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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Emma Jane Denny: Birth: 1 Apr 1865 in Callahan Ranch, CA. Death: 2 Mar 1926 in Sausalito, CA

  2. Mary Alma Denny: Birth: 26 Apr 1866 in Siskiyou Co., California. Death: 29 Mar 1966 in Siskiyou Co., California

  3. Albert Alpha "Bert" Denny: Birth: 23 Nov 1867. Death: 2 Jul 1942 in Contra Costa Co., CA

  4. Joseph Amasa Denny: Birth: 29 Dec 1869 in Callahan Ranch, CA. Death: 4 Oct 1930 in Etna, Siskiyou County, CA

  5. Phoebe Ann Denny: Birth: 1 Sep 1871 in Siskiyou Co., California. Death: 4 Nov 1949 in Yreka Hospital, Yreka, CA

  6. "Lila" Eliza Webber Denny: Birth: 28 Jul 1873 in Siskiyou Co., California. Death: 19 Sep 1950 in Etna, Siskiyou County, CA

  7. Karl Vandewater Denny: Birth: 17 Nov 1876. Death: 4 Jul 1961 in Siskiyou County, CA

  8. Robert Roy Denny: Birth: 9 Aug 1878 in Siskiyou Co., California. Death: 7 Jul 1954 in San Gabriel, Los Angeles Co., CA

  9. Edmund W. Denny: Birth: 23 Nov 1880. Death: 28 Jul 1881 in Callahan Ranch, CA


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mildred Denny: Birth: 24 Jul 1883 in Siskiyou Co., California. Death: 20 Jul 1974 in Sacramento Co., CA

  2. Ethel Adele Denny: Birth: 11 Feb 1886. Death: 24 Sep 1959 in Monterey County, CA

  3. Gertrude A. Denny: Birth: May 1888. Death: 1916

  4. Margaret M. Denny: Birth: Sep 1890. Death: 1917

  5. Edward Paul Denny: Birth: 6 Oct 1892. Death: 10 Jun 1959 in Siskiyou County, CA

  6. Genevieve Marie Denny: Birth: 5 Aug 1895. Death: 17 Nov 1945 in Monterey County, CA

  7. Homer Cadwell Denny: Birth: 21 Feb 1897. Death: 28 Sep 1984 in Sacramento Co., CA

  8. Sylvia Gwendolyn Denny: Birth: 17 Apr 1902 in Etna, California. Death: 16 Aug 1992 in Modesto, California


Sources
1. Title:   Denny Family Bible. Copies obtained from RDenny Landon, son of Sylvia Denny (youngest of A. H. Denny's children

Notes
a. Note:   1870 census South, Siskiyou, CA A H Denny age 35 bp Wisconsin Dry goods exchange merchant (i think) real estste value $5000, personal estate value $6000 Eliza age 29 Emma 5 Albert 4 Mary 2 Joseph A 1 post office Callahan Ranch 1880 census South Township, Siskiyou, CA (Calahan post office) June 16, 1880 A H Denny age 45 bp New Jersey dads bp Vermont moms bp New Jersey Eliza age 38 Emma J age 15 Mary A age 14 Albert A age 12 Joseph A age 10 Phoebe A age 8 Eliza W age 6 on this day had measels Karl V age 3 on this day had measels Robroy age 1 Sally Ann age 75 mother bp NY parents bp NY 1900 census Callahan, Siskiyou, CA Albert H Denny Feb 1835 age 65 bp New Jersey dad's bp Vermont mom's bp New York farmer Gertrude A June 1858 age 41bp California dad's bp New York mom's bp Wales married 18 years 8 kids, 7 living Lila W july 1873 age 26 Mildred C July 1883 age 16 Ethel J Feb 1885 age 15 Gertrude A May 1888 age 12 Margaret M Sept 1890 age 9 Edward P Oct 1892 age 7 Genevive M Aug 1894 age 5 Homer C Feb 1897 age 3 1860 census lists bp as new Jersey rin 364 for harvey denny born 1887, unlinked http://www.heritageresearch.com/mining%20companies/American%20Mine%20Names-d.html lists Denny Bar Co mine in california Enterprising ranchers and businessmen joined together and started the town of Etna by establishing mills to utilize their produce. In 1853-54 two competing business areas started just one mile apart. Both contained a sawmill and a flour mill, and they took their names after their respective flour mills - Rough and Ready and Aetna Mills. Stores, hotels and dwellings sprang up around the mills and trade flourished between the ranchers, the businesses and the Salmon Mountain mines. The Aetna Mills post office is now a private home. Then in the 1861-62 flood, Whiskey Creek (Etna Creek) became a torrent and destroyed the town of Aetna Mills. The people rebuilt their businesses in Rough and Ready and moved their post office to that community. There was some confusion as the post office was one name and the town another. Also, there was another town with the name of Rough and Ready in central California. Soon everyone was using the name of Aetna Mills, which officially became Etna on March 13, 1874. People still refer to the former area of Aetna Mills as "Old Etna." What is now the Scott Valley Drug Store was one of the eleven Denny Bar chain stores - Denny Bar was the first Northern California chain store. http://www.unitedcountry.com/etnaca/etna.htm from the 1885 Siskiyou County, CA Directory: Bar, Abraham H. - notary public, insurance agent & clerk with A. H. Denny Denny, Albert H. - gen mdse, postmaster, agent Wells, Fargo, & Co., - stockraiser 610 acres Last Chance Gravel Mine - A. H. Denny superintendent Postmaster - Albert H. Denny lists him living in Callahan's Ranch and gen mdse, postmaster, agent Wells, Fargo, & Co., - stockraiser 610 acres it also lists abraham bar as "notary public, insurance agent & clerk with A. H. Denny" In 1866 Tom and Joe Denny built a store with wide iron doors at Callahan's Ranch. It was called Denny Brothers. The store was so successful they wanted more money to expand so they approached their brother Albert. Gold had been discovered in the upper Trinity River area in the 1880s and the town of New River City was established to serve the area. Albert sold his ranch and opened a Denny's store there.There was a Parker Denny Company in Etna and a store now called Denny and Bar Company in Callahan and Gazelle. In 1896 they reorganized these stores as Denny, Bar and Parker Company and branched out to a total of eight locations. Finally known as the Denny Bar Stores, they were the first real chain stores in the country. At first supplies were delivered by mule train but in 1896 roads were sufficiently improved to accommodate freight wagons. They did a thriving business supplying mines and were the first dealers in Studebaker cars (sometimes known by owners as E-M-F cars for "Every Morning Fixit").After years in business, the Denny Bar stores were unable to compete with mail order retailers. They closed one store after another during the depression and never went back into business.Siskiyou Pioneer, 1964 and 1967; Trinity County Historical Society Mt. Shasta Herald, January 12, 1978 To support early mining activities, many individuals acquired homesteads and went into ranching. As Wells states, "As early as 1851 land claims were taken up in Scott and Shasta Valleys, the first industry being the cutting of hay for the Yreka and Scott Bar market, as well as the grazing of cattle for a supply of beef." One rancher, James B. Hayden, "had a fine ranching property about a mile from town where large bands of sheep roamed." The Denny brothers began farming in Noyes Valley from the 1860s. Soon thereafter, many ranchers began dairying and Scott Valley became well-known for its butter and cheese. In the mid-1850s, A. H. Denny fenced an area on Wildcat Creek, bought a few milk cows, and sold milk to the miners. By the 1860s, the towns of Etna Mills and Fort Jones had thriving flour mills.


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