Cook County IL Archives Obituaries.....Dennett, Charles Boyd December 19, 1890
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Chicago Daily Tribune - December 21, 1890
One of the oldest, if not the oldest, printers in Chicago, Charles Boyd Dennett,
died early Friday morning at his home, No. 52 North Auu street, Mr. Dennett was
83 years old, and up to a week ago had never known illness.  A week ago Friday,
while engaged on a charitable errand for two young women, he caught they cold
that resulted in his death.

Mr. Dennett was born in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1809 and at an early age learned
the printing trade in the office of the Portsmouth Journal.   He worked in
Cambridge, Mass., for a little while and then went to Boston, where he became a
member of the printing firm of Tattio, Weaks & Dennett.  The late Benjamin P.
Shillabor, better known as Mrs.  Partington, was a journeyman in this office. 
At one time he was engaged in setting up a book on consumption and imagined he
had the disease himself.  This caused him to quit work and leave for the West. 
Mr. Dennett married Rebecca Jennings in 1837 and continued in business in Boston
some years.  Owing to the poor health of his wife, Dennett moved to Columbus,
O., where Charles Scott induced him to become foreman of the pressroom in the
Ohio State Journal office.  Three or four years later Mr. Dennett took a similar
position on the Cincinnati Gazette, giving it up two years later and returning
to Boston.

Twenty-seven years ago he came to Chicago and went to work for Rand, McNally &
Co., as a compositor.  He worked for the firm up to a week before his death. 
His eyesight was remarkable, and he was able to keep up with the younger men in
the office.  He was a member of the old Franklin Society of Boston which he
joined sixty-five years ago, and was an honorary member of the Chicago
Typographical Union.  A peculiarity of Mr. Dennett was that he ate but two meals
a day, breakfast and supper, and both meals were hearty ones.

He leaves a widow, one son, two grandsons, and one granddaughter.  The funeral
will take place today at 1 o’clock, and the interment will be at Rosehill.

Additional Comments:
Buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

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