Samuel Denton was born July 2, 1803 at Wallkill, New York, studied medicine at Castleton, Vermont and received his M.D. degree before 1830. He then migrated to Ann Arbor, Michigan was elected to the Michigan State Senate and the governor appointed him regent of the University of Michigan. Beginning in 1850 he was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan for 10 years. He passed away August 17, 1860 at age 57. I think he is from another branch of the Denton Family. John Polacsek