William S. Denison was born 13 Nov 1794 at Colrain, Massachusetts [[1]], the seventh child of William Denison and Anna Slack.
William S. Denison was educated at Ohio University, Athens. He became a very wealthy farmer, operating a substantially large farm of 1500 acres near Adamsville (Salem Township), Ohio. He was a longtime member of the Baptist church in Adamsville. In about 1854 William S. Denison endowed the Granville Literary and Theological Institution, at Granville, Ohio, precipitating its re-naming to be Denison University. He also gave $30 thousand for other educational purposes.
He married 31 May 1860 Mary O. Fisher. A letter which gives this account says "His three children are healthy and robust scions of the old stock", but gives no dates of birth:
William S. Denison passed away 31 Dec 1880.
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