William S. Dean and Mary Canon

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Husband William S. Dean ¹

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           Born: 12 Mar 1825 - Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Aaron Dean (      -1862) 1
         Mother: Leah Steal (      -1875) 1

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       Marriage: 27 Mar 1849 1

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Wife Mary Canon ¹

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         Father: Samuel Canon (      -Aft 1888) 1
         Mother: Nancy McClure (      -Bef 1888) 2

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Children

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1 M Edward Winfield Dean ^{1 3}

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         Spouse: Rebecca J. McClellan (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - William S. Dean

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He was educated in the common schools and brought up at rural pursuits. He began for himself by cleaning land by the acre at $9. He bought and paid for seventy-nine acres in that way, in Fairview Township, Mercer County, PA. He settled at marriage on this Fairview farm, which he sold in 1856 and bought another 100 acres. They lived for many years in a log house on this farm, and in 1878 a fine house which they had previously built was burned while they were in Franklin on business. This incurred a heavy loss, as everything was destroyed. [HMC 1888, 1049]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Canon

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from Lake Twp, Mercer Co, PA

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1049.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1049, 1126.

3 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 143.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1025.