Governor
William
Dennison
Jr.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Dennison
and Mary (Carter) Dennison
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ann (Neil) Dennison
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth D Dennison
Died
at age 66
in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
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| Preceded by 20th Postmaster Montgomery Blair Preceded by 23rd Governor Salmon P. Chase |
William Dennison, Jr. 21st United States Postmaster General  24th Governor of Ohio  |
Succeeded by 22nd Postmaster Alexander Randall Succeeded by 25th Governor David Tod |
Biography
William Dennison Jr. is Notable.
William was born 1805. Son of William Dennison Sr. of New Jersey and Mary Carter from a New England family. His parents moved to Ohio circ. 1805 and settled in Cincinnati. He was well educated and in 1835 graduated from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. After graduation he studied law and was admitted the bar in 1840 and moved to Columbus and married the eldest daughter of William Neil, famed promoted of stagecoach transportation.
Mentioned briefly in Col. Stephen Clark's Civil War letters: (28 Dec 1864) "If your letters don’t come soon I shall write Gov. Dennison’s P.M. Gen. a lecture on the subject giving him to understand that he will incur my wrath if his department is not better conducted in the future."
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Cathryn (Hallett) Hondros
Cathryn (Hallett) Hondros
Cathryn (Hallett) Hondros
“Cleveland Daily Leader”, (Cleveland, Ohio), 26 Jul 1861, page 2
- Apparent Tyranny in a Military Officer.
- We have spoken before of the great apparent injustice done Lieut. Stratton’s squad of the Warren company of volunteers, by Gen. Rosecrans, by sending them home in disgrace for the alleged crime of pillaging the house of a secessionist, the only testimony on which they were charged being the word of the man who pretended to have been robbed. A member of the19th regiment, whom we know to be perfectly disinterested to the matter, passed through the city a day or two ago, and fully confirmed the statement of the case made by Lieut. Stratton. This statement we have published, its main facts being the following: While the 19th Regiment was at Buckhannon, Lieut. Stratton and a squad of men were ordered to go into the country for forage or prisoners. In the performance of their duty, they reached a house that was deserted, but took nothing from it. Upon their return to camp, or shortly thereafter, the owner of the house made complaint that they had stolen his gold watch. Without giving the company any opportunity of making any explanation or defence, and not withstanding the fact that the neighbors of the man were ready to testify that be was a rank secessionist, and a man whose word they would not trust, Gen. Rosecrans ordered the whole company, at the next dress parade, to stack arms and march down the lines in disgrace for home.
- The evident unfairness of the act created the most intense indignation in the regiment, both among officers and men. One Captain ordered his Company to salute Capt. Barrett’s Company with presented arms as (hey passed. Many of tbe officers threatened to resign if Capt. Barrett and Company were not recalled, and at length a protest sent to Gen. McClellan induced that officer to recall the Company, and to send home only Lieut. Stratton and the men under his command.
- It certainly appears that Gen. Rosecrans was governed by prejudice, and not justice, in his decision, and if it should prove so, we trust he will be suitably reproved. We grant that he is a good soldier and an accomplished General, but he is not therefore exempt from the requirement of justice.
- We are glad to see that Gov. Dennison has ordered a trial — which Gen. Rosecrans denied — that the men may have an opportunity to prove their innocence. The citizens of Warren, where Lieut. Stratton resides and is a man of good reputation, both business and social, are indignant in the highest degree at his treatment. Several indignation meetings have been held at Ashtabula county to protest against it.
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Cathryn (Hallett) Hondros
“The Courier-Journal”, (Louisville, Kentucky), 19 Jul 1861, page 3
- The Governor of Ohio has directed a court martial upon the case of Lieut. Stratton and associates, returned from Virginia under arrest. It will be held when the Nineteen Regiment comes home from tbe war.
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by Cathryn (Hallett) Hondros
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