John Littleton Dryden

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J. L. Dryden -Spouse: Emma Porter Marriage Date: 16 May 1877 County: Holt State: MO

Jean Dalrymple on www.rootsweb archives [May 1999]
book on the Drydens..... and it says of Littleton Dorsey Dryden.......Son of Sovern and Nancy Redden Dryden was born on 26 June 1816 in Mason Co. KY .. he married in Aberdeen Oh in 15 April 1845 to Sarah Malone who was born in MD abt 1826. Littleton farmed in the Mayslick Precinct of Mason County for many years )1850 house 138; 1860 house 134; 1870 house 8f4). His house is said to hove been burned out during the Civil War. In Sept 1876, he moved to Hold Co MO where he continued farming, (1880 Benton tp, house 175, Sarah Malone Dryden died in Hold co in 1881, Littleton Dryden died on Jan 24 1889, in Hold Co near Mound City Children; 1. Ann M. Dryden (726) 2. John Littleton Dryden (727) 3. Isaac Dryden (728) 4. Marietta Dryden Sept 10 1855; died before 1860 5. Sarah El Dryden (729) 6. Amelia Dryden (730
1318: Porter Dryden, son of John Littleton and Emma J. Porter Dryden (727) was born in Mound City Hold Co., MO, Feb5 1879, he married about 1901 Mary ....... Born 1869 (wife said to be Julia E. .... Who died in 1965). Littleton was listed in the 1910 census of Columbus, Franklin Co., OH . He moved to Colorado Springs, CLittleton O. in 1924, where he died on Nov 25 1959. He graduated from the George Washington University Washington DC in 1901. He was a vet of the Spanish American War a private in Co B 4th INF and a past department commander of the Spanish American War Veterans, past commander of Admiral Dewey Camp . US War Veterans .. He was chairman of the OPA Board in Colorado Springs during WW11. He retired a lawyer. He was a genealogist of the Dryden family and contributed much information on his him family. At death he left seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He died in 1959 and is buried in the Evergreen Cem. Colorado Springs, El Paso Co. children 1. Dorothy Mary Dryden, married Paul and moved to San Diego CA 2. Littleton Porter Jr. (1828)

[John] Littleton Dryden, b.. 16 Feb 1851, Mason Co., KY m in Holt Co., MO 16 May 1877 to Emma Jane Porter, b. 19 Mar 1861, dau of Cummings Porter. John L. was a tobacco planter, carpenter and bricklayer. He died on Aug 31, 1927 at Mound City, MO his widow died in 1935 in Colorado Springs, CO.......................children; 1. Littleton Porter Dryden 2. Gestring (Jack) Porter Dryden

1880 Benton, Holt, MO
John L. Dryden 1851 KY
Emma 1861 MO; father b. MD; mother b. MD
Littleton 1879 MO
William Dillon 1871 KY [nephew]

1900 Mound City, Holt, MO
John L. Dryden b. Feb 1851 KY father b. KY and mother b. MD
Emma b. Mar 1861 MO; m. 23yrs; father b. OH; mother b. MO
Littleton b. Feb 1879 MO [son]
Gestring b. Jan 1884 MO [son]

1910 Strohl, Loup County, Nebraska
John L. Dryden b. KY; farmer
Emma J. born MO; m. 33 yrs; ch: 2/2; father b. OH; mother b. IN

1920 Precinct 2, Crowley County, CO
Vern A. Darnall 1888 MO; parents b. KY [Joseph and Amelia - nee Dryden?]
Irah Darnell 1890 KS [wife] with ch: Clifton 9 and Ruth 2
John L. Dryden age 68 b. 1852 KY [uncle]
Emma J. Dryden age 58 b. 1862 MO; married; father b. OH; mother b. IN

John married Emma Jane Porter, daughter of Cummings Porter Jr and Minerva Livengood, on 16 May 1877 in Holt County, Missouri. (Emma Jane Porter was born on 19 Mar 1861 in Illinois, died in 1944 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and was buried on 7 Aug 1944 in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.)