[p. 464] a prominent citizen and prosperous farmer of Slippery Rock Township, residing on his well cultivated farm of sixty-three acres, which is situated six miles east of New Castle, was born December 30, 1852, near Harlansburg, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Enoch and Nancy Scroggs (McNichols) Dean.
Noah Dean, the grandfather, was a respected citizen of Scott Township, Lawrence County, where he engaged in farming for many years. Enoch Dean, his son, and the father of George Dean, was born in Scott Township, Lawrence County, although at that time it was included in Mercer County. He assisted his father in farming during his early manhood, but subsequently purchased a farm of his own, on which he lived during the remainder of his life, with the exception of four years when he resided near Harlansburg. He married a daughter of John McNichols, an old resident, and they had children, the two survivors being George and one daughter, Elizabeth.
George Dean obtained his education in the schools of Scott Township and when he reached manhood he managed the home farm for a time, but in 1870 he bought his present farm. For five years he was engaged in a creamery business and still carries on a dairy industry together with general farming and trucking. His farm is favorably situated for these activities, New Castle affording a fine market for all his produce. In large measure, Mr. Dean is a self-made man, having been left fatherless when twelve years of age.
In 1870 Mr. Dean was married to Mary Hunt, who is a daughter of James Hunt, of Slippery Rock Township, and they have a happy, united, intelligent family of twelve children, namely: Vernon R., who married Catherine Michaels, has two children, George Wilson and Mary Jane, and resides in Susquehanna County; Araminta, who was a popular teacher for seven years, married Samuel Fox; Emma Grace, who is in the employ of the Gillespie Lumber Company, resides at New Castle; James E., who is engaged in the creamery business in Bradford County; Nancy, who is a successful teacher, resides at home, and Eliza, George, Chadwick, Theodore Roosevelt, Lela, Mary and Nellie, all are at home, the two youngest being twins.
In politics, Mr. Dean is a stanch Republican and a hearty supporter of the present administration. On numerous occasions he has been elected to office by his fellow citizens and he has served acceptably as constable and as justice of the peace and for ten years has been a member of the School Board.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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