BIO: William Henry DENSHAM, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 962 & 963.
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  WILLIAM HENRY DENSHAM, who conducts a general mercantile business at Oak Grove 
and Hawk Run, Clearfield county, Pa., is president of the Morris Township School 
Board and is a representative citizen in every laudable way.  He was born in 
Devonshire, England, March 2, 1872, and is a son of John and Mary Ann (Creber) 
Densham.
  John Densham brought his family to Morrisdale, Clearfield county, Pa., in 
August, 1888.  He was a coal miner and his death was occasioned by an injury 
received in the Morrisdale shaft, March 2, 1899, at the age of fifty-seven 
years.  His widow survived, was twice married, and died August 22, 1909.  The 
following children were born to John Densham and his wife:  Elizabeth Ann, who 
is the wife of Richard Davy, of Oak Grove; Martha, who is the wife of Harry 
Barkell, of Plymouth, Eng.; John, a farmer, who resides at Oak Grove; Jane, who 
is the wife of Josiah Jones, of Morrisdale; William H.; Samuel; who is foreman 
for the Morrisdale Coal Company, and married Elizabeth Vinton; and Lena, who is 
the wife of Henry Vinton, of Clairton, Pa., who is an electrician.
  William H. Densham attended school in his native land and also the night 
schools of Morrisdale, after the family settled there, and thus secured an 
excellent education and has always been an active supporter of the cause of 
education, consenting to serve again and again on the school board of his 
township.  He was a mine worker until 1899, and since 1902 has been in business 
at his present location, at Oak Grove, and in December, 1910, opened a general 
store also at Hawk Run.
  Mr. Densham was married August 9, 1896, to Miss Agnes Neal, who was born in 
Tioga county, Pa., February 11, 1872, he parents, Jeremiah and Jane (Tate) Neal, 
having come from England.  Mr. and Mrs. Densham have had eight children:  Mary, 
Mildred, Jane, Beatrice, Ruth, Theodore, and two are now deceased.  Mr. Densham 
is identified fraternally with the Golden Eagles and the Order of Moose.  In 
partnership with Mr. Shugarts and Charles Wrye, Mr. Densham is also interested 
in a grain and feed business at Morrisdale.  He is a self made man, having won 
financial independence entirely through his own efforts.  As a business man he 
stands high and his relations with his neighbors socially are kind and friendly.  
Politically he is a Republican.