Brief Life History of John Arnold
When John Arnold Denton Sr. was born on 10 March 1808, in Garrard, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Denton Jr, was 32 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Arnold, was 25. He married Elizabeth Pendleton on 18 June 1830, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Polk, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Benton, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died on 16 October 1863, in Benton, Saline, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Beaty Cemetery, Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States.
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- John A Denton, "United States Census, 1860"
- John H. Denton, "BillionGraves Index"
- Ancestry Family Trees
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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