A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . the honor and praise which is their just due. More than half a century has passed since David T. Denny came toWashington. He is a native of the state of Indiana. hi> birth having oc-curred in Putnam county, March 17. 1832. The familx is of Scotch-I-rishlineage and is .1 \ery ancient one, representatives of the name emigratingfrom Scotland to Ireland and thence to England. The fir^t to establish ahome in America were
A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . the honor and praise which is their just due. More than half a century has passed since David T. Denny came toWashington. He is a native of the state of Indiana. hi> birth having oc-curred in Putnam county, March 17. 1832. The familx is of Scotch-I-rishlineage and is .1 \ery ancient one, representatives of the name emigratingfrom Scotland to Ireland and thence to England. The fir^t to establish ahome in America were David and Margaret Denny, who .settled in Berkscounty. Pensylvania, and Robert, their sixth child, became the grandfatherof our subject. He was born in Beiks county in 1753 and at a ver\- earlyperiod in the histt)ry of Kentucky went to that state, being a contemporaryof Daniel Boone and other famous pioneers of Kentucky who first settled onihe dark and bloody gnnuid. His children were people of strong religiousconvictions, of i)ronounced anti-slavery i)rinciples and of Christian faith andl)ractice. John Denny, tlie father of our subject, was born in Mercer county. Ken-. „^-^»:^e^i^ SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 433 tiicky. May 4. 1793. and when a Ijuv lie enlisted in a Kentucky regiment toj)n)vide for the defense of the frontier against the Indians, who made raidsagainst the settlers of Oliio. Indiana and Michigan. He thus tra\ersed thosestates before much settlement had been made and a little later he was a mem-ber of Colonel Richard M. Johnsniis regiment of mounted volunteers, serv-ing through the war of 1812. He was also with (Icneral Harrison at tiiebattle of theriiames when (General Proctor .md the noted Indian chief. Tec-uniseh. were killed. John I)eiin\ married Sail)- Wilson, who wasburn in (ireenbrier count\. Virginia. iebruar\- 3. 1797. the wedding takingjilace August jj;. 1814. They became pioneer settlers of Indiana, wherethey resided for a number of years,
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