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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ALLEN PENNY, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, Ohio, was born in Brown County October 15, 1822. He is the son of Lewis and Hannah Penny, the farmer a native of Kentucky, of French descent, the latter a native of Virginia, of Welsh descent. Our subject received a limited education in the log schoolhouses of his day, and early commenced working on the farm, having chosen that occupation for his life work and having since followed it. In that honorable calling, he has met with good success, and is now the owner of a good farm of 140 acres. He was married in 1848, to Mary A. Hester, a native of Kentucky, by whom he has had six children, viz.: Lewis, Mary J., Caroline, Emma, Laurinda and Lydia Ann. Mr. Penny is in politics a Democrat; he has never aspired to official honors, but has served as a School Director from a sense of duty. He is an industrious and energetic farmer, and is considered by his fellows one of the best citizens of his township.
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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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