Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James O'Hara Denny and Catharine Dallas




Husband James O'Hara Denny 1 2 3 4 5 6

           Born:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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           Died: 4 Feb 1859 2 3 6
         Buried: 


         Father: Hon. Harmar Denny (1794-1852) 2 7 8 9 10 11 12
         Mother: Elizabeth Febiger O'Hara (1796-1878) 4 5 8 9 11 13


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Margaret Darragh Stevenson (      -      ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 10 Nov 1852 2 6



Wife Catharine Dallas 1 4 5

           Born: 
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Children

General Notes: Husband - James O'Hara Denny


He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated at Dickinson Law school at Carlisle, and was admitted to the bar at Pittsburgh, but at an early age took charge of the O'Hara glass works, the pioneer plant of that industry west of the Alleghenies, and was connected with the business and financial interests of Pittsburgh.
He served in the Mexican war as a captain of an independent company from Pittsburgh, known as the "Blues."

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 589.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 2.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 643.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 880.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 380.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 246.

7 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 214.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 78.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 588.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 879.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 642.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 379.

13 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 215.


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