Josephine Victoria Dennis

Abt 1865 - Aft 1905  (> 41 years)

• Name	Josephine Victoria Dennis  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1865	Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1870	Chariton County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	"Victoria S" Age: 5; Inferred daughter of Susan and William Dennis
  Census	1880	Salisbury Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	"Josephine" - Age 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Cousin of Tillotson
  Death	Aft 1905  [4]
  Person ID	I20164	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Jasper Dennis,   b. 4 Oct 1836, Missouri, USA d. Bef 1880 (Age < 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susan F Prather,   b. Abt 1843, Missouri, USA d. Bef 1880 (Age < 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 Jan 1864	Chariton County, Missouri, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F7668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Martin Tillotson,   b. 15 Jan 1857, Missouri, USA d. 20 Sep 1891 (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	guardian
  Mother	Susan Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Hurt,   b. 10 Mar 1858, Johnson County, Missouri, USA d. 30 Mar 1938, Salisbury Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	guardian
  Marriage	Abt 1878	Chariton County, Missouri, USA
  	(Buffalo Lick)
  Family ID	F5425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Boon Proffit,   b. 13 Sep 1856, Holt County, Missouri, USA d. 10 Dec 1904, Chariton County, Missouri, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1886	Chariton County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Thurber Dennis Proffitt, Sr,   b. 23 Nov 1887, Salisbury Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA d. 13 Oct 1976, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1865 - Missouri, USA Census - "Victoria S" Age: 5; Inferred daughter of Susan and William Dennis - 1870 - Chariton County, Missouri, USA Census - "Josephine" - Age 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Cousin of Tillotson - 1880 - Salisbury Township, Chariton, Missouri, USA Marriage - 12 Aug 1886 - Chariton County, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News » Slide Show		News-PROFFITT Thurber (Abandonment) SonsVirginia85 originally shared this on 23 Sep 2013 -- {contact info is fld2469@yahoo.com Fred Davis...Proffitt Family Genealogy Forum}
  		News-PROFFITT Thurber (Abandonment) SonsVirginia85 originally shared this on 23 Sep 2013 -- {contact info is fld2469@yahoo.com Fred Davis...Proffitt Family Genealogy Forum}
  		News-PROFFITT Thurber (Death Investigation) News story looking for information about the death of Thurber Proffitt -- Lawrence Weekly World 13 Jul 1905, Thu · Page 3
  		News-PROFFITT Thurber (Death) Death Notice for Thurber Proffitt -- Newspapers.com - Chariton Courier - 13 Jan 1905 - Page 8
  		News-PROFFITT Thurber (Insurance) "Proffitt's Boy Get Insurance" -- The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune 16 Sep 1905, Sat · Page 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri; Roll: 680; Page: 413B; Enumeration District: 162. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri; Roll: 680; Page: 413B; Enumeration District: 162 [S11805] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Buffalo Lick, Chariton, Missouri; Roll: M593_768; Page: 164B; Family History Library Film: 552267. 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Buffalo Lick, Chariton, Missouri; Roll: M593_768; Page: 164B; Family History Library Film: 552267 [S1999] Newspapers.com: Trial of PROFFITT Josephine (Insurance Fraud) • Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune - 16 Sep 1905, (Name: The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune; Location: Chillicothe, Missouri; Date: 16 Sep 1905;), Thurber Deninis Proffitt -- 16 Sep 1905. PROFFITT'S BOY GETS INSURANCE Woodmen of the World Officers Take Action - Further developments in alleged fraud case, wherein former Chillicothe family figured https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17839706/the_chillicothe_constitutiontribune/?xid=637 News-PROFFITT Thurber (Insurance) "Proffitt's Boy Get Insurance" -- The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune 16 Sep 1905, Sat · Page 1 [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA