Descendants of Mahala Dean

Generation No. 3

MAHALA³ DEAN (EDWARD GARRISON², EPHRAIM¹) was born June 09, 1869 in Ripley Co, IN, and died March 20, 1943 in Conway, Laclede Co, MO. DEAN family pictures.

1. Married UNKNOWN 1887 (possible DAVISON).
2. Married JOHN D. WHITE March 28, 1892 in Dallas County, MO. After 20 years marriage he deserted the family; they divorced October 1912.
3. Married CHARLES THOMAS FINLEY November 15, 1915 in Chicago, MO. They divorced in 1919.
4. Married OLIVER H.C. STOUT May 18, 1921 in Marshfield, Webster Co, MO.
5. Married CHARLES THOMAS FINLEY October 2, 1925 in Conway. (May have been annulled.)
6. Married DAVID A. CREMEENS September 24, 1927 in Lebanon, MO. (Mahala's last name was Stout when they married.)
7. Married CHARLES THOMAS FINLEY October 10, 1932 in Conway, MO.
8. Married TOM WHITAKER June 5, 1940. They were married when she died in 1943.

Notes for MAHALA DEAN:

• Mahala has been found spelled many different ways; Mahala, MeHaley, Mahola and Mahaley. Her grandson John, remembers her nickname was Halie even though he called her Grandma.
• Census 1880: Geneva, Jennings Co, IN. Name spelled as Mahola, born in 1870.
• Census 1900: Benton Twp, Dallas Co, MO. Mahala had 5 children, 3 living.
• Census 1910: South Benton Twp, Dallas Co, MO. John D, Mahala, Harden, George, Sarah, Martha & Viola.
• Census 1930: Union Twp. 11, Town of Conway, MO Mahala is married to David Cremeens and is 60 years old. No children living with them. John & Martha are living next door.
• Mahala is buried next to Sarah and Viola in Macedonia Cemetery, Dallas Co, MO.
• The Dallas County MO Historical Society catalog of Dallas County Cemeteries (dated 1996) has Mahala White, born 6/9/1863 and died 3/20/1942. Both dates are incorrect.
• Both dates are incorrect on Mahala's headstone also. She was born in 1869 not 1863 and she died in 1943 not 1942.

Children of MAHALA DEAN and JOHN WHITE are:

1.    HARDEN DIXON WHITE, b. November 01, 1887, Long Lane, MO; d. April 20, 1965, Springfield, MO; m. MARGARET ELIZABETH TURNER; b. March 26, 1894; d. November 18, 1973, Dallas Co, MO. They married 12/1/1912 in Buffalo, Dallas Co, MO.

Notes for HARDEN DIXON WHITE:

• Hardin and George may be half-brothers to the girls as Mahala wasn't married to John White when they were born.
• 1900 Census: Benton Twp, Dallas Co, MO
• One family story is he married at 16, it didn't last though, she was older than him, he found out she was expecting when they married (not his). He didn't stay long. She filed for divorce.
• 1910 Census: South Benton Twp, Dallas, Co, MO. John D, Mahala, Harden, George, Sarah, Martha & Viola.
• Harden stayed single for another 10 more years, then married Lizzie and had 11 kids.
• SS#: 499-07-9195
• Harden sent a letter addressed to Mahala Finley in 1939.
• Burial: Macedonia Cemetery, Dallas Co, MO.

2.    GEORGE WHITE, b. December 11, 1891, Dallas Co, MO; d. May 12, 1944 in Buffalo, Dallas Co, MO; m. BERTHA JANE HORN; b. June 18, 1894; d June 14, 1946 in Buffalo, Dallas Co, MO. They married March 31, 1911 in Dallas Co, MO.

Notes for GEORGE WHITE:

• George had one bad eye, it was easy to sneak up on him. He was "colorful" and had lots of trouble with the law, selling liquor to a minor, gambling, carrying a concealed weapon, drank.
• 1900 Census: Benton Twp, Dallas Co, MO
• 1910 Census: South Benton Twp, Dallas, Co, MO. John D, Mahala, Harden, George, Sarah, Martha & Viola.
• 1930 Census: Conway, Union Twp 11, Laclede Co, MO. Same neighborhood as Mahala Cremeens and Martha Haney (his mother and sister)
• Burial: Four Mile Cemetery, Dallas Co, MO.

3.     FEMALE WHITE, b. June 19, 1896; d. June 19, 1896. (listed as Mahala's 4th child)

4.    SARAH ANN WHITE, b. September 07, 1898; d. June 19, 1920, Conway, Laclede Co, MO.

5.    MARTHA ELLEN WHITE, b. June 22, 1902; d. July 04, 1952, Clarinda, IA.

6.    VIOLA D. WHITE, b. October 19, 1905; d. June 27, 1926; m. SANFORD GRISSOM, December 08, 1925.

Notes for VIOLA D. WHITE:

• Her name was Viola but they called her Aunt Oly.
• 1910 Census: South Benton Twp, Dallas, Co, MO. John D, Mahala, Harden, George, Sarah, Martha & Viola.
• On her marriage license John Haney gave his consent as the guardian of Viola.
• Burial: Macedonia Cemetery, Dallas Co, MO. Sarah and Viola are buried next to Mahala

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