, Cass County, Iowa, Mr. Dean wedded Miss Georgiana Hardenbergh, who had been a successful teacher of Cass and Pottawattamie counties. She was born in Ulster County, New York, July 6, 1844, and was a young girl when her parents moved to Lee County, Illinois. From there the family moved to Cass County, Iowa, in 1859. Her father and mother, Thomas H. and Fanny (Niver) Hardenbergh, both natives of New York State, now reside near Atlantic, where they have made their home for many years. After his marriage, Mr. Dean lived on the old farm for four years. In 1871 he moved to a portion of his present farm. He now owns 380 acres of as good land as there is in this county. His comfortable home and surroundings indicate the taste and refinement of its occupants and also the prosperity which has attended them. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and has been eminently successful.

He and his wife are the parents of four children: Carrie M., who was educated at Simpson College, Indianola, is a popular teacher and an artist of rare ability; Ada L., George W. and Rae L. Mr. Dean's political views are in harmony with Republican principles. He has served as Township Clerk and as a member of the School Board. He has been identified with the Christian Church, but, as that society has no organization in his vicinity, he worships at the Methodist Episcopal Church of Whipple, and is a liberal supporter of the same. His wife is an active and zealous member of that church, and is Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Mr. Dean is a member of the G. A. R., and is associated with Worthington Post, No. 9, Griswold.

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