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John B.
Denton
Dr.
Ashley Newton Denton
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Ashley Newton Denton was the fifth child born
to John B. and Mary Greenlee Denton. He was born on March 12, 1836 in
Indian Territory. He married Margaret Hester Murchison on June 25, 1861
in Fort Worth, Texas. They had 8 children: Arthur Murdach, Eleanor
Terry, Mary Alice Stewart, Francis Burbank, Henrietta Russell, Joseph
Murchison, Louis Hunter and Ashley Newton, Jr. Ashley Denton was a
physician and a surgeon who practiced in the Austin and San Marcos
area. He studied medicine in Fort Worth and served as a surgeon during
the Civil War. Ashley was the superintendent of the State Lunatic
Asylum in Austin for almost five years and was a member of the 13th
Texas Legislature. Dr. Ashley Newton Denton died in San Marcos, Texas
on March 4, 1901.
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