Charley Dean was born at Olney, Illinois on June 26, 1888. He married on February a1, 1913 at Dugger, Indiana Ora Grounds. She was born September 11, 1888 at Bridgeport, Illinois.
They came to Foster County in 1913 and rented a farm in McKinnon Township.
Land in Rolling Prairie was purchased in 1913.
The couple had seven children: Marjory, Marian, Lorna, Deana, Wayne, Dorothy and Beverly. The last three are no longer living.
Mr. Dean died December 9, 1943 and is buried at Flint, Michigan.
Mrs. Dean now resides at Flint,
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 96B