BIO: Edwin Dennison, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 176-177.
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  DENNISON, EDWIN, was born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., on 
October 28, 1804, and died at Portlandville, N.Y., on May 8, 1889, 
after an illness of five days.
  In infancy he removed with his parents to the town of Lyme, New 
London County, Conn.  In 1821 he was converted and joined the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.  In 1821 the family moved to Exeter, Otsego County, 
N.Y., and in 1825 to Mohawk, Herkimer County, N.Y.  He received 
exhorter's license in 1825, and local preacher's license in 1829.  In 
1833 he was appointed by the presiding elder to fill a vacancy on the 
Sharon Circuit for six months.  He joined the Oneida Conference the 
same year, and was returned to Sharon Circuit.  Wyoming Conference 
received him with Oneida territory in 1869.
  After he had ceased from active work in the Conference he acted as 
Bible agent for several years, canvassing fifteen towns in Otsego 
County and parts of adjoining counties.
  His life seemed one of continuous affliction.  In 1869 he lost his 
youngest son, in 1877 his faithful wife was taken from him, and in 1879 
"the light faded out of his eyes like the going down of the sun."  In 
1870 he moved to Portlandville, N.Y., where he lived the balance of his 
life, occasionally supplying some one's pulpit and in some instances 
conducting revival services in outlying districts.  He was buried at 
Portlandville.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1833, Sharon; 1834, Otego; 1835, 
Litchfield; 1836, Winfield; 1837-38, Canajoharie; 1839, Brookfield; 
1840-41, Plymouth and Smyrna; 1842-43, Sharon; 1844-45, sd.; 1846-47, 
Decatur; 1848, Otego; 1849-50, Oneonta; 1851, Fly Creek; 1852, sd.; 
1853, Worcester; 1854-89, sd.