Dallas S. Denton (1827 - 1876)

Born 7 Apr 1827 in Campbell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Teresa Amanda (Lemmon) Denton — married before 1862 in Missouri [uncertain]

Husband of Melvina Jane (Ross) Denton — married 22 Jul 1867 in Polk Co, MO

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1876 at age 48 in Polk, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Dallas was born in 1827. He was the son of John Denton and Anne Sullenberger. He passed away in 1876.

Dallas married 1st on 25 Dec 1862 in Missouri to Teresa Amanda Lemmon. Two sons: James Jefferson Denton (1863-1921) and William L. "Bud" Denton (1864-abt 1871). Teresa died in childbirth. Dallas remarried her first cousin, Melvina Jane Ross on . Their common grandparents were Jacob Lemmon and Mary "Polly" Smith.

Dallas owned a mill on the Sac River. Although a Southern sympathizer, he ground grain for both the North and the South. He died when he caught a cold and developed complications after trying to save his crop from a flood.

Sources

• Old letter in the research notes of Nora Robertson Cowden.

• Polk County Missouri Marriage Book B-159
• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2D9-2VP : 18 January 2020), Dallus S. Denton, 1867.

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88R-MZL : Sun Mar 10 05:00:07 UTC 2024), Entry for John Denton and Ann Denton, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHC1-VLN : Sun Mar 10 21:10:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Samuel Hale and Cynthia Hale, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46J-RLZ : Tue Mar 05 08:40:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Dallas S Denton and Jane Denton, 1870.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7R-26FQ : 13 September 2020), Dallas S Denton, ; Burial, , Polk, Missouri, United States of America, Old Union Cemetery; citing record ID 177598214, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.