Bruce Garver wrote the following "bio" for Rachael Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis on October 9, 2021, and would appreciate receiving suggestions for its improvement. Bruce is a fifth cousin to Dennis Irvin Knox who is a third great-grandson of Rachel Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis (1822-1925). Both Bruce Garver and Dennis Irvin Knox are fourth -great-grandsons of Samuel Garver, Sr. (Sept. 17, 1767, to Sept. 19, 1839) and Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" (Troutman) Garver (August 15, 1764, to April 15, 1836).
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Rachel Margaret Adaline Littleton was born on October 2, 1822, in Worcester County, Maryland, to Abraham Littleton (1775-1865) and Leah Littleton (1801-1880). Of their two children, Rachel Margaret was the eldest. The family moved to Ohio during the years 1837 and 1838. Rachel Margaret's sister, Martha Catherine Littleton (1825-1927) onJuly 7, 1844, wed George Washington Nutt (1824–1917) with whom Martha Catherine raised twelve children.of whom five have Find a Grave Memorials linked to each other and to those of their parents.
Rachel Margaret Adaline Littleton wed Ohio-born William B. Dennis (1818–1904), the eldest of the five children of Purnell J. Dennis (1790–1866) and his first wife, Sarah (Penniwell) Dennis. During the War of 1812, Purnell had served as a Private in Colonel John McDonald's Regiment of the 2nd Ohio Militia in Ross County, Ohio. Together, Rachael Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis and William B. Dennis raised nine children all of whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to each other and to those of their parents, spouses and children.
Rachael Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis died on April 15, 1925, at Elmhurst in DuPage County, Illinois, and was interred several days later at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, seat of Douglas County, Kansas.