Biographical Sketch of John L. Denton, Crawford County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** John L. Denton, of the firm of Denton & Hitch, proprietors of a custom and merchant mill of Cuba, MO., was born in Stark County, Ohio in 1834, and is the third child and only son in the family of four children born to Jonas and Frances (Leddell) Denton, natives of New York and New Jersey, respectively, who settled in the latter State when our subject was yet in his childhood, in which State he received his education at the common-schools. In 1861 he enlisted in the Seventh New Jersey Reg- iment, Union army, and served three years; he was wounded in the left arm at the Battle of Gettysburg by a piece of shell, and was then tran- sferred to the invalid corps. He received an honorable discharge in October, 1864, and then returned home, where he followed agricultural pursuits. In 1868 he married Maria J., daughter of Peter and Margaret Melick. They have only one child, a daughter, Bertha May, now eleven years of age. In 1869 Mr. Denton immigrated to Missouri and settled in Crawford County, on a farm of 120 acres, which he improved and work- ed for some years. In 1875 he bought a livery stable in Cuba, in which business he successfully engaged, and also dealt in agricultural imple- ments until 1886, when he sold out his livery and bought his present mill property. Mr. Denton is a member of the A. O. U. W. and G. A. R., and his political principles are those of the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Denton are worthy members of the Presbyterian Church in which he is ruling elder; in the spring of 1887 he was commissioner from the St. Louis presbytery to the General Assembly at Omaha. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================