Denton, Isaac

DENTON

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Date: 9/25/2019 at 20:47:24

Isaac Denton

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.100, Grove Twp.)
Farmer, P. O. Wheeler's Grove, born in New York April 7, 1821, son of James and Anna (Tillison) Denton, both born in New York; he died in the same State in 1825, and she in Iowa in 1862; they had ten children. Subject received a common school education; commenced life as an orphan boy, working on the farm, and was married in Michigan August 30, 1844, to Mary Etta Moore born in Ohio November 26, 1829, daughter of John and Phebe (Eddy) Moore, he, born in the Eastern States, died in 1851; she, born in Massachusetts, died in Iowa in 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Denton have had nine children, four of whom are living, viz., Nancy James, Frank and Charley. Subject moved from Michigan to Illinois in 1851; six years later to Missouri; in 1859, to Decatur County, Iowa, and the same year to this county, living on his brother's place until 1860, when he bought forty acres of land at $10 per acre, and now owns eighty acres, valued at $40 per acre. There is a fine grove, a young orchard, and two good wells on the place. Subject is a Republican and a Methodist. Williard, William and Wallace Denton were triplets, born September 30, 1863, one of whom lived nine days, another three weeks, and the other five weeks. Two infants also were born and died the same day, January 27, 1864, by which it will be seen that the five children were born within four months of each other, one of the most remarkable circumstances ever recorded in obstetrical history.