Mary Luella Colton and Lunthford James Dean

MARY LUELLA COLTON, daughter of EDITH MAY HANNA and ABEL HILBOURNE COLTON, was born July 20, 1889 in South Dakota,²⁵⁰ and died December 5, 1965 in Riverside County, California.²⁵⁰ She is buried in Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California.⁴⁵⁶

She married LUNTHFORD JAMES DEAN on February 27, 1909 in Archer County, Texas.⁶⁷³⁹ He was born March 10, 1885 in Texas,²⁵⁰ and died January 10, 1957 in San Bernardino County, California.²⁵⁰ He is buried in Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary L. Colton)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary L. Colton)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary L. Colton)

Children of MARY LUELLA COLTON and LUNTHFORD JAMES DEAN:

1. ROBERT COUNCIL DEAN, b. April 21, 1912, Sherman, Grayson, Texas;¹⁸⁸³ d. October 4, 1952, Orange, Orange, California.^{250, 10986}

Obituaries

Courier, December 28, 1965¹⁰¹⁵⁶

Waterloo Founding Family Member Dies in California

Death has come to another member of the founding family of Waterloo.

A notice was received here Tuesday of the death in a Riverside, Calif., hospital three weeks ago of Mrs. Mary Colton Dean, 76, a granddaughter of George Washington Hanna and his wife, Mary Melrose Hanna, who is considered the "Mother of Waterloo."

Mrs. Dean, who was buried in Riverside, was the widow of Lon Dean and the daughter of Mrs. Edith Hanna Colton. The Hanna family came to the present site of Waterloo in 1845.

Mrs. Dean was also preceded in death by a son, Robert. Surviving are tow grandsons, Thomas and Terry Dean of Riverside; a sister, Mrs. Mabel Hanna Tayman of San Antonio, Tex.; and a brother, Dewey Colton of Topeka, Kan.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 22, 19007273	Mena, Polk, Arkansas	Abel Hilbourne Colton Edith May Hanna Phillip Stanley Colton Mabel Hanna Colton Mary Luella Colton Robert Wesley Colton Dewey Hanna Colton
April 15, 19107274	Sherman, Grayson, Texas	Mary Luella Colton Lunthford James Dean
February 23, 192010154	Boy River, Cass, Minnesota	Mary Luella Colton Lunthford James Dean Robert Council Dean
April 21, 193010155	Boy River, Cass, Minnesota	Mary Luella Colton Lunthford James Dean Robert Council Dean
May 3, 19402634	Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa	Mary Luella Colton Lunthford James Dean
May 18, 19509621	Temescal, Riverside, California	Mary Luella Colton Lunthford James Dean