Person:Arthur Denny (7)
Arthur Armstrong Denny
b.20 Jun 1822 Washington, Indiana, United States
d.9 Jan 1899 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 Aug 1814
  1. Arthur Armstrong Denny1822 - 1899
  2. David Thomas Denny1832 - 1903
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Arthur Armstrong Denny1822 - 1899
  • W.  Mary Boren1822 - 1910
m. 23 Nov 1843
  1. Louisa Denny1844 -
  2. Lenora Denny1847 - 1915
  3. Rolland H. Denny1851 -
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Facts and Events
Name Arthur Armstrong Denny
Gender Male
Birth[2] 20 Jun 1822 Washington, Indiana, United States
Marriage 23 Nov 1843 Knox, Illinois, United Statesto Mary Boren
Census[7] 12 Oct 1850 Knox, Illinois, United States
Residence[3] 13 Nov 1851 Seattle, King, Washington, United StatesFounding Settlement
Census[4] 7 Aug 1860 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Census[5] 22 Jun 1870 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Census[6] 3 Jun 1880 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Death[1][2] 9 Jan 1899 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Burial[2] Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Reference Number? Q1595543?


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Arthur Armstrong Denny (June 20, 1822 – January 9, 1899) was one of the founders of Seattle, Washington, the acknowledged leader of the pioneer Denny Party,[1] and later the city's wealthiest citizen and a 9-term member of the territorial legislature.[1] Seattle's former Denny Hill was named after him; it was flattened in a series of regrading projects and its former site is now known as the Denny Regrade. The city's Denny Way, however, is named not after Arthur Denny, but after his younger brother David Denny.


References
  1. ↑ Washington, United States. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960.

    A. A. Denny, d. Jan 9, 1899, age 76 1/2, Seattle.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Photo of gravestone, in Find A Grave
    Arthur A. Denny.
  3. ↑ Arthur A. Denny, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  4. ↑ King, Washington, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    A A Denny 38 Ind. Trader. 8000 RE/2000 PE. M.A. 37 TN; Kate L. 14 IL; M.L. (f) 12 IL; R.H. (m) 9 OR; O.O. (m) 7 W.T.; A.W. (m) 1 W.T. (Father John is next door). (Seattle PO, p. 274, 8/7/1860)

  5. ↑ King, Washington, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    A.A. Denny 48 Indiana farmer, $12,000/15,000. Mary J. 47 TN, housewife; Lenora M. 22 IL; Rolland 19 OR: Orion 17 WT; Wilson 11 WT; Charles 8 WT; Gertrude Boren 20 IL. (Seattle, 6/22/1870, p. 24)

  6. ↑ King, Washington, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Arthur A. Denny 57 Ind., par KY/MD; banker; Mary A. 57 TN, par TN; Margaret L. 32 IL; Arthur W. 21 WT, watchmaker apprentice; Chris J. 19 WT; Livonia G. Boren 29 IL, niece. (Seattle, p. 9, 6/3/1880)

  7. ↑ Knox, Illinois, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    A.A. Denny 27 IA, Mary A. 26 Tn, Louisa C. 5 IL; Margaret S. 2 IL; Louisa Boren 22 IL; Elijah Meadows 19 KY (Township 10N 1E, p. 376, 10/12/1850)
    [Next door to Carson Boren, Louisa's brother; Louisa would marry David, Arthur's brother]

  8.   Arthur is listed in various places as the second richest man in Seattle, behind Henry Yesler. In 1860, he lives 2 doors down from Yesler, who is listed with $9000 in real estate, $4000 personal estate.
Founders of Seattle, Washington
The founding of Seattle is usually dated from the arrival of the Denny Party on November 13, 1851, at Alki Point. The group had travelled overland from the Midwest to Portland, Oregon, then made a short ocean journey up the Pacific coast into Puget Sound, with the express intent of founding a town. The next April, Arthur A. Denny abandoned the original site at Alki in favor of a better-protected site on Elliott Bay, near the south end of what is now downtown Seattle. Around the same time, Doc Maynard began settling the land immediately south of Denny's. The first plats in Seattle were filed May 28, 1853, and Seattle was incorporated as a town in 1867, by which time it had 350 inhabitants. Credit:Wikipedia, "History of Seattle before 1900"
Denny Party: Arthur A. Denny, his wife Mary, and children; David T. Denny; Carson D. Boren, his wife Mary, their daughter, and Carson's younger sister Louisa; William N. Bell, his wife Sarah, and children; John Low, his wife Lydia, and children; Lee Terry; Charles Terry.
Additional Settlers by 1852: Dr. David S. "Doc" Maynard (1808-1873); Henry Yesler (1810-1892); Luther Collins (1813-1860), Henry Van Asselt, and Jacob and Samuel Maple.
Current Location: King County, Washington  
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