I found this on My PML search. Hope all is well with everyone. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette S. French" <jfrench1@prodigy.net> To: <LHODGE@NYCAP.RR.COM> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: PML Search Result matching "Blackledge" > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: DENNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DENNEY] John Denney grandfather of William Denney, M.D. Greene Co.,PA > > > > Text taken from page 195 of: > Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington > County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). > Transcribed March 1997 by Karen Souhrada of Pittsford, NY as part of the > Beers Project. > > William Denney, M.D., p. 195 > WILLIAM DENNEY, M. D., one of the established and most successful physicians > of Washington, is a native of the State, born in Jefferson, Greene county, > October 28, 1851. > John Denney, his great-grandfather, came to America from England at an early > date, settling in Greene county, Penn. In his native land he was a tailor by > trade, but in this country he followed agricultural pursuits, and at the > time of his death was the owner of a considerable estate. His son, William, > grandfather of Dr. Denney, married Elizabeth Blackledge, and some time in > the "forties" they moved to Missouri, where they died of malarial fever. A > brief record of their children is as follows: Enoch Harvey has special > mention further on; Simon died in Missouri; John is a resident of Marion, > Ohio; Benjamin is a practicing physician in Waynesburg, Penn.; George also > resides at Waynesburg; William died in Missouri; Hannah is the wife of a > wealthy farmer named R. Colony, in Johnston county, Iowa; Mary is married to > a Mr. Keefer, and lives near Montezuma, Iowa; Grace is married, and resides > near Tiffin, Johnson Co., Iowa. > > Enoch Harvey Denney, father of Dr. Denney, was born near Jefferson, Greene > Co., Penn., in 1820. By occupation he was a carpenter, cabinet maker, and > undertaker. In politics he is a Republican, for many years served as school > director, and has been elected a justice of the peace six times. In 1880 he > married Mary, daughter of Evan and Nancy (Fulton) McCullough, who lived and > died on Castile run, in Greene county, Penn. The McCullough family have been > prominent in educational matters in Iowa. The sisters Jane, Rachel and > Margaret organized and have since conducted Mount Pleasant (Iowa) Female > Seminary. Jane and Margaret are graduates of Washington Female Seminary, and > Rachel of the Steubenville (Ohio) Seminary. The only brother was Col. John > Fulton McCullough who, at the age of eighteen years, entered the United > States army as a private in Company F, First P. V. C., but on account of his > father's death, in 1861, received his discharge and returned home. In 1862 > he organized Company A, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Reserves, and > returned to active service; in 1864 he was promoted to major of the > regiment, and was afterward commissioned colonel of the One Hundred and > Eighty-third P. V. I. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor > early in June, 1864, and died on the field. To Enoch H. and Mary > (McCullough) Denney were born children as follows: William, Isabella (wife > of David Bell, of Morgan township, Greene Co., Penn), Anna N. (wife of M. S. > Smalley, president of the First National Bank of Hiawatha, Kans.), and Evan > M., in the employ of the Southwestern Pipe Line Company, at Morgantown, W. > Va. The mother departed this life on Christmas day, 1878, aged fifty-four > years; the father is still living in Greene county. > > William Denney, the subject proper of this sketch, received his primary > education in and near his native village. In the fall of 1864 he went to Mt. > Pleasant, Iowa, where he studied for four years in Mt. Pleasant Seminary, > under the direction of his uncle, Rev. E. L. Belden, who was principal of > that institution. He then entered the Wesleyan University of Iowa, where he > studied for about two years. In 1870 he returned to his native town of > Jefferson and engaged in school teaching, which vocation he followed in > different parts of Greene county until 1876. He then entered regularly upon > his medical studies which he had been pursuing during vacation in teaching, > in the office of his uncle, Dr. B. W. Denney, of Garard's Fort, Greene Co., > Penn. He afterward entered Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in which > he took the progressive course, and from which he graduated in the spring of > 1879. In June of that year he established himself in Claysville, where he > remained until December 1, 1891, when he moved to Washington and has since > continued in the active practice of his profession, in which he has met with > gratifying success, being professionally and socially highly esteemed in the > community. On March 3, 1881, the Doctor was united in marriage with Lucinda, > third daughter of John and Sarah Bell, of Morgan township, Greene Co., > Penn., and they have two children: John McCullough and Mary Bell. > Politically Dr. Denney is a Republican, and has held various offices of > trust. He served as supervisor in the Eleventh Pennsylvania District, in > connection with the eleventh decennial census of the counties of Washington, > Greene, Fayette, Beaver and Somerset. He is a member of the Americus Club of > Pittsburgh, Penn., and in religious faith is a member of the First > Presbyterian Church of Washington. Dr. Denney is prominently identified with > the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the lodge, chapter and commandery > at Washington, Penn., and a member of Syria Temple, Pittsburgh. > > > Text taken from page 195 of: > Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington > County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). > Transcribed March 1997 by Karen Souhrada of Pittsford, NY as part of the > Beers Project. > > >