First, I am not related to any Dennis that I know of but this is being done as a favor in return for the many favors that I have received. Having said that, you may wish to look at the following web pages: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/default.asp http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/ The first web page has death records prior to 1896; there was a Josephine who died in 1877 - possible one of the people you have been searching for. The second web site is all of 1870 MI census records. The last is a site that has many MI marriages (primarily from the last half of the 19th century. Hope this helps. Karl