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Rh DEAN, Gilbert, jurist, b. in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess CO., N. Y., 14 Aug., 1819 ; d. in Pough- keepsie, 12 Oct., 1870. He was gi'aduated at Yale in 1841. Afterward he studied law, was admitted to the bar in Connecticut, and in May, 1844, in New York. He practised in Poughkeepsie in 1844-'55, and then removed his office to New Yoi"k city. He was chosen to congress from the districts composed of Dutchess and Putnam counties, and served from 1851 till 1853 ; was re-elected for a second term, but resigned to accept the office of justice of the supreme court of New York, to which he was ap- pointed by the governor, in June, 1854, to fill the vmexpired term of Seward Barculo, deceased. He served on the bench almost eighteen months, and was during the last year (1855) one of the judges of the court of appeals.

DEAN, James, educator, b. in Windsor, Vt., 26 Nov., 1776 ; d. in Burlington, Vt., 20 Jan., 1849. He was descended from James Dean, of Stoning- ton. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1800, was a tutor in the University of Vermont in l807-'9, and a professor of mathematics and natural phi- losophy there from 1809 till 1814. He was also professor in Dartmouth till the supreme court de- cided in favor of the old college, and the new ceased to exist, when he resumed his place in the University of Vermont, holding it from 1821 till 1824. He, published a "Gazetteer of Vermont" (1808), and an address delivered on his induction as professor (1810).

BEAN, John Ward, author, b. in Wiscassct, Me., 13 March, 1815. His youth was spent in Port- land, Me. From 1839 till 1843 he resided in Provi- dence, R. I., and since then in and near Boston. He has filled for many years several offices in the New England genealogical society, to whose " Reg- ister " he has contributed valuable papers. Among the papers edited by him for the society is a curi- ous piece of ancient writing, "A Declaration of Remarkable Providences in the Course of My Life, by John Dane, of Ipswick, 1682." In May, 1870, Mr. Dean was chosen president of the Prince society, of which he was one of the founders ; and he has also been recording secretary of the Ameri- can statistical association. He has accumulated an amount of historical knowledge such as few men possess. He has edited the first and a portion of the second volumes of the first series, and one num- ber of the fourth volume of the second series, of the "Historical Magazine." He is the author of " Memoir of Rev. Nathaniel Ward," with notices of his family (Albany, 1868) ; and " Memoir of Rev. Michael Wigglesworth " (Albany, 1871) ; has pub- lished pamphlets, and has also edited the " New England Historical and Genealogical Register."

DEAN, Julia, actress, b. in Pleasant Valley, N. Y., 22 July, 1830 ; d. in New York city, 6 March, 1868. She was the daughter of Julia Drake, an actress, who married Thomas Fosdick for her first husband, and later Edmund Dean, a well-known manager of BufEalo and Rochester theatres. Her education for the stage was accomplished under his direction. She appeared first as Lady Ellen in " The Lady of the Lake," during 1845, in Louis- ville, Ky. Later in the same year she filled an engagement at the Bowery theatre. New York, and appeared as Julia in " The Hunchback." Her suc- cess was flattering, and in November, 1846, she played the same part at the Arch street theatre, Philadelphia. In 1855 she married Dr. Arthur Hayne, of Charleston, S, C. In May, 1856, she sailed for San Francisco, and after an absence of nearly two years returned *to the east with the proceeds of a very successful tour. She was divorced from her husband, on the ground of his failure to support her, and in 1866 married James Cooper, of New York. Her last appearance in New York was in October, 1867. She excelled in juvenile tragedy and high comedy parts.

DEAN, Paul, clergyman, b. in Barnard, Vt. ; d. in Framinghara, Mass., 1 Oct., 1860. In 1808 he was ordained pastor of the Universalist society in Barre. Vt. He was pastor of the Hanover street church, Boston, Mass., from 1813 till 1823, and of the Bulfineh street church from May, 1823, till May, 1840. This congregation was known as " Restorationists," and in 1838 changed its name, and has since been Unitarian. He was afterward settled over a Unitarian congregation at Easton, Mass. He published " Lectures" on Final Resto- ration " (1832), and sermons and addresses.

DEAN, William, missionarv, b. in Eaton, N. Y., 21 June, 1807 ; d. in San Diego, Cal., 13 Aug., 1895. He was graduated at the Hamilton institution (now Madison university) in 1833, and in the same year was ordained to the Baptist ministry, and sailed from Boston for Siam to engage in missionary work with the Chinese living at Bangkok. In 1842 he transferred his labors, to Hong-Kong, where he remained until 1845, when he returned to spend a year in this country. He resumed his work in Hong-Kong in 1847, and continued it un- til 1865, when he once more took up his residence in Bangkok. He returned in 1884 to spend his closing days in this country. His long, honorable, and fruitful service as a missionary has few par- allels. He has received the degree of D. D. His publications, mainly translations, are all in the Chinese language. They embrace " The New Tes- tament " (Canton, 1847 ; followed by other editions, the first issue being printed by Chinamen from wooden blocks) ; " Revision of the Pentateuch " (1853) ; " Commentary on Matthew " (1859) ; " Com- mentary on Genesis " (1868) ; " Commentary on Mark " (1870) ; " Commentary on Exodus " (1875) ; Stow's " Dailv Manna," and smaller tracts.

DEANE, Charles, author, b. in Biddeford, Me., 10 Nov., 1813; d. at Cambridge, Mass., 13 Nov., 1889. He was descended from one of the first settlers of Taunton, Mass. He was educated at Thornton academy, Saco. Me. When nineteen years of age he went to Boston, where for twenty-five years he was a merchant. He retired from business in 1864, and became a resident of Cambridge. Mr. Deane acquired a taste for the study of American history many years ago, and his collection of books was among the most valuable in New England relating to its early history. In 1856 he received the degree of LL. D. fi-om Bowdoin, He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society, and of the chief historical and kindred societies of the country. Among his publications are "Some Notices of Samuel Gorton " (1850) ; " First Plymouth Patent " (1854) ; " Bibliography of Gov. Hutchinson's Publications " (1857) : " Wingfield's Discourse of Virginia" (1860) ; "Letters of Phillis Wheatley" (1864); Smith's "True Relation" (1866) ; " Remarks on Sebastian Cabot's Mappe Monde " (1867) ; " Memoir of George Livermore" (1869) ; and " The Forms in issuing Letters-Patent by the Crown of England" (1870). Several of these (and others not here enumerated) originally appeared in the publications of the Massachusetts historical society, others in the " Archseologia Americana." Mr. Deane had edited Gov. Bradford's " History of Plymouth Plantation " (1856) and Bradford's " Dialogue, or Third Conference," between old men and young men (1870), and several volumes of the Collections and Proceedings of the