Skillet Head Dennison 
Skillet Head was born on July 30th, 1839 in KY.1 Skillet Head's father was James A. Dennison and his mother was Cynthia Anderson. His paternal grandparents were William Dennison and Jennie Jane Barnes. He had three brothers and seven sisters, named Reason, Newton, James A, Nancy Jane, MARY ANN, Delila Alwilda, Suellen F, Mariah Jackson, Salima A and Sequana. He was the oldest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 80 on December 24th, 1919 in Collin, Texas, USA. He was buried in Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, TX.1 2 General Notes
1850 Census Grayson Co., KY September 26, 1850 by W L Conklin
866-866 James Denison 32 M Farmer KY
Cynthia 33 F KY
William 8 M KY***
Nancy 6 F KY
Reason 4 M KY
Ellen 2 F KY
Mary 1 F KY
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1860 TERRITORY: KY COUNTY: Grayson DIVISION: Litchfield REEL NO: M653-369 PAGE NO: 189
REFERENCE: enumerated on October 20 1860 by Anderson Gray
1278 1278 DENISON William A 21 M Farmer 150 200 Ky***
DENISON Mary E 20 F Housewifery Ky
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1870 Census Leitchfield, Grayson Co., KY 15 July 1870 by R S Barnes Pg 96
671-671 Denison, W A 30 M W Farmer 100 200 KY
M E 29 F W KY
M E 9 F W KY
J M 7 M W KY
E A 5 F W KY
L E 2 F W KY
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1910 Census > Kentucky >Grayson >Leitchfield > District 23>10 May 1910> by Ed T Proctor>Sheet 18B
355-368 William A Dennison Head M W 70 M1 51 KY KY KY Farmer
Mary E Dennison Wife F W 70 M1 51 8-7 KY KY KY
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Nickname: Bill Skillet Head
William was known as "Skillet Head" but nobody knows why. He and his wife had a farm on Lilac Road in Grayson County, Ky. When they retired they asked their son to take over the farm and support them, but he had no interest in farming. So, Bill and Mary Ellen moved to Texas and lived with three children there and died there in 1910.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1755 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d.1830 in Hart, Kentucky, USA
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- b.1783 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia d.1863 in Grayson County, Kentucky
- b.1760 in Virginia, USA d.1830 in Hart, Kentucky, USA
- b.1818 in Grayson County, Kentucky
- b.1676 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d.1756 in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- b.27 Aug 1708 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d.1815 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- b.17 Apr 1681 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d.1719 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- b.10 Aug 1740 in Southerington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. in Grayson, Kentucky, USA
- b.1709 in Southerington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- b.1783 in Maryland d.24 Jun 1857 in Grayson County, Kentucky
- b.1733 in Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia, USA d.1818 in Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, USA
- b.1763 in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA d.16 Mar 1853 in Grayson, Kentucky, USA
- b.1736 in Fairfax, Loudoun, Virginia, USA d.1826 in Mcleansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, USA
- b.30 Jul 1839 in KY d.24 Dec 1919 in Collin, Texas, USA
- b.1817 in Grayson Co., KY d.1870 in Grayson Co., KY
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Details of Skillet Head's family with Mary Ellen Pryor
1 GENCIRCLES, Lynda Sumners, Jackson/ Sumners Roots
2 One World Tree (sm)
Further sources/citations:
1850 United States Federal Census, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=555ed&id=I0700
2 One World Tree (sm)
Further sources/citations:
1850 United States Federal Census, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=555ed&id=I0700
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