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Jonas J. DENNISON

Jonas J. DENNISON

Male 1842 - Bef 1904  (~ 62 years)

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  • Name Jonas J. DENNISON 
    Born CA 1842  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1843. But the 1880 and 1900 censuses show it as 1835.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 4 Aug 1862 to 15 Apr 1863  [2] 
    Co A, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    • Jonas J Dennison joined for duty August 4, 1862 in West Union. Mustered in a Private in Co. A, 14th West Virginia Infantry on August 23, 1862. He was absent on subsequent Company Muster Rolls and was discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability at New Creek, W.Va. on April 15, 1863. The Company Discriptive Book states that he was born in Lewis County, occupation farmer, age 22, 5'8" is height, complexion dark, hair black. His reason for discharge stated on this record was insanity. The 1890 Veterans Schedule confirms the reason for discharge was "insanity by fever and exposure." Dennison was residing in Avon, Doddridge County at the time of the 1890 Veterans Schedule.
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Medical Condition 1863, 1890  [3, 4] 
    "insanity by fever and exposure" (probably PTSD) 
    Residence 1890  Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5, 6] 
    Died Bef Mar 1904  [7] 
    • His wife started collecting a widow's pension in March 1904. Although his death may have been shortly before then, it sometime happened that the pensions weren't awarded until several years after the soldier's death.
    Person ID I50029  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2023 

    Father James Ross DENNISON,   b. Mar 1813,   d. 21 Aug 1899, Double Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" HUSTEAD,   b. CA 1815,   d. 16 Jan 1862  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Family ID F14895  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Keziah DAVIS,   b. 13 Sep 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 31 Aug 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge County, West Virginia (New Milton District), enumerated on June 18, 1880:
      Jonas J. Dennison, 28, farmer, cannot read/write; wife Zezziah, 25, cannot read/write; son James A, 4; dau Mary C, 2. All born in West Virginia.

      1900 Census, Doddridge County, West Virginia (New Milton District), enumerated on June 1, 1900:
      Jonah Dennison, 65, b. Apr 1835, farmer, cannot read/write, married 28 yrs; wife Kiziah, 53, b. Aug 1846, cannot read/write, married 28 yrs, mother of 7 children (2 still living); dau Myrtle, 18, b. Mar 1882, single, cannot read/write.

      1910 Census, Doddridge County, West Virginia (New Milton District), enumeraed on 25 April 1900:
      Kesiah Dennison, 55, widowed, mother of 7 children (1 still living); son-in-law Lloyd Nicholson, 33, farm laborer, married 14 yrs; dau Mary C Nicholson, 32, married 14 yrs, mother of 6 children (all still living); granddau Rosa B, 13; grandson Walter, 11; granddau Belva M, 9; granddau Dama L, 5; granddau Lillie M, 3; granddau Orpha G, 5 months.
    Children 
     1. James A. DENNISON,   b. 30 May 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1900  (Age 24 years)
     2. Mary Catherine DENNISON,   b. 25 Oct 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1951, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Myrtle DENNISON,   b. Mar 1882,   d. Bef Apr 1910  (Age ~ 28 years)
    Family ID F20633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1890 - Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    2. [S2219] History of Doddridge County (1883), H. H. Hardesty, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html).

    3. [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).

    4. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    6. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    7. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).