Joseph John Francis Dean

Male, #32455, (25 Apr 1828 - 8 Oct 1905)

ParentJohn Wesley Dean (16 Feb 1805 - 5 Jul 1879)
ParentMary Elizabeth Culpepper (31 Jul 1811 - 30 May 1883)
Joseph John Francis Dean|b. 25 Apr 1828\nd. 8 Oct 1905|p32455.htm|John Wesley Dean|b. 16 Feb 1805\nd. 5 Jul 1879|p32072.htm|Mary Elizabeth Culpepper|b. 31 Jul 1811\nd. 30 May 1883|p32071.htm|||||||John Culpepper of Randolph Co., AL|b. 1 Oct 1772\nd. 13 May 1855|p31566.htm|Nancy Gillespie|b. circa 1778\nd. 25 Jul 1848|p31584.htm|

Name Variation Joseph John Francis Dean was also known as Frank. 
Birth*25 Apr 1828 Joseph was born at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 25 Apr 1828. 
 He was the son of John Wesley Dean and Mary Elizabeth Culpepper. 
(free wh male 00-05) 1830 Census1 Jun 1830 Joseph was probably a free white male, age under 5, in John Wesley Dean's houshold, on the 1830 Census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 25 m-p. 201.1 
1840 Census* Joseph was probably a free white male, age 10 and under 15, in John Wesley Dean's household, on the 1840 Census at Talbot Co., Georgia.
(p. 234).2 
Employment* Joseph's occupation: farmer at Alabama. 
1850 Census*1850 Joseph was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in 1850 at Randolph Co., Alabama.
(26 m-Beat 11 p. 385 hh 162). 
Marriage*23 Nov 1850 He married Mary Bathsheba Culpepper at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 23 Nov 1850. 
1860 Census*24 Sep 1860 Joseph was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at Wesobulga, Randolph Co., Alabama. 33 m-p. 826. 
1870 Census*7 Jul 1870 Joseph was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 44 m-Township 22. 
1900 Census*1900 Joseph was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Dutton, Jackson Co., Alabama. ED 45 p. 1 hh 12. 
Death*8 Oct 1905 He died at Jackson Co., Alabama, on 8 Oct 1905. 
Burial* His body was interred at Dean's Chapel Cemetery, Jackson Co., Alabama. 
Biography* Joseph John Francis Dean was the son of John Wesley and Mary Elizabeth (Culpepper) Dean. He appears to have been called John Francis Dean or John J. F. Dean. Since his parents were married in Monroe Co., GA and this is where John J. F. Dean was noted as a male under five years of age in the household of his parents in the 1830 census records, this is probably where John J. F. Dean was born. However, by 1832, John J. F. Dean's parents had moved the family to Talbot Co., GA since his father was noted in 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery records 3 as being from "Mizell's" District in Talbot Co, GA. John J. F. Dean was also noted in 1840 census records of Talbot Co., GA as a male 10-15 years of age in the household of his father so this is where he was raised. However, based on the birth states recorded in census records of John J. F. Dean's younger brothers and sisters, sometime after 1840 and before 1843, his parents apparently moved the family to Alabama.

At the age of 22, John J. F. Dean married Mary Bathsheba Culpepper in Randolph Co., AL and this is where they settled down to farm and raise a family. November 11, 1851, "John F. Dean" purchased a 39.86 acre lot 4 to the west of Louina and present day Wadley, AL and a short distance west of the William Henry Culpepper and John J. Culpepper land but just to the east of what is now the Pleasant Hill Church. In 1860 census records, the family is noted in the Wesobulga P. O. District of Randolph Co., AL. This post office was not noted in Randolph Co., in the 1887 - 1888 Alabama State Gazetter & Business Directory. Wesobulga Creek, which is northwest of present day Wadley, AL on the border between Randolph Co., AL and what is now Clay Co., AL, can be noted on current maps. It was to the south of this that "John F. Dean" purchased 80.27 acres of land on August 1, 1860. 5 But after the Civil War, in 1870 census records, the family is noted back in Township 22 in the Louina P. O. District now Wadley, AL. However, July 19, 1873, J. F. Dean is noted in Masonic records as affiliated with Weathers Lodge #390 of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Weosobulga, AL.6

The family has not been located in 1880 census records. It is possible that it was around this time that John J. F. Dean moved his family to Sand Mountain near the border between Jackson and DeKalb Co., AL. The area where they settled became known as Dean's Chapel community because John J. F. Dean donated land where a church and school were built.7 The community is in Jackson Co., AL on Sand Mountain and across the county line from Sylvania and Henegar which are in DeKalb Co., AL. The community is apparently near the little town of Dutton, Jackson Co., AL since the family was noted living in "Duttons Beat" in Jackson Co., AL in the 1900 census.

John J. F. Dean died in 1905 at the age of 77. Brother Eugene Smith, Sr. of Section Lodge #565 of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Jackson County, AL officiated at his funeral.6 He is buried at Dean's Chapel and Mrs. D. D. (Aubie Mae Dean) Dean wrote:8

"The annual decoration up there is always the fourth Sunday in May."

Wayne Dean wrote 9 to Mary Lillian (Butler) Pierce of another cemetery in the area which seems to be related to the Dean family:

There is an old, small, unmarked cemetery between Sylvania and Henegar, on the right side of the road, up on a bank where some of the Dean members are buried but most of the markers are not legible. Later ones are at Dean's Chapel.
(Names referenced above: Joseph John Francis Dean Joseph John Francis Dean). 

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 8 Jul 2003

Citations

  1. P. 201
    John W. Dean m 20-30 w/1 m <5 1f 15-20
    Joseph John Francis Dean 1m <5.
  2. P 234
    John W Deam 30-40w/1m<5 1m5-10 1m10-15 1f<5 1f15-20 1f20-30 1f40-
    Joseph John Francis Dean 1m 10-15.
  3. James F. Smith, The [1832] Cherokee Land Lottery: Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery with an Engraved Map of Each District, (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838) p. 195 # 109
  4. Alabama Land Records: Lebanon Land Office: township 22S, range 10E, SWSW part, section 3
  5. Alabama Land Records: Centre Land Office: Vol 66 Document 22407 Township 21S, Range 9E, NWSE part, Section 26
  6. Joseph Richard Culpepper notes
  7. C. T. Dean letter 18 Nov 1978
  8. letter 14 Jan 1979
  9. etter 5 May 1980