When Rev Henry Mandeville Denison was born on 29 July 1822, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Denison, was 32 and his mother, Caroline Bowman, was 28. He married Alice Tyler on 11 June 1850, in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 28 September 1858, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in New Kent, Virginia, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
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.
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.
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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