Is there a Vintner in the House part 2

Our cousin Mary Stewart Dean, and her three sons move after the death of Gilbert Dean to Poughkeepsie,NY. In 1877, Mary moves the family to Portland, Chautauqua County, NY and settles on a farm not far from Brocton, NY.  The three sons, Luther Rawson Dean "Ross", Stewart and Clyde start the grape growing business in the region.  This is the Lake Erie Wine region in the western part of New York State bordering Pennsylvania.  And not far from the Stewart family counties of Wyoming and Genesee NY. 

Ross Dean was not just a grape grower, he also studied the chemistry of the soil and the climatic effects of grape production. He was one of the largest grape growers in the country, shipping over one hundred cars of grapes to the outside markets in a given year.  The three brother increased their initial 100 acres to over 400 hundred acres of grape production.  

In 1897, Ross built the house pictured in this e-mail where his wife Emma Frances Corell and mother Mary Stewart Dean lived.  Mary died in 1904 and is buried in the Portland Evergreen Cemetery along side her husband Gilbert Dean.  Most of the family are interred at the Portland Evergreen Cemetery and with the exception of Gilbert Dean, I manage their memorials on Find A Grave. 

Mrs.Emma Dean is a lover of flowers and gardens and most of the current gardening members in our family can relate to her hobby. The family also seems to follow the Stewart family affiliation with the Methodist Episcopal church.

The three brothers own the farm until 1935 when the last brother Clyde dies.  Ross dies in 1918 and Stewart in 1929. 

Dean Home

Emma Corell Dean

Ross Dean