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| | Deen Sr., Braswell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Braswell D. Deen, Sr., second oldest of twelve children, was born on June 28, 1893, on a farm south of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, son of Samuel and Victory Altman Dean. |
 | | His families were early pioneers of southeast Georgia, both his paternal and maternal grandfathers serving with distinction in the Confederate Army. |
 | | In 1916 he was elected County School Superintendent of Appling County, Georgia, later voluntarily resigning to enter the armed services in World War I. In 1924 Deen was elected President of the South Georgia Junior College at McRae, Georgia, which position he held through May, 1928. |
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