Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

George DENBY, farmer; P. O. Monee; born May 20, 1816, in Yorkshire, Eng., where he lived 
until 1852, when he came to the United States, and, after living a short time in Kankakee
Co., he settled in Cook Co., IL, where he lived until the spring of 1869, when he moved 
to his present home on his farm; he was engaged on the Illinois Central Railroad a large 
portion of the first twenty-two years after he came to this country. He was married Dec. 
23, 1844, to Miss Anne ATHERN, of Yorkshire, England; their children now living are Emma, 
Charles, Amy and Robert; his wife, Anne, died in 1863, and, on May 28, 1864, he was 
married to Mrs. Jane JACKSON, daughter of John DAFT, of Staffordshire, England; they 
have four children - Almira, Maggie, Ada A., and George. Mrs. JACKSON had, when married 
to Mr. DENBY, two children - Lucy R. and Annie JACKSON. He has a good farm of 160 acres, 
valued at $8,000.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.