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Curry Pettigrew Dennison

Birth	:	11 Nov 1839 Perry County, Tennessee, USA
Death	:	5 Jul 1913
Burial	:	Saint Joseph Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.1548350, -82.4256130
Description	:	Husband of, Nancy Jane Bray Dennison. Married - November 3, 1860. Curry Pettigrew Dennison, youngest son of Stephen and Elizibeth Ingram Dennison, was born November 11, 1839, in what is now Decatur but was then Perry County and passed away after a short illness at a little before 5 o'clock p.m., Friday, July 5, 1913, in the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. G. McMillan, at Decaturville, Tennessee. He had been in physical decline for several years, his retirement from the hotel business in Decaturville occurring from that cause. Our subject was the... Read More	Husband of, Nancy Jane Bray Dennison. Married - November 3, 1860. Curry Pettigrew Dennison, youngest son of Stephen and Elizibeth Ingram Dennison, was born November 11, 1839, in what is now Decatur but was then Perry County and passed away after a short illness at a little before 5 o'clock p.m., Friday, July 5, 1913, in the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. G. McMillan, at Decaturville, Tennessee. He had been in physical decline for several years, his retirement from the hotel business in Decaturville occurring from that cause. Our subject was the youngest of eight brothers and was one of thirteen children. He was the last of the sons of Stephen Dennison to die and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Minerva Priddy (whose first marriage name was Boren of Henderson County) and Mrs. Mary Brewer of Carroll County, both of the surviving sisters being widows. On the 4th of November, 1860, Mr. Dennison was most happily married to Nancy Jane, daughter of John and Minerva Bray of Henderson County, himself living at the time nar the old village of Lone Elm. To that union eight chidlren were born and of the eight but one has died. Allie, who married Edward Butler, moved to Memphis and died suddenly on May 13, 1903, while on a visit to her parents in Decaturville, and who was soon followed by her husband who died of typhoid fever in Memphis. The surviving children are Fredonia A. who married J. T. Rogers and is a widow; Kittie A., who married Dr. J. G. McMillan, and lives in Decaturville; Mary A., who lives in Lexington; Rosetta, who married J. R. Blount at Perryville, is a widow and now lives in Decaturville; Bertha L., who married F. A. Helton at Decaturville and now lives in Los Angeles, California, but fortunately was on a visit home at the time of her father's death. The suriving two sons are William R. of Perryville and Granville L. of Decaturville. From 1879, when Mr. Dennison moved his family from Lone Elm, this county, until the summer of 1907, Mr. Dennison conducted the Decaturville hotel, which was known over many counties and to many traveling men from distant cities as a satisfactory hostelry. On Sunday, October 16, 1904, Mr. Dennison united with the Missionary Baptist Church at Decaturville and to his means and good will the present house of worship in that town owes much in connection with its construction and maintnance. He was a Mason since 1870 when he joined the order at Cheap Valley near his home in Henderson County. He afterwards joined Ebenezer Chapter 120 at Lexington and was a charter member of Decaturville Chapter No. 135, R. A. M., in 1890 and was a member of Decaturville Council No. 90, of Royal and Select Masons. He loved the order of Masonry and right loyally did he practice the precepts thereof. He was laid in the grave with Masonic honors, P. W. Miller officiating in an impressive manner since his long-time friend, E. E. Arnold, was away at the time of his death and could not be present to officiate in leading the seervice as the decreased had many times requested, in the expctation that according to the course of nature, Mr. Dennison would go first. The church service was conducted by Rev. Fleetwood Ball of Lexington, and most touchingly did he refer to the many noble traits of his deceased brother whom he had learned to love. He stated and in the fullest measure of truth that whatever might have been the faults and failings of the deceased, he had never for a day lost his integrity nor willingly and knowingly wronged or harmed a fellow man. Brother Ball stated that in conversation with Mr. Dennison, when he was feeble in body but fully at himself in mind, he had stated that all was well with his soul, that he was not afraid to meet his Maker in accounting for the deeds done in the body. Mr. Dennison was a man of marked characteristcs. The "ruling passion" of his life was unqualified devotion to his wife by whom he is survived in a somewhat helpless condition, the result of a stoke of paralysis some six years ago. He was not demonstrative, was a "still water" that "ran deep", but his unwavering loyalty to and affection for Mrs. Dennison was known to all relatives and friends who had been admitted to the inner most circle of his family. His pride in and love for his children was great, as abiding as was his disposition to deal with honor with his fellow man. William P. Essary who had known him for sixty-one years says that in more than three score years he never knew the honesty of Curry Dennison questioned. He had his weakness, his foibles --who of us have not?--but they never reached nor impaired the vital qualities which went to make him the noblest handiwork of God--an honest man. He had our most thorough respect and during thirty years his presence was always appreciated in our home, as it was in the home of all his children. It is a peculiar statement to make that his death coming as it did before that of his afflicted helpmate, was a stroke of good fortune to him, for we do not believe that at any time in his life he could have borne to live without her. In his death he leaves her to the duty and tender care of the children who love her. May his soul rest in peace. Obituary Published - The Lexington Tennessee Progress - July 11, 1913. Information shared by - #47008611. #46829194.

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Latitude: 40.1548350
Longitude: -82.4256130

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Nancy Jane Bray Dennison

(1845 - 1913)

Siblings

Children

Fredonia Abigail Dennison Rogers

(1862 - 1946)

Kittie Dennison McMillan

(1864 - 1954)

William Robert Dennison

(1866 - 1942)

Granville Lee Dennison

(1870 - 1926)

Allie J. Dennison Butler

(1884 - 1904)

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