Isaac Dennis, a retired farmer now living in Lansing village, was born June 7, 1838, in Vermilion county, Indiana, son of Sylvester A. and Catherine ()Mathews) Dennis. He was taken by his parents to Allamakee county, Iowa, in 1849, and came to Mower county in 1856 with five yoke of oxen to locate a claim for his father. Crossing the prairie from Calmar, Iowa, to Brownsdale, Minn., he found no wood to make a fire, and on the second day he took a box top from the wagon and split it up to make a fire to cook dinner.
He broke the first prairie ever broken in Red Rock township. In 1869 he brought his family to Red Rock and here he has since continued to reside. He was educated in the common schools, all his school hours being spent in an old log schoolhouse. He farmed on his father's farm for several years, and later purchased the same for his own. He is now practically retired from active work. By his first wife, Mary J. Brookskier, a native of Kentucky, who died December 30, 1991, Mr. Dennis has thirteen children, of whom nine, five sons and four daughters, are living. The present Mrs. Dennis was Eliza Hart, daughter of Peter and Ann (Dowden) Hart, whom he married May 29, 1884.
Isaac Dennis, a retired farmer now living in Lansing village, was born June 7, 1838, in Vermilion county, Indiana, son of Sylvester A. and Catherine ()Mathews) Dennis. He was taken by his parents to Allamakee county, Iowa, in 1849, and came to Mower county in 1856 with five yoke of oxen to locate a claim for his father. Crossing the prairie from Calmar, Iowa, to Brownsdale, Minn., he found no wood to make a fire, and on the second day he took a box top from the wagon and split it up to make a fire to cook dinner.
He broke the first prairie ever broken in Red Rock township. In 1869 he brought his family to Red Rock and here he has since continued to reside. He was educated in the common schools, all his school hours being spent in an old log schoolhouse. He farmed on his father's farm for several years, and later purchased the same for his own. He is now practically retired from active work. By his first wife, Mary J. Brookskier, a native of Kentucky, who died December 30, 1991, Mr. Dennis has thirteen children, of whom nine, five sons and four daughters, are living. The present Mrs. Dennis was Eliza Hart, daughter of Peter and Ann (Dowden) Hart, whom he married May 29, 1884.
Family Members
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William Preston Dennis
1858–1918
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George Andrew Dennis
1860–1925
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Elmer Eugene Dennis
1862–1945
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Cora Salina "Carrie" Dennis Getman
1863–1937
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Clayton Conway Dennis
1865–1881
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Rosa Clorinda Belle Dennis Lewis
1868–1962
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Martha A. Viola Dennis
1871–1872
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Frank Howard Dennis
1872–1950
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Newton Isaac Dennis
1877–1947
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Bertha Cally Dennis Subra
1879–1947
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Catherine Judah Dennis King
1881–1956
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