U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean, Nathan Homer (1858-1934) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 434-435 NATHAN HOMER DEAN, a farmer of Union District was born November 16, 1858, about four miles from where he now resides, a son of Marshall and Louisa (Kesling) Dean and the grandson of John and Catherine (Heavner) Dean. His father was one of fifteen children of the same parents and his father lived to be 87 years of age, saw service in the war of 1812, and lived at Norfolk, Va., at the time of the birth of Nicholas, his oldest son and child. His grandmother belonged to the Heavner family, which is scattered over Randolph, Webster, Braxton, Pocahontas, Pendleton and Upshur Counties, W. Va., and Highland County, Virginia. Both the Deans and Heavners are of German descent and belong to that large influx of German settlers who came down from Pennsylvania to the Valley of Virginia in the 18th Century. His mother was a daughter of James and Mary (Wamsley) Kesling, the granddaughter of Jacob Kesling, Sr. Mary Wamsley is a member of the Wamsley family of Randolph County and of English descent. Subject of sketch, November 14, 1878, married Martha Frances Hiner, the daughter of Samuel J. Hiner and Christina Michael and the grand daughter of Joseph Hiner of Highland County, Virginia. Their children are Cyrus, Benton, dead, Samuel W. M. and an infant, dead. Mr. Dean is a Notary Public, has been a member of the Board of Education of Union District for eight years. Is a Republican in politics and a Methodist Protestant in religion. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #9995 FULL-NAME: N. Homer Dean BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co. DEATH-DATE: June 27, 1934 at 75 years of age DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married FATHER: Marshall Dean (born in Upshur Co.) MOTHER: Laura Kesling (born in Upshur Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Apoplexy INFORMANT: Mrs. Homer Dean BURIAL: Mt. Zion Cemetery (wife of Nathan Homer Dean) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #985 FULL-NAME: Martha Francis Dean BIRTH-DATE: August 17, 1860 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: July 26, 1948 at age 87y-11m-9d DEATH-PLACE: Rt 4, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Rt 4, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Samuel Hiner (born in Va.) MOTHER: Christena Michael (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Bronchial Pneumonia / Senility INFORMANT: Paul Kesling (of Buckhannon, W.Va. R#4) BURIAL: Mt. Zion Cemetery in Upshur County, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------