Hiram Denison (1829 - 1889)

Born 26 Jan 1829 in Perry County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1889 at age 60 in Ohio, USA

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Biography

e was born in Hopewell Township.

Civil War Veteran

His first wife,and also the mother of all his children, was Miss Rebecca Wilson,daughter of John Wilson, who died in 1865. Her children are Clararissa, widow of Ezra Plane, (killed by accident); Allie, wife of John Plane,Chalfants post office; Martha,wife of E. W. Cooperider,Thornville post office; Jane, wife of John Beard, Mount Perry post office, and Miss Ida

DANISON, HIRAM, born 1829, a farmer, Glenford post office, Ohio,is a son of the late venerable James Danison, who came to Hopewelltownship from Maryland in 1812, when his father, Jared Danison, settled on section fifteen. The sons of this old pioneer were William.Jared, Asa, Elisha and James, the father of Hiram Danison. The daughters were Elizabeth, wife of John Ward, and a Mrs. Petty. As late as the year 1830, James, in partnership with two brothers, purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 16, forty of which fell to James, and is the same land on which he afterwards lived and died. Tradition, derivedfromthe mother of Hiram, asserts that James workedon the National pike, and thereby earned the money with which to buy and pay for this first forty acres of land, the price of which was then $1.25 per acre, due perhaps to its rocky surface and the date of its purchase, and the fifty cents per day earned by labor. James Danison died in 1864, owning one hundred acres of land, leaving his widow, whose maiden name was Dorcus Wilson,an aunt of Jeremiah Wilson,residing on section 21, Hopewell, With one son, Hiram, and one daughter, Mrs. Harriet Walser, wife of Jefferson Walser, Glenford post office, Ohio. Hiram has added twenty acres to the old homestead, comprising two hundred acres, of which his sister obtained seventy-five acres, leaving him one hundred and twenty-five acres at this time. His first wife, and also the mother of all his children, was Miss Rebecca Wilson,daughter of John Wilson, who died in 1865. Her children are Clararissa, widow of Ezra Plane, (killed by accident); Allie, wife of John Plane,Chalfants post office; Martha,wife of E.Cooperider,Thornville post office; Jane, wife of John Beard, Mount Perry post office, and Miss Ida. Hiram Danison married a second wife, Miss Huldah Heck, daughter of Henry Heck, late of Reading township. Mr. Danison has just returned from a visit to Richmond, Virginia, to inspect some of the wonderful bargains in land, and houses advertised in that vicinity of Virginia since the Rebellion. He professes himself well pleased with the prospects for capital invested and says if he moves there he wishes to take as much of old Perry with him as he can.

BURIAL Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Glenford, Perry County, Ohio, USA

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98526416/hiram-denison