Oren Samuel Penny Sr (1837 - 1918)

Born 7 Oct 1837 in Newark, Licking County, Ohio

Husband of Catherine Saunders (Bosley) Penny — married 1 Dec 1873 in Red River, Louisiana, United States

Died 14 Feb 1918 at age 80 in Red River Parish, Louisiana

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Biography

Oren Samuel Penny was Sergeant Major, 27th Louisiana Infantry in the American Civil War. Before the war, he was a lawyer in Winn Parish, Louisiana.^[1] After the war, he became a surveyor in Red River Parish, Louisiana. Oren kept a small journal and began a second one just before his recruitment into the 27th Louisiana. Camp Moore Museum acquired the diary in December 2019.^[2]

Private, Company K, 27th Louisiana Infantry. Enlisted March 22, 1862, New Orleans, Louisiana. Present on Roll to May 1, 1862. Roll May and June, 1862, Roll not dated, Detached as clerk in Brigade Commissary. from May 18 till August 4, 1862, and Medical Dept, 27th Louisiana Regiment. Rolls July, 1862, to December, 1862, Present. Clerk in Medical Dept. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War. Captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. On List dated Shreveport, Louisiana, April 1, 1864, Headquarters. Reported for exchange. Roll of Prisoners of War. Paroled Natchitoches, Louisiana, June 7, 1865. Resident Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.^[3]

Son of David and Lena Penny.^[2] Husband of Catherine Saunders Bosley. Father of Arthur Stephenson Penny. Oren passed away in 1918. Final resting place in Springville Cemetery, Coushatta, Louisiana.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, (FamilySearch.org : 12 December 2017), Oren S Penny in entry for David H Boultt, 1860.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Diary of O S Penny, Camp Moore News, Volume 21, Issue 4, December 2019.
3. ↑ Booth, Andrew, Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 1920.
4. ↑ Oren Samuel Penny, Sr, Find A Grave: Memorial #33365415, accessed January 24, 2020.