Hillbillies & Vikings

This site is focused broadly on all descendants of John Denboe, an indentured servant who came to the Crown Colony of Maryland in about the year 1664. Also, it maintains a special emphasis on the descendants of John Denbow (1797-1862) and his brother Bazeleel (1795-1857), early pioneers in the hills of Southeastern Ohio, as well as the descendants of Jón Jónsson (1841-1934) of Dalasýsla, Iceland, who was an Icelandic immigrant to Canada and now has progeny throughout North America.

1860 - 1945 (84 years)

Name	Mary C. Denbow [1]
Birth	11 Apr 1860	Monroe, Ohio, USA At Home [2]
Gender	Female
Census	9 Jul 1860	Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA [3]
	Witness Role: Daughter: [I1319] Mary C. DENBOW
Marriage Bride	8 Sep 1878 [1]
	Witness Role: Principal: [F1063] ...of Richard CLEGG and Mary C. DENBOW Witness Role: Groom: [I5039] Richard CLEGG Witness Role: Bride: [I1319] Mary C. DENBOW
Census Wife	1900	Lewisville, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA [4]
	Witness Role: Principal: [I5039] Richard CLEGG Witness Role: Head of household: [I5039] Richard CLEGG Witness Role: Wife: [I1319] Mary C. DENBOW Witness Role: Daughter: [I5040] Verda R. CLEGG Witness Role: Son: [I5045] Grover Stephen CLEGG Witness Role: Neighbor: [I1312] Martin DENBOW Witness Role: Neighbor: [I1165] Harold Sinclair DENBOW Witness Role: Neighbor: [I1289] Levi DENBOW Witness Role: Neighbor: [I1458] William Forest DENBOW Witness Role: Child in Levi's house [4]
Name	Mary C. Clegg
Death	18 Feb 1945
Burial	20 Feb 1945	Bracken Ridge Cemetery, near Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA
	Witness Role: Minister: Name: Rev. R. S. Phillips Witness Role: of First Methodist Church, presumably of Barnesville, Ohio
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	John Denboe, b. Abt 1610, England d. 27 Nov 1704, Cecil, Maryland, USA (Age ~ 94 years) (4 x Great Grandfather) Rebecca Belt, b. Abt 1750 d. 1895 (Age ~ 145 years) (Great Grandmother)
Person ID	I1319	Hillbillies & Vikings
Last Modified	6 Jun 2025

Father	Bazzel Denbow, b. 14 Jan 1819, Harford, Maryland, USA d. 23 Nov 1896, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Ruth Tanner, b. 17 Mar 1822, Ohio, USA d. 21 Jan 1899, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)
Relationship	Birth
Marriage	2 Jan 1845	Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, USA [5]
	Marriage license issued 31 December 1844 "on oath of groom." Rev. Elias Gatchel signed the document on 10 February 1845. This license is reproduced in Bazzel's Civil War pension file. The minister and/or copyist was not too careful with his spellings, as "Denbow" is spelled "Danbow" and "Tanner" is spelled "Tennor." Some researchers have thought that this was an alternate spelling of Ruth's last name; however, I've concluded that it's just sloppy spelling, though other members of her family spell Tanner in a variety of other ways. Witness Role: Bride: [I4254] Ruth TANNER Witness Role: Groom: [I1036] Bazzel DENBOW Witness Role: Minister: [I5213] Elias GATCHEL
		MC Bazzel & Ruth (copy from co This marriage certificate spells Ruth's last name as "Tennor." The spelling of her last name varies a great deal, and it is sometimes seen as "Tennar" or "Tenner" as well. Caption Note: MC: Ruth Tanner-Bazzell Denbow (from court records) Keywords: Picture
		MC Ruth Tanner-Bazzel Denbow This marriage certificate spells Ruth's last name as "Tennor." The spelling of her last name varies a great deal, and it is sometimes seen as "Tennar" or "Tenner" as well. Caption Note: MC: Ruth Tanner-Bazzell Denbow (from Ruth's pension application) Keywords: Picture
		Tanner-Denbow Harrison County Keywords: Picture
Family ID	F302	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Richard Clegg, b. 23 Jan 1856, Lewisville, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 13 Dec 1950, Barnesville, Warren Twp., Belmont, Ohio, USA (Age 94 years)

Marriage 8 Sep 1878 [1]

Witness Role: Groom: [I5039] Richard CLEGG
Witness Role: Bride: [I1319] Mary C. DENBOW

Children

	1. Clement Rader Clegg, b. 1 Jul 1879, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 8 Mar 1882, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 2 years)
	2. Charles Raymond Clegg, b. 1 Jul 1879, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 5 Mar 1882, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 2 years)
	3. Richard Albert Clegg, b. 26 Feb 1882, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 7 Jan 1895, Summit Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 12 years)
	4. Verda R. Clegg, b. 27 Jun 1884, Steele District, Wood, West Virginia, USA d. 24 Oct 1970, Barnesville, Warren Twp., Belmont, Ohio, USA (Age 86 years)
+	5. Grover Stephen Clegg, b. 26 Aug 1886, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA d. 8 Jan 1975, Amherst Hospital, Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, USA (Age 88 years) ▻ Betha Florence Cree m. 27 Oct 1909

Family ID F1063 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 25 Aug 2022

Event Map

Birth - 11 Apr 1860 - Monroe, Ohio, USA

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Documents » Slide Show		1880 U.S. Census, Monroe Co.,
		Clegg obit Keywords: Picture
		1900 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., Summit Twp. (Multiple Denbow Families & Clegg) better copy
		MC Mary Denbow-Richard Clegg (8 Sep 1878) Keywords: Picture

Reference Carl Jón Denbow. "Mary C. Denbow". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1319&tree=tree1 (accessed June 12, 2025).

Sources

[S378] MC: Mary Denbow-Richard Clegg (8 Sep 1878).
[S10] Thomas W. Thompson, The Thompson Geneology [sic], 2nd Edition.
[S165] 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Bazzel Denbow & a little bit of John Jr. at bottom of page.
[S145] U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., Summit Twp. (Multiple Denbow Families & Clegg).
[S39] U.S. Pension Bureau, Civil War Pension Record for Pvt. Bazzel Denbow, 78th OVI, Company 'K," and widow Ruth.