Biographical Sketch of G. M. Dennis, Wright County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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G. M. Dennis, farmer and stock raiser of Wolf Creek, Wright Co., Mo.,
was born in Roane County, Tenn., in 1838, and is a son of Joseph and
Mary (Brown) Dennis.  The father was born in Grainger County, Tenn., in
1799, and was a farmer by occupation.  He came to Missouri in the fall 
of 1868, and located in Wright County, where he died in 1882.  His wife
was born in the same county as himself in 1803, and also died in Wright
Co., Mo., in 1878.  The paternal grandparents, Joseph and Betsey (Bees-
ley) Dennis, were born in North Carolina, and died in Tennessee. Grand-
father Brown was also born in North Carolina, was a hatter by trade, 
and was killed by accident.  G. M. Dennis is one of six surviving sons
in a family of twelve children, and was born, reared and married in
Tennessee.  At the breaking out of the war he joined Company A, Fifth
Tennessee, Federal troops, Army of the Cumberland, and served three 
years and two months.  He was quite severely wounded at one time, for
which he receives a pension of $2 per month.  Five of his brothers were
in the Federal service, and all are still living.  G. M. Dennis was
married in Tennessee to Sarah Crockett, a native of that state, born
October 27, 1844, and by her has a family of eight children: William
Henry, is a school teacher, and is attending Mountain Grove Academy;
James L., Joseph L., Sarah F., Albert M. and Bertie M.  Tennessee L. 
and John A. are deceased.  Mr. Dennis has a valuable farm of 200 acres,
and is one of the industrious and enterprising farmers of the county.
He is a Republican, a member of the G. A. R., and belongs to the 
Missionary Baptist Church.  Mrs. Dennis is a daughter of John and Nancy
(Patty) Crockett, the father being a native of Tennessee.  Her paternal
grandmother was a Rooker, whose father was stolen from England and
brought to America.  He was the only child of a man worth millions of
dollars, but on his death no trace of his money was found.

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