History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . Stowe Hobbs. 212 HISTORY OF YORK COUNTY, MAINE. ENOCH H. McKENNEY. His grandfather, John McKenney, who traces his an-cestry to the first settlers of Scarborough, was of Scotchdescent, married Mary Rand, reared a family of children,and died in Saco, Nov. 18, 1818, aged eighty-one. Hiswife died Nov. 25, 1828, aged eighty-nine. His father, Abner McKenney, married Mary, daughterof James Edgecomb, of Saco ; reared a family of nine chil-dren. He died Sept. 11, 1860, aged eighty-one years an
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . Stowe Hobbs. 212 HISTORY OF YORK COUNTY, MAINE. ENOCH H. McKENNEY. His grandfather, John McKenney, who traces his an-cestry to the first settlers of Scarborough, was of Scotchdescent, married Mary Rand, reared a family of children,and died in Saco, Nov. 18, 1818, aged eighty-one. Hiswife died Nov. 25, 1828, aged eighty-nine. His father, Abner McKenney, married Mary, daughterof James Edgecomb, of Saco ; reared a family of nine chil-dren. He died Sept. 11, 1860, aged eighty-one years and and improvements known in the business. His long expe-rience, first as a daguerrean artist, afterwards as an ambro-type artist, and finally as a photographer, his close attentionto and study of this business, have given him rank amongthe first photographere of the State. He is interested inall worthy local enterprises of the city, is a member ofDunlap Lodge of Masons, and of the Second Congrega-tional Church of Biddeford. He was a member of the citygovernment from Ward Five for the years 1866 and Photo, by E. H. McKenney, Biddeford. ^ VUK ten months. His wife died Nov. 11, 1845, aged sixty-oneyears. Enoch H. McKenney, next to the youngest in the familyof children, was born in Saco, June 25, 1825, and receivedhis education in the common school and in Saco and Lim-erick Academies. He was a teacher for five terms duringhis early manhood, and in 1848 associated himself withMr. Horatio Macumber (a daguerrean artist of Saco), forthe purpose of learning the business. His adeptness inthis art soon made him acquainted with it, so that in ashort time he started business for himself in Portsmouth,N. H., where he remained only a few months, and in1849 returned and settled in Biddeford, where he openeda gallery, and remained until 1869, when, on account ofimpaired health, he removed to the State of Delaware, andengaged in the lumber trade. After fifteen months hereturned to Biddefo
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