Ira came to central California from Smith County, Tennessee about 1905. His younger brother, Arthur Bell, followed about a year later. He was the 9th of 10 children born to William Ira and Elizabeth Coffee Denney. Ira was a ranch hand and then later became a rancher himself. He married Carrie Lea Dowell and they had 12 children; Oliver James, Lola Mae, Dorothy Elizabeth, Ira Ottis, Arthur Reginald, Doris Eldora, Audrey Lea, Mildred Marian, Katie Naomi, Elsie Faye, Barbara Irene and Dow Ransom Denney.
Ira came to central California from Smith County, Tennessee about 1905. His younger brother, Arthur Bell, followed about a year later. He was the 9th of 10 children born to William Ira and Elizabeth Coffee Denney. Ira was a ranch hand and then later became a rancher himself. He married Carrie Lea Dowell and they had 12 children; Oliver James, Lola Mae, Dorothy Elizabeth, Ira Ottis, Arthur Reginald, Doris Eldora, Audrey Lea, Mildred Marian, Katie Naomi, Elsie Faye, Barbara Irene and Dow Ransom Denney.
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