Home > United States of America > Ohio > Licking County > Newark > Saint Joseph Cemetery > Nancy Jane Bray Dennison

Nancy Jane Bray Dennison

View larger map

1 / 3

2 / 3

3 / 3

❮ ❯

Nancy Jane Bray Dennison

Birth	:	2 Nov 1845 Henderson County, Tennessee, USA
Death	:	7 Oct 1913
Burial	:	Saint Joseph Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.1548350, -82.4256130
Description	:	Wife of, Curry Dennison. Married - November 3, 1860. Daughter of, John & Minerva Bray. In Loving Rememberance: Nancy Jane Bray Dennison, daughter of John and Minerva Bray, was born in Henderson County, November 2nd, 1845, and at the hour of 5 o'clock p.m., Tuesday, October 7th, 1913, peacefully passed to her reward in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. V. Barry, in Lexington, surrounded by all of her seven children except Mrs. F. A. Helton of Santa Monica, California and Mrs. J. G. McMillan of Decaturville. She drifted from life to death in a peaceful... Read More	Wife of, Curry Dennison. Married - November 3, 1860. Daughter of, John & Minerva Bray. In Loving Rememberance: Nancy Jane Bray Dennison, daughter of John and Minerva Bray, was born in Henderson County, November 2nd, 1845, and at the hour of 5 o'clock p.m., Tuesday, October 7th, 1913, peacefully passed to her reward in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. V. Barry, in Lexington, surrounded by all of her seven children except Mrs. F. A. Helton of Santa Monica, California and Mrs. J. G. McMillan of Decaturville. She drifted from life to death in a peaceful and impenetrable sleep which had lasted seventy-five hours and twenty minutes when her daughter, Mrs. Rosetta Blount, first discovered the Death Angel had come to bear away the spirit from Earth to that "Land that is Fairer than Day." Following the death of husband, Curry P. Dennison, which occurred in Decaturville on the 5th of July last, in the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. G. McMillan, Mr. Dennison went to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rosetta Blount, also in Decaturville, and there remained until August 8th, last, when she was brought to Lexington to live, the mother in her paralytic condition needing more attention than one daughter, with household cares could give her. Her first weeks in Lexington except for the shadow of her husband's death, were enjoyable ones. Every attention that love and affection could give were hers, and she seemed to be settling down into a life that would be pleasant to herself and full of satisfaction to her children. But it was not to be so. She began to fail in her ability to get around, first needing the sustaining arm of another person, then two, and finally, on Monday September 8, she was taken to her bed, from which she arose no more except to sit for awhile in a chair. On Friday morning, October 3, Mrs. Blount reported that Mother could not speak, nor did she speak again except to pronounce the name of the writer, "William Barry," as was her frequent habit in speaking. At 2:30 o'clock, Saturday, October 4th, she sank into sleep, her paralyzed side relaxing for the first time in six years since she was stricken on the 28th day of August, 1907. To all visible intents she had drifted into that "sleep which knows no waking" on the Saturday afternoon before death came on Tuesday. On November 3, 1860, at the age of fifteen years and one day. Miss Nancy Jane Bray was married to Curry P. Dennison, and from that happy hour, when life, full of hard work, was before them, she was truly the helpmate and the guiding star of the man she loved. Not one time in all the more than fifty-two years that they lived and worked together did she falter in her devotion, loyalty and affection to the beloved husband and the children who came to bless their union. As wife and mother, she was the best that world can produce and her reward came in the loving care that was given her in the six years of her affliction before she was called to the home on high where the shadow of death never fails. All of the eight children except Allie, the youngest, were born in the Henderson County home near Lone Elm, and Allie, who married Ed Butler, lived in Memphis and died suddenly May 12, 1904, while on a visit to Decaturville, has been the only one to die. The surviving children are Fredonia, widow of J. T. Rogers; Kittie wife of Dr. J. G. McMillan, Granville, all of Decaturville; William of Perryville, Mary, wife of W. V. Barry; Rosetta, widow of James R. Blount (Mrs. Blount now lives in Lexington), and Bertha, wife of Frank A. Helton, who moved to Los Angeles, California, about ten years ago and yet lives at Santa Monica, on the coast near Los Angeles. I feel my inability to pay proper tribute to Mrs. Dennison, but those who knew her life can testify that she was in the fullest sense a Christian character--a woman before whom all the world bows in veneration. In the whole more than thirty years that I had called her mother by marriage, she never spoke harshly to me nor gave me any but good advice. Such treatment she gave to all and so she will be remembered with deep affection by many friends in addition to those who were bound to her by the ties consanguinity and marriage. I truly believe that Heaven is the only place for such characters as Mrs. Dennison when the reward is given impartially for the life live here. The remains were carried to Decaturville on Wednesday, October 8, and there in the Baptist Church of which she was a member and in the building and maintenance of which she had much to do, Rev. Fleetwood Ball spoke over her remains, touchingly yet truly portraying her manifold virtues, for he knew her in her home both before and since the affliction of paralysis came upon her. At the grave in the Decaturville Cemetery, the local chapter of the Eastern Star took charge and in accord with the beautiful service of that order the 1st tribute was paid to the loved one who was accredited with all the virtues represented by the five points of the emblematic Star. With sad hearts her mortal remains were consigned to Mother Earth there to sleep by the side of the husband who Rev. Ball pictured as waiting on the other side of the River to welcome to the city of Eternal Light. "Somewhere in the morning land, She is learning, The meaning of welcome, The comfort of Rest, The sweetness of Peace. W. V. Barry. Source - The Lexington - Tennessee Progress - October 17, 1913. Information shared by - #47008611.

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

Where is Nancy Jane Bray Dennison's memorial?
Nancy Jane Bray Dennison's memorial is located at: Saint Joseph Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, USA.
When did Nancy Jane Bray Dennison death?
Nancy Jane Bray Dennison death on 7 Oct 1913 in
Where are the coordinates of the Nancy Jane Bray Dennison's memorial?
Latitude: 40.1548350
Longitude: -82.4256130

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Curry Pettigrew Dennison

(1839 - 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)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Evans Cemetery
Saint Louisville, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1627998, -82.4052963

2. Marple Cemetery
Saint Louisville, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1747017, -82.4503021

3. Wilson Cemetery
Newark, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1206200, -82.4316800

4. Newark Memorial Gardens
Newark, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1183700, -82.4312100

5. Coad Cemetery
Saint Louisville, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1925011, -82.4364014

6. Hollar Cemetery
Newark, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1052820, -82.4259770

7. Philipps-White Cemetery
Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1116982, -82.4858017

8. Barnes Cemetery
Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1281200, -82.3469700

9. Eden Cemetery
Eden Township, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2018200, -82.3577700

10. Clark Schroer Cemetery
Highwater, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1739600, -82.5160800

11. Old Fredonia Cemetery
Fredonia, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1523400, -82.5223300

12. Fredonia Cemetery
Fredonia, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1342010, -82.5186005

13. Snair Cemetery
Fredonia, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1825080, -82.5182790

14. South Lawn Cemetery
Utica, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2280998, -82.4555969

15. Bowers Cemetery
Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1889000, -82.5175018

16. Sharon Valley Cemetery
Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0822000, -82.4630000

17. Miles Chapel Cemetery
Eden Township, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1810989, -82.3253021

18. Conard Cemetery
Utica, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2253090, -82.4827950

19. Rocky Fork Cemetery
Rocky Fork, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1508700, -82.3086200

20. North Lawn Cemetery
Utica, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2432810, -82.4522420

21. Nicholas Cemetery
Hickman, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1459290, -82.3072530

22. Cedar Hill Cemetery
Newark, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0685997, -82.3863983

23. Melita Fellowship Church Cemetery
Utica, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2310500, -82.3574790

24. Bell Church Cemetery
Morgan Township, Knox County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2422900, -82.3823800