Father's Parents:
Alfred Dean & Nancy Forsythe Dean
Mother's Parents:
Robert Foster, Jr. & Nancy Harmon Foster
Father & Mother:
Father: John Wesley Dean (1833-1918)
Mother: Mary Lucinda Foster Dean (1835-1885)
Children:
#1: Nancy Siera "Sara, Nanny" Foster Stewart (1857-1906)
#2: Calloway Perry Vine "Callie" (1859-1927)
#3: James Porter Stanford "Jimmy" (1861-1924)
#4: William Franklin "Will" (1862-1890)
#5: Richard Hulan (1869-1944)
#6: Mary Estella "Minnie" Dean Booe (1872-1948)
#7: Albert Marsalis "Al" (1874-1939)
Father & Mother:
Father: John Wesley Dean (1833-1918)
Mother: Ida Dean (1858-1929)
Children:
Vivian (1892-1940)
Evaline/Evelyn (1896-1976)
Vivian,
daughter by second marriage.
John Wesley Dean
Our great, great grandfather:
Texas State Archives:
Texas Civil War Veteran (Enter "Dean, John Wesley"; John's second wife, "Ida M," then drew a widow's pension.)
Civil War Veteran:
At rest as a recognized Texas Civil War Veteran in Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, VanZandt County, Texas, Section 6A.
John Wesley Dean (1833-1918) history,
by Milton Forsythe
In early 1885 John Wesley Dean and his family loaded all their worldly possessions into two old Schoonover type covered wagons and headed south to Brown County, Texas. John Wesley and his family settled near the Brownwood Township and farmed the land as a sharecropper. As a young girl Richard's mother Lucinda Dean contracted the deadly Rheumatic Fever, and during their trip to Brown County experienced several renewed episodes of this deadly virus. After each episode Richard's father immediately stopped the old Dean Family Wagons and allowed Lucinda to rest for the duration of the day. After arriving in Brown County Lucinda also experienced chest pains. The pains suddenly increased and she suffered a massive heart attack. John Wesley immediately summoned a physician and after a thorough examination the physician acknowledged Lucinda's heart has received severe damage. The physician also stated because of the severity of Lucinda's heart attack he feared she would not survive. During discussions with John concerning Lucinda's fate, the physician also recommended Lucinda receive 24 hour attention. During the ensuing days Lucinda's condition remained unchanged. However within weeks her condition gradually improved and thereafter she resumed housekeeping duties. Lucinda often suffered dizzy spells and occasionally lapsed into a semi-conscious state. On April 22, 1885 Lucinda suffered renewed chest pains and shortly thereafter lapsed into a deep coma. During this traumatic era of their lives Richard and his siblings cared for their mother's daily needs and remained at her bedside as she lingered near death. During the night of April 22, 1885 Lucinda apparently suffered a massive coronary because early the next morning Richard and his siblings discovered her dead in bed. After his mother's untimely death Richard and his family remained in Brown County, Texas and young Richard assisted his father with the chores on the old Dean family farm. John Wesley Dean soon came to realize that life without Lucinda was causing tremendous burdens on himself and his children. According to family relatives John realized the coming summer crops on the Dean family farm would require his daily attention. Thus he was forced to choose between harvesting the crops and caring for his children.