NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11269 SCOTT CO – JAMES POLK DENNY – Denny, McGee 11269 Pike County Missouri Historyi, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883., p. 574. James Polk Denny, Clarksville. This aged gentleman was born in Scott county, Kentucky, near Georgetown, April 9, 1803. His father, Wm. Denny, was a native of the state of Maryland, and when quite young went to Kentucky, he had married Elizabeth McGee. They immigrated to Missouri in 1815, stopping for a time in St. Louis county. In May, 1817, they moved to Pike county and settled near Clarksville. The mother died in 1833; the father in 1870, at the advanced age of 96 years. They raised a family of four days: John, Samuel, Jonas, and James, our subject, who is the youngest and the only survivor of the family. He is now in the eightieth year of his age, and is in the full enjoyment of all his facilities; his health is good, and he stands erect and his step is light and firm. He has always lived a life of single blessedness, and following farming for his principal business. Leaving the farm in 1864 he went to Clarksville and engaged in mercantile business. In 1870 he returned to the farm, which has been his home ever since. He has lived a temperate life, and bids fair to live a number of years yet. He saw the first steamboat that ever landed at Clarksville. He has been a justice of the peace for sixteen years, and was three times elected mayor of Clarksville. He has been a member of the Christian Church for many years. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx