Brief Life History of Thomas Riley
When Thomas Riley Denison was born on 18 April 1830, in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Rev. Avery Denison, was 39 and his mother, Mercy Lida Benedict, was 39. He married Mary Jennie Flint on 28 August 1857, in Oakland, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 21 February 1911, in York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Thomas R Dennison in household of Avery Dennison, "United States Census, 1850"
- T. R. Dennison, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Thomas Riley Denison, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Dennison .
Americanized form of a Slavic patronymic from the personal name Denis or Denys , such as Russian Denisov or Ukrainian Denysenko or Denysevych.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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