BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
20th CENTURY HISTORY
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co.
Geo. Richmond, Pres      C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois
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	GEORGE DEAN, one of Harmony Township's best known citizens, residing on his well-cultivated farm of twenty-one and a half acres, was born in New Jersey, Apr. 11, 1847, and is a son of Alexander and Ellen (Robbins) Dean, and a grandson of Alexander and Lydia Dean.      The Dean family came to Clark County in 1859.  There were nine children born to the parents of George Dean, as follows: Clorinda, Lydia, William, Mary, Charlotta, Rachel, George, Alice and Emeline.  Clorinda married Edward Shreeves and they had five children.  Lydia married Thomas Way and they had three children.  William married Sarah Hahnley who at death left a family of children.  Charlotta is the widow of John Smith and the mother of seven children.  Rachel, deceased, is survived by her husband, Bruce Reese, and several children.  Mary married Harry Walker and they have twelve children.  Alice married James Todd.  Emeline married John Thompson and they have five children.      George Dean was twelve years old when his parents came to Clark County and here he obtained his education.  In 1906 he purchased his present property.  In 1874 he was married in Clark County to Phebe Hatfield and they have two children, namely:  John H., who was born Oct. 12, 1876, resides in Oregon; and E. Luella, who was born in 1880.  In 1904 she was married to Thomas N. Jones.      Mrs. Dean was born in Clark County, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1843, and is a daughter of John and Eva (Garlough) Hatfield.  John Hatfield was born Apr. 3, 1798, and died June 16, 1883.  His wife was born Jan. 24, 1801, and died June 25, 1881.  They were married in 1821 and had the following children:  John G., Samuel C., James T., Margaret, Nathaniel, William, Nancy, Mary E., Martin, Augustus, Michael and Phebe.  John G. Hatfield was born in 1821 and died Feb. 15, 1908.  He married Anna Strong and they had the following children: William, George, Martin, Jefferson, Malissa and Sarah E. Samuel, deceased, married Elizabeth Hause and they had children as follows: John, Frank, Scott, James, Sarah, Ida and Ella. Augustus Hatfield enlisted as a sharpshooter, in 1861, in the Sixty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service until he was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, in 1865.  He participated in many important battles, including Fort Donelson, Chattanooga, Shiloh, Lovejoy Station, and was with General Sherman's forces in the March on Atlanta and participated in the grand review at Washington City.  Martin Hatfield married Delilah Webb and they have two children, Frank and Charles.  Michael Hatfield was also a soldier in the Civil War.  He married Mary E. Carroll and they have two children, ancy Eva and Minnie.  The other members of the family, with the exception of Mrs. Dean, died when young.      In 1864 Mr. Dean enlisted for service in the Civil War as a member of the Seventy-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and before he was discharged, in 1865, at San Antonio, Texas, he saw some very hard fighting, taking part in the battles of Nashville and Franklin.  He and his wife are members of the M. P. Church in Pitchin. Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 566
	HARRISON L. DETRICK, proprietor of the Eagle City mills, owns other property in German Township, consisting of two residences and twenty-two acres of land, and is a well-known and substantial citizen.  He was born in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1855, and is a son of PHILIP and Susan (Leffel) DETRICK.      The Derrick family was established in Clark County, Ohio, by the grandfather, Daniel Detrick, who brought his family from Virginia when his son Philip was a boy of eight years.  Both father and son were farmers.  Philip Detrick owned a farm that was situated in both Bethel and Springfield Townships, the residence standing on the Bethel Township section, and the barn on the Springfield section.      Harrison L. Detrick was small when his father located on the above farm and there grew to manhood.  In 1883 he married Mary Kollfrath after which he moved to a farm of his own.  Later he sold his property to the Freemason fraternity, and on it the beautiful Masonic Home has since been erected.  The farm contained 155 55-100 acres and Mr. Detrick lived on it for nine years. He then moved to the old home place in Bethel Township, where he resided for nine years, after which he bought the Olds farm of 141 acres, situated west of Tremont, and resided on that place from Mar. 11, 1904, until Oct. 23, 1906, at which time he moved to Eagle City, taking charge of the Eagle City mills at that time.  Ever since he went into business he has done a certain amount of farming and has also engaged in dairying.  For eighteen years he operated a dairy and for nine years of this period he ran a milk wagon without missing one day in all this time, a somewhat remarkable record.  Mr. Detrick's flour specialties are "Bismark" and "Kitchen Queen."      Mr. and Mrs. Detrick have two children: Jessie and Marguerite Elizabeth.  The former graduated at the Rockaway School, spent two years at Wittenberg College and then graduated from the Nelson Business College at Springfield.  She is her father's bookkeeper.  Mr. Detrick is an Odd Fellow.  He takes no very active interest in politics. Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 641
	PHILIP DETRICK - See HARRISON L. DETRICK Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 641