The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24
GENEALOGICAL DESCENT OF SEN
ATOR BOIEs PENROSE.

bartholomew Penrosc. a native OF
England, was engaged with his brother
Thomas Penrose before coming to Amer
lea, in the shipbuilding business In Bris-
tol, Gloucestershire. He came 10 Amer
lea about 100 and settled in Philadelphia
where he early acquired large landed
possessions. and where his homestead re-
NAMED in possession OF his children until
1871. lie engaged in shipbuilding In his
new home. his first ship being the Deli
gencc, which was launched May &. 1907.
the day on which the news OF the union
OF the kingdoms of England and Scotland
reached Philadelphia. and iu honor "a
this event her name was changed 10 the
Happy Union. lie married. about 1903.
Esther Leech. daughter of Toby Leech
and mis- wife Esther Ashmcad. After his
death his widow married Nathaniel Pool,
/ a shipbuilder. who died shortly there
after and was buried. April J. lib. in
Christ Church burying ground. Bartholo-
NEW Penrose died in Philadelphia, ami
was buried ia the same place November
Il. III. His son
Thomas PcnroSe was born in PhiIa-
delphia probably IN I709-l0 died Novem-
Der u, l557, and was inferred IN Christ
Church burying ground. He also was a
shiDbuilder and shipping merchant. He
was an owner, in whole or in part. of the
/ Brittanla. the Greyhound, the Ranger.
and the Neptune. He was actively identi-
ned with Christ Church and was one Of
/ the founders of St Peters Church. the
/ second Episcopal church 81 Philadelphia
I He married. October 7. 1871. Sarah Coats
/ daughter Of John Coats and his wife
\ Mary Heelel. who was born in l7l4 and
died July Z. 177I After her husbands
death she married, March l. 1853 Capt
Lester Fdlkner, who died August S. 1866:
and. April q, 157o, Anthony Duche. His
son
/ James PenFOSe was born in Philadel-
/ phia February 3, I737-3S. and died there
September :, 1I1l. He. too. was ship
builder and shipping merchant 4 grand
niece thus describes him. He was a
( very handsome man, with the courtly
manners of the old school, fond of So
c3ety and generous. hot-tempered. but
+ very popular and always retained the
good viii Of friends and ncighbors. not
withstanding frequent outbursts Of tenn
per- and the Pennsylvania Gazette of
4 September =, 157l. states that he was "a
r
profession, Of universal esteem among
all that knew him. and particularly re-
spected by al who were intimate with
him. His remains this paper adds, "at-
tended By vast coucourse Of respectable
inhabitants of all determinations, were
inferred on Sunday evening in Friends
Burying Ground" He married. March i.
l165. Sarah BiddIe. daughter Of John Bid
die and his wife. Sarah owen. She sub
sequently married, August i. 1776, John
Shaw, and lastly Rudolph Tillier. and died
October a 1884 His son
Clement Riddle Penrose was born in
Philadelphia February %. III. and is said
10 have died about 1870 in St Louis. No.
lie was selected as one OF two young lead
ers of one Of the first companies formed
10 Philadelphia in the Revolutionary war.
He received a liberal education in this
country and Europe. whittier he went in
l1SN, and on his return became an ensign
Of a company of light infantry in the
seventh Battalion of the CITY and Lib
critics Militia. To lSB he was defeated IN
"a Congressional election, and in 1875 was
appointed by jefferson enc OF the Land
Commissioners OF the Louisiana Terri
tory, removing 10 st. Louis. then the
headquarters OF that government He
city. and in 1916 was appointed one Of
the commissioners TO organize the 81
Louis Bank. the first institution OF that
character in that section of the country
He was married in Trinity Church. New
York. August ]. l'96, to Anne Howard
Bingham, daughter Of Mai Charles Bling
ham and his wife, Anne Howard a
daughter of Sheffield Howard Ills son
Charles bingham PenrOSe was born
near Frankfort. Philadelphia, October 6,
l79S, and died at Harrisburg. Pa. April 6.
1857. During the war Of 1872 he enlisted in
one Of the volunteer companies of s..
Louis. and subsequently returned to Phil
adeIphia, where he studied law under
Samuel Ewing. and where. on the 9th of
May. 1921 he WAS admitted 90 the bar
He soon thereafter removed 10 Carlisle.
Pa. where he pursued the practice of his
profession and became enc Of the promi-
Ieut lawyers of the State. He also en-
gagged largely i'm politics. and attained
great prominence as ara orator. He be-
came a member of the Pennsylvania sen
ate in 1888. and was reelected i'm 1897. be-
ing speaker Of that body for four years.
and serving as such during the notorious
"BuckSnOt War. lie was q delegate go
the national convention that nominated
for the Presidency Gen. William Henry
Harrison. by whom he was subsequently
appointed Solicitor of the Treasury. an
office which he held until the close Of
President Tyler's administration. He re- /
moved to Philadelphia in 1857. and two /
years later was appointed Assistant Sec /
rotary of the Treasury. but shortly re- /
signed the position and resumed the prac- /
tice of his profession in Philadelphia. In /
1885 he was elected 10 the State senate 1
He was one of the compilars Of PenrOse /
and Watts Reports of Cases in the Su- /
preme Court OF Pennsylvania" Cthrec vol /
Umes. 1S31-52) and for several years was /
a trustee of Dickinson college. serving /
for four years as the secretary of its !
board of trustees. He married March 10. /
1924, Valera Fullerton Biddle daughter of /
William McFunn Biddle and his wife. /
Lydia Spencer, who was born in PhiIa- 4
deIphia in January, 1923, and died there /
y. 1881. His SON
Richard Alexander Fullerton PenroSe
was born in Carlisle. Pa. March "A. 1877. |
and in 1886 was graduated from Dickinson
College from which he received. in 1872. /
the honorary degree of Doctor OF Laws.
He WAS graduated in 1919 from the medical /
department Of the University of PennsvI- /
vania, and from 1851 until 1858 was resi-
dent physician az the Pennsylvania Hos
Dital The latter year he became physi-
elan to the Southern Home for Children.
and faw months thereafter consulting
physician at the Philadelphia Hcspital.
where he attained the highest distinction
as medical teacher, and has since re-
NAMED at the forefront of his profession.
In 1886 he was one Of the founders of the
'hildren's Hospital and in 1863 was
elected to the professorship of obstetrics
md diseases OF women and children of the
University of Pennsylvania. which he held
Intil 1889 when he retired from the Dosi-