Theofield Denno (1846 - 1929)

Born 4 Jul 1846 in Glenn Falls, Warren, New York, United States

Husband of Leah Mary (Filiabrault) Denno — married 22 Jun 1876 in Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1929 at age 82 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107273395/edit

"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPX4-3CBH : 27 October 2019), Tuffil Denno, 13 Jun 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=13786

Tuffil Denno Dies, Enlisted in 1861

Whitestone Resident for 40 Years Had Many Villages Only Lamp Lighter.

Tuffil Denno, a veteran of the Civil War and a member of George Huntsman Popst, G.A. R., of Flushing, a retired Highway Department employe and a deputy sheriff in the old village days of Whitestone, where he lived for over 40 years, died of heart disease yesterday after a two weeks' illness. Mrs. Denno died at their home in 10th ave. (35 West 22d st.), Whitestone, on Nov. 27, 1925.

Mr. Denno is survived by one son, Frederick, of 147 82d st., Jackson Heights, with whom he has made his home since the death of his daughter, Mrs. FRank W. Markley, of Whitestone, a little ore than two years ago; one brother, Moses Denno, of Proctor, Vt.; four grandchildren, Glays and Leslie Markley, of New Jersey, and Bryce and Dwight Denno, of Jackson Heights.

Funeral services will be conducted t the Denno home tonight by the Rev. Mr. Scofield, of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Burial tomorrow will be at Flushing Cemetery.

Mr. Denno enlisted in Company C, Ninth Vermont Infantry, at the first call for volunteers in 1861. He ws in a number of battles. At the Battle of Chaffins, Farm, a pistor (sic) bullet passed through his cap. Another time, he and his tentmate were seated on a log in front of their tent when a bullet hit the log betweenthem, and then bounced through their tent.

Mr. Denno was born in Glenn Falls, N.Y., on July 4, 1846, a son of the late Theodore and Constance Denno. His father was a French-man, his mother an American. The Denno family moved to Rutland, Vt., when Mr. Denno was a child. He was married to Miss Leah M. Filiatrault, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Filiatrault, at Fairhaen, Vt., on June 22, 1876. Mr. Denno and his bride went to Benson, Vt., to live. Thirty years later he moved to Brewster, Putnam County, N.Y., where he was a foreman coal miner at the Brewster coal mines for three years.

The Denno family moved to Whitestone from Brewster 43 years ago. In Whitestone he was the gardner and superintendent of the big estate owned by Mrs. Polly Watson, the wife of the late Col. Watson, commander of the 13th REgiment. Following this he was the superintendent of the New York & New JErsey Gas Light Co. for eight years. Later he was "the Village Lamp Lighter of Whitestone," the only one who ever filled that position, and as such he passed out of the village employ into that of the Highway Department of Queens Borough in 1898. Here he remained for 23 years until he retired on Oct. 1, 1921.

Sourece: Brooklyn Times Union, 5 Feb 1929 Transcribed by Tom Ledoux.

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6WH-26G : accessed 03 Mar 2013), Theofield Denno in household of Theofield Denno, Illinois, United States; citing p. 13, family 74, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 545737.

"New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F63B-BDJ : accessed 03 Mar 2013), Theofield Denno in entry for Frederic Theofield Denno and Alice Evelyn West, 12 Feb 1906.

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