Hugh Davenny and Mary Logan

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Husband Hugh Davenny ¹

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           Born: 12 May 1800 - County Derry, Ireland 1
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           Died: 16 Oct 1870 1
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       Marriage: 10 Apr 1823 1

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Wife Mary Logan ¹

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           Born: 25 Jan 1806 - Crawford Co, PA 1
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           Died: 9 Feb 1887 1
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Children

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1 M Alexander Davenny ¹

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           Born: 4 Jun 1833 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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           Died: 13 Jun 1894 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Emma S. Sloan (1839-1908) 2
           Marr: 2 Dec 1858 2

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh Davenny

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Tradition says was descended from French Hugenots who settled in Scotland. He came to America when a young man and was married, he and his wife settling in that part of Perry Township later included in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County, PA, and there bought timber land about two miles east of Sheakleyville and cleared a farm from the original forest. He was widely known as one of the pioneer schoolmasters and was a strict disciplinarian. He was a Presbyterian and for a long time a deacon in the church. He had twelve children, eight sons. [HMC 1909, 989]

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 989.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 990.