Family Group Record
Dr. Timothy D. Deason
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Husband: Timothy D. Deason
Son of: John Deason & Mary Jane Howell
Born: 06/27/1856 At: Woodville, Tyler Co., TX
Died: 11/05/1940 At: Rusk Co., TX
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Married: 09/15/1875 At: Rusk Co., TX
Wife: Margaret Jane Welch
Daughter of: Robert W. Welch & Mary Ann Nelson
Born: 01/22/1854 At: Welch Springs, Rusk Co., TX
Died: 07/20/1926 At: Rusk Co., TX
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Other Wives:
Children:
1. Ada Deason (female) (twin to Vada) Photographs
Born: 06/23/1876 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 02/08/1885 At: Rusk Co., TX
Married: Died young, did not marry.
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
2. Vada Deason (female) (twin to Ada) Photographs
Born: 06/23/1876 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 06/02/1960 At:
Married: William Andrew Farley
3. Charles Leon Deason (male) Photographs
Born: 11/07/1877 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 08/19/1968 At: Dangerfield, Morris Co., TX
Married: Willie Pearl Osborne
4. Thomas Mansfield Deason (male) Photographs
Born: 08/25/1879 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 12/01/1907 At: Rusk Co., TX
Married: Mary Selena Deason
5. Minnie Lee Deason (female) Photographs
Born: 07/25/1881 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 01/25/1963 At:
Married: Benjamin Franklin Jones
6. John Robert Deason (male) Photographs
Born: 09/14/1883 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 01/08/1885 At: Rusk Co., TX
Married: Died young, did not marry.
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
7. Edwin Dewitt Deason (male)
Born: 01/26/1886 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 02/19/1957 At:
Married: Josie Lee Deason
8. Sarah Elizabeth Deason (female) Photographs
Born: 11/14/1887 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 12/26/1888 At: Rusk Co., TX
Married: Died young, did not marry.
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
9. Giles Arthur Deason (male)
Born: 10/06/1888 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 11/25/1958 At: Shreveport, LA need parish
Married: Cleo Dunklin
10. Franklin Bruce Deason (male) Photographs
Born: 09/24/1890 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 10/20/1978 At: Henderson, Rusk Co., TX
Married: Abbie Irene Rushton
11. Andrew Jackson Deason (male) Photographs
Born: 10/14/1892 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 09/18/1967 At: Oklahoma
Married: Leila Bell Hays
12. William Bradford Deason (male) Photographs
Born: 10/06/1894 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 01/20/1896 At: Rusk Co., TX
Married: Died young, did not marry.
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
13. Loyd Stephen Deason (male)
Born: 08/02/1897 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 08/06/1963 At: Rusk Co., TX
Married: Sarah Taylor
Census Records
Timothy D. Deason
1860 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Beat 6 > Line 32
1870 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Precinct 4 > Line 34
1880 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Precinct 7 > District 79 > Line 5
1890
1900 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Justice Precinct 7 > District 91 > Line 77
1910 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Justice Precinct 7 > District 59 > Line 72
1920 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Roguemore and Brockfield > District 71 > Line 61
1930 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Precinct 7 > District 26 > Line 20
Margaret Jane Welch
1860
1870
1880 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Precinct 7 > District 79 > Line 6
1890
1900 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Justice Precinct 7 > District 91 > Line 78
1910
1920
Photographs
Timothy D. Deason
Margaret Jane Welch Deason
Ada Deason grave, Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Vada Deason Farley grave, Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Thomas Mansfield Deason grave, Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Benjamin Franklin Jones & Minnie Lee Deason
Jones grave, Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Edwin Dewitt Deason
Sarah Elizabeth Deason
grave, Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Giles Arthur Deason
Franklin Bruce Deason & Abbie Irene Rushton graves, Zion Hill
Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
William Bradford Deason
grave, Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Narrative
DR. TIMOTHY
DEASON
The following bio was taken from page 175 of the book entitled “Rusk County History” compiled and edited
and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.
Submitted by Mary Frank Dunn
Transcribed by Shirley Koym
Submitted by Gloria Briley Mayfield, Rusk County TX Coordinator
Dr. Timothy (“Tim”) Deason was born June 27, 1856 in Tyler County, Texas. He died at his home in Brachfield, November 5, 1940. Tim was the son of John and Mary Jane (Howell) Deason. Margaret Jane Welch, his wife, was born January 22, 1854 at Welch Springs. She was the daughter of Robert W. and Mary Ann (Nelson) Welch. Tim and Margaret were married September 15, 1875. After Margaret’s death, he married Mary (Akin) Leslie, widow of Hugh Leslie.
When Tim was a young man he received an injury to his knee while cutting wood with his brother, Jesse. This injury caused him to have a stiff knee for the remainder of his life. He began the practice of medicine in 1892 and continued until his death in 1940. During the last year of his life, though he was bed-ridden, patients sought him out at his home and he prescribed for their ailments until two days before his death. This veteran Rusk County physician was well known and loved throughout the county for the untiring service he rendered during his long career.
Dr. Deason’s children who grew to adulthood were: Vada (1876-1960), who married W. A. (Bill) Farley; Charles L. Deason (1877-1968), who married Willie Osborn; Thomas Mansfield Deason (1879-1907), who married Mary S. Deason and was killed in a sawmill accident at the age of twenty-eight; Minnie Lee Deason (1881-1963), who married Benjamin F. Jones; Edwin DeWitt Deason (1886-1957), who married Josie Deason; Giles Arthur Deason, called “Giley” and “G.A.”, (1888-1958) who married Cleo Dunklin and became a well-known physician in Henderson; Franklin Bruce Deason (1890-1978), who married Abbie Irene Rushton and lived near the Deason home place at Brachfield; Andrew Jackson Deason (1892-1967), who married Leila Bell Hays and lived at Port Arthur and in Pennsylvania but retired to Henderson; and Loyd Stephen Deason (1897-1963), the youngest child, who became a well-known physician in Henderson and married Sarah Taylor.
The hallway and porch of the Deason home was always filled with patients, visitors, and friends. Some patients came and lived in the home a month or more while being treated. Meals at the long dining table were replete, and anyone who happened to be there at mealtime was invited to partake – and someone was always there. Life was so interesting at Grandpa’s house!
In the corner of the yard, there was an office which was really a drug store because he stocked his own medicine. There were shelves of big brown bottles. A showcase was filled with bottles, medical instruments, and jars of “preserved innards” or growths. Even a human skull could be pondered by a five-year-old.
Though Margaret Jane remained a staunch member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Pine Grove all her life, “Tim” was a Missionary Baptist at Zion Hill, where both are buried.
Submitted by Mary Frank Dunn
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