James Duane Dennison and Rhoda Martin

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Husband James Duane Dennison ^{1 2}

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            AKA: James Duane Denniston 2
           Born: 3 Jun 1817 - Schenectady Co, NY 1 2
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           Died: 4 May 1890 - Sugar Grove, Warren Co, PA 2
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         Father: Ezekiel Denniston (1774-1859) 1 3
         Mother: Margaret Pulver (1776-1846) 1 3

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       Marriage: 14 Jan 1850 - Steuben, Oneida Co, NY 2

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   Other Spouse: Mary Whillans (1819-1848) 2 - 1 Mar 1841 - Boonville, Oneida Co, NY 2

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Wife Rhoda Martin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Jul 1830 2
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           Died: 18 Mar 1902 2
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         Father: David Martin (1798-1848) 2
         Mother: Terressa Denison (1800-      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Arthur Wellington Dennison ²

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           Born: 2 Nov 1850 2
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           Died: 27 Oct 1910 - Lander, Warren Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Nancy Cornelia Wright (      -      ) 2

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2 F Florence Terressa Dennison ²

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           Born: 13 Mar 1852 2
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Spouse: Rufus King Houghwot (      -      ) 2

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3 F Helen Arabelle Dennison ²

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           Born: 31 Oct 1853 2
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           Died: Aft 1913
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4 M Willie Ernest Dennison ²

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           Born: 14 Oct 1855 2
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Spouse: Anna Sherman (      -      ) 2

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5 M Edgar Pratt Dennison ²

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           Born: 2 Apr 1857 2
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           Died: 8 Jan 1887 2
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6 M Martin Delevan Dennison ²

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           Born: 19 Sep 1859 2
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Spouse: Chloe Temple (      -      ) 2

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7 M James Ellsworth Dennison ²

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           Born: 3 Mar 1861 2
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           Died: 8 Mar 1891 2
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8 M Clayton Theodore Dennison ²

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           Born: 21 Nov 1863 2
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Spouse: Grace Houghwot (      -      ) 2

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9 F Mary Rowena Dennison ²

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           Born: 1 Dec 1865 2
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           Died: 13 Mar 1884 2
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10 F Kate Corena Dennison ²

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           Born: 25 Oct 1868 2
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         Spouse: Dwight Buell Crouch (      -      ) 2

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11 F Gerda Angeline Dennison ²

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           Born: 28 Mar 1876 - Farmington Twp, Warren Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: George Augustus Waldron De Forest (1871-      ) 4
           Marr: 3 Jun 1909 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5

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12 F Barbara J. Dennison ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1887
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13 M Jacob Dennison ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1887
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14 M Robert Dennison ¹

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           Died: Bef 1887
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General Notes: Husband - James Duane Dennison

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He settled in Sugar Grove township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, in 1850. He was elected school director in 1851 and continued in that office for seventeen years; he was associate judge from 1866 to 1871, and county auditor for six years. He purchased a homestead of ninety-two acres in the borough in 1883. [HWC 1887, BP xxvi]

He worked with his father at the shoemaker's trade on rainy days and evenings, when he was a boy. Several years of his early life were spent in Canada where he was engaged in the fur trade with his brother Jacob. After his return he spent some years farming and running a store in Steuben and Vernon, New York, with his youngest brother, Martin. In the spring of 1851 he moved to Sugargrove township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, and settled on Lanning Hill. His brother, Solomon Pulver, followed him in a few years, as well as his sister Katie M., with their families. James D. Dennison in 1851 was elected school director, and held that office for seventeen years. From 1866 until 1871 he was associate judge of Warren County, and for six years he was county auditor. He spent most of his life as a farmer, and devoted much attention to dairying, but manufactured cheese instead of butter. For three or four years he lived in Sugargrove and carried on a store and a hotel also for about a year, although he had no license. He lived for four years near Bear Lake, Warren County, where he owned a large saw mill, and for eight or nine years he lived in Farmington township, Warren County, then moving to El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, where he remained a year and a half. He then returned to Sugargrove where he purchased a farm and lived the remainder of his life.

His first wife was a young Scotch girl whom he met in Canada when watching a boat land one day. They both were members of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Bytown, afterward Ottawa, Canada, during their residence there.

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General Notes: Wife - Rhoda Martin

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from Western, Oneida Co, NY

1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP xxvi.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1077.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1076.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1074.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1075.