Bio of Amos DENNEY (d.1878), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html
Under HISTORY.

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be some typos.

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	HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

Amos Denney, pioneer, now deceased, was the son of a Revo-
lutionary war veteran and was born in New York state. In that
state he married Emeline Beckley, and shortly afterward moved
to Michigan. From there they went to Illinois, and stayed about
one and a half years. It was in 1856 that they started for Min-
nesota in a covered wagon, bringing their household goods, their
stock, and their children, John, Mark, Celar, Willard, Anna, Lydia,
Goodeth, Mary and Adaline. Two of these children, Mark and
Celar, served in the Civil war, and the latter gave up his life on

pg 334	HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

of wild land on the shores of Beebe lake. With the aid of his
sons, Amos Denney put up a hewn log house, but it was burned
before it was quite finished, and, somewhat discouraged, the
family moved to the village of Rockford. Later they returned to
the claim and put up another log house. Mr. Denney was a
cooper by trade and secured considerable work in that line in
Rockford and vicinity. At the outbreak of the Civil war he
offered his services, but was rejected. After the war, he secured
a homestead of 160 acres on Green Mountain lake in section 26,
Buffalo township. here he built a log cabin, cleared the land,
and developed a good farm. A man of decided mechanical ability,
he was fond of working about engines. This talent, however,
cost him his life, for on February 14, 1878, an engine which
he was repairing at Pelican lake exploded and killed him in-
stantly. His widow died in 1914 at the good old age of ninety-
three years.