James Duane Dennison and Mary Whillans

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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
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 May 1890 - Sugar Grove, Warren Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Ezekiel Denniston (1774-1859) 1 3
         Mother: Margaret Pulver (1776-1846) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1 Mar 1841 - Boonville, Oneida Co, NY 2

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   Other Spouse: Rhoda Martin (1830-1902) 1 2 - 14 Jan 1850 - Steuben, Oneida Co, NY 2

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Wife Mary Whillans ²

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           Born: 26 May 1819 2
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           Died: 6 Dec 1848 - Western, Oneida Co, NY 2
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Children

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1 M John Jacob Dennison ²

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           Born: 4 Jan 1842 - Herkimer, Herkimer Co, NY 2
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           Died: 9 May 1882 - Belleville, Ontario, Canada 2
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         Spouse: Mary Ann Gibson (      -      ) 2

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2 M Robert Alexander Dennison ²

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           Born: 18 Feb 1844 - Ottawa, Quebec, Canada 2
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           Died: 15 Aug 1883 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Josephine Waters (      -      ) 2

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3 F Barbara Jane Dennison ²

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           Born: 13 Feb 1847 - Steuben, Oneida Co, NY 2
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           Died: 5 Apr 1897 2
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         Spouse: Charles Barlow (      -      ) 2

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4 F Mary Dennison ²

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           Born: 1 Dec 1848 2
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           Died: 7 Sep 1849 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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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.

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.