| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation3. Hannah L ACKLEY was born about 1839 in New York.1,6,7 She died about 1886.8 She appeared in the census 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880 in Michigan. Hannah
L ACKLEY and Peter DEAN were married on 11 Nov 1863.6,7,9,10 Michigan
Marriages 1840-1899 has name as Porter J Dean Peter
DEAN (son of Joseph DEAN and Sarah SIGLER) was born on 19 Jan 1830 in Livingston
, New York.1,4,6,7,8,11 He was living in 1850 in Brighton, Livingston , Michigan.1 living with mother 1850 He was
living in 1860 in Cohoctah, Livingston, Michigan.4 living with siblings 1860 On 10 Jul 1860 he was a farmer
at Cohoctah, Livingston, Michigan.4
He was living between 1870 and 1880 in Howell, Livingston , Michigan.6,7
He was living in 1900 in Deerfield, Livingston, Michigan.11 living with son Claude He appeared in the census 1850,
1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900 in Michigan. 9 Aug 1870 to 17 Jun 1880 he
was a farmer at Howell, Livingston , Michigan.6,7 Biography of8 PETER DEAN. Among the pioneer families of Livingston
County none is better known throughout the community than the Deans, who came
hither in 1887 when the subject of this sketch was a little boy of seven years.
In consequence of his early removal to this vicinity this gentleman has taken
almost as deep an interest in the affairs of the county as though he were native
born, and the regard and esteem which is universally granted to the sturdy and
honorable pioneers of the. early days has come to him by inheritance. The beautiful
farm of one hundred and twenty acres which employs the energies of our subject
is to be found on section 9. Howell Township. Peter Dean was born on the 19th
of January, 1830, in Livingston County, N. Y. He is of Eastern parentage,
his father, Joseph, being a native of New York. and his mother, Sarah Sigler,
having been born in the Keystone State. Joseph Dean was a farmer by occupation
and after coming to Michigan operated a farm in Brighton Township, Livingston
County, until death ended his labors in 1842. His faithful and devoted wife survived
him until 1863. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Daniel Dean, who
was a native of Wales. He was a boot and shoe maker by trade and came with his
wife, Ann Van Horn, to Brighton, Mich., the year previous to his son's migration
hither. He here carried on a farm until his death. Seven children formed his
household, and his son Joseph had eight children, four of whom are now living,
namely: Peter, Abraham W., Rensselaer, and Hannah J. The boyhood of our subject
was spent upon a farm and his school days found him attending the school of the
village of Brighton. He lived at home until 1842, after which be worked at farming
in this county. When he was thirty years old he purchased a piece of land comprising
fifty acres and lived upon it one year in Shiawassee County, but be did not feel
at home there and sold that property and returned to Howell Township, where he
bought sixty-three acres, and somewhat later added to his estate by purchasing
seventeen acres just across the road from his other property and upon this new
purchase he now lives. In addition to this he has bought forty acres one-half
mile south of his home. He carries a fine grade of stock, paying especial attention
to fine horses and good sheep. The first marriage of this gentleman united him
with Miss Hannah Ackley, a daughter of Edwin Ackley of this county, and by this
marriage there were two children, Bertin J., who has now married Miss
Augusta Tobin and lives upon a farm in this township, and Claude B., who is still
with his father. The mother of these sons departed life 1886. By his present
marriage he took to wife Mrs Maggie Hodges of Clinton County, Mich., who had
by her first marriage two children, Bertie and Eda. This lady is a daughter of
Francis and Margaret (Bristol) Cardinal, natives of Montreal, Canada, who moved
to New York many years ago. Hannah L ACKLEY and Peter DEAN had the following
children:
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