MAYNE R. DENMAN 

       Mayne R. DENMAN, representative of the Smith Premier Typewriter 
Company in Eastern Ohio and West Virginia, has his headquarters in 
Wheeling, at No. 1511 Market street.  He was born at Monticello, New 
York, April 16, 1867, and is a son of David N. and Emma (Whiteman) 
Denman, both of whom were natives of New York state.  David N. Denman 
was born in 1833 and is living at Greensburg, Pennsylvania; his wife 
was born April 15, 1838.
	Mayne R. Denman attended the Greensburg High School, and 
afterward took a course at Dugg's College, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 
after which he became city editor of The Press, at Greensburg, 
Pennsylvania.  he was at one time in the retail shoe business at 
Birmingham, Alabama, and also at Saugerties, New York.  For severn 
years he spent his time traveling as a salesman for Whiteman & 
Denman, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania.  He finally engaged with the Smith 
Premier Typewriter Company, in his present position, and has been 
successfully indentified with the company for four years.  His first 
appearance in Wheeling was in October, 1898, just after he was 
mustered out of service from Company F. 18th Reg. Penn. Vol. Inf.
	June 19, 1901, was the date of our subject's marriage with Meta 
Roberts, a daughter of Capt. J. C. and Elmira A. (Garrett) Robers.  
Mrs. Denman was born at Moundsville, West Virginia, September 2, 
1876.  Both our subject and wife are members of the Thomson M. E. 
church.  Mr. Denman is a Republican, and a member of the Order of 
Americas.  He is a man of admirable character and habits, and has won 
many friends since taking up his residence in Wheeling.

From "HISTORY OF WHEELING and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens."  Edited & Compiled by Hon. Gibson Lamb 
Cranmer.  Biographical Publishing, 1902; p. 371-372. 

(Laurie Birks Dean)