Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Denny, Henry B. January 2, 1817 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 330
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Henry B Denny was born January 2, 1817, at Uniontown, Fayette county,
Penna, and was educated in old William Beggs' school.  At seventeen years
of age he began to work at quarrying rock on the National road for James
Snyder, continuing to work for him for three years when he learned the
carpenter trade with John Mustard and Daniel Sharpnack, and worked at
that business until the spring of 1888.
    On November 29, 1857, he was married to Miss Salina Park of New Geneva,
a daughter of Andrew Park, who served in the War of 1812, was pensioned
for service in that war and died in 1859.  They have nine living children:
Ellen Potter Denny, born January 30, 1859, married William Elliott of
Uniontown; N Ewing Denny, March 17, 1860, a carpenter; B Wade Denny, July
6, 1861; Taylor Denny, October 17, 1863, married Margaret Storkey, and
has one child living; Lizzie Denny, born September 11, 1864, a
schoolteacher; Davie P Denny, June 9, 1865; George Denny, September 8,
1867; Ettie Denny, February 1, 1872; Harry Denny, March 25, 1874.  
    He is quite strong and in good health at the age of seventy two and one
half years.  He voted for General William H Harrison in 1840, was a whig
and is now a republican.  
    John Denny, the father of Henry B Denny, was born in 1789 and raised by
Judge Minor of Greene county, Penna.  He learned the trade of a miller,
and married a daughter of Judge Minor, whose wife died, and he then
removed to Fayette county, and ran Boyd's mill.  In this county he married
Miss Susannah Poundstone, afterwards removed to Uniontown and managed
Beeson's mill.
    James Denny, the grandfather of Henry B Denny, was born in Ireland and
came to America with two of his brothers, and was sold for his passage
money.  He enlisted in the army under Captain Cluggage, and served through
the entire War of the Revolution.  He was at Yorktown and saw Lord
Cornwallis give his sword to General Washington by the hand of General
O'Hara.  He was also at the battle of Brandywine, and was with Washington
in his flight through New Jersey.  
    He was a fine scholar and taught schools throughout a great part of
western Pennsylvania in his day.  He removed to Greene county after the
war was over, settled near Dunkard's Creek, and died at an advanced age.
He is buried near New Geneva.  He drew a pension for his services in the
War of the Revolution from 1828, and received it up till the time of his
death.  His two brothers came to Pittsburgh, and it is likely that the
Dennys of that city are their descendants.
    Henry B Denny's mother was the daughter of George Poundstone, whose
father George Poundstone Sr was a driver on the "Old Road" before the
pike was made and the government took charge of it.   He hauled goods from
Baltimore to points in the West.  Her mother was a sister of Isaac
Messmore and George Messmore.

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