Biography

1811 - 07/09/1874


DENNIS, William L., a Representative from Philadelphia County, born, 1811 in Rhode Island; graduated, Brown University; Baptist Minister (20 years); attorney (1852-1874); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representative for the 1862 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1863 term; traveling lecturer; died, July 9, 1874 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island; interred, Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.


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