Washington County Biographies



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John C. Denison

John C. Denison, of the firm of Wheelock, Denison & Co., Hartford; is the son of Daniel and Susan (Cunningham) Denison, and was born Aug. 7, 1832, in Hampton, Windham Co., Conn.; spent his early years on a farm; when 16 years of age, he began teaching school; he next took a business course in the Leicester Academy. In the fall of 1854, he went to Beardstown, Ill., where he spent the winter in teaching school; spent the following summer in Bloomindale, and, in the fall of 1855, came to Hartford and engaged as book-keeper with the firm of Wheelock, Kneeland & Co.; in 1857, he was taken into the firm as a partner, and the firm name changed to Wheelock, Denison & Co. Mr. Denison was married at Neosho, Dodge Co., Aug. 10, 1859, to Miss Eliza Goodenough, daughter of Aaron and Cynthia (Durbon) Goodenough. Mrs. Denison was born in Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1840. They have had three children-Alice was born June 6, 1864, and died Oct. 16, 1867; Carrie was born April 8, 1870; Johnnie, Aug. 6, 1878.

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