Bartholomew-Rush County IN Archives Biographies.....Dennison, Gilbert J. 1857 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

GILBERT J. DENNISON.

   It is not enough to be energetic and industrious if one wishes to succeed;
added to these qualities must be a thorough understanding of the business in
which he engages and a realization of the best methods to be pursued. In all of
these particulars Mr. Dennison is well equipped for the vocation which he is
following and he is now actively connected with the manufacturing interests of
Hope, where he is conducting a planing mill. He has been in business here since
1893, and since 1895 has been proprietor of the establishment which he now owns
and operates.

   Mr. Dennison is a native of Tennessee, his birth having occurred in Jefferson
county, that state, on the 26th of October, 1858, his parents being Samuel and
Rebecca (Witt) Dennison. The grandfather of the subject was of Scotch-Irish
descent and was a native of Virginia, his father, however, having been born in
the land of hills and heather, whence he crossed the Atlantic to become the
founder of the family in the new world. On leaving the Old Dominion the
grandfather moved to Tennessee, where the father of the subject was born and
reared. After arriving at years of maturity Samuel Dennison was united in
marriage to Miss Rebecca Witt, also a native of Tennessee, and in the year 1865
he came to Indiana, settling in Rush county, where he spent but a short time. He
then came to Bartholomew county and engaged in farming here. He spent his
remaining days in this county, his death occurring in the city of Columbus. In
the year 1882 he was elected county recorder and filled that position in a most
acceptable manner for four years or until 1886, when he retired from the office
as he had entered it—with the confidence and good will of the entire community.
He also served as deputy sheriff of the county and was a justice of the peace
for a number of years, his opinions being always fair and impartial. He passed
away on the 7th of October, 1900, at the age of sixty-five, his birth having
occurred on the 17th of September, 1835. His wife, who was born June 23, 1830,
died in Tennessee on the 23d of March, 1862. The father was twice afterward
married, to Elizabeth Shepard, who died ten years later, and to Mrs. Lizzie
Cothran, who now resides at Richmond, Indiana. She is the mother of two
daughters, Hazel and Vesta.

   Gilbert J. Dennison was reared upon the home farm and was instructed and
trained in the best methods of cultivating the soil and raising crops. His
intellectual training was received in the public schools and he remained at home
until twenty-three years of age, when he started out upon an independent
business career. He was married in the spring of 1883 to Miss Sarah E.
McCashlan, a daughter of E. W. and Eliza McCashlan. The lady was born in
Bartholomew county, in February, 1865, obtained her education in the public
schools and remained with her parents until she gave her hand in marriage to Mr.
Dennison. They began their domestic life upon a farm, where they resided
continuously for ten years, and then, in 1893, they removed to Hope, where they
have since resided. In the meantime Mr. Dennisdn had learned the carpenter's
trade and after working for a year he bought the mill which he is now operating,
becoming its owner in March, 1895. He employs from two to four hands during the
busy season and his pay roll averages about ninety dollars per month. His plant
is well equipped with good machinery for turning out first-class work and Mr.
Dennison gives his personal supervision to all the work done, so that the
product of the mill is satisfactory to the purchaser. He has gained a very
desirable patronage and his business is now on a profitable basis.

   Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dennison have been born three children: Mary E., a graduate
of the high school of Hope; Pleasant W. and Anna M. are still in school. The
family circle yet remains unbroken, the children being still under the parental
roof. The parents are members of the Baptist church and are interested in its
work and the accomplishment of its mission in the community. Mr. Dennison also
belongs to the Grange and to the Knights of Pythias, and in the latter he is a
past chancellor. He has also filled other offices in the organization and has
been its representative to the grand lodge, a fact that indicates that he is
popular with his brethren of the fraternity and has their unbounded confidence
and regard. In politics he is a prominent Democrat and has been called to public
office by the vote of the people. At the present writing he is serving as
president of the town board and in this capacity is capably managing the affairs
of Hope. He is public spirited in an eminent degree and is a social, genial
gentleman whose kindliness and deference for the opinions of others have made
him popular with his fellow men.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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