Follow up -

Elija A Dean remarried abt 1888 to Almedia. They were living in Mesquite TX in 1900 census. Elija owned his farm property in Mesquite.

Elija did not marry Almedia in Wood county as there are marriage records for this timeframe for Wood county on Rootsweb link.

Dallas county marriages for this timeframe online does not show marriage for E A Dean and Almedia.

Dallas County Marriage Books, submitted by Dallas Gen Soc

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/dallas/vital.html

Susan C died between 1880 and 1888, there abouts, or they divorced. Buried somewhere in Mesquite? Would it be possible Elijah is buried with Susan and 2nd wife ?


Name: Elijah Allen Dean
Death Date: 1 Apr 1942
Death County: Tarrant
Certificate: 19342

WW I Draft Registration, 1917-1918
Source: Ancestry.com

Name: Robert Benjamin Dean
City: Everman
County: Tarrant
State: Texas
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1879
Race: White
Roll: 1983671
DraftBoard: 0
Occupation: blacksmith
Wife: Cynthia J Dean
medium height & build, brown eyes, black hair

Name: Charles E Dean
City: Grand Prairie
County: Dallas
State: Texas
Birthplace: Mesquite, Texas;United States of America
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1890
Race: Caucasian (White)
Roll: 1953184
DraftBoard: 1
Single
Occupation: laundryman, McAlester, OK
medium height, slender build, brown eyes, drk brown hair

Now you know where they were in 1890. An "X" has been drawn through his registration and OK written in the border.

Name: Chas Earl Dean
City: McAlester
County: Pittsburg
State: Oklahoma
Birthplace: Mesquite,Texas;United States of America
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1890
Race: Caucasian (White)
Roll: 1852070
DraftBoard: 1
Occupation: laundryman/McAlester Laundry
Single, mother & father dependant on him
medium height, slender build, brown/blue eyes, black hair
has problem with left leg, stiff hip but not unable to work
5 Jun 1917

Name: Ruben Ocey Dean
City: Grand Prairie
County: Dallas
State: Texas
Birthplace: Mesquite Texas;United States of America
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1895
Race: Caucasian (White)
Roll: 1953184
single, self employed farmer
short slender build, brown eyes, black hair
no next of kin noted

Name: John Hoges Dean
City: Electra
County: Wichita
State: Texas
Birthplace: Oklahoma;United States of America ..?
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1894
Race: American
Roll: 1983777
DraftBoard: 0

Hard to read for John Hoges Dean

Mesquite Genealogical Society, 300 Grubb Dr, P.O. Box 850165, Mesquite, Texas 75185 - tel #972-216-6229