Luther Denison and brother Calvin were christen in Walpole, Cheshire, N.H. on 11 October 1789, the son of Jedidiah and Lydia Griswold Denison. Luther married Nancy Rice in Walpole on 22 September 1811. In 1792 Mason Abbey, wheelwright, and John Rice, Husbandman, Luther's father-in-law, purchased a sawmill and millspot, for £30. By 1812 Luther has taken out a mortgage on the sawmill and is taxed by the City of Walpole, N.H. in years 1812 & 1813. Luther's military service is listed below.
No. 4265, Name: Dennison, Luther, Rank. Pri[vate], Regiment: N.Y. Mila, Enlisted When: August 27 1814, Period: 3 Months, Remarks: Roll dated Fort Walcott, April 27, 1815, Late prisoner of War, Sent to Rose Island. M.R. dated Newport, (R.I.) April 30, 1815, Taken Sept. 17, 1814, at Ft. Erie.
Payroll Abstracts list Luther Dennison, private, Capt. John Markham & Col. Caleb Hopkins, payroll 29 August 1814, missing Sept. 17, roll 2338, prisoner August 29, 1814. Canada Register of Prisoners of War 1803-1815 list Luther Denison, currant No. 70, No. General entry book 1789.
"According to the POW roster by British Admiral for Halifax:
Dennison, Luther - prisoner 7870 Private US Army: captured at Fort Erie on Sept 17, 1814: interred at Halifax from George Transport on Dec 4, 1814: discharged April 7, 1815 from Naval Hospital. He was probably transferred from Quebec ops Vessel George . Most of the Army men at Halifax came from there."
Source: Deadman's Island Halifax Prison
There are two Luther Denison's born about the same year.
No. 4265, Name: Dennison, Luther, Rank. Pri[vate], Regiment: N.Y. Mila, Enlisted When: August 27 1814, Period: 3 Months, Remarks: Roll dated Fort Walcott, April 27, 1815, Late prisoner of War, Sent to Rose Island. M.R. dated Newport, (R.I.) April 30, 1815, Taken Sept. 17, 1814, at Ft. Erie.
Payroll Abstracts list Luther Dennison, private, Capt. John Markham & Col. Caleb Hopkins, payroll 29 August 1814, missing Sept. 17, roll 2338, prisoner August 29, 1814. Canada Register of Prisoners of War 1803-1815 list Luther Denison, currant No. 70, No. General entry book 1789.
"According to the POW roster by British Admiral for Halifax:
Dennison, Luther - prisoner 7870 Private US Army: captured at Fort Erie on Sept 17, 1814: interred at Halifax from George Transport on Dec 4, 1814: discharged April 7, 1815 from Naval Hospital. He was probably transferred from Quebec ops Vessel George . Most of the Army men at Halifax came from there."
Source: Deadman's Island Halifax Prison
There are two Luther Denison's born about the same year.
Luther Denison and brother Calvin were christen in Walpole, Cheshire, N.H. on 11 October 1789, the son of Jedidiah and Lydia Griswold Denison. Luther married Nancy Rice in Walpole on 22 September 1811. In 1792 Mason Abbey, wheelwright, and John Rice, Husbandman, Luther's father-in-law, purchased a sawmill and millspot, for £30. By 1812 Luther has taken out a mortgage on the sawmill and is taxed by the City of Walpole, N.H. in years 1812 & 1813. Luther's military service is listed below.
No. 4265, Name: Dennison, Luther, Rank. Pri[vate], Regiment: N.Y. Mila, Enlisted When: August 27 1814, Period: 3 Months, Remarks: Roll dated Fort Walcott, April 27, 1815, Late prisoner of War, Sent to Rose Island. M.R. dated Newport, (R.I.) April 30, 1815, Taken Sept. 17, 1814, at Ft. Erie.
Payroll Abstracts list Luther Dennison, private, Capt. John Markham & Col. Caleb Hopkins, payroll 29 August 1814, missing Sept. 17, roll 2338, prisoner August 29, 1814. Canada Register of Prisoners of War 1803-1815 list Luther Denison, currant No. 70, No. General entry book 1789.
"According to the POW roster by British Admiral for Halifax:
Dennison, Luther - prisoner 7870 Private US Army: captured at Fort Erie on Sept 17, 1814: interred at Halifax from George Transport on Dec 4, 1814: discharged April 7, 1815 from Naval Hospital. He was probably transferred from Quebec ops Vessel George . Most of the Army men at Halifax came from there."
Source: Deadman's Island Halifax Prison
There are two Luther Denison's born about the same year.
No. 4265, Name: Dennison, Luther, Rank. Pri[vate], Regiment: N.Y. Mila, Enlisted When: August 27 1814, Period: 3 Months, Remarks: Roll dated Fort Walcott, April 27, 1815, Late prisoner of War, Sent to Rose Island. M.R. dated Newport, (R.I.) April 30, 1815, Taken Sept. 17, 1814, at Ft. Erie.
Payroll Abstracts list Luther Dennison, private, Capt. John Markham & Col. Caleb Hopkins, payroll 29 August 1814, missing Sept. 17, roll 2338, prisoner August 29, 1814. Canada Register of Prisoners of War 1803-1815 list Luther Denison, currant No. 70, No. General entry book 1789.
"According to the POW roster by British Admiral for Halifax:
Dennison, Luther - prisoner 7870 Private US Army: captured at Fort Erie on Sept 17, 1814: interred at Halifax from George Transport on Dec 4, 1814: discharged April 7, 1815 from Naval Hospital. He was probably transferred from Quebec ops Vessel George . Most of the Army men at Halifax came from there."
Source: Deadman's Island Halifax Prison
There are two Luther Denison's born about the same year.
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