Joseph Babcock Denison

b. 12 October 1863
  • Joseph Babcock Denison was born on 12 October 1863 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and also one domestic servant.
  • He married Alice Lee Campbell, daughter of Archibald Rowland Campbell and Alice Lee Matthews, on 20 June 1894 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.
  • He was a steamship agent, according to the 1910 census.
  • Joseph Babcock Denison became a widower at the between 1900 and 1910 death of his wife Alice Lee Campbell.
  • 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 Margaret H. (?), Archibald Campbell Denison 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.
  • He was a steamship agent, according to the 1910 census.
  • 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 and Margaret A. Denison.
  • He was vice president of a steamship company, according to the 1920 census.
  • Joseph Denison and his daughter Margaret arrived at the Port of New York 0n 23 January 1966 aboard the Steamship San Lorenzo, having departed San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 19 January. This is but one of at least eight voyages for Joseph Denison recorded between 1927 and 1938.
  • Joseph Babcock Denison appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Rye, Westchester County, New York, at Beaumont Park and also a housekeeper.
  • Last Edited: 17 Feb 2013

Family: Alice Lee Campbell b. November 1870, d. between 1900 and 1910