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306……(Born Pa.)
St. Clair Denny
(Ap’d Pa.)……….…21
Military
History. -- Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 10, 1818, to July 1, 1822,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 5th
Infantry, July 1, 1822.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. St. Anthony, Min., 1822-23, -- on Major Long’s Missouri
expedition, 1823-24, -- at Ft. St. Anthony, Min., 1824-25, -- Ft. Snelling,
Min., 1825-27, -- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828,
(First Lieut., 5th
Infantry, Nov. 30, 1827)
Ft. Howard, Wis., 1828-36
(Quartermaster duty, 1830-34), -- Ft. Dearborn, Ill.
(Asst. Quartermaster, Oct.
15, 1830, to Jan. 28, 1834)
Ill., 1836, -- and Ft.
Howard, Wis., 1836-37; on Recruiting service,
(Captain, 5th
Infantry, Apr. 1, 1836)
1837-38; and on the
Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at Buffalo, N. Y.,
1838, -- Madison Barracks, N. Y., 1838, --
(Transferred to 8th
Infantry, July 7, 1838)
Recruiting, 1838, -- and
French Creek, N. Y., 1838-39.
Resigned, Apr. 30, 1839.
Re-appointed in the United
States Army with the rank of
Major, Staff – Paymaster,
U. S. Army, Oct. 15, 1841,
And served on Paymaster
duty in the Florida War against the Seminole 1848, -- 1841-42, -- at New
Orleans, La., 1842-48, -- Cincinnati, O., 1848, -- Detroit, Mich., 1849, --
Washington D. C., 1850-56, -- and at St. Louis, Mo., 1856-58.
Died, Aug. 18, 1858, at
Pittsburg, Pa.: Aged 58.
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