Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor.  "A History of Central Washington,
Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys."
Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929.  p. 83.
 
EDWARD WILLIAM DENNIS
 
     The subject of this sketch is more generally known in the Wenatchee country
as plain "Ed" Dennis. His father was a native of New York State, but when quite
young moved with the family to Newark, New Jersey. And it was from this place
that the elder Dennis left home and enlisted for service in the Civil War. He
went through the historic battle of Gettysburg, and was in many other heavy
engagements. Soon after his release from the army, he went to Texas, and lived
for a time in Dallas. For six years he was employed by a large cattle company
and helped to drive many bands of cattle to the northern markets. He followed
farming three years in Nebraska, and it was in this state in 1873 that he was
married to Miss Matilda Bartlet. In 1875, the subject of this sketch was born,
and the following year the family crossed the plains by team and wagon to
Oregon, making an unusually quick trip. In 1877, they came to the Washington
Territory and located in Walla Walla County, and five years later the family
tent was pitched in Kittitas Valley. From these dates it will be seen that Mr.
Dennis can qualify as an honest-to-goodness pioneer. In this valley Mr. Dennis
grew up on a farm. At first neighbors were few and far between, but like other
husky boys with healthy appetites, young Dennis managed to get a good deal of
fun out of life. He was fond of horses, and plenty of them were at his disposal.
On June 7, 1903, Mr. Dennis was married to Miss Edna Yocum, a pioneer girl of
Kittitas Valley. They have one son, Frank Edward, a graduate of Wenatchee high
school. Mr. Dennis established himself in the Wenatchee country in 1901, and for
one year he leased the Philip Miller ranch. One year later he located on
Washington Avenue, which became the Dennis permanent home at the time of
marriage. Mr. Dennis conducted a nursery business for 13 years with success to
himself and to the satisfaction of his numerous customers. Buying nursery stock
is sometimes an uncertain business, but Mr. Dennis seldom made a mistake. His
trees were true to name and accurate in count. For a number of years he has
conducted an auto supply house, which at the present time is located on South
Wenatchee Avenue.
     
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