Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Walter Denny and Mary Welch




Husband Walter Denny 1 2

           Born: 30 Apr 1816 - South Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 


         Father: Robert Denny (1785-      ) 4
         Mother: Lydia McMannis (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 1842 3



Wife Mary Welch 1 2

           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
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           Died: Aft 1893
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         Father: John Welch (1800-1870) 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Woodburn (1801/1802-1873) 5 7




Children
1 F Mary Jane "Jennie" Denny 3 8

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         Spouse: Samuel H. Leeper (1821-      ) 8


2 F Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Denny 2 9

           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Wilson (1844-      ) 2 10
           Marr: 22 Apr 1875 - Independence Twp, Washington Co, PA 10


3 F Margaret L. Denny 2 11

           Born: 24 Jan 1848 12
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         Spouse: James G. Hanna (1837-      ) 2 13
           Marr: 28 Dec 1887 12


4 F Sarah L. Denny 3

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5 M Robert M. Denny 3

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6 M John W. Denny 2 3

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         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 F Laura Denny 2 3

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         Status: Twin
         Spouse: John Patterson (      -      ) 2


8 F Sarah E. Denny 3

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         Spouse: Rev. Samuel Stewart (      -      ) 2


9 M Samuel T. Denny 2 3

           Born: 
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         Spouse: Sadie McCleary (      -      ) 2


10 F Alice B. Denny 2 14

           Born: 24 Jan 1862 15
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         Spouse: Marion A. Liggett (1860-      ) 2 16


11 F Agnes Denny 3

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12 F Cora Denny 2 4

            AKA: Clara Denny 17
           Born: 
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         Spouse: Robert C. Buchanan (1864-      ) 2 4 17
           Marr: 19 Jun 1884 4 17


13 F Martha Denny 3 18

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General Notes: Husband - Walter Denny

Independence Twp, Washington Co, PA - a farmer

He and his wife passed their first years of wedded life in South Strabane township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, then went to Hopewell township, finally locating on the farm one mile and a half west of West Middletown.

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Sources


1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601, 1393.

2 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 163.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1393.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1392.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601.

6 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 162.

7 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 162, 187.

8 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 862.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 264, 1393.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 264.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 374, 1393.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 374.

13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 373.

14 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1019, 1393.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1019.

16 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1016.

17 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 804.

18 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 164.


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