Rev. Amos N. Dean (1832-1898)

DEAN, LARUE, CULP

Posted By: Alan Nicholson
Date: 3/29/2014 at 21:05:42

Paullina Times, 28 Apr 1898, p. 3

The Congregationalist of Boston, Mass., has the following appreciative tribute to the Rev. Amos N. Dean, father of Mrs. L. N. B. La Rue and Mrs. H. G. Culp, whose death occurred recently. He was well known and highly esteemed by many in this community:

The death of Rev. Amos N. Dean at Crete, Nebraska, April 6, removes another pioneer in home missionary work. Born at Wadsworth, Ohio, on January 10, 1832. He removed to Iowa in 1855 and thence to Nebraska in 1880, settling near Wilcox. Deeply moved by the religious destitution of the region be became efficient in Sunday school work. His fitness for the work of the ministry became so apparent that the local association soon licensed him and he was ordained in 1881. The churches of Moline and Freewater were gathered under his ministry. He was pastor of the Cambridge church for five years, and at the end of his work it reached self support. He was afterward pastor at Eagle, Telmadge, and Douglass. His health failing, he removed to Crete in 1893. His deep spiritual experience, his rare devotion to the kingdom of Christ, made him a pastor beloved, and his picturesque style made him a preacher to whom all loved to listen.