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Of Bend, at the time of his father's death.
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The 1717 date is from DeHaven Pioneers, the 1757 date is from Michelle Sterchi. 1714 is from Dailey
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Moved to Hancock county and raised a family there.
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In 1880, she resided with Jesse Hunter and daughter.
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She was a French Huguenot.
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California Death Records gives the 1895 date.
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Listed as 57 years old in the 1930 Census
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Living with his son Guy E. Denny
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Appeared in the Grand View Township listing of taxpayers in the 1879 "History of Edgar County, Ill" directory, published by William LeBaron, Jr.
"DEATHS -- One of the early settlers of the Chardon vicinity was taken Monday when George H. Denny, an '85 settler succumbed to old age. Early in life he had turned his steps westward until he located on a homestead that was to prove his abiding place while life remained with him. He had known the stress of pioneer life, and had played his part manfully in the great task of reclaiming the wilderness.
The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at Stevens Chapel and was conducted by Rev. D. Otis Gunckle, assisted by Rev. W. R. Long. The body was interred at the nearby cemetery, six sturdy grandsons carrying the casket that contained the body of their venerable ancestor to its last resting place.
Geroge H. Denny was born near Pittsburg, Pa., July 14, 1840 and died at the home of his son, A. L. Denny, near Chardon, Kansas, January 11, 1931, age 81 years, 6 months and 8 days. When he was a small boy his family moved to Green Castle, Ind., where he grew to manhood. He then went to Paris,, Ill., where he met and married Eliza J. Stark on March 7, 1870. The faithful wife remained by his side until October, 1925. To them were born four children, two sons and two daughters. The daughters both died in infancy but the sons, A. L. and G. E. Denny survive their parents. Both live in the vicinity of Chardon.
In 1884 the family moved from Illinois to Nebraska and a year later found them in Kansas where an available homestead took their fancy and they settled upon it. The elderly couple remained on the original homestead until the infirmities of age forced them to make their home with their sons.
Twelve grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren survive the rugged pioneer. He was the last of his parents family, all his sisters and brothers having preceeded him in death.
Thus passes another of t hat sturdy band who lived and were a part of that great episode of national growth, the settlement of the great west.
We take this medium to extend thanks to all who assisted during the sickness and burial of our father, also for the floral offerings and the active part taken by those during the services. A.L. Denny and family. G.E.Denny and family."-- 22 Jan 1931, The (Atwood KS) Citizen-Patriot
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Pennsylvania is given on death certificate.
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Brig. Gen. William J. DeNuccio, 79, of Lakecrest Drive, and Melbourne, Fla., former assistant adjutant general of the Rhode Island Air National Guard, and a state finance specialist, died Thursday at Harborside Pawtuxet Village Nursing Home.
He was appointed assistant adjutant general of the Rhode Island Air National Guard by then-Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy and was promoted to brigadier general in May 1980 by then-President Jimmy Carter; his promotion was confirmed by the Senate that year.
A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he had served as an airborne gunner in the Pacific. In 1949, he joined the reserves as an intelligence specialist, and was later commissioned as an officer in the Air Force Reserve.
As liaison officer to the Air Force Academy for Rhode Island and Massachusetts, his administrative and operational talents became apparent, and during the Berlin Crisis in 1961 he was recalled to active duty as a captain with the 102nd Aircraft & Warning Squadron to serve as weapons officer in northern Germany for nine months.
The honorary rank of major general was bestowed upon him by Maj. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, commander of the Rhode Island National Guard. He had also received many other military awards, including the Legion of Merit Award and the honored title of Mustang for those who rose through the ranks from private to become a flag officer.
While he was serving in the National Guard, he began a long and distinguished career as a fiscal expert for the State of Rhode Island, beginning in 1951 at the Rhode Island Budget Division.
In 1954, he was named assistant to the director of administration for three years, and later returned to the Budget Division as chief budget analyst.
He was instrumental in the establishment of the Legislative Council in 1959, and served as its first director until 1966.
His final appointment was as fiscal adviser to the House Finance Committee, where he served for several years before retiring in 1980.
After retiring he was named executive vice president of the Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, and also served as an arbitrator of consumer complaints for the Better Business Bureau. He also served as director of the Lakecrest Group, a consulting firm he started to assist various departments of state government.
He had been a guest lecturer in government studies at Brown University and the University of Rhode Island Extension Division.
URI honored him as the first nonstudent recipient of a membership in Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, and in 1978 he received the John O. Stitely Distinguished Public Service Award for his contributions in the field of public administration.
He was a 1950 graduate of Brown University, attending as the recipient of the E.B. Andrews Scholarship, and received a master's degree in public administration from the University of Michigan. He had also attended Suffolk University School of Law.
In 1999, he was honored by Brown as one of its 10 most successful graduates of the Veterans College, which had been established in 1946.
A 1942 graduate of Cranston High School, he was inducted into the Cranston Hall of Fame in 1988, and later served on its board of directors.
A golf enthusiast, he was a longtime member of Potowomut Country Club, where he had served as treasurer and on its board of governors.
He was the husband of Anne M. (Braley) DeNuccio. They had been married for 59 years. Born in Providence, a son of the late William and Loretta E. (Dolan) DeNuccio, he had lived in Warwick since 1952, and had been a resident of Melbourne for six years.
He was a communicant of St. Timothy Church.