Sarah Elizabeth Denton, born May 18, 1826, in Clark County, AR, oldest of six
children of John Bunyan Denton (1806-1841), for whom Denton County and city were
named, and Mary Greenlee Stewar (1808-1848). She first married Bernard Hill, a
teacher of Clarksville, Texas, by whom there was one son, Judge Wilbur Fiske Hille
(1844-1905) of Little Rock, AR, onetime county judge of Pulaski County, AR. After
Bernard Hill's death in May 1848, she married Wiliam C. Baker (1823-1903), son of
James S. Baker (1791-1870) and Susannah Crutcher Baker (1798-1858), Fannin County,
Texas, pioneers. Six Baker children were born between 1850 and 1869: Virgina
(Wilburn), Thomas Crutcher, Catherine (Shearer), James William, Martha (Walker), and
Minnie (Carter). Denton died February 20, 1894 and is buried in Elwood Cemetery,
Fannin County, Texas.
children of John Bunyan Denton (1806-1841), for whom Denton County and city were
named, and Mary Greenlee Stewar (1808-1848). She first married Bernard Hill, a
teacher of Clarksville, Texas, by whom there was one son, Judge Wilbur Fiske Hille
(1844-1905) of Little Rock, AR, onetime county judge of Pulaski County, AR. After
Bernard Hill's death in May 1848, she married Wiliam C. Baker (1823-1903), son of
James S. Baker (1791-1870) and Susannah Crutcher Baker (1798-1858), Fannin County,
Texas, pioneers. Six Baker children were born between 1850 and 1869: Virgina
(Wilburn), Thomas Crutcher, Catherine (Shearer), James William, Martha (Walker), and
Minnie (Carter). Denton died February 20, 1894 and is buried in Elwood Cemetery,
Fannin County, Texas.
Sarah Elizabeth Denton, born May 18, 1826, in Clark County, AR, oldest of six
children of John Bunyan Denton (1806-1841), for whom Denton County and city were
named, and Mary Greenlee Stewar (1808-1848). She first married Bernard Hill, a
teacher of Clarksville, Texas, by whom there was one son, Judge Wilbur Fiske Hille
(1844-1905) of Little Rock, AR, onetime county judge of Pulaski County, AR. After
Bernard Hill's death in May 1848, she married Wiliam C. Baker (1823-1903), son of
James S. Baker (1791-1870) and Susannah Crutcher Baker (1798-1858), Fannin County,
Texas, pioneers. Six Baker children were born between 1850 and 1869: Virgina
(Wilburn), Thomas Crutcher, Catherine (Shearer), James William, Martha (Walker), and
Minnie (Carter). Denton died February 20, 1894 and is buried in Elwood Cemetery,
Fannin County, Texas.
children of John Bunyan Denton (1806-1841), for whom Denton County and city were
named, and Mary Greenlee Stewar (1808-1848). She first married Bernard Hill, a
teacher of Clarksville, Texas, by whom there was one son, Judge Wilbur Fiske Hille
(1844-1905) of Little Rock, AR, onetime county judge of Pulaski County, AR. After
Bernard Hill's death in May 1848, she married Wiliam C. Baker (1823-1903), son of
James S. Baker (1791-1870) and Susannah Crutcher Baker (1798-1858), Fannin County,
Texas, pioneers. Six Baker children were born between 1850 and 1869: Virgina
(Wilburn), Thomas Crutcher, Catherine (Shearer), James William, Martha (Walker), and
Minnie (Carter). Denton died February 20, 1894 and is buried in Elwood Cemetery,
Fannin County, Texas.
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