Solomon Wilbur Denton

MaleApril 1816–19 March 1864

Brief Life History of Solomon Wilbur

When Solomon Wilbur Denton was born in April 1816, in Fitchville, Huron, Ohio, United States, his father, Jabez Denton, was 50 and his mother, Rachel Green, was 47. He married Frances M. "Fanny" Stanley on 30 July 1835, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1890. He died on 19 March 1864, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Lexington National Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Solomon Wilbur Denton
1816–1864
Frances M. "Fanny" Stanley
1817–1902
Marriage: 30 July 1835
Maria Frances Denton
1836–1916
Calvin Denton
1838–1840
Harvey Denton
1839–1840
Ruth Denton
1842–1842
James Denton
1843–1843
Willis S. Denton
1844–1913
Charles W. Denton
1848–1852
Solomon Wilbur Denton
1850–1934

Sources (26)

  • S M Denton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Solomon W Denton, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Solomon Wilbur DENTON - Government record: Military record or discharge: death: 19 March 1864; Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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  • Marriage
    30 July 1835Geauga, Ohio, United States
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    World Events (8)

    1818 · Jackson Purchase

    Age 2

    The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 3

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 14

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    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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