Franklin Augustus Denison (1862 - 1932)

Born 25 Aug 1862 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Taylor) Denison — married about 26 Nov 1891 (to 26 Apr 1904) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States

Husband of Edna Rose (Brown) Abbott — married about Nov 1907 (to 14 Apr 1932) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 14 Apr 1932 at age 69 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Franklin Denison is a part of US Black heritage.

Franklin was born in 1862. He was the son of George Denison and Rose Wiggins.

Franklin A. Dennison [sic] was the valedictorian at the 11 June 1890 commencement exercises for the class of 1890, Union School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, having had the highest scholarship.

Frank was the first African American soldier to rise above the rank of Colonel.

Frank died in 1932 and is buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

Research Notes

• 1900 Census includes an incomplete entry with his mother in San Antonio and a full entry with his wife Alice in Chicago, Illinois.

He passed away in 1932.

Sources

• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR5J-MPT : 30 January 2020), Franklin A. Tenison, 1891. An image of the document is available on Ancestry.com, but there is no document identification number.
• "Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2004," Franklin A Tenison, Marriage Date: 8 Aug 1891, Spouse: Alice Taylor; Wisconsin Historical Society; Madison, Wisconsin; Wi Marriage Records Pre-1907, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022, Lehi, UT, USA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27246830/franklin-augustus-denison: accessed 05 December 2022), memorial page for Gen Franklin Augustus Denison (1862–14 Apr 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27246830, citing Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Kim Warrick Runkel (contributor 46956093) .Find A Grave: Memorial #27246830

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGV-PNR : 29 May 2021), Frank Dennison in entry for Rosa Dennison, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF2-2DV : 15 January 2022), Frank Dennison in household of Rose Dennison, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.

• "The Union College of Law," The Chicago [Illinois] Tribute, 12 June 1890, p. 2, col. 1 - 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349717401 : accessed 2 January 2023).

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32P-28X : 12 January 2022), Frank Dennison in entry for Rose Oathnen, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSG-72M : 12 January 2022), Franklin A Denison, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKC7-84X : accessed 5 December 2022), Franklin Dennison, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 383, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Brigadier-General Franklin A. Denison." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2022. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4d5d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

• Reader: Chicago's alternative nonprofit newsroom, Jeff Nichols, 28 Aug 2019, accessed 5 Dec 2022, "They thought he was an ‘agitator’ Franklin A. Denison was no rabble-rouser, but the Bureau of Investigation said he sparked the 1919 race riot."[1]