Ebenezer Denny (1761 – 1822). Soldier during the American Revolutionary War whose journal is one of the most frequently quoted accounts of the surrender of the British at the siege of Yorktown.
He rejoined the army as a lieutenant in the First American Regiment[5] in August 1784, and was active in the Northwest Indian War.
In 1816 he became the first mayor of the city of Pittsburgh.
- "He had red hair and blue eyes." https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/drink-it-in-the-best-place-to-get-drunk-on-pittsburghs-history/
- "He is described at this time as “a slender, fair, blue-eyed, red-headed boy”. https://denneyhomeplace.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/remember-our-ancestors-ebenezer-denny/
- "He was a Revolutionary War hero with red hair and blue eyes..." https://positivelypittsburgh.com/mayors-of-pittsburgh/
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