Born in Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Allen
and Winifred (Ingram) Allen
Sister of
Gincy Ann (Allen) Shirley, William Bright Allen, Elizabeth Evaline (Allen) Dale, John Wright Allen, Calvin Young Allen, Caroline G. Allen, Josephus Allen, James K Allen, Winifred (Allen) Anderson and Rachel Paulina (Allen) Anderson
Wife of
Clinton DeWitt
— married
27 May 1856 in Hamilton County, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Rufus Lafayette DeWitt, William Bright DeWitt, Alice DeWitt, Mary Catherine DeWitt, Thomas Jefferson DeWitt, Amazona DeWitt, Jasper N DeWitt, John DeWitt, Josiah DeWitt and Nella DeWitt
Died
at age 74
in Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2014
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Biography
Penelope was born in 1837. She was the daughter of Josiah Allen and Winifred Ingram. She passed away in 1911. [1]
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Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Chloe Stevens, Saturday, November 15, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- With family and 16 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNSH-YZS
- "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85R-2FP : Tue Oct 03 03:28:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Josiah Allen and Winniford Allen, 1850.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4J-HZ3 : Thu Oct 05 22:18:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Clinton Dewitt and Pernelphe Dewitt, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Penelope:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Penelope:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Nanette Wofford 
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jen Schaafsma :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TX6473283 [compare], Ancestry member jschaafsma1027
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Chloe Stevens :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A227999 [compare], Ancestry member cstx17
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MyHeritage DNA
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