Bio of YENNY, Joseph C. (b.1890), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 199-200
JOSEPH C. YENNY
Joseph C. Yenny is prominent in the financial circles of Minneapolis as cashier
and director of the Mercantile State Bank. His birth occurred at Milbank, South
Dakota, on the 8th of July, 1890, his parents being Albert F. and Mary (Brasch)
Yenny. The paternal grandfather, Christian Yenny, was born in Bern, Switzerland,
in 1828, emigrated to the United States in 1837 and remained a resident of the
state of New York until 1860, when he came to Minnesota. He served in a
Minnesota regiment throughout the period of the Civil war and lived to the age
of seventy-two years, passing away in North Carolina on the 6th of June, 1900.
His son, Albert F. Yenny, was a native of the Empire state and in 1860
accompanied his parents on their removal to Minnesota, the family home being
established at Watertown. On leaving this state he took up his abode at Milbank,
South Dakota, there residing until 1897, when he removed to Portland, Oregon,
and there spent three years. On the expiration of that period he located in
Spokane, Washington, where he continued to the time of his death, which occurred
on the 21st of February, 1915, when sixty-four years of age. His widow was a
daughter of John Brasch, who was born in France in 1825 and came to Minnesota in
the '50s, thus becoming an active factor in the early development and upbuilding
of the state. He fought in the Union army throughout the Civil war and was
sixty-nine years of age when called to his final rest in 1894.
Joseph C. Yenny attended the public schools of Milbank, South Dakota, for one
year, was for three years a student in the schools of Portland, Oregon, and
completed his education at Spokane, Washington. On the 2d of January, 1906, when
not yet sixteen years of age, he entered the employ of the Spokane & Eastern
Trust Company Bank, with which institution he remained for three and one-half
years, receiving training that has proved of much value to him in his later
career. On coming to Minneapolis in 1909 he was offered and accepted a position
with the Security National Bank, in the service of which he continued for five
and one-half years, at the end of which time he was appointed deputy bank
examiner for the Minneapolis & St. Paul Clearing House Association, in which
capacity he served for three and one-half years. On the 15th of August, 1918, he
became cashier of the Merchants Bank of Winona, at Winona, Minnesota, which
position he held for more than a year. In September, 1919, he returned to
Minneapolis to become cashier of the Mercantile State Bank, of which he is also
a director. Mr. Yenny is devoted to the best interests of the institution and
discharges his duties with an efficiency and ease that command the respect of
all, while his genial and pleasing personality wins many friends for the bank.
Having worked himself up from the very bottom of the banking business, there is
no phase of it with which he is not thoroughly familiar.
On the 20th of September, 1911, at Minneapolis, was celebrated the marriage of
Joseph C. Yenny and Miss Ethel May Hall, whose birth occurred at Kerkhoven,
Minnesota, April 29, 1892, and who left her native city to become a resident of
Zumbrota, this state, whence she came to Minneapolis. She is the daughter of
James F. and Marther (Peterson) Hall. The former was a native of Lake City,
Minnesota, born October 4, 1864, and died at Zumbrota, this state, March 22,
1895. The latter was born in Chicago, Illinois, December 7, 1865 and is now
living in Minneapolis. Her paternal grandfather, George Washburn Hall, who was
born December 22, 1838, at Vermillion, Illinois, settled at Lake City on coming
to Minnesota and subsequently removed to Mazeppa, this state, where he spent the
remainder of his life, passing away September 21, 1915. He was a veteran of the
Civil war, serving throughout the period of hostilities between the north and
the south, and was a direct descendant of Lieutenant John Murdock in Captain
William Tupper's Company of Colonel Ebenezer Sproutt's Regiment in the
Revolutionary war, so that Mrs. Yenny is eligible to membership in the Daughters
of the American Revolution. The latter also traces her ancestry to the Mayflower
Pilgrims. Mr. and Mrs. Yenny are the parents of two children: Marian Jewel,
whose birth occurred July 4, 1913; and June Frances, born July 15, 1918. Mrs.
Yenny, a woman of much personal charm and prominent in the club and social
circles of this city, is past matron of Lake Harriet Chapter, No. 202, of the
Order of the Eastern Star.
Mr. Yenny is ever cognizant of the duties of good citizenship and cooperates in
the furtherance of any movement for the advancement of the city. His religious
faith is indicated by his membership in the Linden Hills Congregational church
and he has served for some time on its board of trustees. Fraternally he is
identified with several Masonic bodies, including Lake Harriet Lodge, No. 277,
A. F. & A. M., of which he is serving as treasurer. As a public-spirited citizen
he is a member of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association, Lake Harriet
Commercial Club and the Masonic Club. He is also a member of the Young Men's
Christian Association, the Minneapolis Chapter of the American Institute of
Banking, and a number of other organizations. During the World war Mr. Yenny
gave generously of his time and money in the promotion of the government's
interests. He took part in all Liberty Loan drives and served on various Red
Cross and other committees. For recreation he turns to the great outdoors, being
an enthusiastic golfer and also enjoying hunting and fishing. It is his close
application to business and innate ability that have won him his present
prosperity, and further success is assured him. Both he and his wife enjoy an
enviable social position and from time to time entertain their many friends in
their attractive home here.