Capt. James H. Pennell and Sarah A. Miller

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Husband Capt. James H. Pennell ¹

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           Born:  - Philadelphia, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1919 - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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Wife Sarah A. Miller ¹

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           Born: 
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         Buried:  - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Martin Miller (      -      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Rohrer (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M William Walter Pennell ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jan 1907 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy A. "Nannie" Burchfield (      -1938) 1 2 3
           Marr: Neilltown, Forest Co, PA

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2 F Laura Pennell ¹

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         Spouse: J. Hamilton Bowman (1838-      ) 1 4
           Marr: 8 Dec 1868 4

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3 M James Pennell ¹

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         Spouse: Ada Bowman (      -      ) 1

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4 F Eliza B. Pennell ¹

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           Born: 1855 - Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA
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           Died: 1944
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Lyman D. Rhoades (1846-1933) 5

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5 F Mattie Pennell ¹

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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Spouse: John Pickett (      -Bef 1919) 1

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6 M Martin Pennell ¹

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7 F Bessie H. Pennell ¹

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           Born: Abt 1859
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1919
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )
           Marr: (Divorced on 27 May 1889)

         Spouse: Dr. W. A. Nason (Abt 1862-      )
           Marr: 25 Sep 1889 - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

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8 M Leonard Pennell ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Wilhelm (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. James H. Pennell

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He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in the foundry business there and afterward moved to Pleas­antville, where he was a justice of the peace for many years.

After settling in northwestern Pennsylvania he followed the oil business, merchandising and other activities. He was a Democrat and took an active part in politics, held membership in the Presbyterian Church, and was a well known man of his day. His death occurred at the age of seventy-two years in Pleasantville, Venango County, where he and his wife are buried.

His wife wife was a member of the Bickham family. [Possibly he was married more than once?]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 830.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 174.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 117.

4 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 947.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 829.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #1116.