Ross Andrew Denton

1881 - 1923  (41 years)

• Name	Ross Andrew Denton
  Birth	4 Dec 1881	(Kosciusko County) Indiana   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Apr 1923	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Mammoth Spring, Fulton County, Arkansas   [2]
  Person ID	I47296	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Denton,   b. 25 Mar 1837, Indiana d. 24 Jun 1904, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Jammia Parcells
  Marriage	23 Oct 1863	Kosciusko County, Indiana   [1]
  Family ID	F17354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia McHugh
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Lena E. Denton,   b. 26 Mar 1903, Many Islands, Fulton County, Arkansas d. 9 Dec 1958, (Oregon County) Missouri (Age 55 years)   2. Lawrence Denton
  Family ID	F17355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Dec 1881 - (Kosciusko County) Indiana Death - 2 Apr 1923 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Burial - - Riverside Cemetery, Mammoth Spring, Fulton County, Arkansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Dec. 4, 1881 Death: Apr. 2, 1928 Ross Denton Dead Ross A. Denton, born in Indiana in 1881, died in the General Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., at 10:15 o'clock, Monday, April 2, 1923 of acute gastritis. Until he became disabled several years ago Ross was a hard working and industrious man. First he lost his right arm in an electrical accident, yet he worked and did remarkably well until his left arm began to show indications of paralysis when hard work was impossible. He was a member of B. of R. M. 489, Memphis, and that order sent him a pass to Memphis where he was to take a position as flagman for the Frisco at a crossing in the city. He left here on Saturday on passenger train 103. Enroute he must have eaten or drank something that disagreed with him for never had a painless moment until death relieved him Monday. The railroad order mentioned that everything possible to bring relief but everything failed. When death came the brotherhood prepared the body for burial and sent two members with it to Mammoth Spring, Messrs J. E. Barnes and J. A. Cannon, who were met here by Henry Bennett and others from Thayer lodge. These brothers remained with deceased until the last shovel of earth was placed on the mound, and then accompanied the grieving widow to her home. T. H. Morris, local undertaker, had charge of the casket from the depot to the grave, and quite a procession of cars to be a weekday funeral, followed the hearse to the Riverside cemetery where Rev. Allen D. Stewart, pastor of the main Street Methodist Church delivered the funeral oration. In 1908 Ross was converted and united with the Presbyterian church. About two weeks before he died he told us he was prepared, even if he got sound and well again. Deceased leaves a wife and two children, son and daughter. The daughter is married. The son is 10 years of age. Mrs. Denton, as formerly Miss McHugh, daughter of Henry McHugh, one of our solid citizens during his lifetime, and sister to Arthur McHugh, of Thayer. Thank you Susan for submtting the obit Family links: Children: Lena Denton Ford (1903 - 1958)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Riverside Cemetery Mammoth Spring Fulton County Arkansas, USA Created by: Ruthe Record added: Aug 02, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 74316217 [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S10269] "Holly Carter Pedigree" submitted Thursday, January 18th, 2017, hollycarter8813@gmail.com, abstracted, downloaded and pu. [S10272] "Ross A. Denton" profile, abstracted, downloaded and published Friday, January 20th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, info@cl.