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Gabriel H. DENNIS
1816 - 1895 (79 years)-
Name Gabriel H. DENNIS Born 15 Mar 1816 Overton Co, Tennessee 
Gender Male Buried 1895 Old West Cemetery, Waverly, Morgan Co, Illinois 
Gabriel H. DENNIS Died 8 May 1895 Waverly, Morgan Co, Illinois Person ID I68 Dennis/Tennison Families | Levi Dennis, son John Tennison Last Modified 21 Jul 2021
Father Levi TENNISON/DENNIS (B: ca 1778 Amherst Co, VA) (D: ca 1865 Overton Co, TN) Mother Susan DENNIS (White) (B: 1777 Unk) (D: Unk) Married ca. 1800 Notes Family ID F37 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lucinda DENNIS (Deatherage) (B: 11 Jul 1819 Roberston Co, TN) (D: 30 Dec 1916 Unk) Married 11 Jul 1839 Morgan Co, Illinois Notes - No direct documentation on the connection between Levi Dennis b. 1778 MD and his sons: James M; John ; Gabriel and William Gene Dennis. Descendants of the other sons of John Tennison and by default are assigned to Levi. This generation was born and raised in Overton County, TN with the other Dennis family members.
WE have received DNA confirmation that the line of Levi's son Levi H. Dennis b. ca. 1815 is indeed in our family. Younger Levi, moved to Allen Co., KY., while the rest of the male families homesteaded in Morgan County, IL
Children 1. Malinda Jane DENNIS D: 28 Jun 1890 Illinois 2. 1843 James Levi DENNIS B: ca 1843 Morgan Co, IL D: 18 Dec 1863 Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, Tennessee, TN 3. 1849 William T DENNIS B: 1849 Illinois D: 30 Jul 1852 Waverly, Morgan Co, IL 4. Bathsheba ANDREWS (Dennis) B: 5 Feb 1851 Illinois D: 13 Jul 1882 Illinois 5. Lovia HINES (Dennis) B: 26 Feb 1858 Morgan Co, IL D: 11 Sept 1938 Alton, Madison Co, IL 6. Lydia Ann MORRIS (Dennis) B: 15 Mar 1863 Morgan Co, IL D: 5 Feb 1959 Waverly, Morgan Co, IL Last Modified 6 Jul 2020 Family ID F39 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - No direct documentation on the connection between Levi Dennis b. 1778 MD and his sons: James M; John ; Gabriel Dennis; and William Gene Dennis. Descendants of the other sons of John Tennison are proven the remaining males by default are assigned to Levi. This generation was born and raised in Overton County, TN with the other Dennis family members. WE have receive DNA confirmation that son Levi H. Dennis b. ca. 1815. Levi H. along with two brothers moved to Allen Co., KY. This county is right across the state line and close to Overton Co., TN. These families were the only ones to relocate to that county.
Gabriel H. Dennis enlisted in Morgan County, Il., 8/13/1862, for Co. G, 101st Illinois Infantry, as a private. He died of wounds, at Chattanooga, TN. 18 Dec. 1863, and buried there.
- No direct documentation on the connection between Levi Dennis b. 1778 MD and his sons: James M; John ; Gabriel Dennis; and William Gene Dennis. Descendants of the other sons of John Tennison are proven the remaining males by default are assigned to Levi. This generation was born and raised in Overton County, TN with the other Dennis family members. WE have receive DNA confirmation that son Levi H. Dennis b. ca. 1815. Levi H. along with two brothers moved to Allen Co., KY. This county is right across the state line and close to Overton Co., TN. These families were the only ones to relocate to that county.