Individual Details

Mary J. Dennis

(8 Jun 1881 - 27 Jul 1955)



Husband was James B. Allen. Found in Logan Co KY: Greenwood Cemetery, Adairville; Row 7, Section C: Allen, J. B. 10 Dec 1877 - 2 Feb 1924

There was a child listed as Mary in the 1880 census. Strangely enough she was marked as a "son". The name and sex is quite plain. She/he was 6 years old so born in 1874.

8 Jun 1881 was quoted as her birth from a descendant of this Dennis line - it's 1880 on her death certificate.

Tennessee Death Certificate #55-14581
Mary Jane Allen died 27 Jul 1955 at Nashville General Hospital, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN, where she had been for five days. Her residence was Route 4 (Woodbine), Nashville. She died of cerebral thrombosis and was widowed. Mary was 75, born 8 Jun 1880. Her parents were Richard Dennis and Rhoda Thaxton. Mrs. Frank Hartman of Route 4, was the informant. She was taken to Adairville, KY on 29 Jul 1955 for burial.

Buried in Logan Co KY, but she may have moved back to Nashville after the death of her husband. Rhoda, her mother, was said to be living with this daughter at the time of her death and said to be also buried in Adairville, but not listed in cemetery book.


Events

Birth8 Jun 1881
Death27 Jul 1955

Families

FatherRichard Henry Dennis (1831 - 1904)
MotherRhoda Ann Thaxton (1842 - 1923)
SiblingJames M. Dennis (1861 - 1939)
SiblingSamantha "Belle" Dennis (1863 - 1939)
SiblingBartlett W. "Barty" Dennis (1865 - )
SiblingAlmira Emaline Dennis (1867 - 1955)
SiblingRichard Samuel Dennis (1866 - 1928)
SiblingWilliam Wesley Dennis (1872 - 1934)
SiblingFrank M. Dennis (1873 - 1929)
SiblingHenry Dennis (1875 - )
SiblingFannie Dennis (1879 - 1863)

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