Benjamin Franklin DENSON

1817 - 1888  (71 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin DENSON  [1]
  Birth	23 Mar 1817	(?), NC   [2, 3]
  Year of birth was more likely 1815 or perhaps 1816
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Primrose Twp., Dane Co., WI, USA   [4]
  surname spelled "Dennison"
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 29 425 Benjamin Dennison 37 1813 Male White Farmer Ohio 30 425 Rebecca Dennison 34 1816 Female White N Carolina 31 425 John Dennison 12 1838 Male White Ohio 32 425 Oley Dennison 13 1837 Male White Illinois 1 425 Hamilton Dennison 11 1839 Male White Ohio 2 425 William Dennison 10 1840 Male White Wisconsin 3 425 Clarinda Dennison 9 1841 Female White Wisconsin 4 425 Mary A. Dennison 8 1842 Female White Wisconsin 5 425 Obadiah Dennison 3 1847 Male White Wisconsin 6 425 Ninaian Dennison 2 1848 Male White Wisconsin Joseph 425 Josephine Dennison 1/12 1850 Female White Wisconsin
  Military	Black Hawk War  [2]
  Private in the (Adams Co.,) Illinois Company Mounted Volunteers - 2nd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, Captain Earl Pierce, 1832 Was thought to be a fifer (or piper)
  Death	8 Nov 1888	Belmont, Lafayette Co., WI   [2, 3, 5]
  Burial	Belmont Cemetery - Belmont, LaFayette Co., WI   [6]
  Person ID	I450	Main

  
  

  Father	John DENSON,   b. Abt 1780, NC d. prb Abt 1816 (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Frances HANEY,   b. 06 Apr 1787, NC d. 09 Apr 1846, Adams Co., IL (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1800	Nash Co., NC
  Notes	John, with his wife and family migrated west from North Carolina, about 1815 (or perhaps a little later). John was either killed or captured (a family tradition) by Indians and his wife and children continued on to Tennessee where they stayed for awhile before they again moved on, eventually setteling in Adams Co., Illinois.
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Jane RIDDLE,   b. Abt 1819
  Marriage	Abt 1836/1837	prb Adams Co., IL
  Divorce	22 Apr 1845
  Children	1. Oley DENSON,   b. Abt 1837 + 2. John Riddle DENSON,   b. Abt 1838, IL d. 03 Mar 1863, La Grange, Fayette Co., TN (Age 25 years) + 3. William Henry DENSON,   b. 11 Feb 1840, Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL d. 14 Jan 1915, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN (Age 74 years) + 4. Mary Ann DENSON,   b. 28 Sep 1842, Lafayette Co., WI d. 03 Feb 1905, Chicago, Cook Co., IL (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca LUDLUM,   b. 14 Oct 1818, Deerfield, Warren Co., OH d. 28 Aug 1897, Belmont, Lafayette Co., WI (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1845	Kendall, Lafayette Co., WI   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Obediah J. Fields DENSON,   b. 23 Nov 1847, WI d. 12 Oct 1916, Paoli, Dane Co., WI (Age 68 years)   2. Ninien (Ninian?) Whiteside DENSON,   b. 19 Mar 1848, Perry, Dane Co., WI   3. Sarah Josephine DENSON,   b. 29 Jul 1850, Perry, Dane Co., WI   4. Thressa Jane DENSON,   b. 1 Jun 1852, WI + 5. Benjamin Franklin DENSON,   b. 20 Jan 1854, WI d. 1929 (Age 74 years)   6. Thomas Jefferson DENSON,   b. 10 Apr 1856, WI + 7. James Kelly DENSON,   b. 2 Dec 1858, Dane Co., WI d. 20 Mar 1918, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN (Age 59 years)   8. Sabra Jannette DENSON,   b. 13 Jul 1861, WI bur. Belmont Cemetery - Belmont, LaFayette Co., WI
  Surnames		Densons
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 23 Mar 1817 - (?), NC Marriage - Abt 1836/1837 - prb Adams Co., IL Marriage - 15 Oct 1845 - Kendall, Lafayette Co., WI Death - 8 Nov 1888 - Belmont, Lafayette Co., WI Burial - - Belmont Cemetery - Belmont, LaFayette Co., WI  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town/Village       : Town/Township       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Tombstone of Benjamin Franklin Denson (1817-1888) Belmont Cemetery - Belmont, Lafayette Co., WI

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Death Certificate. Son's death certificate State of Minnesota - Book 964, p.23111 [S32] Military Pension. Indian War - filed Platteville, WI 1893 [S56] Tombstone Inscription. [S14] 1850 US Federal Census. Primrose Twp., Dane Co., WI, USA [S3] Death Certificate. #68, 02567 [S11] Cemetery Record.