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Dr Roscoe G. Dennett

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Dr Roscoe G. Dennett

Birth
Buxton, York County, Maine, USA
Death
3 Jul 1877 (aged 41)
Saco, York County, Maine, USA
Burial
Saco, York County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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His grandfather, Clement Dennett, born in Scarborough Jan. 10, 1763, settled as a farmer in Buxton December, 1786 ; died 1841, Aug. 10; married, Jan. 3, 1793, Mary, daughter of Samuel Leavitt, of Buxton. She died July 28, 1863, aged ninety-four years and fourteen days.
His great-grandfather, David Dennett, a farmer, born in Portsmouth, N. H., March 15, 1727, moved to Scarborough Oct. 3, 1768, married Dolly Downing, of Newington, N. H. He enlisted in the Provincial service Jan. 18, 1776 ; left on foot with his gun for Boston, and never returned. Died in 1778.
His father, Daniel Dennett, of Buxton, was born May 31, 1807, and married Abigail Gilpatric, of Biddeford. He had six sons, viz. :
1. Liberty B., now living in Deering, Me., with law-office in Portland;
2. Roscoe G., second, now clerk of the courts in Cumberland County;
3. James C, died in 1865, aged eighteen years;
4. Lora D., studied in Portland Medical School ;
5. Samuel C., a farmer on the homestead in Buxton ; and
6. Roscoe G., this memorial

Roscoe studied medicine with Dr. Berry, and graduated at Bowdoin Medical College in 1862. He began practice immediately in Saco, where he continued till his decease. Dr. Dennett was city physician, 1868, alderman, 1873, member of the Board of Health, 1874-1877 ; was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and Royal Arch Chapter, and president of the York Institute.

Dr. Dennett married, Oct. 1, 1863, Hannah (Annie) O. Berry. By this marriage there were three children :
1. James Vaughan, born Sept. 26, 1867 ;
2. William Hartley, born Sept. 15, 1870;
3. Bessie Greeley, born June 13, 1875; died Dec. 14, 1878.
His grandfather, Clement Dennett, born in Scarborough Jan. 10, 1763, settled as a farmer in Buxton December, 1786 ; died 1841, Aug. 10; married, Jan. 3, 1793, Mary, daughter of Samuel Leavitt, of Buxton. She died July 28, 1863, aged ninety-four years and fourteen days.
His great-grandfather, David Dennett, a farmer, born in Portsmouth, N. H., March 15, 1727, moved to Scarborough Oct. 3, 1768, married Dolly Downing, of Newington, N. H. He enlisted in the Provincial service Jan. 18, 1776 ; left on foot with his gun for Boston, and never returned. Died in 1778.
His father, Daniel Dennett, of Buxton, was born May 31, 1807, and married Abigail Gilpatric, of Biddeford. He had six sons, viz. :
1. Liberty B., now living in Deering, Me., with law-office in Portland;
2. Roscoe G., second, now clerk of the courts in Cumberland County;
3. James C, died in 1865, aged eighteen years;
4. Lora D., studied in Portland Medical School ;
5. Samuel C., a farmer on the homestead in Buxton ; and
6. Roscoe G., this memorial

Roscoe studied medicine with Dr. Berry, and graduated at Bowdoin Medical College in 1862. He began practice immediately in Saco, where he continued till his decease. Dr. Dennett was city physician, 1868, alderman, 1873, member of the Board of Health, 1874-1877 ; was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and Royal Arch Chapter, and president of the York Institute.

Dr. Dennett married, Oct. 1, 1863, Hannah (Annie) O. Berry. By this marriage there were three children :
1. James Vaughan, born Sept. 26, 1867 ;
2. William Hartley, born Sept. 15, 1870;
3. Bessie Greeley, born June 13, 1875; died Dec. 14, 1878.


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