Dennie, Cynthia E.,

Cynthia E. Dennie, nee Dennis, of Concord Massachusetts, married John Dennie sometime between 1850 and 1853. She preserved letters from her brothers and husband sent as they travelled through the West and served in the Civil War.

John Dennie left Massachusetts for California in 1849. He returned to Massachusetts to marry Cynthia Dennis sometime between 1850 and 1853, but shortly afterward returned to California by himself and lived there through 1856. Through 1853 and again in 1855 he worked in San Francisco for businesses and on ships. In 1854 he prospected for gold near Fort John, Amador County. He moved to Butte County in 1856 where he worked a claim and got a job with High Rock Fluming Company.

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