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DENISON, JAMES K (deceased). Was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, November 24, 1818. When he was eighteen years
of age he went to Iowa, where he followed farming until 1852. He then crossed the plains to California with ox
teams, bringing his family with him, and arrived in Placer County in October of that year. He followed mining there
until 1857, when he came to Lake County and settled on Middle Creek near Upper Lake, and engaged in farming till
1861. He then returned East, and served as First Lieutenant of Company B, 20th regiment Iowa Volunteers, for three
years. His family remained on their farm during his absence, and he returned in 1866, and remained there till 1875,
when he constructed the toll road from Upper Lake to Bartlett Springs. He was married April 26, 1843, to Miss Mary
Jewell, a native of New York. He died December 8, 1876, leaving a widow, and eight children, as follows: Margaret
E., Merritt L., Alice, Mary A., Victoria, Laura, James H., and Olive C.; and they have lost one, Daniel W.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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