Dear Listers,
Thanks to speedy assistance from a very surprising source, I am already
making progress with the Indiana DENNYs through this list. I have received the
obituary of Mr Austin Flint DENNY (1841 - 1922), one of the sons of the above,
and I have pleasure in copying my transcription of it herewith (below).
Yours, etc.
Geoffrey Woollard in Cambridgeshire, England.
The Indianapolis Star, The Hoosier State's Complete Newspaper, Saturday
Morning, May 20, 1922.
Austin F. DENNY, 80, Veteran Attorney, Dies; Ill 3 Weeks
Funeral From North Delaware Street Home This Afternoon.
Funeral services for Austin Flint DENNY (a veteran Indianapolis attorney)
who died Thursday night at the City hospital following an illness of three weeks
will be held at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, 1619 North
Delaware street. The Rev. James D. STANLEY, rector of Christ Episcopal Church,
will conduct the services. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Mr DENNY practiced law in Indianapolis for more than fifty years. He had
been in rugged health until about a year ago when he suffered a slight illness
which took a serious turn about three weeks ago.
Mr DENNY was born in Indianapolis and had made his home here with exception
of the time he spent in study in the Harvard university law school. He was the
son of Theodore V. DENNY and Elizabeth McLaughlin DENNY, pioneer settlers in
the village of Indianapolis. He attended the old Northwestern Christian
College (now Butler college) and was graduated as an honor student. He then
entered the Harvard law school and immediately began the practice of law in
Indianapolis after his graduation from this institution.
Literary Critic of Ability.
Mr DENNY was considered a literary critic of enviable attainments and his
private library contains many volumes of rare worth. He was also a lover of art
and had collected many valuable prints and paintings. Previous to his death
Mr DENNY had expressed the desire that several of these rare prints and books
should be placed in the city library to become permanent possessions of the
community in which he had lived all his life.
He was for many years a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, of the
Indiana Harvard Club, and of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a
charter member of the University Club. He is survived by his widow, Frances
Gordon DENNY, a sister, Mrs Lucinda VANDAMAN, and a brother, William C. DENNY,
all of Indianapolis.
(Don't you just love that bit about 'the village of Indianapolis'!!!).