Age 69 years, 5 months. Buried September 23, 1899.
He was the son of Charles Dean and Mary Gordon Dean.
On July 2, 1851 as Henry C. Deane, he married Harriet V. Zeigler at the District of Columbia.
The Evening Star September 21, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Henry Dean, for many years a resident of Georgetown, while walking across the canal at the foot of 33d Street about 9 o'clock last evening, fell at the south end of the bridge and was almost instantly killed. The accident occurred during the heavy downpour of rain. The prostrate form was discovered a short time afterward by a colored man, who notified Policemen Steinbraker and Cornwell. The patrol wagon was called for, but Dean was beyond human aid. The body was removed to the morgue at the Sixth Precinct Station and the coroner notified.
How the accident occurred will probably never be revealed, as no one witnessed it, so far as is now known. At the south end of the 33d Street Bridge, just near the plant of the Potomac Electric Light Company, there is a steep incline leading from the floor of the bridge, which is fully four feet above the ground at that point. Dean was seen by the police walking down 33d Street about ten minutes before 9 o'clock and a few minutes after that hour they were informed of the accident. It is thought Dean slipped and fell while walking down the incline, as his body was lying face downward when found and there were only a few bruises about his face, the rain washing away almost all traces of blood.
Mr. Dean was sixty-seven years of age and resided at 2455 P Street. He leaves a widow. He was a rope maker by trade, his father having enjoyed a wide reputation in that line of business and when he died at an advanced age the son succeeded to the business. Before the war Mr. Dean operated a ropewalk on P Street and another time one near Oak Hill Cemetery, but for many years past he has not worked at his trade, being occupied in other lines of business.
He was the son of Charles Dean and Mary Gordon Dean.
On July 2, 1851 as Henry C. Deane, he married Harriet V. Zeigler at the District of Columbia.
The Evening Star September 21, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Henry Dean, for many years a resident of Georgetown, while walking across the canal at the foot of 33d Street about 9 o'clock last evening, fell at the south end of the bridge and was almost instantly killed. The accident occurred during the heavy downpour of rain. The prostrate form was discovered a short time afterward by a colored man, who notified Policemen Steinbraker and Cornwell. The patrol wagon was called for, but Dean was beyond human aid. The body was removed to the morgue at the Sixth Precinct Station and the coroner notified.
How the accident occurred will probably never be revealed, as no one witnessed it, so far as is now known. At the south end of the 33d Street Bridge, just near the plant of the Potomac Electric Light Company, there is a steep incline leading from the floor of the bridge, which is fully four feet above the ground at that point. Dean was seen by the police walking down 33d Street about ten minutes before 9 o'clock and a few minutes after that hour they were informed of the accident. It is thought Dean slipped and fell while walking down the incline, as his body was lying face downward when found and there were only a few bruises about his face, the rain washing away almost all traces of blood.
Mr. Dean was sixty-seven years of age and resided at 2455 P Street. He leaves a widow. He was a rope maker by trade, his father having enjoyed a wide reputation in that line of business and when he died at an advanced age the son succeeded to the business. Before the war Mr. Dean operated a ropewalk on P Street and another time one near Oak Hill Cemetery, but for many years past he has not worked at his trade, being occupied in other lines of business.
Age 69 years, 5 months. Buried September 23, 1899.
He was the son of Charles Dean and Mary Gordon Dean.
On July 2, 1851 as Henry C. Deane, he married Harriet V. Zeigler at the District of Columbia.
The Evening Star September 21, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Henry Dean, for many years a resident of Georgetown, while walking across the canal at the foot of 33d Street about 9 o'clock last evening, fell at the south end of the bridge and was almost instantly killed. The accident occurred during the heavy downpour of rain. The prostrate form was discovered a short time afterward by a colored man, who notified Policemen Steinbraker and Cornwell. The patrol wagon was called for, but Dean was beyond human aid. The body was removed to the morgue at the Sixth Precinct Station and the coroner notified.
How the accident occurred will probably never be revealed, as no one witnessed it, so far as is now known. At the south end of the 33d Street Bridge, just near the plant of the Potomac Electric Light Company, there is a steep incline leading from the floor of the bridge, which is fully four feet above the ground at that point. Dean was seen by the police walking down 33d Street about ten minutes before 9 o'clock and a few minutes after that hour they were informed of the accident. It is thought Dean slipped and fell while walking down the incline, as his body was lying face downward when found and there were only a few bruises about his face, the rain washing away almost all traces of blood.
Mr. Dean was sixty-seven years of age and resided at 2455 P Street. He leaves a widow. He was a rope maker by trade, his father having enjoyed a wide reputation in that line of business and when he died at an advanced age the son succeeded to the business. Before the war Mr. Dean operated a ropewalk on P Street and another time one near Oak Hill Cemetery, but for many years past he has not worked at his trade, being occupied in other lines of business.
He was the son of Charles Dean and Mary Gordon Dean.
On July 2, 1851 as Henry C. Deane, he married Harriet V. Zeigler at the District of Columbia.
The Evening Star September 21, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Henry Dean, for many years a resident of Georgetown, while walking across the canal at the foot of 33d Street about 9 o'clock last evening, fell at the south end of the bridge and was almost instantly killed. The accident occurred during the heavy downpour of rain. The prostrate form was discovered a short time afterward by a colored man, who notified Policemen Steinbraker and Cornwell. The patrol wagon was called for, but Dean was beyond human aid. The body was removed to the morgue at the Sixth Precinct Station and the coroner notified.
How the accident occurred will probably never be revealed, as no one witnessed it, so far as is now known. At the south end of the 33d Street Bridge, just near the plant of the Potomac Electric Light Company, there is a steep incline leading from the floor of the bridge, which is fully four feet above the ground at that point. Dean was seen by the police walking down 33d Street about ten minutes before 9 o'clock and a few minutes after that hour they were informed of the accident. It is thought Dean slipped and fell while walking down the incline, as his body was lying face downward when found and there were only a few bruises about his face, the rain washing away almost all traces of blood.
Mr. Dean was sixty-seven years of age and resided at 2455 P Street. He leaves a widow. He was a rope maker by trade, his father having enjoyed a wide reputation in that line of business and when he died at an advanced age the son succeeded to the business. Before the war Mr. Dean operated a ropewalk on P Street and another time one near Oak Hill Cemetery, but for many years past he has not worked at his trade, being occupied in other lines of business.
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