Ethel McCandless (1890-1964)

Ethel P. McCandless was born around 1890 in Kentucky, the daughter of John William McCandless and Carrie Day Humphrey. 

Ethel married John William Denny on December 9, 1908, in Pendleton County, Kentucky.  She was 18 years old, and he was 28 years.  John was born on September 7, 1879 in Kentucky.

After their marriage, John and Ethel settled in Callensville, Pendleton, Kentucky, where John was working as a farm laborer.  John and Ethel had at least five children:

            Raymond D.               born 1913

            Edith M.                      born 1918

            Melvin W.                   born 1922

            Carrie R.                      born 1925

            Mildred P.                   born 1927

John registered for the draft for the First World War on September 12, 1918 in Pendleton, Kentucky.  At that time, he and Ethel were living on a farm in Boyd, Harrison County, Kentucky.  John was described as being of medium height and build, with blue eyes and light hair.

John William Denny died on February 26, 1961 in Pendleton County, Kentucky.  He was 81 years old at his death.  Ethel died just three years later.

           

Ethel P. McCandless Denny died on May 11, 1964 in Kenton County, Kentucky at the age of 74 years.

Notes for Ethel P. McCandless

Birth & Death:  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Marriage:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Callensville, Pendleton, Kentucky; Roll: T624_499; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0146; Image: 266; FHL Number: 1374512.
Marriage:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979

Notes for John William Denny

Birth & Death:  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Callensville, Pendleton,  Kentucky; Roll: T624_499; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0146; Image: 266; FHL Number: 1374512.

Residence, Occupation & Physical Description in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Pendleton County, Kentucky; Roll: 1653779; Draft Board: 0.