OBITUARY: The Gadsden Times, Gadsden, Alabama
published Friday, April 17, 1885
"Died: DENSON, In this city, on the 10th instant, Mr. A.M. Denson
At the time of his death, Mr. Denson was sheriff of this county and he was an efficient, capable and courteous officer. He was a brother of our esteemed fellow-townsman, Col. W.H. Denson. Mr. Denson was a devoted husband, a kind and affectionate father, a good neighbor and a true friend. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his irreparable loss. The Times and a host of friends sympathize with the family in their sad bereavement. The funeral service took place Saturday afternoon and a large concourse of sympathizing friends accompanied his remains to their last resting place in Forrest Cemetery."

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Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1885
Funeral service: Saturday, April 11, 1885
Obituary: Friday, April 17, 1885

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Federal Census of 1880 Hollingsworth, Calhoun, Alabama:
Augustus Denson 21, born about 1859 in Alabama, farmer
Emily Denson 18, born Alabama

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Emily was a daughter of Frances "Fanny" Green Jelks and Charles Napoleon Jelks. Emily married A.M. Denson before the 1880 census; W.R. Whitlock Oct. 1887 and Dr. M.A. Wright March 1900.

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" Bible records of Augustus Russell Denson states that Augustus M. Denson married Emily Jelks in Talladega County, Alabama - no dates for the marriage and memorial submitter cannot find any documentation of a marriage in Alabama. The Bible record indicates Augustus M. Denson was born 10th August 1858. He died 10th April 1885 in Gadsden, Alabama of measles. He was Sheriff of Etowah County at the time of his death."

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The following census of 1900 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama is proof of the Denson children living with their mother, Emma/Emily, and their step-father, Dr. Milton Wright. (copied with misspelled names)
Milton R Wright 60 (third husband of Emily Jelks Denson Whitlock Wright)
Ema A Wright 38 - - - mother of 7 children with 6 living
Milton Wright 20 (Milton Roil Wright, Jr., son of M.R., Sr. and Mary Wright)
Frank O Densen 19 (Franklin "Frank" Odolphus Denson)
Guy Densen 17 (Peter Guy Denson)
Jennie C Densen 14 (Jennie Cricket Denson married McGriff)
John D Whitlock 10 (child of Emily and William Ross Whitlock, her second husband)
Fannie L Whitlock 7 (child of Emily and W.R. Whitlock)
(Emily and Augustus M. Denson also had a son, Thomas Milton Denson, born Dec. 7, 1880 and died Feb. 16, 1934)