Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-20
ALL ARIZONA WILL MOURN
 H. B. PENNEY
Tucson Banker Was Widely Known and One of the Ter ritory's Most Progressive Citizens

The Tucson star gives detaia of the death of Herbert Teuney the popular banker and politician of that ety. which will be of interest to his many friends in this city.
 Mir. Penney returned Wednesday from San Jose, Cal, after attending the wedding of his niece. Miss Wil. hams. in that city. He complained of a cold he. bad contracted during his stay in California and which he was unable to el minate On Monday he did not devote the usual number of hours at the bank His health had been excellent except for two years past, when he suffered at intervals with headaches which caused loss of sleep. On these occasions, once in the bank. at another time at a din ner and in Chicago a street car. he suffered from attacks when he fell prostrate, recovering after a short fn- terval of inconsistencies. Speaking of these attacks President NJ. r Freeman of the bank said he had en tertained a premonit on that Mir. Ten, ney would some day suffer a stroke which would result in death.
 Monday night at 9 o'clock Mir. Penney bade Mir. Freeman and Mr. Goldschmidt good night and retired to his room. Mir Freeman express ed the belief that Mfr Penney did not retire until II o'clock that even ing. Al o'clock Tuesday morning Mir. Freeman stepped quietly into Mir. TenDey's room and spoke 10 him as he entered. He thought his assoc ate to be sleeping soundly. He approach cd the bedside and laid his hand up on NIT. Tenney's forehead and, to his astonishment, found that the body was cold in death. To all appear l ances, MT. Freeman judged, MT. Ten | ney had been dead several hours | This belief was confirmed by Dr. H. ! W. Fenner, MT Tenney's physician who was called. The doctor gave il as his opinion that Mir. Penney had probably suffered an apoplectic strOke 1 of more sever 'ty than usual, from ! which he never recovered conscious. 1 ness, passing away quietly under ths spell The bed clothing was not ma. terially disturbed, evidenciug the theory that there was no struggle Herbert B. Penney was born Aug. 29 1858, in Monroe, Wisconsin. He | [ Tucson. whose late husband was some uiTc years ago president of th5 Consolidated National bank Mir. Penney came to Tucson in 1880 anI that year became associated " th Nil Davis in the hardware business. DuI. ing the time he was engaged in bus. ness MT. Penney acquired conside. able means from his mining interests en ha f,f ffssFT NFr1u depGty county treasurer in 1SS5-6.
 In 1888 he became cashier of the Consolidated Nat onal bank and O. cupied that position up to the day Of his death. MT Penney had been "a member of the board of regents of the University Of Arizona He was delegate to the national republican convention from Arizona four years ago. In 1906 he served as chairman of the territorial republican central committee and was treasurer of that committee at the time of h's dealh He was affiliated with the Tucson chamber of commerce and his counsel at all times was sought for by this organization
 During the eighties Mir. Penney was associated with Mir. Herbert Brown in the publication of the Daily and Weekly Cit zen.
 For one year he was the territorial representative Of the American Bank CTS association and last fall at Bis bee was chosen to serve as a mem Der of the executive committee Of the Arizona Bankers association.
 Deceased was a member Of the An cient Order of United WOTkmen and also Tucson lodge No. 3S5 Benevolent Greer of Elks.
 h the course Of ris 2S years bust ness career. Herbert B. Penney had won the esteem of the people of Tue son, Pima county, and, in fact, al Ar 'zoDans who had enjoyed his ac quaintance. He was a man of strict probity and genial temperament, and his removal from our midst will bU keenly felt by all who knew him 1T. the vigOr of manhood. His loss t. Tucson and the territory will be sir cerely regretted.