Elijah W. Denton

Brief Life History of Elijah W.

When Elijah W. Denton was born on 15 March 1815, his father, Elijah W Denton, was 32 and his mother, Sarah "Sally" Huff, was 26. He married Malvina Halterman on 18 September 1834, in White, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and District 4, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 22 March 1889, at the age of 74, and was buried in White Cemetery, Brown Cemetery, White, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah W. Denton
1815–1889
Malvina Halterman
1817–1880
Marriage: 18 September 1834
Tilman H. C. Denton
1835–
Elijah Curlee L Denton
1836–1928
John H. Denton
1838–1917
Mary E Denton
1839–1920
Smith J. Denton
1841–1912
Sarah E Denton
1843–1857
Mildred A Denton
1845–1893
Nancy Jane Denton
1847–1913
Malvina Denton
1849–1874
Margaret E Denton
1851–1854
Tolbert F Denton
1853–1931
Andrew J Denton
1856–1909
Forester Roger Denton
1858–1938

Sources (16)

  • Elijah Denton, "United States Census, 1880"
  • E. W. Denton, "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950"
  • Elijah W Denton, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in the Domesday Book as Dodintone meaning ‘enclosure, settlement associated with Dodda or Dudda’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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