John Dennis

John Dennis, D.D. was born in Ovid, N.Y., August 29, 1810. He was educated at the Ovid Academy, and was converted while a student in the institution; was licensed to preach in 1832, and after having filled a charge under the presiding elder, was admitted on trial in the Genesee Conference in 1835. He has received forty-four consecutive appointments, many of them being of the most important character in Buffalo, Rochester, Geneva, and Lima. He was also presiding elder of the Rochester district for eight years. He was a member of the General Conference of 1848, 1852 and 1856. For a number of years he was treasurer of Genesee College. In 1871 he received the degree of D.D. His present residence (1877) is Brockport.

His father was a soldier in the War of 1812, his grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. He traveled in the Methodist Episcopal circuit. He travelled about 100 miles a week, preaching seven or more sermons. In 1834 he supplied the Catherine District in upstate New York area.   Source: Dennis Records on File in Seneca, N.Y.

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