Abraham Penrod (abt. 1787 - 1880)

Born about 1787 in United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1880 at about age 93 in Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Abraham was born in 1787. Not sure exactly where he was born. He came to the Ligonier Valley in the early 1800's. I am not sure where findagrave got Virginia, maybe the 1870 census. Abraham Penrod married Elizabeth Beveridge. He was widowed in 1853 and lived on his farm with his son Casper (and family) until he died. He passed away in 1880 and is buried in the Penrod Cemetery in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania..^[1]

There is a Abraham Penrod listed in the 1820 and 1830 census in Quemahoning, Somerset, Pennsylvania. In 1840 one appears in Westmoreland and no longer in Somerset.

Year: 1850; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[2]

• Abraham Penrod 61/m, farmer, $500, PA
• Elizabeth Penrod 61/f, PA
• William Penrod 31/m, farmer, PA
• Adam Penrod 29/m, farmer, PA
• Joseph Penrod 22/m, farmer, PA
• Adaline Penrod 19/f, PA
• Jane Penrod 17/f, PA
• Gasper Penrod 14/m, PA school
• Henrietta Penrod 10/f, PA school

Year: 1860; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[3]

• Abraham Penrod 68/m, farmer, $1500 $210, PA
• William Penrod 42/m, laborer,PA
• Adaline Penrod 29/f, laborer, PA
• Casper Penrod 24/m, farm laborer, PA
• Harriet Penrod 21/f, assistant housekeeper, PA

Year: 1870; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[4]

• Abram Penrod 75/m, retired farmer, VA
• Casper Penrod 35/m, farmer, $3000 $345, PA
• Lydia Penrod 26/f, keeping house, PA
• Dora Penrod 4/f, PA
• Marietta Penrod 3/f, PA
• Catharine Penrod 1/f, PA
• Adaline Penrod 40/f, domestic servant, PA
• Hettie Penrod 6/f, school, PA

Year: 1880; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[5]

• Gasper Penrod head, 44/m, md, PA/PA/PA
• Lydia Penrod wife, 36/f, md, PA/PA/PA
• Dora Penrod dau, 14/f, PA/PA/PA
• Mary Penrod dau, 12/f, PA/PA/PA
• Catharin Penrod dau, 10/f, PA/PA/PA
• William Penrod son, 9/m, PA/PA/PA
• George Penrod son, 7/m, PA/PA/PA
• John Penrod son, 4/m, PA/PA/PA
• Maggie Penrod dau, 2/f, PA/PA/PA
• Abraham Penrod father, 92/m, wd, PA/MD/Ire

Will Books, 1773-1917; Index, 1773-1918; Author: Westmoreland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania ^[6]

His will was proved on 14 Sep 1880. Date of death given as 15 July 1880. Abraham wrote his will on 22 January 1878. He names his children living at that time:

• Adam R Penrod
• Joseph H Penrod (named executor)
• Casper H Penrod (named executor)
• Adaline Penrod married to John McIntire
• Henrietta Penrod married to Moses Frey

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current[1]
2. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_836; Page: 23A; Image: 395; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.[2]
3. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1195; Page: 549; Family History Library Film: 805195; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. [3]
4. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1465; Page: 354A; Family History Library Film: 552964; 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.[4]
5. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1203; Page: 154B; Enumeration District: 096; Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. [5]
6. ↑ Will Books, 1773-1917; Index, 1773-1918; Author: Westmoreland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts. [6]