Husband Judge John Dean 1 2
AKA: Hon. Jonathan Dean 3
Born: 15 Feb 1835 - Williamsburg, Blair Co, PA 2 4
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Father: Matthew Dean (1808-1886) 2 4
Mother: Anna Patterson ( - ) 2
Marriage: 1857 5
Other Spouse: Margaret Bell ( - ) 5 - Nov 1876 5
Wife Rebecca Caldwell 3 5 6
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Died: 1874 5
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Father: David Caldwell (1803-1895) 3 7
Mother: Sarah Martin ( -Abt 1881) 3 6
Children
• They had no children.
General Notes: Husband - Judge John Dean
He received his education in the common schools, Williamsburg academy and Washington college, of Washington, Pennsylvania, taught school at Williamsburg and Hollidaysburg, and read law with James M. Bell and D. H. Hoffius, of Hollidaysburg. In 1855 he was admitted to the bar, and in the same year opened an office at Hollidaysburg, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession until May, 1857, when he was elected superintendent of the common schools of his county for a term of three years. Two years later he resigned the superintendency to form a law partnership with Hon. Samuel S. Blair, which continued to exist until 1864, when Mr. Dean withdrew and practiced alone for three years. He was then (October, 1867) appointed district attorney, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. H. Keatley, and the next year was elected for a term of three years. At the close of his elective term, in 1871, he was nominated and elected by the republicans as president judge of the Twenty-fourth judicial district for a term of ten years, over the regular nominee of the Democratic party and an independent candidate. His record was such on the bench that in 1881 he was re-nominated and elected without opposition, an unmistable evidence of the popular approval of his faithful and eminent services during his first term. His district comprised the counties of Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria, and his position was one of hard and constant labor, as the rapidly increasing business of these three counties imposed upon him an immense amount of labor. His two terms were remarkable not only for the great volume of their business, but also for the importance of their many individual cases. Judge Dean was nominated by the Republican party, in their State convention in Harrisburg, in April, 1892, as their candidate for the vacant justiceship of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, occasioned by the death of Judge Silas M. Clark.
Judge Dean had a beautiful home at Hollidaysburg, gave some attention to the management of his farming and other lands, and enjoyed a popularity throughout central Pennsylvania that had been possessed by but very few other men since its settlement. As a public speaker he was able, pleasing, popular and eloquent, and his services were in constant demand as a lecturer on the leading questions and vital issues of the day. In personal appearance Judge Dean was prepossessing, dignified and gentlemanly. Over six feet in height, he was erect and active, and his clear and finely cut features gave unmistakable evidence of his energy, earnestness and determined force of character.