Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Joseph W. DENNY Family Submitted by: Greta ThompsonHUSBAND: Joseph W. DENNY Birth date: 4 Feb 1816 Birthplace: Onondaga Co, NY Death date: 8 Dec 1907 Place of death: Cherokee, Cherokee Co, IA Burial date: Messenger Cemetery Burial place: Denver, Jefferson Twp, Bremer Co, IA Other Spouse: Mary Jane DAMON HOLDEN Father: Hugh DENNEY Mother: Hannah BUCHARD Marriage date: 17 Sep 1835 Marriage place: Probably NY WIFE: Eunice Melvina AUSTIN Birth date: 17 Jan 1819 Birthplace: NY Death date: 25 Jul 1877 Place of death: Bremer Co, IA Burial date: Messenger Cemetery Burial place: Denver, Jefferson Two, Bremer Co, IA Other Spouse: Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: William H. DENNY Sex: M Birth date: 5 Oct 1836 Birthplace: Ontario Res, Wayne, NY Death date: 8 Nov 1922 Place of death: Creston, Lincoln Co, WA Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Mary Jane KERN Marriage date: 3 Nov 1857 Marriage place: Bremer Co, NY Child No. 2: Hannah Amelia DENNY Sex: F Birth date: 14 Mar 1839 Birthplace: NY Death date: 13 Sep 1922 Place of death: Medical Lake, Spokane, WA Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: (1) Henry Maurice Collins MESSINGER (2) G. W. MILLER Marriage date: (1) 3 Jul 1855 (2) Unknown Marriage place: Bremer Co, IA Child No. 3: Joseph DENNY Sex: M Birth date: 1841 Birthplace: NY Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 4: Harriet DENNY Sex: F Birth date: 27 Mar 1842 Birthplace: Indiana Death date: 19 Apr 1888 Place of death: Black Hawk Co, IA Burial date: Pioneer Cemetery Burial place: Bennington, Black Hawk, IA Spouse's name: George REINHART Marriage date: 5 Oct 1861 Marriage place: Black Hawk Co, IA Child No. 5: John Wesley DENNY Sex: M Birth date: 14 Jun 1845 Birthplace: IN Death date: 8 Aug 1926 Place of death: Reubens, Lewis, ID Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Agnes Clara JORDAN Marriage date: 9 Jul 1869 Marriage place: Iowa Child No. 6: Martha Ursula DENNY Sex: F Birth date: 1847 Birthplace: Ft. Wayne, Allen Co, IN Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: (2) Albert BARTLETT Marriage date: 3 Dec 1892 Marriage place: Black Hawk Co, IA Child No. 7: Rosella DENNY Sex: F Birth date: Abt 1849 Birthplace: DeKalb Co., IL Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Charles TRAVIS Marriage date: 3 Nov 1866 Marriage place: Black Hawk Co, IA Child No. 8: Charles N. DENNY Sex: M Birth date: Jan 1852 Birthplace: DeKalb Co., IL Death date: 7 Apr 1853 Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 9: Emma Jane DENNY Sex: F Birth date: abt 1854 Birthplace: Squaw Grove, DeKalb Co, IL Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Charles KIEDERLING Marriage date: 22 Sep 1869 Marriage place: Black Hawk Co, IA Child No. 10: Almira Ellen DENNY Sex: F Birth date: 4 Dec 1856 Birthplace: IA Death date: 8 Jun 1926 Place of death: Spokane, WA Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Warren William TIMMONS Marriage date: 25 Dec 1874 Marriage place: IA Child No. 11: Dora Alice DENNY Sex: F Birth date: May 1859 Birthplace: Bremer Co, IA Death date: 1925 Place of death: prob Black Hawk Co, IA Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Adam Marion KERN Marriage date: 25 Feb 1877 Marriage place: Bremer Co, IA Child No. 12: George A. DENNY Sex: M Birth date: Apr 1861 Birthplace: Bremer Co, IA Death date: 18 Jun1863 Place of death: Bremer Co, IA Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 13: Eva S. DENNY Sex: F Birth date: 5 Mar 1860 Birthplace: Denver, Bremer Co, IA Death date: 25 Oct 1917 Place of death: Bremer Co, IA Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: (1) Charles F. RUSSELL (2) Joshua PARSONS Marriage date: (1) 30 Oct 1882 (2) 4 Aug 1894 Marriage place: (1) Bremer Co, IA (2) Black Hawk Co, IA Documentation and Sources: Family Records, Censuses, online data Some of this family spelled their last name with an e (Denney). I have not been able to identify Martha Ursula Denny's first husband, whom she married when she was 17 (abt 1847) and by whom she had 8 children, 3 of whom were living in 1910. Joseph Denny's second wife, Mary Jane Damon Holden, was my great-grandmother. They spent the last years of their married life in Cherokee, IA where Mary Jane's son Caryl Holden and his family lived. They are buried with their first spouses, Joseph in Bremer County, Mary Jane in Kossuth County. ************************************************** Copyright © 2008 by Greta Thompson. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************