HISTORY
Source:
History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio
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Vol. I -
Under the Editorial Supervision of Judge H. J. Eckley
- Illustrated
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Published by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago and New York
1921 Family Info.
John W. Dennis was born in Cumberland Co.,
Pennsylvania, great grandson of John Dennis and grandson of James
Dennis, both born in Ireland and came to America when James was 15
years old. Both entered the Revolutionary War. James
removed to Franklin Co., Pa and reared a large family. John
Dennis, Sr., son of James was born there in 1877 and married Catherine
Mishey, born 1791 in Adams Co., Pennsylvania and came to Carroll Co.,
Ohio in 1834 and died in 1852. John W., son of John, Sr.,
married 1st 1848, Rebecca Jane Hart, daughter of John and Elizabeth
Wheaton Hart and had 15 children. Six of the children died while
he was in the Civil War. He married 2nd in 1871 to Lizzie
Whitla
and had 5 children.
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