He was the 5th child of 9 from John Ecter Deen and Sarah Jane McLaren. George C. was the 1st Sheriff of Roosevelt Co., NM after statehood. He served as sheriff 1912-1916.
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DEEN, GEORGE C.
George C. Deen, mgr. grocery dept. Joyce-Pruit Co., (Rep.); b. Feb. 7 1883, Van Zandt, Texas; son of John and Sarah (McLarren) Deen; educ. pub. schls. Kauffman County, Texas, two years, and then entered mercantile business in Crandall, continuing in that business until 1908; came to New Mexico, April, 1908, locating in Fort Sumner; moved to Portales, 1908, as manager grocery dept., Joyce-Pruit Co.; elected Nov. 7, 1911, as first Sheriff Roosevelt County, under State government (first Republican elected to county office in Roosevelt County); mem. I.O.O.F., W. O. W. Address: Portales, N. M. (Representative New Mexicans: The National Newspaper Reference Book ...", Volume 1, Compiled and Published by C.S. Peterson, Denver, Colo., 1912]
He was the 5th child of 9 from John Ecter Deen and Sarah Jane McLaren. George C. was the 1st Sheriff of Roosevelt Co., NM after statehood. He served as sheriff 1912-1916.
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DEEN, GEORGE C.
George C. Deen, mgr. grocery dept. Joyce-Pruit Co., (Rep.); b. Feb. 7 1883, Van Zandt, Texas; son of John and Sarah (McLarren) Deen; educ. pub. schls. Kauffman County, Texas, two years, and then entered mercantile business in Crandall, continuing in that business until 1908; came to New Mexico, April, 1908, locating in Fort Sumner; moved to Portales, 1908, as manager grocery dept., Joyce-Pruit Co.; elected Nov. 7, 1911, as first Sheriff Roosevelt County, under State government (first Republican elected to county office in Roosevelt County); mem. I.O.O.F., W. O. W. Address: Portales, N. M. (Representative New Mexicans: The National Newspaper Reference Book ...", Volume 1, Compiled and Published by C.S. Peterson, Denver, Colo., 1912]
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