Charles Rankin Deniston (1835–?) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1874 and 1875.[1]

Deniston was born in 1835 in Green County, Wisconsin, the son of John W. Deniston and Elizabeth Van Sant. He attended Mount Morris College and Lawrence University. During the American Civil War, he visited the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1863 and was captured by the Confederates at Brentwood, Tennessee.[2][3] He married Susan C. Coryell (1838–1873), and after her death married a second time in 1877[4] to Hattie M. Bramhall (1859–1941).[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ A. J. Turner, ed. (1874). "The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin" (13th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver. p. 460. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  2. ^ "The Captives Heard From". Janesville Daily Gazette. April 16, 1863. p. 2. Retrieved December 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ "The Prospects of the Rebellion—The President's Proclamation". Janesville Weekly Gazette. May 1, 1863. p. 3. Retrieved December 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. ^ "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRLB-7BM : 3 June 2016), Chas R. Deniston and Hattie M. Bramhall, 12 Dec 1877; citing Cadiz, Green, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,668.
  5. ^ "Mrs. Hattie Deniston, Aged Carbondale Woman, Buried This Afternoon". The Daily Independent. July 5, 1941. p. 5. Retrieved December 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access


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