Re: Turners of the Machias area
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Re: Turners of the Machias area
Thomas Kerwin 1/24/10
Keziah Turner Dennison was b 2/10/1827 England d 11/9/1884 (according to family Bible records).She married Stephen Parker Dennison b 8/3/1824 Machias, ME d 9/15/1893, fished on the Hudson River for a living, in Maine he was a whaler.He was the son of Joshua Dennison b c1795 Nova Scotia d after 1850, he married 7/22/1819 Machias, ME Nancy Susannah Parker Emerson b 7/16/1801 Machias, ME d after 1825 and before 1834.Stephen's siblings were Parker Emerson Dennison, Ruth E. Dennison, and Warren H Dennison.
Keziah Turner Dennison and Stephen Parker Dennison had these children:
1. Drucilla "Ella" Dennison b 12/25/1848 E. Machias, ME d 12/28/1931 Peekskill, NY m 1/6/1869 Highland Falls, NY Charles Benson Oakley b 8/19/1843 Stony Point, NY d 1/6/1931 Peekskill, NY, buried Stony Point, son of Thomas Oakley b 12/13/1814 Stony Point, NY d 5/22/1854 Stony Point and Deborah Allison Willess Oakley b 10/27/1801 Stony Point, NY d 1/11/1879 Stony Point, NY - THESE ARE MY ANCESTORS - I have much more on the descendants of this family, and ancestors of the Oakleys and Willesses.
2. Nancy S. Dennison b 11/13/1850 d 11/13/1850
3. Virginia L. Dennison b 10/14/1852 d 9/27/1891 m 9/2/1869 Thomas Wakenfield
4. Sophia A. Dennison b 11/28/1854 d 9/21/1892 m 11/11/1873 James Wilson
5. Jesse W. Dennison b 2/10/1858 d 1/16/1860
6. Jessie M. Dennison b 7/13/1862 m ____ MacEnany
7. Charles H.Dennison b 7/17/1864 d 6/12/1892
Dates for the Stephen and Keziah Turner Dennison family come from Ella Dennison and CB Oakley's Family Bible.If you wish to correspond regarding this family, I would be glad to do so.