Erastus W. DENISON and Mary Lee DENISON

Erastus W. DENISON
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Erastus8 W. DENISON, oldest child and son of Dudley7 (Jonathan6, Robert5, Benadam4, William3, William2, George1) Denison and his wife Miranda Spaulding. Dudley was born 1 Jan 1828 and died, unmarried, 19 Dec 1898. He is listed in the 1880 Census as a ships carpenter.

Mary 8 Lee DENISON, sister to Erastus W. Denison, and youngest child of Dudley7 (Jonathan6, Robert5, Benadam4, William3, William2, George1) Denison and his wife Miranda Spaulding was born 28 Aug 1842 and died 3 Mar 1899. She was the wife of William L yman MAPLES. who she married 16 Feb 1864. William Lyman MAPLES b. Norwich, 4 November 1837 and died 1 Jan 1906 in Charlottesville, VA. was the son of David L. and his wife Betsey LEFFINGWELL. The couple had two children.

Sources:
Denison Genealogy: Erastus #4928 p. 171
Baldwin & Clift Denison Genealogy: Erastus #5274 p. 250
Denison Genealogy: Mary Lee #4933, p. 171, 227
Baldwin & Clift Denison Genealogy: Mary Lee #5279 p. 250
1870 Federal Census: Erastus lives with his parents in Groton and his sister Mary lives next door with her two children. [Where is William?]
1880 Federal Census: Erastus lives with his widowed mother is a ship's carpenter and his brother-in-law William who is a carpenter, sister and children live with them.