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James Monroe Penry (b. June 21, 1834, d. October 18, 1926)

J M Penry & wife Percilla

James Monroe Penry (son of Daniel Penry and Sarah Hartwell Drake) was born June 21, 1834 in Winston Salem NC or Indiana??, and died October 18, 1926 in PILOT GROVE TWP., MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA. He married (1) Mary Louise Binegar. He married (2) Pricilla Roberts.

Notes for James Monroe Penry:
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1 Custom Field:<_FA#> EVERY CENSUS HAD DIFFERENT PLACES OF BIRTH: N.C., OHIO, IN D., PA.
Custom Field:<_FA#> BURIED - FRANKFORT CEMETERY, MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA
Custom Field:<_FA#> BURIED BETWEEN HIS TWO WIFES
"JAMES M. PENRY CAME TO THIS COUNTY FROM HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA, IN
1855."
AUGUST 23, 1895 TO DECEMBE R 1895 - RED OAK SUN. TITLE: PEOPLE IN PILOT
GROVE - A REPRESENTATIVE OF "THE SUN" TELLS OF THOSE HE MEETS. COPIED BY
BERNADETTE ELLERMAN, RED OAK, IOWA, DECEMBER 1982.
RED OAK SUN, OCTOBER 22, 1926. STATES "... HIS FIRST MARRIAGE BEING TO
LYDIA BINNEGAR, IN 1855, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN PILOT GROVE TOWNSHIP."
NOVEMBER 9, 1856. ISAAC CONNER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
RED OAK EXPRESS, OCTOBER 18, 1926. STATES "... WAS BORN IN INDIANA, JUNE
21, 1834. HIS PARENTS SEPARATED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND HE WAS REARED BY A
FAMILY BY THE NAME OF COLLWELL. JAMES PENRY LEFT INDIANA AT THE AGE OF 18
YEARS AND CAME TO IOWA.
RED OAK SUN, OCTOBER 22, 1926. STATES "... PASSED AWAY AT HIS FARM HOME,
9 MILES NORT HEAST OF RED OAK, AT 4:30AM. MONDAY, AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS,
3 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS."
RED OAK SUN, OCTOBER 22, 1926. STATES "... FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD A T
THE FRANKFORT M.E. CHURCH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30 O'CLOCK, CONDUCTED
B Y REV. E.F. HAMMOND OF RED OAK. PALLBEARERS WERE, J.D. BAIRD, J.D.
LINDER, B. U. ALTAFFER, JOE ALTAFFER, R.C. SMITH AND GEO. SINGLETERRY."
THIS WOULD PUT T HE DATE OF DEATH AS OCTOBER 18, 1926.
RED OAK EXPRESS, THURSDAY OCTOBER 21, 19 26 STATES "... REV. CHRISTIAN
HAUPT, MINISTER OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHUR CH, CONDUCTED THE
SERVICE." ??????????
PROBATE #3216 STATES THE DATE OF DEAT H AS 17 OCTOBER 1926.
CAUSE OF DEATH FROM CERTIFICATE OF DEATH STATES "INANITI ON, CHOLERA
MORBUS".

Children of James Monroe Penry and Mary Louise Binegar are:

Charles Leroy Penry, b. July 24, 1857, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. May 14, 1940.
Zada Rosilla Penry, b. September 1859, PILOT GROVE TWP., MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA, d. date unknown, PILOT GROVE TWP., MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA.
Sarah Elizabeth Penry, b. January 01, 1863, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. November 22, 1880, PILOT GROVE TWP., MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA.
John William Penry, b. May 05, 1866, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. June 01, 1960, BELGRADE, NEBRASKA.
George Authur Penry, b. October 10, 1868, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. February 23, 1968, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, DAKOTA CO., NEBRASKA.
Grant Penry, b. April 1870, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. date unknown, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA.
Alvin Penry, b. April 1871, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. 1952, OHIO?.
Melvin Penry, b. November 03, 1873, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. June 21, 1953, ORESTES, INDIANA.
Mary Ellen Penry, b. October 07, 1874, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. January 11, 1970, RED OAK, MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA.
Clarence Penry, b. July 11, 1876, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. January 20, 1963, SUTHERLAND, NEBRASKA.

Children of James Monroe Penry and Pricilla Roberts are:

+Raymond Thomas Penry, b. January 28, 1898, Iowa, d. October 12, 1979, Seattle, Wa.
Emma Minerva Penry, b. August 01, 1883, Pilot Grove TWP., Iowa, d. September 13, 1970, Glen Ewen, Sask., Canada.
Elmer Alonzo Penry, b. July 08, 1885, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. June 14, 1977, BROOKS, ADAMS CO., IOWA.
Emery Herman Penry, b. February 01, 1888, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. April 29, 1971, COUNCIL BLUFFS, POTTAWATTAMIE CO., IOWA.
Mable Lucinda Penry, b. February 13, 1890, PILOT GROVE TWP., MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA, d. December 31, 1982, ATLANTIC, CASS CO., IOWA.
Grace M. Penry, b. February 1892, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. date unknown.
Harriet Rachel Penry, b. February 02, 1894, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. June 01, 1968.
Albert (Bert) William Penry, b. February 22, 1896, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. May 04, 1985, RED OAK, MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA.
+Ethel Marie Penry, b. July 22, 1900, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. December 21, 1915, RED OAK, MONTGOMERY CO., IOWA.
Myrtle Blanche Penry, b. March 16, 1903, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. December 16, 1915, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA.
Russell Riley Penry, b. March 12, 1906, PILOT GROVE TWP., IOWA, d. May 21, 1977, HARLAN, IOWA.