Joshua Alfred DEAN

                   Facts about Joshua Alfred Dean:

1.  His third wife was Nancy Davenport with whom he had 6 children, the 5th
being James Sherman, my grandfather.
2.  He was 36 years old when he married Nancy abt. 1857.
3.  His first wife was named Ruth.
4.  His second wife was named Susan Jane Daubes or Dabbs.
5.  He would have been 25 years old when the War with Mexico started, and he
most likely would have been living in western Illinois.  B. H. Roberts
(historain and Church leader, spoke in a Conference talk in Oct. 1922, about
regiments that were taken from western Illinois to fight in the War with
Mexico, and about how one of these regiments was nearly wiped out of
existence.  He said that this incident "was about the only disaterous
engagement we had in that war".

THOUGHTS WITHOUT FACTS:
Joshua was in his twenties during the time the Saints were in Nauvoo.  Joshua
lived within 100 miles of Nauvoo.  Joshua was reported to be a Baptist.  Maybe
Joshua was one who persecuted the Saints.  His birth records cannot be located.
Did Joshua serve during the War with Mexico?  Was he from one of the regiments
from Western Illinois?  We know he didn't get "wiped out" because he went on to
live until he was 66 years old. Are his roots in Ireland with the Dukes?

The 1880 Census of Pike County Illinois lists Joshua and his family and he is said to be 57 years old.  that would have him born in 1823, not 1821.

According to Myrtle Colvin (letter in my possession dated Sept 8, 1968), Joshua Alfred Dean was a Civil War Vetern on the Union side, and was a devout Christian.

1.  His third wife was Nancy Davenport with whom he had 6 children, the 5th
being James Sherman, my grandfather.
2.  He was 36 years old when he married Nancy abt. 1857.
3.  His first wife was named Ruth.
4.  His second wife was named Susan Jane Daubes or Dabbs.
5.  He would have been 25 years old when the War with Mexico started, and he
most likely would have been living in western Illinois.  B. H. Roberts
(historain and Church leader), spoke in a Conference talk in Oct. 1922, about
regiments that were taken from western Illinois to fight in the War with
Mexico, and about how one of these regiments was nearly wiped out of
existence.  He said that this incident "was about the only disaterous
engagement we had in that war".