Eli Y DENTON b. 9 Jan 1820 , , North Carolina, USA d. 11 Sep 1896 , Union, Louisiana, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1820 - 1896 (76 years)

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Name	Eli Y DENTON [1, 2]
Born	9 Jan 1820	, , North Carolina, USA [3, 4]
Gender	Male
Census	10 Sep 1850	, Union, Louisiana, USA
pg 792 (397B), d/w #717
Denton Eli 25 M NC Denton Mary 22 F MS Denton Joseph 4 M LA Denton Louisa 2 F LA
Census	29 Jul 1870	, Union, Louisiana, USA
pg 30 (64A), D/f #200
Ward 3 Eli Denton M 50 North Carolina Mary Denton F 45 Mississippi Isabella Denton F 18 Louisiana Nancy Denton F 16 Louisiana Eli Denton M 14 Louisiana John Denton M 12 Louisiana Lena Denton F 8 Louisiana Alice Denton F 4 Louisiana Henry Denton M 6/12 Louisiana Feb
Census	1880	, Union, Louisiana, USA
ED 87, pg 4 (455D-456A)
Ward 3 45 37 37 Denton Eli W M 60 X farming X X NC NC NC 46 37 37 Denton Mary W F 52 wife X keep house X Miss Ky Tenn 47 37 37 Denton Madasson E W M 22 son X farming X LA NC Miss 48 37 37 Denton John H W M 19 son X farming X LA NC Miss 49 37 37 Denton Hanah E W F 18 daughter X X LA NC Miss 50 37 37 Denton Allice W F 13 daughter X X LA NC Miss 1 37 37 Denton Ruffin H W M 10 son X at school X X LA NC Miss 2 37 37 Denton Marshal B W M 8 son X at school X X X LA NC Miss
Died	11 Sep 1896	, Union, Louisiana, USA [2]
Buried	12 Sep 1896	, Union, Louisiana, USA
	Address: Bethel Cemetery Union Parish Union Parish, Louisiana
Person ID	I14204	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	14 Apr 2017

Family Mary Ann PUCKETT, b. 8 Jan 1828, , , Mississippi, USA , d. Aft 1899 (Age 71 years)

Married 19 Feb 1846 , Union, Louisiana, USA [5]

Children

	1. Joseph Hilliard DENTON, b. Dec 1846, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1926 (Age ~ 79 years)
	2. Louisa Jane DENTON, b. 1848, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1895 (Age 47 years)
	3. Nancy DENTON, b. 1854, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1889 (Age 35 years)
	4. Madison Eli DENTON, b. Dec 1855, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1936 (Age ~ 80 years)
	5. Mary Isabella DENTON, b. Aug 1851, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 28 Jan 1934, Junction City, Union, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 82 years)
	6. John H DENTON, b. 1861, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1930 (Age 69 years)
	7. Hannah Eugenia DENTON, b. 1862, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1942 (Age 80 years)
	8. Allice Izora DENTON, b. 1867, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1901 (Age 34 years)
	9. Ruffin Henry DENTON, b. Feb 1870, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 1883 (Age ~ 12 years)
	10. Marshall Boykin DENTON, b. 3 Nov 1872, , Union, Louisiana, USA , d. 14 Dec 1955, Carthage, Panola, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)

Last Modified 14 Apr 2017

Family ID F2084 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

The Family of Eli Denton and Mary Puckett
ELI DENTON was born on July 09, 1820 in North Carolina, and died on September 11, 1896 in Union Parish, Louisiana. He is buried in the Bethel Cemetery in Union Parish, Louisiana. He married MARY ANN PUCKETT/PUCKITT on February 19, 1846 in Union Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of JOHN PUCKETT and HANNAH GULLEDGE. She was born January 08, 1828 in Mississippi. It is unknown at this time when and where Mary died.
Together they had eleven children all born in Union Parish, Louisiana. I have very limited information on nine of the following children. (1) Joseph Hillard Denton was born on Dec. 26, 1846. Joseph married Mary P. Upshaw on Jan. 03, 1873 in Union Parish, La. (2) Ozilla Jane Denton was born on June 15, 1848 and died on Nov. 10, 1904 in Union Parish, LA. She was buried in the Bethel Cemetery. She married William A. Henderson on January 10, 1870 in Union Parish, LA. William was born on March 06, 1847 and died on July 01, 1926 in Union Parish, LA. (3) Louisa Jane Denton was born on Feb. 28, 1850 and she died in Union Parish on Dec. 02, 1895. She married George W. Nelson on March 26, 1868 in Union Parish, LA. (4) Mary Isabella Denton, also known as "Mollie", was born on August 24, 1852. She died in 1935 in Union Parish, LA and was buried in the Bethel Cemetery. She married William J. Cooper on Nov. 16, 1876. William Cooper was born in 1855 and died in 1934 in Union Parish, LA and was also buried in the Bethel Cemetery. (5) Madison Eli Denton was born on December 28, 1854 in Union Parish. (6) Nancy Lavenia Denton was born on May 04, 1857 and she died on July 15, 1889. She married John H. Nelson on November 28, 1878. (07) John Henry Denton was born on September 10, 1859. He married Dora B. Stokes on December 10, 1883 in Union Parish, Louisiana. (8) Allice Isora Denton was bprm pm April 27, 1867 and died on January 26, 1901 in Union Parish and was buried in the Bethel Cemetery there. She married Louis L. Lowry on April 02, 1899 in Union Parish Louisina. Louis Lowry was born in 1859 in Shiloh, Union Parish, Louisiana. (9) Henry Ruffin Denton was born on March 05, 1870 and died on January 23, 1883.
Hannah Eugenia Denton was born on January 25, 1862 in Union Parish, LA. She married John Sanford Golsby on Dec. 17, 1885 in Union Parish La. John Golsby was born on Dec. 15, 1859. Together they had a daughter, Zulah Golsby. She was born on March 25, 1893 in Louisiana. It is unknown when Zulah died but she was buried in the Laran Cemetery in Union Parish, LA. John died on Feb. 04, 1940 and was buried in the Laran Cemetery in Union Parish, LA. Hannah died on Feb. 16, 1942. She, too, was buried in the Laran Cemetery in Union Parish, LA.
Their last child, MARSHALL BOYKIN DENTON was born on November 03, 1872 in Union Parish, Louisiana, and he died on December 14, 1955 in Panola County, Texas. He married MARGARET DRUCILLA WEBB March 06, 1898 in Junction City, Louisiana. She was the daughter of D. H. WEBB. She was born February 10, 1877 in Lillie, Louisiana, and died March 20, 1963 in Panola County, Texas. They were both buried in the Six Mile Cemetery in the Snap Community of Panola County, Texas.
Marshall and Margaret had nine children. They had Mary Lola Denton, Webster Denton, Bertie Eugenia Denton, Gladys Denton, Warner Wesley Denton, Gertie Onado Denton, Douglas Marshall Denton and two female stillborn babies that were born on Feb. 17, 1914 and July 18, 1919. Both stillborn babies were buried in the Six Mile Cemetery in the Snap Community of Panola County, Texas.

Sources

[S29] 1850 Union, LA, pg 792 (397B), d/w #717.
Eli Denton
[S181] Cemetery, Bethel, Union Parish, LA, Eli Y Denton.
[S29] 1850 Union, LA, pg 792 (397B), d/w #717.
age 25, North Carolina
[S181] Cemetery, Bethel, Union Parish, LA, Eli Y Denton.
9 Jul 1820
[S363] Union Parish, La. Marriages, Vol. M, Part I, 1839-1844, Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Society, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/vitals/marriages/marriag2.txt), Denton, Eli.
to Mary Puckett, 19 Feb 1846