Pendleton, William Nelson – Pennock, Morris C
Pendleton, William Nelson
soldier, educator, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 26, 1809, in Richmond, Va. He was an episcopal clergyman and educator of Virginia, a confederate officer during the civil war, and subsequently rector of Grace church, Lexington, Va. He was the author of Science a Witness for the Bible. He died in 1883.
Penewell, Mary Amelia
educator, poet, was born March 7, 1848, near Ellicottville, N. Y. She is the author of a large number of poems, and one published work.
Penhallow, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, author, was born July 2, 1665, in England. He was a citizen of Portsmouth, N. H., and chief justice of New Hampshire in 1717-26. He published in 1726 a realistic and valuable History of the Wars of New England with the Eastern Indians. He died Dec. 2, 1726, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Penick, Charles Clifton
bishop, author, was born Dec. 9, 1843, in Charlotte county, Va. He is the third protestant episcopal bishop of the West African mission. He was consecrated in 1877, resigned in 1883, and is now (1898) a general agent at Baltimore of the commission on work among the colored people. He is the author of More than a Prophet, or Chapters on St. John the Evangelist.
Penick, Henry E
journalist, was born in 1874, in Brunswick, Mo. He is the editor and owner of The Record of Cabool, Mo.; and has contributed extensively to current literature.
Penington, Edward
author, was born Sept. 3, 1667, in England. He became in 1700 surveyor-general of Pennsylvania. He published The Discoverer Discovered; Rabshakeh Rebuked; and Some Brief Observations upon George Keith's Earnest Expostulation. He died Nov. 11, 1711, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Penington, Henry
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 19, 1807, in Philadelphia.
He edited and published, with numerous additions, Henry James Holthouse's New Law Dictionary. He died Nov. 11, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Penington, John
physician, author, was born Sept. 29, 1768, in Philadelphia. He was a member of the American Philosophical society; and the author of Chemical and Economical Essays to Illustrate the Connection between Chemistry and the Arts; and Inaugural Dissertation on the Phenomena, Causes, and Effects of Fermentation. He died Sept. 20, 1793, in Philadelphia.
Penington, John
author, was born Aug. 1, 1799, in Mulberry Hill, N. J. For many years he was the most noted importer of foreign books in Philadelphia. In addition to critical articles, he published An Examination of Beauchamp Plantagenet's Description of the Province of New Albion; Scraps, Osteologic and Archæological; and he edited Description of New York, by Daniel Danton, London, 1670: Reprinted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He died March 18, 1867, in Philadelphia.
Penington, John B
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1825, near New Castle, Del. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1857. He was appointed United States attorney for the district of Delaware in 1868; and attorney-general of the state in 1874. He was elected to the fiftieth congress, and was re-elected to the fifty-first congress as a democrat.
Penn, Alexander G
congressman, was born in Virginia. He settled in Louisiana; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Penn, John
governor, was born July 1.4, 1729, in London. He was governor of Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1771, and from 1773 to 1775. He died Feb. 9, 1795, in Bucks county, Pa.
Penn, John
signer of the declaration of independence, was born May 17, 1741, in Caroline county, Va. He was a delegate from North Carolina to the continental congress from 1775 to 1780, and signed the declaration of independence, as well as the articles of confederation.
In 1784 he was appointed receiver of taxes. He died Oct. 26, 1800, in North Carolina.
Penn, John
governor, author, was born Feb. 23, 1760, in England. He was governor of the island of Portland, where he built Pennsylvania castle. He was a member of parliament in 1802. He published a tragedy, some pamphlets, and a volume of poems. He died June 21, 1834 in Stoke Pogis.
Penn, Thomas
philanthropist, was born March 8, 1702, in England. He founded the college of Pennsylvania, as well as the hospital and library there.
He died March 21, 1775, in London. a
Penn, William
the founder of Pennsylvania, was born Oct. 14, 1644, in London, England. He obtained from the king, Charles II., a tract of land west of the Delaware and north of Maryland, in payment for claim against the government which he inherited from his father. He sailed from England in September, 1682, and in November of the same year held the famous treaty with the Indians which was the only league between the aborigines and the Christians that was never sworn to, and the only one never broken. He died July 30, 1718, in England.
PENNELL, MRS. ELIZABETH [ROB- INS], author. She is a writer who has lived in London for many years; and the author of Life of Mary Wollstonecraft; A Canterbury Pilgrimage; Two Pilgrims' Our Sentimental Progress; Journey through France and Italy; Our Journey to the Hebrides; To Gipsyland; Play in Provence; and The Feasts of Autolycus.
Pennell, Joseph
artist, author, was born in 1859, in Pennsylvania. He is an artist living in London who has illustrated his wife's books; and published Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen; The Jew at Home; and Modern Illustration.
Pennell, William D
manufacturer, was born May 20, 1847, in Portland, Maine. In 1881 he was elected a member of the Maine house of representatives; in 1883 he was elected a member of the state senate; and in 1885 became president of that body.
Pennell, William W
physician, poet, was born Feb. 2, 1853, in Holmes county, Ohio. He is a successful physician in Nashville, Ohio; and in addition to his medical work he has issued a small volume of poetical and other compositions.
Penniman, Ebenezer Jenckes
merchant, congressman, was born in Lansingburg, N. Y. He moved to Michigan in 1835; and was elected a representative to the thirty-second congress.
Pennington, Alexander Cum- Mings Macwhorter
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 2, 1810, in Newark, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1853 to 1857. He also served two years in the state legislature; and subsequently settled in the city of New York. He died Jan. 25, 1867, in New York city.
Pennington, I. L
governor, author, was born in North Carolina. In 1874 he was appointed governor of Dakota.
Pennington, Samuel
journalist, state legislator, was born March 8, 1765, in Newark, N. J. In 1799 he became editor and one of the proprietors of the Sentinel of Freedom of Newark, N. J.
Between 1810 and 1825 he was elected eleven times a member of the legislature, and was once speaker of the house.
He died March 6, 1835, in Newark, N. J.
Pennington, William
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born May 4, 1796, in Newark, N. J. In 1837 he was elected governor of New Jersey, and annually re-elected until 1843, acting at the same time as chancellor of the state, exofficio, and taking a prominent part in what was known as the broad seal controversy. In 1858 he was elected representative from New Jersey to the thirty-sixth congress; and after the lapse of two months from taking his seat was elected speaker of the house of representatives. He died Feb. 16, 1862, in Newark, N. J. a
Pennington, William Sanford
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, governor, was born in 1757, in Newark, N. J. He was a member of the legislature of New Jersey; was chancellor of the state, and author of New Jersey Court Reports, published from 1803 to 1816; and in 1825. He was governor of New Jersey from 1813 to 1815. He was appointed associate judge of the supreme court of New Jersey in 1804; and judge of the United States district court from 1815 to 1826. He died Sept. 17, 1826, in Newark, N. J.
Pennock, Alexander Mosely
naval officer, was born Nov. 1, 1813, in Norfolk, Va. In 1868 he was commissioned commodore, and rear-admiral in 1872. He died Sept. 20, 1876, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Pennock, Morris C
merchant, banker, poet, was born May 22, 1830, in Chester county, Pa. His father, John Pennock, moved to a farm near Salem, Ohio, in 1832. His early manhood was spent in farming, teaching and clerking. In 1862 he settled in Alliance, Ohio, and established the hardware firm of Wright and Pennock, which is still flourishing. He was one of the founders of the Alliance Bank company, the leading financial institution of the city, of which he is president. His tastes are literary and artistic, and find expression in occasional poetical contributions to different journals, selections from which appear in Poets of America, and other standard works.