Brief Life History of William F.
When William F. Denson was born on 13 March 1835, in Walton, Georgia, United States, his father, Thomas Denson, was 23 and his mother, Susan Humphrey, was 16. He lived in Chattooga, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Princeton, Dallas, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 7 August 1899, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas, Arkansas, United States.
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- William F Denson, "United States Census, 1880"
- W F Denson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wm Denson, "United States Census, 1870"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1838
Historical Boundaries: 1838: Chattooga, Georgia, United States
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
patronymic meaning ‘son of the dean’, see Dean 2. Since medieval deans were celibate, their sons would have to have been illegitimate, but le Dene was probably also used as a non-clerical nickname, so illegitimacy is not necessarily to be inferred.
patronymic meaning ‘son of Deyne or Dene’, a pet form of Reynald (Reginald); see Dean 3.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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