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Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899

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Personal name headingDenny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899
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Variant(s)Denny, Arthur A. (Arthur Armstrong), 1822-1899
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedSeattle (Wash.)
Birth date1822-06-20
Death date1899-01-09
Place of birthWashington County (Ind.)
Place of deathSeattle (Wash.)
AffiliationWashington Territory. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
Profession or occupationLegislators Civic leaders Public officers
Found inHis Pioneer days on Puget Sound, 1908.
NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for His Papers, 1850-1896 (Arthur Armstrong Denny; 1822-1899; civic leader, public official)
Bagley, C.B. Hist. of Seattle, 1916: v. 2 (Arthur Armstrong Denny; s. John & Sarah (Wilson) D.; m. Mary Ann Boren; moved from Ill. to Ore., 1851; to Wash., 1852; one of founding fathers of Seattle; Republican; active in politics; served as delegate from Wash. Ter. to US Cong.; prominent businessman & merchant; memb. Dexter Horton & Co., Seattle bankers)
HistoryLink.org, July 24, 2013 (Denny, Arthur Armstrong (1822-1899); born near Salem, Washington County, Indiana on June 20, 1822; died January 9, 1899)
Wikipedia, July 24, 2013 (Arthur A. Denny; Arthur Armstrong Denny (June 20, 1822-January 9, 1899); one of the founders of Seattle, Washington; born near Salem, Washington County, Indiana; died Seattle, Washington; was a county commissioner first for Thurston County (in what was then still part of the Oregon Territory), and then, after Washington became a separate territory, for King County; served as Seattle's first postmaster and in the territorial House of Representatives for nine consecutive terms, including serving a term as speaker; was involved in founding the University of Washington and donated much of the land for its original site)
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