John B. Denton, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Methodist Episcopal Church minister, lawyer, soldier, and political candidate
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About John B. Denton
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- Denton (July 28, 1806 – May 22, 1841, also shown in secondary references as John Bunard Denton and John Bunyan Denton) was a Methodist minister, lawyer, soldier, and political candidate for whom both Denton County, Texas and the city of Denton, Texas were named.
- He converted to Methodism soon after meeting his future wife, Mary Greenlee Stewart, who also taught him how to read and write.
- He later became a captain and was known for his battles against Native Americans.
- He died in 1841 after the Battle of Village Creek, an attack on a Keechi village in adjacent Tarrant County. Denton is now buried in his namesake county and city, on the southeast corner of the lawn of the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square.
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