Date Original
1867-1910
Description
This collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, building plans, and maps pertaining to G.A.A. Deane's career.
Biographical/Historical Note
Gardiner Andrus Armstrong Deane was born on June 23, 1840, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He served in the Civil War, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and inspector-general of the department stationed at Little Rock. At the conclusion of the war, he went into the mercantile business until 1867, when he became chief clerk of the land department of the Union Pacific Railroad (Central Branch). Deane acted in this capacity for several years, until he was promoted to assistant land commissioner, and later transferred to the operating department as assistant superintendent. In 1885, he became superintendent of construction of the Salina, Lincoln and Western Railroad branch of the Union Pacific. He remained there until 1891, when he accepted the position of land commissioner of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, and the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroads, with headquarters in Little Rock. As land commissioner, Deane managed one of the largest areas of land under the control of an individual. He also raised trotting-bred horses, founding a stock farm in Frankfort, Kansas, in 1878. Deane married Eliza J. Seymour of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1866. They had four children. Gardiner and Eliza died within a week of each other, in August of 1919. They are buried in Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; New York; Michigan; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Virginia; Georgia; North Carolina; Mississippi; Tennessee; Washington; Idaho; California; Louisiana
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000044
Resource Type
Text
Collection
G.A.A. Deane papers, MS.000044
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
G.A.A. Deane papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
