Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Dennis was born on 26 February 1848, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, her father, Joseph Dennis, was 27 and her mother, Nancy Pidcock, was 29. She married William Henry DeLapp on 3 April 1879. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Sheridan Township, Crawford, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 11 September 1920, in Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States.
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- Mary Delapp in household of W H Delapp, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary E. Dennis - Government record: birth-name: Mary E. Dennis
- Mary E Dennis, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Bad Ax, Wisconsin, United States 1862: Vernon, Wisconsin, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Denis(e), Dinis(e), vernacular forms of Latin Dionysius, Greek Dionysios ‘(follower) of Dionysos’, an eastern god introduced to the classical pantheon at a relatively late date and bearing a name of probably Semitic origin. The name was borne by various early Christian saints, including Saint Denis, the martyred 3rd-century bishop of Paris who became the patron saint of France. From the 12th century onward, the popularity of the name in England (and of its cognates, mainly Denis , in the continental Europe) seems to have been largely due to French influence. The feminine form Dionysia (in vernacular English likewise Den(n)is) is also found, and some examples of the surname may originate from it.
English: from Middle English deneis, a variant of danais ‘Danish’, with the vowel influenced by Middle English denshe (Old English denisc). Compare Dence .
Irish (mainly Dublin and Cork): of the same origin as 1 and 2 above, sometimes an alternative form to Donohue but more often to McDonough , since the personal name Donnchadh was Anglicized as Donough or Denis.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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