Brief Life History of William
When William Denton was born on 19 December 1852, in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Ephraim Denton, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Twelvetree, was 32. He married Ann Jackson on 27 December 1877, in Buffalo, Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in England, United Kingdom in 1851 and What Cheer, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 27 December 1906, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Iuka Township Cemetery, Iuka, Pratt, Kansas, United States.
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- William Denton, "United States Census, 1900"
- William Denton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Wm Denton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Historical Boundaries: 1865: Keokuk, Iowa, United States
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 The Amendment was later repealed.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: 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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