Archibald Campbell Denison

b. 22 June 1895, d. 20 January 1970
  • Archibald Campbell Denison was born on 22 June 1895 in Galveston County, Texas.
  • Joseph Babcock Denison and Alice Lee Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Galveston, Texas, at 1401 J Street. Other members of the household included Archibald Campbell Denison, Margaret A. Denison and Margaret H. (?). Also in the household were two servants.
  • About 1904, a photographic portrait was made of Samuel Williams Campbell's son Archie and Alice Campbell Denison's son Archie Campbell Denison. Alice was a sister of Samuel's father Marcus.
  • Joseph Babcock Denison appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, at 320 Central Park West and also one servant.. Other members of the household included Archibald Campbell Denison, Margaret H. (?) and Margaret A. Denison.
  • The following appeared on 26 April 1910 in the Galveston Daily News: Mr. Joseph B. Denison and his son, Archibald Campbell Denison, are expected here on the next Mallory boat from New York. The visit of this schoolboy is anticipated eagerly by his chums, as it means his first return since the removal of the family from this city to New York to reside.
  • Archibald Campbell Denison registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in New York County, New York, while living in New York City at 460 Riverside Drive, and attending Columbia University.
  • Archibald Campbell Denison earned his AB degree in Architecture from Columbia University in 1917.
  • Joseph Babcock Denison appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, at 460 Riverside Drive. Other members of the household included Archibald Campbell Denison, Margaret A. Denison.
  • He married Nancy Campbell Moore, daughter of John Leverett Moore and Nancy Clark Williams, on 29 June 1921, second cousins, both great grandchildren of John Wesley Campbell and Ann/Nancy Williamson Clark Campbell.
  • The following appeared on 30 June 1921 in The New York Times: Miss Nancy Campbell Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Leverett Moore of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Archibald Campbell Denison, son of Joseph B. Denison of New York, were married yesterday at 4 o clock at the home of the bride's parents in Poughkeepsie. /P/ The bride is a graduate of Vassar, and Mr. Denison is a graduate of Columbia University, also of the Columbia School of Architecture, and
    is a member of the Columbia University Club and the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.
  • Archibald Campbell Denison and Nancy Campbell Moore appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio, at Forest Place.
  • He was an architect associate, according to the 1930 census.
  • The following appeared in the National Register of Historic Places: Columbia graduate Archibald Campbell Denison was an early advocate of planned communities and established the department of architecture at Ohio University.
  • Archibald Campbell Denison registered for the draft in 1942 while self-employed, and living at Forest Place, Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio.
  • The SSDI lists Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, as the last residence of record of Archibald Campbell Denison.
  • Archibald Campbell Denison died on 20 January 1970 at age 74 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, at Christ Hospital.
  • His wife Nancy Campbell Moore became a widow at his death.
  • Last Edited: 20 Feb 2013

Family: Nancy Campbell Moore b. 13 May 1893, d. 12 April 1976