Individual Details

Married Candies Ellis, 9 June 1907, Putnam Co, TN. License was taken out on June 8th; E. L. Bean was bondsman.

In 1910, Putnam County TN, Civil District 16, Hh 43.
William H. Dennis, age 25, had been married for 3 years, to Kansas, his wife, age 29.

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registrtion
William Henery Denis of Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN, age 32, b. 8 July 1885. Farming for himself. Kansus Denis of the same place is his nearest relative

1920 Census. Civil Dist 16, Putnam, TN, Hh 189
Sam Ellis, 66, widow, b. TN
Willie Dennis, son-in-law, age 34
Candies, dau, age 38
Elmer Mahan, unrelated, age 7, b. TN

1930 Census. Civil Dist 16, Putnam, TN, Hh 107
Will Dennis, age 44, married at 23, b. TN, parents b. TN, Farmer, general farm
Candies, wife, 48, married at 30, b. TN, parents b. TN
Samie Lee, son, age 5
Sam Ellis, fatherin-law, age 76, widow, m. at 22, b. TN

1940 Census. Putnam, TN, Hh 86
Willis H. Dennis, 54, b. TN - lived in Rural Putnam Co in 1935
Candies Dennis, wife, 58
Sam Lee, son, 15
Samuel Lindsey Ellis, father-in-law, 86, widow

1950 Census. Putnam, TN, Hh 149
Denis, W. H., 64, Farmer
Candice, wife, 68

Undated newspaper announcement:
BAXTER
Funderal services for William H. (Willy) Dennis, 99, of Route 2, Baxter, will be held Monday, Dec. 3 at 1 pm in the chapel of Dyer Funeral Home with Rev. Carson Whitaker officiating. Burial will be in Harris Cemetery.
Mr. Dennis, a farmer, died Nov. 30 1984 at Cookeville General Hospital.
A native of Jackson County, he was the son of the late LeRoy and Mary Ann Bean Dennis.
His family includes one son, Sammy Lee Dennis of Michigan, one sister-in-law, Lucy Markel of Cookeville; two nieces Beulah Apple and Mae Alexander of Cookeville; three nephews, Tom Bean, Otha Bean, and Ernest Bean of Cookeville.
Dyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangments.

there is a picture of his grave marker:
Father
W. H. Dennis
July 8, 1885
Nov 30, 1984
Gone From Our Home But
Not From Our Hearts

Birth	8 Jul 1885	Jackson County, Tennessee
Marriage	9 Jun 1907	Putnam County, Tennessee - Mary Candice Ellis
Death	30 Nov 1984	Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee
Burial		Harris Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee

Spouse	Mary Candice Ellis (1880 - 1966)
Child	Samuel Lee Dennis (1924 - 1991)

Father	LEROY W. DENNIS (1844 - 1923)
Mother	MARY ANN BEAN (1845 - 1921)
Sibling	Sarah Arminda Ellen "Minda" Dennis (1867 - 1958)
Sibling	GENEVA DELL "JENNIE" DENNIS (1871 - 1906)
Sibling	Ada Isibelle Dennis (1877 - 1947)
Sibling	Vona Frances DENNIS (1882 - 1954)