Year Settled in Iowa: 1846

County where ancestor first settled: Jasper

Born: June 29,1809

Birth Place: Warren County, Ohio

Married: June 9, 1831

Marriage Location: Homer, Vermillion County, Illinois

Died: Octobr 14, 1888

Burial Location: Vandalia, Jasper County, Iowa

Father: Thomas Deakin

Mother: Peggy Wilkerson

Spouse: Sarah M. Shearer

Born: August 20, 1814

Birth Location: Indiana

Died: 1848

Burial Location: Vandalia,Jasper County, Iowa

Father: Henry J. Shearer

Mother: Sarah Johnson

Proof:

1850 Federal Census - Page 372,Dwelling #49 (spelled as Deacon); 1849/1850 Poll Tax List

Children:

1. Henry C. Deakin, born March 17, 1832, Vermillion County, Illinois. Married Mary McMillen February 5, 1854 in Jasper County, Iowa; Died January 28, 1891, place unknown.
2. Thomas Jefferson Deakin, born May 22, 1834, in Vermillion County, Illinois, Married Sarah Jane Hartman April 12, 1855 in Hartford, Warren County, Iowa, Died January 13, 1907, in Vandalia, Jasper County, Iowa.
3. Mary M. Deakin, born 1836 in Vermillion County, Illinois, Married Aaron Means September 21, 1854 in Jasper County, Iowa, Date of death unknown
4. William Wallace Deakin, born September 24, 1838 in Homer, Vermillion County, Illinois, Married Margaret Jane McWilliams on January 1, 1861, in Vandalia, Jasper County, Iowa (Margaret passed away August 3, 1889 in Napa, California); he remarried Jane Kitchen November 17, 1892 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Jane was born October 15, 1840, place of birth unknown; William's date of death is unknown
5. James Edwin Deakin, born September 24, 1838, in Vermillion County, Illinois, Married Viana Malot Hartman on December 15, 1862 in Hartford, Warren County, Iowa, Died June 15, 1908 in Napa, California
6. Sara E. Deakin, born 1847, in Vandalia, Jasper County, Iowa, Died About 1848 in Vandalia, Iowa

Data SubmittedSun Sep 27 10:43:13 1998 by: Evelyn Fink, E-mail: NewsPerk@worldnet.att.net