Author: George D. A. Combes
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Richard Denton was born ca. 1605 in Yorkshire, England. He married prior to 1624 but the name of his wife is unknown. Richard immigrated to the United States with his family prior to 1636 and was a minister in the Presbyterian Church. He preached at Stamford, Conn. and Hamstead, Long Island, New York for fifteen years and died ca. 1663. He was the father of seven children. Descendants lived primarily in New York and elsewhere.
Genealogy of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, Long Island for the First Five Generations
Author: George D. A. Combes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Richard Denton was born ca. 1605 in Yorkshire, England. He married prior to 1624 but the name of his wife is unknown. Richard immigrated to the United States with his family prior to 1636 and was a minister in the Presbyterian Church. He preached at Stamford, Conn. and Hamstead, Long Island, New York for fifteen years and died ca. 1663. He was the father of seven children. Descendants lived primarily in New York and elsewhere.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Richard Denton was born ca. 1605 in Yorkshire, England. He married prior to 1624 but the name of his wife is unknown. Richard immigrated to the United States with his family prior to 1636 and was a minister in the Presbyterian Church. He preached at Stamford, Conn. and Hamstead, Long Island, New York for fifteen years and died ca. 1663. He was the father of seven children. Descendants lived primarily in New York and elsewhere.
History and Reminiscences of Denton County
Author: Edmond Franklin Bates
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ISBN:
Category : Denton County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Denton County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Denton County
Author: Jim Bolz
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439625972
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The history of Denton County, founded in 1846, has been well preserved through postcards. These images, produced from vintage photographs and artist renditions, reflect a time when communication through postcards was quicker, easier, and less expensive than writing a letter. Inside this book, readers are treated to charming snapshots of local history depicting churches, the downtown public square, businesses, public schools, the two newly created universities, railroad depots, trolleys, the earliest automobiles, and some of Denton Countys most familiar town views and tourist attractions.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439625972
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The history of Denton County, founded in 1846, has been well preserved through postcards. These images, produced from vintage photographs and artist renditions, reflect a time when communication through postcards was quicker, easier, and less expensive than writing a letter. Inside this book, readers are treated to charming snapshots of local history depicting churches, the downtown public square, businesses, public schools, the two newly created universities, railroad depots, trolleys, the earliest automobiles, and some of Denton Countys most familiar town views and tourist attractions.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Author: Richard Henry Greene
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
John B. Denton
Author: Mike Cochran
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574418505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Denton County and the City of Denton are named for pioneer preacher, lawyer, and Indian fighter John B. Denton, but little has been known about him. In this extensive, in-depth look into the life and death of Denton, Mike Cochran has made use of new materials not available to previous biographers to help bring the story to life. John B. Denton was an orphan in frontier Arkansas who became a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and an important member of a movement of early settlers bringing civilization to North Texas. He was a participant in the first missionary effort to bring Methodism to Texas, answering a call from William B. Travis to bring Methodists to the new republic. Denton then became a ranger on the frontier, ultimately being killed in the Tarrant Expedition, a Texas Ranger raid on a series of villages inhabited by various Caddoan and other tribes near Village Creek on May 24, 1841. He was leading a small raiding party that had separated from the larger group led by General Edward Tarrant when he was shot by native defenders. Denton’s true story has been lost or obscured by the persistent mythologizing by publicists for Texas, especially by pulp western writer, Alfred W. Arrington, and by the self-aggrandizing stories told by members of the Tarrant raiding party. His death came at a time when entrepreneurs were trying to attract Anglo settlers to the Republic of Texas and were especially apt to glorify the early settlers. Denton was further made a martyr of the church by Methodist historians. Cochran separates the truth from the myth in this meticulous biography, which also contains a detailed discussion of the controversy surrounding the burial of John B. Denton and offers some alternative scenarios for what happened to his body after his death on the frontier. This is the definitive, fact-based biography of John B. Denton.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574418505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Denton County and the City of Denton are named for pioneer preacher, lawyer, and Indian fighter John B. Denton, but little has been known about him. In this extensive, in-depth look into the life and death of Denton, Mike Cochran has made use of new materials not available to previous biographers to help bring the story to life. John B. Denton was an orphan in frontier Arkansas who became a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and an important member of a movement of early settlers bringing civilization to North Texas. He was a participant in the first missionary effort to bring Methodism to Texas, answering a call from William B. Travis to bring Methodists to the new republic. Denton then became a ranger on the frontier, ultimately being killed in the Tarrant Expedition, a Texas Ranger raid on a series of villages inhabited by various Caddoan and other tribes near Village Creek on May 24, 1841. He was leading a small raiding party that had separated from the larger group led by General Edward Tarrant when he was shot by native defenders. Denton’s true story has been lost or obscured by the persistent mythologizing by publicists for Texas, especially by pulp western writer, Alfred W. Arrington, and by the self-aggrandizing stories told by members of the Tarrant raiding party. His death came at a time when entrepreneurs were trying to attract Anglo settlers to the Republic of Texas and were especially apt to glorify the early settlers. Denton was further made a martyr of the church by Methodist historians. Cochran separates the truth from the myth in this meticulous biography, which also contains a detailed discussion of the controversy surrounding the burial of John B. Denton and offers some alternative scenarios for what happened to his body after his death on the frontier. This is the definitive, fact-based biography of John B. Denton.
Genealogical and Biographical Notes
Author:
Publisher: Peter Haring Judd
ISBN: 0880821906
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Jan Pietersen Haring was probably born in Hoorn Holland. He married Grietje Cosyns, daughter of Cosyn Gerretse van Putten and Vroutje. in about 1666 in New York City, New York. He died in 1683. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York.
Publisher: Peter Haring Judd
ISBN: 0880821906
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Jan Pietersen Haring was probably born in Hoorn Holland. He married Grietje Cosyns, daughter of Cosyn Gerretse van Putten and Vroutje. in about 1666 in New York City, New York. He died in 1683. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York.
Ghosts of Denton
Author: Shelly Tucker
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500190026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Any town that boasts a grave on the courthouse lawn ought to have a ghost or two. Denton, Texas has many! Ghosts, that is. Author Shelly Tucker claims, "People come to Denton and never want to leave...ever!" This book contains a fraction of the ghost stories told in the area. Established in 1857, this frontier town was wild and rambunctious. Denton has been home to some colorful and quirky characters over the years, and legends claim that some remain in the afterlife. Within the covers of this book, you will find tales of the Goat Man at Old Alton Bridge, a ghostly hooligan, and a librarian who never "checked out." There is the tale of the sheriff who protects and serves the community from beyond the grave, and of the outlaw Sam Bass, whose spirit still roams the streets. Find stories of Nurse Betty tending patients from the afterlife, a theater manager who can't leave his job, a Texas hero (who survived The Massacre at Goliad to die in a Denton fire) still searching for his gold, and the spirit of John Denton protecting the town that bears his name Read the stories with an open mind. They are interwoven with the fascinating history of this small Texas town. After reading it, Denton will never look the same in the daylight.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500190026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Any town that boasts a grave on the courthouse lawn ought to have a ghost or two. Denton, Texas has many! Ghosts, that is. Author Shelly Tucker claims, "People come to Denton and never want to leave...ever!" This book contains a fraction of the ghost stories told in the area. Established in 1857, this frontier town was wild and rambunctious. Denton has been home to some colorful and quirky characters over the years, and legends claim that some remain in the afterlife. Within the covers of this book, you will find tales of the Goat Man at Old Alton Bridge, a ghostly hooligan, and a librarian who never "checked out." There is the tale of the sheriff who protects and serves the community from beyond the grave, and of the outlaw Sam Bass, whose spirit still roams the streets. Find stories of Nurse Betty tending patients from the afterlife, a theater manager who can't leave his job, a Texas hero (who survived The Massacre at Goliad to die in a Denton fire) still searching for his gold, and the spirit of John Denton protecting the town that bears his name Read the stories with an open mind. They are interwoven with the fascinating history of this small Texas town. After reading it, Denton will never look the same in the daylight.
A Brief Description of New York
Author: Daniel Denton
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Vorce Family in America
Author: Charles Marvin Vorce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description