Evening star., 1926-03-12
MAI. DEAN DIES;
WAS GA. R. LEADER
Prominent District Veteran,
Aged SO, SucCumbs to
Pneumonia.

Mai Harrison Lowery Dean, 8
years old, Past Department Command
er of the Department Of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic, who hat
devoted a great part of his llte II
working for the welfare of that organl
Zation, died of pneumonia at ms resi-
dence, in the Mount Vernon Apart
ments, 904 New York avenue. las
night.
Mai DEAN. a descendant of heroes
If the Revolutionary War, War o1
1872 and the Black Hawk War. for the
last % years had been prominent II
an patriotic Eanizations in the DIS
trict. 1t was through his efforts tha'
all of the local patriotic bodies were
affiliated.
Belonged to Many Societies.
lie was made an honorary member
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars ano
the Spanish American War veterans
lie was also a companion or the Loyd
Legion and was president of the or
sanitation formed for the purpose OF
establishing a home for widows anu
orphans of veterans.
Commissioned in the Union Army
in the early days of the civil W ar
Mai. DEAN was in command or lhe
3lth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers
and was involved in the last engage
ment during the conflict between the
North and South.
Stationed at Brownsville, Tex, al
the time of Gen. Lees surrender tC
Grant at AppomattoX, Maj. DEAN and
his outfit, il is stated. did not receive
word of the Confederate surrender
until four months afterwards and
continued fighting during the interim
Resident Here Since '98.
4 resident of Washington since
1898, Maj. DEAN was employed at the
Interior Department for ii years, un'
il retired soon after the retirement
act went into effect in 1920.
lie was elected commander-inc chief
of the Union Veterans Legion in 1909,
serving until 1906. and became COM
mander of Burnside Post in 1908. tie
was unanimously elected commander
of the Department of the Potomac,
G. a. r.. in 1922.
Mai. DEAN was born in Troy, Ohio,
December %. 1897. He matriculated
in the Fort Wayne Methodist College
and taught school during 1855.
Enlisted i'm Army.
At the outbreak of the Civil War
he enlisted In April. 1861, but as the
states quota was more than nlled
for the three months call, his com
nanY was not accepted. tie again en-
listed as a private on August IL, 1861.
He was commissioned first lieutenant
ct Company A of the 34th Indiana Vol
unteers. He was later commissioned
captain and transferred to Company
F. of the same regiment on March 6,
1863: commissioned major on March
81. 1865, and was mustered out of the
military service on January 10, 1866
For several years Maj. DEAN was a
teacher in the public schools of Mis-
souri,. In 1876 he was elected grand
commander of the Uniformed Order
of Select knights of Missouri, and
he was reelected for three terms.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Emma Louise DEAN, a daughter,
AIRS. Henry j. Staley, by his flrs'
wife. the late Mrs. Elizabeth PollocE
DEAN, and a grandson, Luc1en ii
Staley of New Orleans. The daugh;
ter resides i'll this city.
Funeral Services Tomorrow.
Funeral services will be held al
the chapel of \. J. Shippert, Under
taker. zoos Pennsylvania avenue. to-
morrow afternoon at 1870 o'clock.
Rev. r. L. Mcbride, departmental
chaplain of the Department of the
Potomac, G.. A. r., will ofticiate
Interment, with military honors, will
he in Arlington Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will include
DIR. c. Il. Pettys, commander of the
Department of the Potomac, G. A. r.;
past department commanders both of
the c. A. r. and Sons of Veterans
nnd others prominent in the G. A. r.,
as follows:
Past Comdrs Col. p. +. Entriken,
Dr. Henry a. Johnson. S. G. Nav
son. Col. John McElroy, John w.
lteed. Judge H. B. Moulton and Bris'
coe Goodhart; Past Adjutant General
of the G. a. r. 0. II. Oldroyd, Lemuel
Warner, and Past Department Com
manders of the Sons Of Veterans Capt.
&. Q. Howard and Herber w. Rut-
ledge.
Active pallbearers will be chosen
from the Sons Of Veterans. Various
allied patriotic organization in the
District are to have representatives
at the funeral.