Jesse L. Denton
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"Jesse L. Denton," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/861.
- Position
- Grounds Laborer
- Years in President's House
- circa 1929
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- White
- Presidency
- Herbert Hoover
- Biography
- Jesse Lee Denton was born on December 21, 1885, in Baltimore County, Maryland. (1) Denton worked for many years with the Office of Public Buildings and Parks (later National Capital Parks), and as early as 1929, he was assigned to the White House. He worked under the supervision of Head Gardener Charles Henlock, and may have been assigned to the gardens and grounds or the White House greenhouses near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the National Mall. (2) He may have worked there beyond 1929, but information is limited. Denton passed away on December 28, 1949, and was buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland. (3)
- (1) “Jesse Lee Denton,” Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247494201/jesse_lee-denton.
(2) Jesse L Denton in the 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 2340612, Ancestry.com; “Federalog,” Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.), December 21, 1938, pg. 24; Jesse S Denton in the 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Maryland; Roll: m-t0627-01555; Page: 64A; Enumeration District: 16-53C, Ancestry.com. Employees on Duty at the Executive Office, 1929, Lou Henry Hoover
(3) “Denton, Jesse Lee,” Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), December 29, 1949, pg. 24. - Birthplace
- Baltimore County, Maryland, USA