My Genealogy Hound

JOSEPH DENNIS, farmer, P. O. Five Mile, was born October 3, 1824, in Belgium. His parents were John J. and Mary Dennis. In 1853, he emigrated to America, and by way of New York came to Ohio. Having spent five years in Highland County, he came to Brown County, and in 1859 settled in the northern portion of Green Township, where he now resides. In April, 1863, he married, in Brown County, Miss Eufrase Androit, by whom he has seven children — Mary, Emily, Eufrase, Anne, Margaret, Josephine and Joseph. Mr. Dennis says he borrowed $68 with which to come to America, and he is now the owner of 205 acres of land, which attests his industry and pluck to overcome the hardships and self-denials he was obliged to undergo. To his parents were born four children — Jeannette, Margaret, Nicholas and Joseph. They emigrated to America in 1856. In his youth our subject received but a limited education in French, but by constant heading and a close application to matters which pertain to the welfare of the public, he has become tolerably well informed on the general topics of his time. Politically, he is a Democrat. His farm is pleasantly located, and in a good state of cultivation.