E. B. Dean
Edwin. B. Dean | |
|---|---|
 Republican Representative of the Spokane District to the First Session of the Washington House of Representatives | |
| Member of the Washington House of Representatives | |
| In office 1889–1891 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Baker Dean December 3, 1842 Iroquois County, Illinois, United States |
| Died | December 12, 1917 (aged 75) Sonoma County, California, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
Edwin (Edward) Baker Dean (December 3, 1842 – December 12, 1917) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891, representing Spokane as a member of the Republican party.[1][2]
At seventeen, Dean was a founding member of the "Young Wide Awakes of Muscatine".[3] Like many Wide Awakes he was among the first to volunteer for the Union Army during the Civil War enlisting in the 1st Iowa Infantry[4] and later in the Iowa 18th .[5] In the 18th he rose to the rank of captain. Following the war he returned to Muscatine, Iowa where along with his father and brothers he worked as a mason. During the 1870s he and his brother Hamilton relocated to Boulder, Colorado where they were known as the "Dean Brothers" and worked as bricklayers until their departure in 1883. Eventually they settled in the Spokane area.[6][7]
Four years after his single term as a representative ended, Dean suffered the loss of his brother Hamilton and sister-in-law Lula when they were killed by a tree felled by a road crew. The tragedy was noted in newspapers across the country with Hamilton erroneously referred to as "Howard".[8][9] By 1904 Dean had relocated to Sonoma County, California. For unknown reasons he stopped contacting family and friends from at least 1903 until shortly before his death at which time he was destitute.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ "State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 – 2011" (PDF). Washington State Legislature. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 20, 2022.
- ^ "Brief Bios of Washington Senators and Representatives | Access Genealogy". 16 August 2013.
- ^ "All young men over 15 years of age ...". Muscatine Evening Journal. Muscatine, Iowa. July 31, 1860.
- ^ Logan, Guy E. (1908). "FIRST REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY". Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion. Vol. I. Des Moines. p. 25.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Logan, Guy E. (1910). "18th REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY". Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion: 17th-31st regiments, Infantry. Vol. III. Des Moines. p. 147.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Richman, Irving Berdine (1911). "IX. Civil War". History of Muscatine County Iowa. Vol. I. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 157, 185.
- ^ Gladden, Sanford (1982). Early Days of Boulder, Colorado. Vol. II. Boulder Genealogical Society. p. 833. ISBN 9781304268235.
- ^ "Sudden Death, Howard Dean and Wife Crushed by a Falling Tree". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Idaho. May 18, 1895.
- ^ "Killed Near Spokane, Mr. and Mrs Howard Dean Crushed Under a Falling Tree". The San Francisco Daily Call. San Francisco, California. May 18, 1895. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ "Searching for a Brother". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Idaho. November 23, 1903.
- ^ Edwin B Dean, Civil War Pension Records, United States National Archives
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