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Below is a family biography included in The History of Phelps County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Stephen D. Dean is a successful and enterprising farmer of Phelps County, Mo., and was born in that county in 1859, being a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Matlock) Dean, who were born in Tennessee in 1832 and 1831, respectively. The father was a farmer, and when ten years of age came to Missouri, where he afterward married. Here the mother died in 1862, having borne a family of five children, Stephen D. being the youngest. Mr. Dean married his second wife, Nancy Smith, of North Carolina, in 1862, and by her is the father of two children. Stephen D. Dean remained at home until twenty-one years of age, and was then united in marriage to Miss Jane Montgomery, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Montgomery. She was born in Maries County, Mo., in 1861, and is the mother of five children: Daisy M., Edna Jane, Mary Etta, and Harry and Clifford, who are deceased. Mr. Dean owns a good farm of 183 acres, 100 of which are under cultivation, on which he has resided since his marriage in 1880. He is a successful farmer, and in his political views supports the principles of the Democratic party. His wife is a member of the Christian Church.

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