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Ashley Newton Denton

Ashley Denton
Full Name: Ashley Newton Denton
Birth date: March 12, 1836
Death date: March 4, 1901

Terms of Service

  • House, 13th (1) (2) Legislature
    1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
    Democrat
(1) San Antonio, Bexar County. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
(2) Boerne, Kendall County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, Private, Cavalry Company, 19th Cavalry (Burford's Regiment), commanding officer Captain Patrick H. Saunders, enlistment date 3/31/1862 at age 26 at Veal's Station, Parker County. Ashley N. Denton, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900; Ashley M. Denton, U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865; Ashley M. Denton, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com .
  • Ashley N. Denton, allopath, death date 3/4/1901 in Austin, Texas, wife Margaret H. Murchison, daughter Frances B. Denton. Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929; Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 49, 1904, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Ancestry.com .
  • A.N. Denton of San Antonio - physician, born in Texas, age 36. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
  • Census of 1870 - Asaby Denton, Southerland Springs, Wilson County, age 34, born circa 1836 in Texas, physician, wife Maggie.
    Census of 1880 - Ashley N. Denton, San Marcos, Hays County, age 44, born circa 1836 in Native America, physician, wife Margaret. FamilySearch . 1880 1870
  • Ashley Newton Denton, birth date 3/12/1836, death date 3/4/1901, burial in San Marcos Cemetery. Find a Grave .
  • DENTON, ASHLEY NEWTON (1836-1901). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Account of the gunfight in which Ashley Denton killed John W. Curtis, pp. 86-89. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas 1877.
  • Margaret Hester Murchison and Ashley N. Denton were married 6/25/1861. On 8/22/1867, William A. Haile wrote to Allie Murchison, "Your Aunt Maggie Denton lives at Sutherland Springs twenty miles south of this. Your Grand Pa lives with her." Murdock Murchison and Sarah Hogue Ross Family Bible Record .
  • Biographical sketch, Dr. A.N. Denton, p. 72. Born 3/12/1836 in Indian Territory, served in 19th Texas Cavalry in Civil War. Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.

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