Background
Dean, William Blake was born on September 26, 1838 in Pittsburgh. Son of William and Aurelia (Butler) Dean.
Dean, William Blake was born on September 26, 1838 in Pittsburgh. Son of William and Aurelia (Butler) Dean.
Educational public schools, Pittsburgh and Bolmar Academy, West. Chester, Pennsylvania. Went to Saint Paul. 1856.
Established wholesale iron and heavy hardware business in Saint Paul, in 1860, in firm of Nicols & Dean, now Nicols, Dean & Gregg. Director G.N. Railway Company, First National Bank, State Savings Bank, Northwestern Trust Company, et cetera Trustee Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, since 1907.
Trustee McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago.
Member Minnesota Senate, 1891-1895.
Married Mary C. Nicols, October 18, 1860.