Journal of Eli Denton
Continued by Marcil Boican Denton

Recording the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of his Family
Journal is currently in the possession of Mildred Sanders Hodges (2001)
Submitted by Angela Weaver
Births of the Eli Denton Family

Eli Denton                      July 9th, 1820
Mary Ann Puckitt                January 8th, 1828
Joseph Hilliard Denton          December 26th, 1846
Ozilla Jane Denton              June 15th, 1848
Louisa Jane Denton              February 28th, 1850
Mary Isabella Denton            August 24th, 1852
Madison Eli Denton              December 28th, 1854
Nancy Lavenia Denton            May 4th, 1857
John Henry Denton               September 10th, 1859
Hannah Eugenia Denton           January 25th, 1862
Allice Isora Denton             April 27th, 1867
Henry Ruffin Denton             March 5th, 1870
Marcil Boican Denton            November 3th, 1872

Births of the Marcil Boican Denton Family

Marcil Boican Denton            November 3th, 1872
Margret Drusilla Webb           February 10th, 1877
Mary Lola Denton                January 2th, 1899
Webster Denton                  October 12th, 1900
Berty Eugenia Denton            February 16th, 1903
Gladis Denton                   April 3th, 1905
Warner Wesley Denton            September 20th, 1909
Girdie Onado Denton             August 24th, 1911
A Girl Baby (stillborn)         February 17th, 1914
Dugless Marshall Denton         June 20th, 1916
A Girl Baby (stillborn)         July 18th, 1919

Other Family Births

Rashal Girtrude Sanders         September 27th, 1919, 6 in the morning
Mildred Sanders                 December 13th, 1920, 1 in the morning
Doris Shannon                   May 30th, 1921, 11:30 in the evening
Gladis Marie Denton             December 4th, 1921, 1 in the morning
Freda Lou Wallace*              June 27th, 1915
Marshall Drue Denton*           March 7th, 1938
Suzann Denton*                  October 8th, 1946
Douglas Warner Denton*          June 16th, 1951
* denotes that those entries were made by another family member

Marriages

Eli Denton              Mary Ann Puckitt         February 19th, 1846
George W. Nelson        Louisa Denton            March 26th, 1868
Joseph H. Denton        Mary P. Upshaw           January 3th, 1873
William J. Cooper       Mary I. Denton           November 16th, 1876
John H. Nelson          Nannie L. Denton (Nancy) November 28th, 1878
Andrew W. Sanders       Mary Lola Denton         May 25th, 1918
Virgil Shannon          Berty Eugenia Denton     December 25th, 1918
Webster Denton          Grace Malone             December 21th, 1919
Austin L. Goss          Gladis Denton            December 24th, 1926
Wesley W. Goss          Girdie O. Denton         November 15th, 1934
Warner Wesley Denton    Freda Lou Wallace        January 24th, 1937
Dugless M. Denton       Henrietta Porter         May 24th, 1940
Marvin Collins*         Gerdie Denton Goss*      January 10, 1981
* denotes that those entries were made by another family member

Deaths

H. R. Denton              23th January 1883
N. L. Nelson              15 July 1889
L. J. Nelson              2 December 1895
Eli Denton Sr.            11th September 1896
Alice Lowry               January 26th, 1901
Marshall B. Denton*       Dec. 14, 1955
Margret Drusilla Denton*  March 20, 1963
Mary Lola Sanders*        June 22, 1976
Andrew Sanders*           Dec. 2, 1958
Wesley Goss*              April 2, 1968
Warner Denton*            July 3, 1983
Marvin Collins*           Sept. 27, 1983
* denotes that those entries were made by another family member