E.J. Dennis was a senator who was assassinated by W.L. Thornley, hired by former bootleg whiskey king and one-time federal prosecution agent Glenn B. McKnight. Dennis had waged war against the liquor interests for years. Thornley shot him in Monck's Corner.
E.J. Dennis was a senator who was assassinated by W.L. Thornley, hired by former bootleg whiskey king and one-time federal prosecution agent Glenn B. McKnight. Dennis had waged war against the liquor interests for years. Thornley shot him in Monck's Corner.
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Edward James Dennis Sr.
1920 United States Federal Census
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Edward James Dennis Sr.
1930 United States Federal Census
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Edward James Dennis Sr.
1910 United States Federal Census
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Edward James Dennis Sr.
South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1971
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Edward James Dennis Sr.
1880 United States Federal Census
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