William Elias Dennis

1840 - 1918  (77 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	William Elias Dennis
  	William was known as "W.E. Dennis" to help distinguish him from the William Dennis of Conneaut Lake.
  Born	31 Dec 1840	Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 20 96 Aaron Dennis 29 1821 male farmer New York 21 96 Betsy Dennis 29 1821 female Pennsylvania 22 96 William E. Dennis 9 1841 male Pennsylvania 23 96 Sylvanus Dennis 8 1842 male Pennsylvania 24 96 Polly J. Dennis 5 1845 female Pennsylvania 25 96 Columbus Dennis 3 1847 male Pennsylvania 26 96 Alanson Dennis 1 1849 male Pennsylvania 27 96 Patience Dennis 1/12 female Pennsylvania 28 96 Christopher Peeler 80 1770 male Pennsylvania 29 96 Catharine Peeler 78 1772 female Pennsylvania   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=9v8c_953
  Census	1860	Line Mills, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 6 160 Aaron Dennis 40 1820 male farmer New York 7 160 Betsy Dennis 39 1821 female Pennsylvania 8 160 Wm. E. Dennis 19 1841 male Pennsylvania 9 160 Sylvester Dennis 17 1843 male Pennsylvania 10 160 Polly J. Dennis 14 1846 female Pennsylvania 11 160 Christopher Dennis 12 1848 male Pennsylvania 12 160 Thomas Dennis 11 1849 male Pennsylvania 13 160 Patience Dennis 10 1850 female Pennsylvania 14 160 Emily Dennis 8 1852 female Pennsylvania 15 160 Mary Dennis 6 1854 female Pennsylvania 16 160 Harriette Dennis 4 1856 female Pennsylvania 17 160 John R. Dennis 2 1858 male Pennsylvania   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=3g7q_952
  Military Service	16 Oct 1862	Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	A Civil War veteran, William was a Private in Company K of the 169th Pennsylvania Infantry. He enlisted at Meadville October 16, 1862 and was mustered out with his unit on July 26, 1863.
  		Civil War Soldier General Index Card William Elias Dennis
  		Civil War Soldier Pension Index Card William Elias Dennis
  Census	1870	Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 3 46 Wm Dennis 29 1841 male white lumberman Pennsylvania 4 46 Mary Dennis 16 1854 female white keeping house Pennsylvania 5 46 Collumbas Dennis 24 1846 male white farmer Pennsylvania 6 46 Lansome Dennis 21 1849 male white farmer Pennsylvania 7 46 Liddie Dennis 21 1849 female white keeping house Ohio 8 46 Jno Dennis 12 1858 male white at home Pennsylvania 9 46 Chas Mead 27 1843 male white laborer Pennsylvania   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=bcw9_951
  Census	1880	Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Occupation Street 7 49 Wm E Dennis male white 1841 39 married Pennsylvania New York Pennsylvania farmer 8 49 Lucy A. Dennis wife female white 1849 31 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania keeping house 9 49 Amanda Rea mother-in-law female white 1809 71 widowed Pennsylvania Connecticut New York keeping house 10 49 Burt Brown male white 1861 19 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania farm laborer   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=sgjh_959
  Census	1900	Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 27 284 William Dennis head male white Dec 1840 59 married 2 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania farmer 28 284 Roxanna Dennis wife female white Mar 1844 56 married 2 1 1 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania New York 29 284 Lyndia Cotton sister-in-law female white Nov 1842 57 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania New York 30 284 George Carnes boarder male white May 1870 30 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania farm laborer   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=jyf3_958
  Census	1910	Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 35 161 William E. Dennis head male white 1841 69 married 2x 12 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania own income 36 161 Roxy Dennis wife female white 1845 65 married 2x 12 1 1 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania none   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=mt90_957
  Died	17 Dec 1918	Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	cause of death: apoplexy, cerebral hemorrhage from a scrapbook at the Linesville Historical Society: The sudden death of William E. Dennis, of apoplexy, occurred at his home on Penn street, this place, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 1918, at one o'clock p.m. He had not been feeling in best of health, owing to distress of the stomach, and had been taking a little outdoor exercise with hope of wearing it off. Arising from his noonday meal he had only reached the doorway of the adjoining room when he expired. Mr. Dennis was born in Pine township, Dec. 31, 1840 and had spent his useful life in this vicinity on a farm until moving to Linesville after retiring from active service. He was married Sept. 23, 1873, to Lucy Rea; his second marriage took place April 2, 1898 with Mrs. Roxy Marshall who survives him. He also leaves to mourn his loss three brothers, CC Dennis, Alanson Dennis and JR Dennis, of this place; four sisters, Mrs. Tracey Johnson and Mrs. Polly Culver, Linesville; Mrs. JW Adsit, Geneva, Pa., and Mrs. Mary Clark, Padanaram, O. He was a member of Co K, 169th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, a comrade of the GA Post and a member of Linesville ME Church. Funeral will be announced later.
  		Pennsylvania Death Certificate William Elias Dennis
  Age	77 years
  Buried	20 Dec 1918	Linesville Cemetery, Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Section M, Lot 353, Grave 1
  		Dennis Family Stone Plot: Section M, Lot 353
  		Dennis, William Elias 1840-1918 Plot: Section M, Lot 353, Grave 1
  Person ID	I11654	Local Families
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Aaron Dennis,   b. 31 Dec 1815, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Betsey Meeker,   b. 8 Oct 1820, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 26 Mar 1862  (Age 41 years)
  Married	1840
  Family ID	F3230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Aaron Dennis,   b. 31 Dec 1815, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Lucy Flick
  Married	2nd Wife
  Family ID	F4136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucy Ann Rea,   b. 14 Feb 1849,   d. 25 Sep 1895, Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1873
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F4144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Roxy Cotton,   b. 5 Mar 1844, North Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 23 Dec 1927, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	2 Apr 1898	Hartstown Cemetery, West Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F6667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 2 Apr 1898 - Hartstown Cemetery, West Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried - 20 Dec 1918 - Linesville Cemetery, Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		William and Roxy Dennis
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  Marriage Records

  Crawford County, Pa., Marriage License William Elias Dennis and Roxana Margaret Cotton

  
  

  Miscellaneous News		Pine Township Farm House of William Burns Down William had already moved to Linesville, but building occupied by Wallace Marshall October 30, 1907 issue of the Conneautville Courier
  		William Re-Elected Pine Township Supervisor William had been a supervisor for Pine Township since at last 1888. This article from the February 25, 1903 issue of the Conneautville Courier shows him being re-elected to that position.

  
  

• Notes

  from the January 11, 1911 issue of the Linesville Herald: The G.A.R. Elects Officers Linesville G.A. R. Post No. 352 installed officers last Thursday evening as follows: Commander, c.C. Dennis, Senior Vice Commander, S.S. Dorchester, Junior Vice-Commander, James E. Fenner; Sergeant Major, W.G. Wyatt; and William Upham, Q.M. Sergeant; W.M., Eber Lewis; Officer of the Day, W.E. Dennis, Officer of the Guard; R.B. Lewis, Chaplain, Rev. J.W. Plannett, Adjutant, Henry Hall. Following the meeting an oyster supper was served at Sigler's restaurant.