Dean Family Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase)
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| Dean Family Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase) | |
| Location | Xenia, Ohio, USA |
| Date | 1812 |
| Building Type | Funerary |
| Construction System | Stone, Brick, Weatherboard, Asphalt, Metal |
| Architectural Style | Mid 19th Century Revival |
| Street Address | 199 S. Ballard Rd. Walk Score |
| Notes | also known as See Also:Dean Family Farm |
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| National Register of Historic Places | |
| Name | Dean Family Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase) |
| ID Number | 94001300 |
| NRHP Status | Listed In The National Register |
| Certification Date | 11/16/1994 |
| Level of Significance | Local |
| NRHP Documents | Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf) |
The Dean Family Farm Historic District on Ballard Road, east of Xenia, Ohio, off U.S. 35 near Jamestown, is part of an 1,800-acre tract purchased about 1803 by Daniel Dean of Mt. Sterling, Ky., an Irish immigrant whose father, George Roger Dean, was a sergeant in the Colonial Line from Pennsylvania. The younger Dean, aged 18 in 1784, came to America from Tobermore, Ireland, in search of his father who had fought, along with two brothers, in the Revolutionary War. Daniel, having located his father, wooed and wed Jannet "Jenny" Steele of Augusta County, Va., and the pair settled in Montgomery County, Ky., where Daniel operated a lumber mill. In 1790, Dean sent back to Ireland for his mother, Mary Campbell Dean, and a sister who came to America via Wilmington, NC. The Deans thrived in Kentucky but, as Covenanter Presbyterians, they were increasingly appalled by the practice of slavery all around them. When Ohio was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1803, Dean and a friend, Henry Barnes, scouted out the new state and bought land in Greene County. After years spent perfecting their legal title, the Deans relocated to a farm on Caesar's Creek. Before his death, Dean had 11 children, one of whom (Joseph) built a home that stands today. The family farm, privately owned, was listed on The National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1994. Nearby on Ballard Road stands an historic covered bridge, one of many such structures remaining in Ohio. Among heirs to the Dean estate was Joseph Newton Dean who, at age 18, enlisted in the Union Army and fought bravely across Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. He became a lawyer and a Greene County Probate Judge.
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