Mary L "Bessie" Dennie

Other Events:

• Race: Mulatto
• Name: Bessie D. Marshall
• Name: Bessie Dennee
• Name: Bessie Dennee Marshall
• Name: Bessie Dennie
• Name: Bessy Denny
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: West Avenue; 14 Age: 14; At School Occupation: At School; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 094; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
• Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1910, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Mary married William Howard Marshall in 1887. William (son of Elisha B Marshall, I and Harriet McClintock) was born on 1 Jan 1866 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Mar 1926 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexander Leslie Marshall was born on 5 Jan 1889 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
2. William Elisha Marshall was born on 5 Jul 1890 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
3. Forrest Scott Marshall was born on 5 Jul 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Jul 1973 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Other Events:

• Race: Mulatto
• Name: Alexander Denny
• Name: Alexander W Dennee
• Name: Alexander W Dennee
• Name: Alexr Denny
• Residence: 1850, North Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: West Avenue; 35 Age: 35; Barber Occupation: Barber; EnumerationDistrict: 094; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Self RelationToHead: Head
• Newspaper Clipping: 21 Jan 1896, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Alexander W Dennee Republican Nominee for City Assessor_21 Jan 1896
• Obituary: 20 Dec 1923, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Obituary for A. W. Dennee

Alexander married Annie Francis Johnson. Annie (daughter of Robert Johnson and Selena Elizabeth Jackson) was born on 2 Apr 1848 in Virginia, USA; died on 1 Nov 1916 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Ethnicity: American
• Race: Black
• Race: Black
• Race: Mulatto
• Name: Annie Denny
• Name: Fannie Dennee
• Name: Fannie Dennie
• Name: Fannie Denny
• Name: Fannie Johnson Dennee
• Name: Frances Johnson
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: West Avenue; 36 Age: 36; Keeping House Occupation: Keeping House; EnumerationDistrict: 094; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
• Residence: 1900, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1900, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1900, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: N 10th Street; 52 Age: 52; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: 6; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 9th; EnumerationDistrict: 0076; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 2; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 2; YearsMarried: 37; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
• Residence: 1910, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Tenth Street; 62 Age: 62; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0083; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 2; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 1; YearsMarried: 45; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

Other Events:

• Race: Mulatto
• Name: Charles Denny
• Name: Charles Denny
• Name: Charles Denny
• Residence: 1850, North Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; 39 Age: 39
• Residence: 1854, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1858, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Charles married Mary B. Cowan. Mary was born in 1817 in Marysville, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Jan 1886 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: Mulatto
• Name: Mary A. Dennee
• Name: Mary B Cowan Dennee
• Name: Mary Denny
• Name: Mary Denny
• Residence: North 10th street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1850, North Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; 31 Age: 31
• Residence: 1876, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Robert married Selena Elizabeth Jackson. Selena was born on 4 Jul 1824 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Feb 1919 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Ethnicity: American
• Race: Black
• Name: Elizabeth Selena Johnson
• Name: Salena Johnson
• Name: Salina J Johnson
• Negro Assaulted A Woman- William Upton...: 20 Nov 1900, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; William Upton Tears Things Up in Apple Avenue and is Arrested- Assaults Children of Mrs. Selena Johnson at 1206 Apple Avenue.
• Residence: 1910, 313 Necatarine street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 84; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 0056; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 6; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 4; MaritalStatus: Widowed; RelationToHead: Mother
• Oldest Colored Woman in City-Born a Slave-Dies: 19 Feb 1919, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Oldest Colored Woman in City, Born a Slave, Dies
The death of Mrs. Salena Johnson, said to be the oldest colored resident in Harrisburg, occurred last night at her home, 812 East Street.
Mrs. Johnson was born a slave in Virginia, July 4, 1824, and was 94 years, 7 months and 11 days old. When she was freed from bondage after the Civil War she came north with her daughter, the late Mrs. A.W. Dennee, living in Carlisle for many years. Removing to Harrisburg, she lived in this city up to the time of her death. She was a member of the Wesley Union A.M.E. Church and was widely known here.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by three children, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Eleanora Washington of Philadelphia; and George W. Johnson, with whom she made her home; three grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Jackson of Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Frances Johnson, of this city; and George E. Johnson, who is with the Army in France; three great-grandchildren, Dr. A.L. Marshall, Dr. W.E. Marshall, of this city and Dr. F.S. Marshall, who returned from France on Sunday with the 351st Field Artillery; and one great-great-grandchild, Margaret Jane Marshall.
Funeral arrangements will be made on the arrival of her daughters and will be announced later."
*Published in The Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg Pennsylvania) February 19 1919.

Funeral Services of Aged Woman Tomorrow
MRS. SALENA JOHNSON
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Salena Johnson, the oldest colored resident of the city, will be held tomorrow afternoon at her late residence, 812 East Street, with the Rev. Stephen McNeil, pastor of the Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church, in charge. The services will be at 2 o'clock and interment will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery at Penbrook.
*Published in The Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg Pennsylvania) February 20 1919.

Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery