When John Denny Donley was born on 22 April 1884, in Bonita, Montague, Texas, United States, his father, Michael Donley, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Diana Thompson, was 27. He married Lula M Porter on 19 June 1905, in Carter, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mangan Township, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Petrolia, Clay, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 6 June 1948, in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Amarillo, Randall, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1886: Montague, Texas, United States
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Irish: shortened form of Donnelly .
English: habitational name from Dunley in Areley Kings, Worcestershire, named from the Old English personal name Dunna + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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