Bruce Morton Garver, has managed this Memorial for Nelson Frank Dennis since the spring of 2021. Bruce's fifth cousin, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934-2018), is a great-grandson of Nelson Frank Dennis. 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). Bruce Garver met Dennis during March 1979 at Oklahoma State University when Bruce delivered a public lecture there -- on Czech political parties in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1914) -- at the invitation of Prof. George Jewsbury of the OSU Dept. of History. Prof. Dennis Irvin Knox, having recognized the Garver surname of his maternal ancestors, attended the lecture and introduced himself to Bruce whose paternal Garver ancestors -- like Dennis Knox's maternal Garver ancestors -- had come to Hamilton, Ohio, from North Carolina at the advent of the 19th century.
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On October 7, 2021, Bruce Morton Garver wrote the following "bio" of Nelson Frank Dennis who was born on October 31, 1853, at Circleville, seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, to William B. Dennis (1818-1904) and Rachel Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis (1822 - 1925).
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THE MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN OF NE.LSON FRANK DENNIS & AMERICA AMANDA (KIGER) DENNIS: On May 5, 1873, Nelson Frank Dennis wed America Amanda Kiger (Dennis,1854-1920), the third-born of the four children of U. S. Army Civil War veteran John E. Kiger (1821-1863) and Frances Jane (Barnard) Kiger (Scott, 1829-1916) who had wed on November 2, 1848. Together, Nelson Frank Dennis & America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis raised two children who are listed below in the order of their birth:
(1) John William Dennis (1875–1950) in 1902 wed Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis, 1882–1966) and with her had two children. (i) Son Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903), was named after his grandfathers, Clair James Garver (1851-1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis. (ii) Daughter Nina Dennis (1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968).
(2) America Amanda's and Nelson Frank's daughter, Gertrude May Dennis (1880–1938), during the year 1920 wed William A. Hall (1867–1950), the son of Issac Sellers Hall & Martha Jane Hall. after the death of his first wife, Eliza Luvina Heller Hall (1868–1919). No children were born to William A. Hall during any of his three marriages.
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Nelson Frank Dennis moved to Sumner County, Kansas, after the death of his wife, America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis, on January 14, 1920. In that county at South Haven, Nelson died on January 6, 1943. Several days later his body was interred at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
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On October 7, 2021, Bruce Morton Garver wrote the following "bio" of Nelson Frank Dennis who was born on October 31, 1853, at Circleville, seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, to William B. Dennis (1818-1904) and Rachel Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis (1822 - 1925).
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THE MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN OF NE.LSON FRANK DENNIS & AMERICA AMANDA (KIGER) DENNIS: On May 5, 1873, Nelson Frank Dennis wed America Amanda Kiger (Dennis,1854-1920), the third-born of the four children of U. S. Army Civil War veteran John E. Kiger (1821-1863) and Frances Jane (Barnard) Kiger (Scott, 1829-1916) who had wed on November 2, 1848. Together, Nelson Frank Dennis & America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis raised two children who are listed below in the order of their birth:
(1) John William Dennis (1875–1950) in 1902 wed Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis, 1882–1966) and with her had two children. (i) Son Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903), was named after his grandfathers, Clair James Garver (1851-1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis. (ii) Daughter Nina Dennis (1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968).
(2) America Amanda's and Nelson Frank's daughter, Gertrude May Dennis (1880–1938), during the year 1920 wed William A. Hall (1867–1950), the son of Issac Sellers Hall & Martha Jane Hall. after the death of his first wife, Eliza Luvina Heller Hall (1868–1919). No children were born to William A. Hall during any of his three marriages.
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Nelson Frank Dennis moved to Sumner County, Kansas, after the death of his wife, America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis, on January 14, 1920. In that county at South Haven, Nelson died on January 6, 1943. Several days later his body was interred at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
Bruce Morton Garver, has managed this Memorial for Nelson Frank Dennis since the spring of 2021. Bruce's fifth cousin, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934-2018), is a great-grandson of Nelson Frank Dennis. 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). Bruce Garver met Dennis during March 1979 at Oklahoma State University when Bruce delivered a public lecture there -- on Czech political parties in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1914) -- at the invitation of Prof. George Jewsbury of the OSU Dept. of History. Prof. Dennis Irvin Knox, having recognized the Garver surname of his maternal ancestors, attended the lecture and introduced himself to Bruce whose paternal Garver ancestors -- like Dennis Knox's maternal Garver ancestors -- had come to Hamilton, Ohio, from North Carolina at the advent of the 19th century.
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On October 7, 2021, Bruce Morton Garver wrote the following "bio" of Nelson Frank Dennis who was born on October 31, 1853, at Circleville, seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, to William B. Dennis (1818-1904) and Rachel Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis (1822 - 1925).
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THE MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN OF NE.LSON FRANK DENNIS & AMERICA AMANDA (KIGER) DENNIS: On May 5, 1873, Nelson Frank Dennis wed America Amanda Kiger (Dennis,1854-1920), the third-born of the four children of U. S. Army Civil War veteran John E. Kiger (1821-1863) and Frances Jane (Barnard) Kiger (Scott, 1829-1916) who had wed on November 2, 1848. Together, Nelson Frank Dennis & America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis raised two children who are listed below in the order of their birth:
(1) John William Dennis (1875–1950) in 1902 wed Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis, 1882–1966) and with her had two children. (i) Son Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903), was named after his grandfathers, Clair James Garver (1851-1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis. (ii) Daughter Nina Dennis (1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968).
(2) America Amanda's and Nelson Frank's daughter, Gertrude May Dennis (1880–1938), during the year 1920 wed William A. Hall (1867–1950), the son of Issac Sellers Hall & Martha Jane Hall. after the death of his first wife, Eliza Luvina Heller Hall (1868–1919). No children were born to William A. Hall during any of his three marriages.
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Nelson Frank Dennis moved to Sumner County, Kansas, after the death of his wife, America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis, on January 14, 1920. In that county at South Haven, Nelson died on January 6, 1943. Several days later his body was interred at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
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On October 7, 2021, Bruce Morton Garver wrote the following "bio" of Nelson Frank Dennis who was born on October 31, 1853, at Circleville, seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, to William B. Dennis (1818-1904) and Rachel Margaret Adaline (Littleton) Dennis (1822 - 1925).
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THE MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN OF NE.LSON FRANK DENNIS & AMERICA AMANDA (KIGER) DENNIS: On May 5, 1873, Nelson Frank Dennis wed America Amanda Kiger (Dennis,1854-1920), the third-born of the four children of U. S. Army Civil War veteran John E. Kiger (1821-1863) and Frances Jane (Barnard) Kiger (Scott, 1829-1916) who had wed on November 2, 1848. Together, Nelson Frank Dennis & America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis raised two children who are listed below in the order of their birth:
(1) John William Dennis (1875–1950) in 1902 wed Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis, 1882–1966) and with her had two children. (i) Son Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903), was named after his grandfathers, Clair James Garver (1851-1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis. (ii) Daughter Nina Dennis (1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968).
(2) America Amanda's and Nelson Frank's daughter, Gertrude May Dennis (1880–1938), during the year 1920 wed William A. Hall (1867–1950), the son of Issac Sellers Hall & Martha Jane Hall. after the death of his first wife, Eliza Luvina Heller Hall (1868–1919). No children were born to William A. Hall during any of his three marriages.
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Nelson Frank Dennis moved to Sumner County, Kansas, after the death of his wife, America Amanda (Kiger) Dennis, on January 14, 1920. In that county at South Haven, Nelson died on January 6, 1943. Several days later his body was interred at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
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