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    1. Theodore Vernon DENNY Family - a progress report!
    2. Dear Listers, Thanks to speedy assistance from a very surprising source, I am already making progress with the Indiana DENNYs through this list. I have received the obituary of Mr Austin Flint DENNY (1841 - 1922), one of the sons of the above, and I have pleasure in copying my transcription of it herewith (below). Yours, etc. Geoffrey Woollard in Cambridgeshire, England. The Indianapolis Star, The Hoosier State's Complete Newspaper, Saturday Morning, May 20, 1922. Austin F. DENNY, 80, Veteran Attorney, Dies; Ill 3 Weeks Funeral From North Delaware Street Home This Afternoon. Funeral services for Austin Flint DENNY (a veteran Indianapolis attorney) who died Thursday night at the City hospital following an illness of three weeks will be held at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, 1619 North Delaware street. The Rev. James D. STANLEY, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr DENNY practiced law in Indianapolis for more than fifty years. He had been in rugged health until about a year ago when he suffered a slight illness which took a serious turn about three weeks ago. Mr DENNY was born in Indianapolis and had made his home here with exception of the time he spent in study in the Harvard university law school. He was the son of Theodore V. DENNY and Elizabeth McLaughlin DENNY, pioneer settlers in the village of Indianapolis. He attended the old Northwestern Christian College (now Butler college) and was graduated as an honor student. He then entered the Harvard law school and immediately began the practice of law in Indianapolis after his graduation from this institution. Literary Critic of Ability. Mr DENNY was considered a literary critic of enviable attainments and his private library contains many volumes of rare worth. He was also a lover of art and had collected many valuable prints and paintings. Previous to his death Mr DENNY had expressed the desire that several of these rare prints and books should be placed in the city library to become permanent possessions of the community in which he had lived all his life. He was for many years a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, of the Indiana Harvard Club, and of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a charter member of the University Club. He is survived by his widow, Frances Gordon DENNY, a sister, Mrs Lucinda VANDAMAN, and a brother, William C. DENNY, all of Indianapolis. (Don't you just love that bit about 'the village of Indianapolis'!!!).

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