Charles S Penn (1833 - 1911)

Born 28 Mar 1833 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Christina (Ward) Penn — married 30 Mar 1858 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1911 at age 77 in Long Prairie, Todd, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Private Charles Penn served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 23 Sep 1861
Mustered out: 26 Apr 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 57th Ohio Infantry

Charles was born around 1833.^[1] Charles ran away from home when he was 12 years old and never went back. He wrote back many years later but found his family had all left or passed away.^[2]

At seventeen, during the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Charles was living with the Moore family in Center Township, Greene Co., PA and was working as a farm hand.^[1] Six years later, in 1856, he was living in Liberty, Jefferson, Iowa, working as a laborer and living with the Skinner family.^[3] (See research note #2)

He married Christina Ward on 30 Mar 1858 in Cincinnati, Ohio. ^[4] He was twenty-five years old, while she was nineteen years old. They had eight children together that survived to adulthood:

• Theodore A Penn
• Cassander Anna Penn
• Sally Ann Penn
• James Ellis Penn
• Ida Mae
• William
• Elton Alvie Penn
• Mary Elizabeth

During the Civil War, Charles served with the 57th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Co. D. He enlisted on 23 Sep 1861 as a private. He was mustered out on 26 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, Tennessee, due to injury and subsequent disability.^[5][6]

Charles S. Penn died on 24 Jan 1911 in Long Prairie, Minnesota ^[7] and was buried on 26 Jan 1911 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Long Prairie, Minnesota.^[8]

Research Notes

1. 28 Mar 1833 is one of a few possible dates for his birth as provided by Charles and others. Additionally, a few other documents note birth place as Clermont County, Ohio, USA. POB from death certificate.
2. The Skinner family Charles was living with at the time of the 1856 Iowa Census was headed by a Hugh Skinner from New York, and an Isabel Skinner from Pennsylvania. It's a future point of research to find out if Charles could have known either of them before moving to Iowa, or if it's just a locality coincidence.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850." FamilySearch. 12 April 2016. Charles Penn in household of Nathaniel Moore, Centre, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 218, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ As told by Aunt Hilda Luke.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
4. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD88-KYM : 10 February 2018), Charles S. Penn and Christina Ward, 30 Mar 1858; citing Hamilton, Ohio, reference 2:3WTJQ2X; FHL microfilm 344,472.
5. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSGB-NJQ : 24 August 2021), Charles S. Penn, 1861-1865.
6. ↑ Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission. Vol. 5. Akron, OH: Werner Co., 1886-1895. pp 144.
7. ↑ "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4WB-MFJ : 4 December 2014), Charles Penn, 24 Jan 1911; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Todd, Minnesota, record 69514, certificate number 014060, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #192900208