John Dean (March 1, 1812 - April 15, 1884) John, like four of his ten brothers stayed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was a successful farmer, community leader and staunch Christian. He and his wife were truly blessed with ten children. His wife pictured right, Sarah Jane Crawford (called Sally), was born in Philadelphia on December 24, 1813, after her parents James Crawford and Margaret Hamilton Gillis arrived in America from Tyrone, Ireland 1813. She met her husband, John, in Brandonville, Preston County, West Virginia at the Methodist Episcopal Church Schoolhouse. The schoolhouse was a meeting place at her family home about 10 miles from John Dean's family farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. John and his wife were some of the first founders of the Sansom Chapel (Methodist Episcopal) built in Farmington 1857. Both John and Sally are buried in the cemetery. Sally lived a decade more than her husband before giving up the ghost on December 14, 1896. Their children:

1. Mary Ann (May 21, 1832 - December 17, 1881) m. Andrew Jackson Wabel
2. Hamilton (September 1833 - December 17, 1904) m. Sarah Jane Woodmancy & Emma Simmons
3. James (October 17, 1836 - January 11, 1872) m. Elizabeth Neal
4. John Ellsworth (May 28, 1838 - February 14, 1915) m. Rachel Emmeline Hagar & Mary Jane Rolley "Minnie"
5. Thomas Winfield Scott (December 28, 1842 - September 4, 1843)
6. Elizabeth Jane (July 9, 1847 - January 12, 1875) m. Isaac Spiker
7. Thomas Winfield Scott (November 5, 1848 – October 6, 1825) m. Maranda Leep
8. Huldah (November 11, 1850 - April 18, 1890) m. John Randolph Haydin
9. Calvin L. (March 15, 1855 - December 27, 1917) m. Nancy Ellen Montaque & Mary D. Frey the wife of her husband's brother's wife
10. Jasper Newton (March 8, 1860- June 4, 1936) m. Anna Mary 'Annie' Ackerman
Contributor: Jacob Leisle