DENNEY FAMILY
The name of the mother of his oldest children is unknown. There is a marker for "Tiney consort of James Denny" who died 22 Aug 1839 at age 57 years in Maple Grove Cemetery, Green Twp., Hancock Co., IN. This woman would be the right age to be the wife of our James. A search of the Wilkes Co., NC marriage records has failed to produce a record for James Denney and a woman with this name or a variation thereof.
James Denney married next 12 Jan 1841 in Hancock Co., IN to Catherine HUFFHINES MARSHALL, born 1801/2, the daughter of Jacob Huffhines and Anna Maria Chrisman. Catherine died 20 Mar 1888. and is also buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery. She had a daughter Mary Melissa Marshall born 1840 from her previous marriage to Robert Marshall who was raised by James Denney.
James Denney died 25 Jun 1856 at the age of 69 years 5 months and 25 days. He is buried in the Maple Grove or Olvey Cemetery, Green Twp., Hancock Co., IN.
In Jan 1857, Thomas Martin, administrator of the estate of James Denny stated that a warrant for 80 acres of land came into his hands and he petitioned the court in January 1857 for permission to sell it at a private sale. This was probably the bounty land that James applied for just prior to his death.
(1) Female Denney born 1795-1804.
(2) Martha "Patsy" Denney was born 8 Jun 1808 in NC. She married 25 Oct 1825 in Wilkes Co., NC to Enoch OLVEY (1798-1878), the son of Fielding Olvey. She and her husband accompanied her parents to Hancock Co., IN. They were the parents of fourteen children.
(3) Female Denney (b. 1805-1810)
(4) Female Denney (b. 1810-20)
(5) Female Denney (b. 1810-20)
(6) Female Denney (b. 1810-20)
(7) Male Denney (b. 1810-20)
(8) Wyatt Denney was born 1819 in NC. He served as the Justice of the Peace of Hancock Co. , IN from 1831 to 1841. He married 18 Feb 1839 in Hancock Co., IN to Lydia E. MOORE born 1821 in VA. Wyatt died 14 Jul 1865 at forty-six years of age. He is buried in the Olvey Cemetery in Hancock Co. He and Lydia had five sons and two daughters. His widow married next to Henry Hunt.
(9) Male Denney
(10) Alfred Denney was born 21 Jan 1821 near Dobson's Cross Roads, Wilkes Co., NC. He married 8 Nov 1842 Hancock Co., IN to Sarah KINGERY, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Kingery. Sarah died 4 Feb 1897 just eight months before the death of Alfred.
He served during the Mexican War as a private in Co. D., 5th Indiana Cavalry. In 1852 he organized the first German Baptist or Dunkard Church in Hancock County which met in a log school house in Vernon Township. During the Civil War he was drafted but exempted due to his religious beliefs which forbade his bearing arms.
In 1883, Alfred and his son Isam built the Dunkard church which was still in use circa 1910 on his six hundred acre farm in Vernon Township. He was a successful farmer and President of the Fortville (Indiana) Bank which he purchased in 1893. Alfred died 19 Oct 1897 having been seriously injured in a runaway accident several weeks earlier. He was buried in the Dunkard Churchyard as was his wife.
(11) Matilda Denney was born 7 May 1823 in NC. She died 22 Sep 1853 and was buried in the Maple Grove (Olvey) Cemetery, Hancock Co., IN. She married 29 Apr 1838 to Shadrick A.J. CHAPPELL (1817-1873).
(12) Sarah Denney was born 1826 in NC. She married to a Mr. Meeker and had three children. She married next to Shadrick CHAPPELL, the widow of her sister Matilda. After his death in 1873, Sarah resided with her step-mother Catherine Denney.
The child of James Denney and Catherine Huffhines was:
(13) Enos Denney born circa 1843. He married circa 1867 to a woman named Nomah ----. In 1870 they resided in Hancock Co. with two small children.
(1) Isam W. Denney was born 28 Feb 1844 in Hancock Co., IN and died there 4 Nov 1917. He succeeded his father as the President of the Fortville State Bank and was also an active participant in the Dunkard Church. He died 4 Nov 1917 in Fortville, Hancock Co., IN as a result of gangrene of the foot. He was buried in the Gravel Lawn Cemetery in adjacent Madision Co., IN.
Isam married first in 1864 to Amanda COOK (1844-1865), the daughter of Jesse and Nancy Cook. They had one child. He married next on 21 Sep 1868 in Hancock Co. to Lydia E. SOUTHARD (1850-1881), the daughter of James Southard and Winifred Thomas. They had two children. His third wife was Mary Elizabeth WHITE (1865-1919), the daughter of William White. There were four children from the third marriage.
(2) Jacob Denney was born 10 Jul 1852 in Hancock Co., IN and died 7 Nov 1917 during the funeral of his brother Isam. He married 28 Aug 1873 to Mary BOCK (1854-1931), the daughter of Samuel Bock and Elizabeth Gabel. Jacob and Mary are both buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Green Twp., Hancock Co., IN.
(3) Mary Catherine Denney was born 1856 in Hancock Co., IN and died 18 Mar 1911 in Vernon Twp., Hancock Co., IN. She is buried in Eden Cemetery, Fortville, Hancock Co., IN. She married in 1873 to James Monroe COOK (1851-) the son of William Cook and Sarah Cass. James married next in 1913 to Ida DAY MERRILL.
(1) Rozetta Denney who died 2 Dec 1865 at the age of 1 year 3 months and 4 days. She is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Hancock Co., IN.
The children of Isam Denney and Lydia Southard were:
(2) Ora Denney born 18 Jun 1875 near Fortville, Hancock Co., IN. She married 19 Dec 1894 at Greenfield, IN to Walter B. WHEATLEY (1873-1951). She died 24 Jan 1927 and is buried in the Gravel Lawn Cem., Madison Co., IN. Her husband married next to Cora Pope Wallsmith, the widow of William Wallsmith.
(3) Francis O. Denney was born 1881 and died 19 Jul 1881. He was buried in the Olvey Cemetery, Green Twp., Hancock Co., IN.
The children of Isam Denney and Mary Elizabeth White were:
(4) Andrew Hart Denney was born 18 Aug 1882 in and died 7 Feb 1964 in Greenfield, Hancock Co., IN. He is buried in Gravel Lawn Cem., Madison Co., IN. He was a prominent farmer. He married 20 Sep 1902 to Julie POPE (1883-1980) the daughter of Henry Pope.
(5) Charles Omer Denney was born 6 June 1885 and died 30 Dec 1967. He married to Claraluna JACKSON on 2 Feb 1918 in Greenfield, Indiana. She was the daughter of Robert Wilson and Palia Jackson.
(6) Infant Denney born and died 11 Jul 1889.
(7) Mary "Mollie" Ethel Denney was born Mar 1892 in Hancock Co., IN. She married 8 Jun 1910 in Greenfield to Levi "Lee" Elmer SHORE (1888-1959), the son of Henry Shore and Isabelle Thomas.
1850-1880 Federal Census, Hancock Co., IN.
Bowen, B.F., Biographical Memoirs of Hancock Co., IN, 1902.
Hancock Co., IN Death Records 1882-1907.
Hancock Co., IN Index to Deaths 1882-1930.
Hancock Co., IN Marriage Records 1882-1907.
Holmes, Early Landowners of Hancock Co., IN.
Richman, George, History of Hancock Co., IN, 1916.
Wilkes Co., NC Deeds
Wilkes Co., NC Wills and Inventory of Estates (1779-1852).
Williams et al. Greenfield Library Cemetery Records.
Todd Eisele descends from Alfred Denney and Sarah Kingery through their daughter Mary Catherine Denney Cook.
Bryce and Malinda Wheatley descend from Isam Denney and Lydia Southard.
Jack Williams descends from Martha Denney and Enoch Olvey.
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