John Levi and Mattie Pearl Newman Dennis on their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

1940, Elizabeth, Otis (Toad), Mattie, John, Lorraine, Leo Dennis

(The following was hand written by Florence Dennis and is
not totally correct we see,  as we get some true
research on the family.  We will correct this as we can.
Will start a new page at Dennis Family Genealogy.)

Levi Dennis came from Tennessee to Kentucky. 

His son, William A, born 1845 married

Margaret Richardson

Levi had two sisters, Polly Dennis and Jane Lewis.
(Rick Tidwell corrected this...they were his daughters
See their death certificates)

William, 1845, had several children:
Charles
Twins Alie and Lilly (Lilly died as a baby).
Robert born 1876 (1874?), who married Clara Guy,
Robert died in Fowler, CO May 14, 1948.
Matt
William
Laura, pictured above
John Levi, who was Don's grandfather.  

The John Levi Dennis family moved to Colorado about 1918.

JOHN LEVI DENNIS
Corrected: 2/27/1884 - 12/19/1961 (from his newspaper obit)

died in Fowler,CO. - married (1907)
Mattie Pearl Newman b:  11-23-1889   d: 5-1-1975. 
                                                             

Children:     Karie Leo Dennis, 1-19-1908 to 6-5-1975.
                     Lorraine Dennis,       9-16-1910 d 10-2-67
                     Otis Lee Dennis  3-25-1913 to 2-1-1942
                     Floy Elizabeth Dennis 7-3-1916 to 4-18-2003

Leo married Florence Ione Wright (b 10-13-17 d 4-8-2008) on 10-18-1938.   They lived first in Pueblo, CO, then spent the war years in New York, moving back to Fowler, CO in 1946.  They had one son, Donald.

Donald married Ann Miller in 1961 and they had four children,
Scott, Steve, Teena and Todd.

Lorraine married Carrol J. Andrews on Christmas Day, 1934.  They were living in San Francisco when she died of cancer in 1968.   They had no children. 

Otis Lee (known as Toad) married Lilly Dell Harriman.  They had one child, Delores Ann Dennis.  They were divorced before he joined the navy at the start of  WWII.   He was at Pearl Harbor and nearly killed.   He was a radioman off the air craft carrier USS Enterprise.  He was lost at sea at Kwajalein.  (See U.S.S. Dennis, on this site)

Delores Ann became a Christensen when adopted by her mother's new husband...  Delores married Stephen Wilcox who died of cancer in 1971.  She died young,  in 1994.

Elizabeth (Liz) married Elmer (Junior) C. Hancock in 1938.  Their children were John Elmer Hancock, 12-23-39 and Franklin Dennis Hancock, 12-1-40.   Elmer was killed in a gun accident.   Elizabeth then married John McCarthy.  Their children were Dorothy Lorraine McCarthy, 8-6-57, known as Lori, and twins, Judith Maurene and Joan Corine McCarthy, born 8-21-59, known as Judi and Joni.   Floy Elizabeth Dennis McCarthy died on April 18, 2003.

John Elmer Hancock married Erna in 1961.  Their children are J.R., David, Mary Elizabeth, and Joyce.

Franklin Dennis Hancock,  married Barbara.  Their children are
 Daniel Brett
 and Sabra.  

Joni and family.

Judi and family.

Lori McCarthy married Wayde Jenkins.  They have two girls Alicia and Tonya.

Joni McCarthy married John Norwood.  Their children are Victoria and Coreen.

Judi McCarthy married David Cloutier.  Their children are Kevin and Brian.

Leo Dennis

Leo with grandsons, Scott and Steve Dennis

Leo Dennis Obit

 

 

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The Wright Family

Don's mother,
Florence Wright Dennis

Arthur and Mary Ann 1915	1916 Mary Ann  Arthur wedding	Mary Ann Ferguson Wright and her family 1940. Barbara, Florence, Arthur, Mary Ann, Scotty (Willard)	Bill and Connie Wright with Mary Ann
Arthur and Mary Ann  1948	Mary Ann, Florence, Willard (Scotty), Barb and Elden  1975	Poem by Mary Wright, 87 yrs old	9/23/35 from Americus, Kansas to Arthur from Mother
1946 Chief Petty Officer Scotty Wright	Scottys wife, Dotty 1946	1942 Scotty in Austraila	Scotty and Dotty with their kids, Bill and Connie.
Dotty Wright			Scotty Wright
		Scotty/Dotty	Florence and Leo Apr 75
	Florence, Grandma Wright  and Barb

Scotty and Dotty with Don, 2006

Click for:  Scotty Wright Family

Don and his mother, Florence, 2006

Florence and Jim Turner

Jim's daughter, Ruth, husband George, James and Sarah Stephan

Jim Turner Obit

(Click to enlarge and read)

1943 Letter To Florence Dennis (Toni) from her brother, Willard Burns Wright (Scotty).  This letter was written just after I had my appendix out in Sidney Australia. I was in a U.S. Army Hospital that was run by a group of Doctors and Nurses all from Johns Hopkins, from here in the States, so you know I had excellent care. There were a lot of  Marines there that had been wounded in the Guadalcanal fighting. While I was lying around there doing nothing I asked if to use up some time they would take out my tonsils, and they said "sure, no problem" so they did and believe me that was a lot worse than having my appendix out. With my appendix operation I never missed a meal or used a bedpan. I remember as I was waking up from the tonsils operation the first thing I heard was two nurses talking and one said to the other "Well he may not have had anything to eat but he sure had a lot to drink" I was throwing up all over the place. From there I spent some time in a convalescent hospital in down town Sidney and finally caught up with my outfit at Nelsons Bay Australia.