“THE FUNERAL OF AN EX-SLAVE. - - Caleb Dean, Formerly Owned by Abner Dean of Platte County, is Dead.” Caleb Dean, a colored man aged about 70 years (born ~1827), died at the home of Mrs. Williams on Pottawatomie Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, last Thursday. The funeral took place at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon.
He was for a number of years employed at the First National bank as an assistant to the janitor and slept in the basement of the building.
He was formerly a slave owned by Abner Dean and lived on a farm 2 miles northwest from Newmarket, Missouri, for many years previous to his freedom.
Date(s) of Creation
12/4/1897
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Caleb
Name Type
Free Blacks
Other Name
Dean, Caleb
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Dean, Abner
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Source Citation
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Evening Standard (Leavenworth, KS, 1881-1903): 12/04/1897, p. 3
