Jere Clemens Dennis Papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal, family, and business papers of a Tallapoosa County attorney. It includes legal case files as well as materials regarding the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Alabama National Guard, and the Masons.
Dates
- Creation: 1841-1935
Creator
- Dennis, Jere Clemens (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
A Tallapoosa County, Alabama, lawyer, Jere Clemens Dennis was born on 27 January 1861 in Tallapoosa, to Sumeral (Jr.) and Sarah Adeline Day Dennis. He married Addie Cornelia Hydinger. Addie died sometime between 1920 and 1930 (she is listed in the 1920 U. S. Census, but he is listed as a widower in the 1930 Census). Dennis died on 5 April 1954.
Extent
7.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Personal, family, and business papers of a Tallapoosa County attorney, including legal case files as well as Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama National Guard, and Masonic materials.
Provenance
Gift, donor unknown, 1947
General
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Processed by
updated by Martha Bace, 2013. Updated by Courtney Tutt, 2025.
Subject
- Freemasons (Organization)
- Alabama. Army National Guard (Organization)
- United Confederate Veterans (Organization)
- Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization) (Organization)
- Knights of Pythias (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Jere Clemens Dennis papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid updated by Courtney Tutt, January 2025.
- Date
- October 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository