Re: PENNELs of Blackhawk County, Iowa
KIRKPATRICK, PENNELL, PENCE
Posted By: Steve Excell (email) In Response To: Re: PENNELs of Blackhawk County, Iowa (Leona)
Date: 7/4/2002 at 20:25:51
Leona,
Lucy Estella Pennel (b.July 04, 1898; South Dakota), AKA "Stella" Pennel, married Harry J. Excell on June 01, 1917, in Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota.
Lucy's father was Frank B. Pennel (b. September 1868; Blackhawk County, Iowa) who married Charlott Emma Stark (b. March 27, 1875; South Dakota - d. September 19, 1944, Santa Clara, California).
Frank's father was David Rittenhouse Pennel (b. January 01, 1837; Everett, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania - d. May 18, 1921; Everett, Pennsylvania). Married Lucy Ann Steckman (b. 1835; Pennsylvania - d. 1907; Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota) on November 18, 1859, in Clearville, Beford Co., Pennsylvania.
1908 Newspaper Squib:
Everett Press, August 14, 1908 [Everett, Pennsylvania USA]
"David R. Pennell, of Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota, left for his western home Wednesday afternoon after a sojourn among Eastern relatives and friends. Mr. Pennell left Bedford County in 1860."
Source: Courtesy of Patricia Oakes-Allen, Silent Hill, 797 Jacks Corner Road, Hopewell, PA 16650-7951. E-mail Patricia Oakes-Allen at silenthill@cove.net1983 Family History:
Title: "Dear Folks"
By: Hugh M. Steckman
Printed by: Gazette Publishing Company, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Page 124 excerpt:
"...Lucy Ann, born 1835; married David Rittenhouse Pennel, who has been born in Everett in 1837. The Pennels moved to South Dakota, where Lucy Ann died in 1907. Her husband returned to Everett after Lucy's death; he died in Everett in about 1912 or 1913, and is buried in the Everett Cemetery."
Source: Altona Library, Altona, PennsylvaniaDavid R. Pennel and Lucy Ann Steckman lived in Iowa for only a decade where Frank was born...an event of which I have no information.
David R. Pennel was one of 13 children of Jacob Pennel (b. abt. 1812; Bedford Co., Pennsylvania - d. abt. 1879; Bedford Co., Pennsylvania) and Rosilla Jay (b. July 16, 1817; Bedofrd Co., Pennsylvania - d. February 15, 1876).
Jacob Pennel was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Pennel. He had two brothers: John Pennel and Joshua Pennel; and one sisiter, Marry Pennel.
That about as far back as I have concrete information. The decade David R. Pennel and his family spent in Iowa is a mystery, but important since that is where Frank and probably his brother were both born.
If you have any clues, I would be estatic to learn of them.
Cheers,
Steve
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