211th Pa. Inf. 1861-63
Suggested by Find A Grave contributor Joel Frampton Gilfert
Farmer, Rixford, was born in Eldred Township, August 28, 1845, a son of George
T. and Mary A. (Crandall) Dennis. His paternal grandfather was Nathan Dennis,
who settled in Eldred in 1822. Mason G. Dennis was reared in Eldred and was in
the Civil War, enlisting September 5, 1864 in Company C, 211th Pennsylvania
Regiment and was in the battle of Fort Stedman, also in front of Petersburg and
was honorably discharged June 8, 1865. After the war Dennis resided in Burt
County, NE, four years, going first in October 1867, returning in December 1868,
to wed January 1, 1869, Jennie H., youngest daughter of William and Ann Janet
Rixford, returning to Nebraska and residing there until December 1871, when they
came back to Otto Township and settled down on the farm. Dennis paid eight
hundred dollars for his farm (ninety-three acres) in 1872 and in 1878, the time
of the oil excitement, he sold his oil and mineral rights in said farm for seven
thousand dollars. He had been in the oil business since 1879 and was a
producer. Dennis is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and Equitable
Aid Union; had been school director for five years and secretary of the school
board, two years.
Suggested by Find A Grave contributor Joel Frampton Gilfert
Farmer, Rixford, was born in Eldred Township, August 28, 1845, a son of George
T. and Mary A. (Crandall) Dennis. His paternal grandfather was Nathan Dennis,
who settled in Eldred in 1822. Mason G. Dennis was reared in Eldred and was in
the Civil War, enlisting September 5, 1864 in Company C, 211th Pennsylvania
Regiment and was in the battle of Fort Stedman, also in front of Petersburg and
was honorably discharged June 8, 1865. After the war Dennis resided in Burt
County, NE, four years, going first in October 1867, returning in December 1868,
to wed January 1, 1869, Jennie H., youngest daughter of William and Ann Janet
Rixford, returning to Nebraska and residing there until December 1871, when they
came back to Otto Township and settled down on the farm. Dennis paid eight
hundred dollars for his farm (ninety-three acres) in 1872 and in 1878, the time
of the oil excitement, he sold his oil and mineral rights in said farm for seven
thousand dollars. He had been in the oil business since 1879 and was a
producer. Dennis is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and Equitable
Aid Union; had been school director for five years and secretary of the school
board, two years.
211th Pa. Inf. 1861-63
Suggested by Find A Grave contributor Joel Frampton Gilfert
Farmer, Rixford, was born in Eldred Township, August 28, 1845, a son of George
T. and Mary A. (Crandall) Dennis. His paternal grandfather was Nathan Dennis,
who settled in Eldred in 1822. Mason G. Dennis was reared in Eldred and was in
the Civil War, enlisting September 5, 1864 in Company C, 211th Pennsylvania
Regiment and was in the battle of Fort Stedman, also in front of Petersburg and
was honorably discharged June 8, 1865. After the war Dennis resided in Burt
County, NE, four years, going first in October 1867, returning in December 1868,
to wed January 1, 1869, Jennie H., youngest daughter of William and Ann Janet
Rixford, returning to Nebraska and residing there until December 1871, when they
came back to Otto Township and settled down on the farm. Dennis paid eight
hundred dollars for his farm (ninety-three acres) in 1872 and in 1878, the time
of the oil excitement, he sold his oil and mineral rights in said farm for seven
thousand dollars. He had been in the oil business since 1879 and was a
producer. Dennis is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and Equitable
Aid Union; had been school director for five years and secretary of the school
board, two years.
Suggested by Find A Grave contributor Joel Frampton Gilfert
Farmer, Rixford, was born in Eldred Township, August 28, 1845, a son of George
T. and Mary A. (Crandall) Dennis. His paternal grandfather was Nathan Dennis,
who settled in Eldred in 1822. Mason G. Dennis was reared in Eldred and was in
the Civil War, enlisting September 5, 1864 in Company C, 211th Pennsylvania
Regiment and was in the battle of Fort Stedman, also in front of Petersburg and
was honorably discharged June 8, 1865. After the war Dennis resided in Burt
County, NE, four years, going first in October 1867, returning in December 1868,
to wed January 1, 1869, Jennie H., youngest daughter of William and Ann Janet
Rixford, returning to Nebraska and residing there until December 1871, when they
came back to Otto Township and settled down on the farm. Dennis paid eight
hundred dollars for his farm (ninety-three acres) in 1872 and in 1878, the time
of the oil excitement, he sold his oil and mineral rights in said farm for seven
thousand dollars. He had been in the oil business since 1879 and was a
producer. Dennis is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and Equitable
Aid Union; had been school director for five years and secretary of the school
board, two years.
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