John P. Penn

Personal and Family Information

John was born on 22 OCT 1833 in Maury County, Tennessee, the son of Phillip Penn and Louisa Brisco.

He died on 5 SEP 1894 in Woodruff County, Arkansas.

He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Lucy Bland, who he married on 18 FEB 1857 in Jackson County, Arkansas. They had no known children.

His second wife was Martha H Hall, who he married on 26 JUN 1865. The place has not been found. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Event	Date	Details	Source	Multimedia	Notes
Birth	22 OCT 1833	Place: Maury County, Tennessee
Death	5 SEP 1894	Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Census	5 JUL 1860	Place: Augusta, Jackson County, Arkansas Address: Bay Township, dwelling 528?, family 524 J.P. Penn age 26, male, Merchant $5000, $5,000 born Tenn Lucy ", age 19 female born Tenn Ada " age 2 female, born Ark
Census	7 JUN 1870	Place: Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas Age: 36 Address: 7 June page 7, dwelling 56, family 43, Penn, John P, age 36 mw, Merchant retail, $12,000, $8,000, born Tenn __ Martha H, age 26, fw, keeping house, born Tenn __ Ida R , age 11 fw, at school, born Ark Vaughan, Richard, age 24, mw, without occupation, $500, born Miss __ Eugenia, age 18, fw, without occupation, born Miss 9 June, dwelling 77, family 61, Bonner, Jones W, age 54 mw carpenter, $300, born Tenn __ Mary, age 43, fw, keeping house, $600, born Tenn __ Thomas E age 13, mw, clerk in grocery, born Ark dwelling 78, family 62, Whitcomb, Geo K, age 31 mw, carpenter, $400, $150, born Va __ Delia, age 21 fw, keeping house, $100, $100m Ark __ Ginnie , age 45 B, domistic servant, born Tenn Reems, Thomas, age 15 mw, apprentence carpenter, born Ark		Census-1870, Arkansas, Augusta56 Census-1870, Arkansas, Augusta 77
Burial	SEP 1894	Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas Age: 60 Address: Augusta Memorial Park, plot E findagrave 36968124 links to two wives, mother and sister

Notes

Note 1

J. P. Penn, one of the foremost in the ranks of Augusta's prominent and enterprising business men, and a citizen of good repute, was born in Maury County, Tenn., October 8, 1833, and from his earliest youth has been familiar with farm work, and by his own pluck and indomitable will has acquired the property he now owns, being one of the largest real-estate holders in the county. He was sixteen years old when he came to the State of Arkansas, receiving the larger portion of his education in his native State. Upon his arrival in this county his sole possessions consisted of the trunk which contained his clothes. He immediately sought employment and hiring out to a farmer worked on a farm for some years. By strict economy he soon laid by some money, and in 1852 he began clerking for Hamblet & Penn, his brother being a member of this firm. After remaining with them two years he began clerking for Purssell & Bro., and upon this firm selling out he continued in the employ of their successor one year. He and his brother, Thomas H., then became proprietors of the establishment and the business continued under the firm name of T. H. Penn & Bro. until the breaking out of the Rebellion. In 1861 J. P. enlisted in the service and served the cause he espoused faithfully until the final surrender. He clerked one year after his return home and then formed a partnership with John T. Hamblet in the mercantile business, remaining in the firm until 1882, when he sold out and engaged in the real-estate business. He was first married to Lucy Bland, by whom he had three children, all deceased, Again he was married, taking for his second wife, Martha H. Hall. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His parents, Philip and Louisa (Brisco) Penn, were born in Prince Edward County, Va., and removed to Tennessee during the early history of that State. Here the father's death occurred, but the mother died in Woodruff County. To this couple were given ten children, five of whom are now living.

J. P. Penn

Posted 18 Aug 2014 by mississippi76