Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Dr. Ashley Newton Denton, son of John B. Denton (1806-1841), for whom Denton County and City are named, and Mary Greenlee Stewart (1808-1848). Dr. Denton was born in 1837, the year the Denton family moved from Clark County, Arkansas, to Clarksville, Texas. He studied medicine and served as a surgeon in the confederate army. Dr. Denton practiced medicine for many years at San Marcos and Austin, Texas. He was a member of the Texas legislature for one term and from 1885 to 1888 was superintendent of the Texas State Mental Hospital in Austin. He was a close friend of Governor Jim Hogg, Col. E. M. House, and other prominent citizens of Austin. He was married twice and fathered a number of children. He died March 4, 1901, and is buried in San Marcos, Texas.

Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Judge Wilbur Fiske Hill in an overcoat buttoned up over a dark suit and bowtie and white shirt. His body is parallel to the camera, but his head and gaze are turned to the right of the camera. Judge Wilbur Fiske Hill was the oldest grandson of John B. Denton (1806-1841) for whom Denton County and city were named. Judge Hill was born March 15, 1844, near Clarksville, Red River County, Texas, son of Bernard Hill and Sarah Elizabeth Denton, oldest of John B. Denton's six children. He served in the Confederate Army, Company E, 34 Regiment, Texas Calvary, from 1862 until he was wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, LA, in 1864. After the war he attended McKenzie College, Clarksville, TX, and in 1872 he graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN. Judge Hill began practicing law in Little Rock, AR, in 1873, where he was also elected probate and county judge for three terms (1884-1890). He married Sidney A. Willett (1847-1935), with whom he fathered one daughter. Judge Hill died February 1, 1905 and was buried in Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, AR. His picture hangs in the county courthouse in Little Rock, AR, which was ...

Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Reverend Jonathan Franklin Denton, son of John B. Denton (1806-1841), for whom Denton County and city are named, and Mary Greenlee Stewart (1808-1848). Rev, J. F. Denton was born in Clark County, AR. He and a brother, Rev. John B. Denton, Jr., followed their father into the Methodist ministry. The two brothers were members of the West Texas Conference of the M. E. Church, South, that met at San Marcos, TX, on October 16-22, 1878. Their pictures, with those of other members of the conference, appear in Nail's Centennial History of Texas Methodism, page 122. The two preacher sons of Denton and a grandson, Professor William Baker, were speakers at the services in which John B. Denton's remains were buried on the courthouse lawn at Denton in 1901. Rev. J. F. Denton died in Weatherford, TX, around 1907.

Description: Burial of John B. Denton on the lawn of the Denton County Courthouse. The pall bearers were John W. Gober, E. B. Orr, L. Willis, J. M. Swisher, J. H. Hawkins, W. C. Wright. Rev. J. T. Denton, one of John B. Denton's sons, was in charge of the services. Son John B. Denton, Jr. and grandson Wiliam Baker were also present.

Description: An artist's sketch depicting the death of John B. Denton in the Indian fight at Village Creek on May 24, 1841. Captain Denton and Captain Henry Stout, also shown in the sketch, were leading an advanced scouting party when they were ambushed on Village Creek near modern Fort Worth. Denton was killed and Stout severely wounded. This is a photo of the original sketch in James T. DeShields, Border Wars of Texas, opposite p. 321.