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CHRISTOPHER C. DENNIS

Christopher C. Dennis, senior member of the firm of Dennis & Schulte, real estate and exchange agents of Fredericktown, Mo., was born in Perry County, Mo., in 1854, and is the son of Jonathan and Sarah Ann (Gross) Dennis. The father was a native of East Tennessee, born in 1829 and of Irish descent. At the age of twenty-two he and his mother, Ruth (Pettit) Dennis, immigrated to Bollinger County, Mo., and it was here that Jonathan grew up and was married. He afterward moved to Perry County, bout a farm of 150 acres, fifteen miles west of Perryville, where he located an where he now resides. His wife was born in Missouri in 1838 and died 1872. Six children were born to this union, Christopher C. being the eldest. He was educated in the common schools and grew to years of maturity on the farm. In 1873, he married Miss Mary Dollar, who was born in Bollinger County, Mo., in 1854, and who is the daughter of William Dollar. To this marriage were born five children who are named as follows: James, Jonathan, Minnie, William and Mary. After his marriage Mr. Dennis farmed for ten years, and in 1884 he began mining in Mine La Motte. In 1885, he and R. Boram formed a partnership in the real estate and exchange business in Fredericktown, Mo., and at the end of two years Mr. Boram withdrew, and in September 1887, Mr. Dennis and Mr. Frank Schulte formed a partnership in the same business, in which they have since continued. They have for sale a large list of improved farms in Madison, Bollinger, Perry, Iron, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties. Mr. Dennis is a young man of good business capacity, and a man of good character. He is a Republican in politics and cast his first presidential vote for R. B. Hayes in 1876. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.