JOHN DENAHY, foreman for Dexter & Noble, and for the Elk Rapids Iron Co., was born in the city of New York, March 28, 1831. He came to Michigan in boyhood, and resided some six years in Dexter, Washtenaw County. From there he removed to Elk Rapids in June, 1854, and has been ever since in the employ of the above named parties.

He has served for twenty-two years as treasurer of Elk Rapids Township, and was displaced only by the enforcement of the new law limiting the terms of office to two years. When he first came to Elk Rapids there were very few settlers in the village, and no white settlers whatever in the surrounding country; hence he has been closely identified with the rise and progress of the place, and views with pride its present strides of advancement and success. He has also become well skilled in the language of the native Indians.