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first volume of the Historical Magazine, estab- lishetl in Boston in 1857 and removed tlie next year to New York, and edited the numbers for January and Februarj', 1858. and December. 1868. He edited the New England Bibliopoli.st from its commencement in January, 1880. Among his works are : A Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, Author of the Sinq^le Cobbler of Aggairam (1868) ; and 3Iemoir of the Rev. Micliael Wigglesworthy Author of the Day of Doom (1871). He died in Medford, Mass., Jan. 22, 1902.

DEAN, Josiah, representative, was born at Raynham, Mass., March 6, 1748; son of Joseph and Jean ( Washburn) Dean ; grandson of Benja- min anil Sarah (Williams), and great-grandson of Walter Deane, who came from Taunton, Eng- land, in 1636, settled in Dorchester and removed in 1637 to Taunton, and of his wife, Eleanor Strong. He was a presidential elector on the Jefferson ticket in 1805, and a member of the state senate, 1804-07. He was a representative in the 10th congress, serving from October, 1807, to March, 1809; and was a member of the state house of representatives in 1810 and 1811. He died in Raynham, Mass., Oct. 14, 1818.

DEAN, Oliver, philanthropist, was born in Franklin, Mass., Feb. 18, 1783. He received a classical education, and studied medicine with Drs. James Mann of Wrentham and William Ingalls of Boston, Mass. He practised medicine in Medway, Mass., after 1806, removed to Boston in 1810, and was elected a fellow of the Massachu- setts medical society in 1813. He was married in 1810 to Caroline, daughter "of John Francoeur, a French refugee residing in Boston. In 1812 he returned to Medway. In 1819 he succeeded his brother-in-law. Lyman Tiffany, as agent for the Medway cotton factory, resigning in 1825 to accept a similar position in the Amoskeag cotton and woolen manufacturing company, in v.diich he was already interested as a partner. He removed to Amoskeag village in 1826. The

legislature of New Hampshire incorporated the Amoskeag manufacturing company, July 1, 1831, with a capital of §1. 000.000. and Dr. Dean was elected treasurer and agent, which offices he

resigned in 1836 and removed to Fraraingham and in 1844 to Boston. In 1850 he retired to a farm formerly owned by the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Emmons, Franklin, Mass., where he spent the remaining years of his life, devoting his time to the formulation of a plan for the education of youth, which resulted in Dean academy, Frank- lin, Mass., to which he gave a site of nine acres of land, an endowment during his life of $135,000, and by his will an additional gift of §110,000. He died in Franklin, Mass., Dec. 5, 1871.

DEAN, Sidney, representative, was born in Glastenbury, Conn., Nov. 16, 1818; son of Amos and Nancy Robinson (Kempton) Dean of Ply- mouth, Mass. His father had removed to Glas- tenbury in 1812 and built the second cotton mill in Connecticut. The son was educated at Wil- braham academy and in 1843 became a Methodist preacher, but gave up the ministry in 1853 on account of impaired health. He then engaged in manufacturing in Putnam, Conn., and was elected to the Connecticut legislature for one term. He was a representative in the 34th and 35th congresses, 1855-59, serving as chairman of the committee on public expenditures and on the committee on the District of Columbia. On retiring from congress he resumed his duties as a minister of the gospel and was appointed co various churches in his conference, preaching in Providence and Pa wtucket, R.I., and elsewhere In 1864 he became an editorial writer on the Providence Daily Press and in 1865 was elected agent and manager of the Press company, holding the position till 1880. In 1870 he was elected from Warren, R.I., to the state senate and declined a second term. He died in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 29, 1901.

DEAN, Wiiliam, missionary, was born in Morrisville, N.Y., June 21, 1807. He was gradu- ated at the Hamilton literary and theological institution in 1833, ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1834, and sailed from Boston as a missionary to the Chinese at Bangkok, Siam, India. He pr cached to the Chinese in their own language in August. 1835, and thereafter for seven years with considerable success. In 1842 he went to Hong Kong, China, and continued his labors. He returned to the United States in 1845 for one year's rest and again in 1854 for a longer time. In 1865 he returned to Bangkok and in 1876 made a visit to America, returning after six months and remaining at his post till 1884, when he retired to San Diego, Cal. He translated the New Testament into Chinese in 1847 and various editions were printed. His other w'orks include: Revision of the Pentateuch (1853); Commentaries on Matthew (1859), Genesis (1868), Mark (1870), and Exodus (1875) ; and Stow's Daily Manna. He died in San Diego, Cal., Aug. 13, 1895.