David C. Penn (abt. 1854 - 1855)

Born about 15 Mar 1854 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Mar 1855 at about age 1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

David C. Penn was born about 15 March 1854, in Whitehall, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to Presmull D. Penn and Ann Catherine Able.^[1][2] (His birthdate is calculated from his age when he died.)

David Penn died young.

On 21 March 1855, he died, in Whitehall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of convulsions. On 25 March, he was buried, in North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lot L section 46.^{[1] [2] [3]} (Edwin Burt Streeper (1854) and Catherine Boqua (1796-1880) are currently buried in that lot.)

On 14 May 1867, his body was disinterred, and removed to North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lot L, section 101.

Research Notes

The cemetery lot card is easy to misread. It says that David and Samuel Penn, son of John F Penn and Sarah Elizabeth Thomas were buried on 20 May 1867, stillborn, and removed.^[1] But the cemetery interment register states explicitly that David's body was disinterred and reburied when Samuel was buried.^[2] Samuel, therefore, was stillborn, and David was removed. David was not Samuel's twin, was not stillborn, and John and Sarah are not his parents.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cedar Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Office to Harry A. Ide, 30 October 1997; providing copy of records for section L lot 101 AND section 3 lot 343.

   section 3 lot 343, name: Stephen L & Maggie C Land

   Ann Catharine Gilbert, 83, peritonitis, buried 9 March 1907

   Presmuel [sic] Penn, 43, typhoid fever, buried 9 March 1907, removed from lot 101 section L

   Margaret C Land, 52, paralysis, buried 24 February 1909

   Eliza Dearr, 74, apoplexy, buried 20 October 1917

   Stephen Land, 69, cancer of stom. buried 27 October 1925

   Bertha Dearr, 77, hemorrhage est., buried 28 April 1950

   Addie C Land, 88, pneumonia, buried 20 March 1956

    

   section L lot 101, name: Catharine Penn

   Samuel P & David C Penn, stillborn, buried 20 May 1867, removal

   Ann C Penn, 4 months, scrofula, buried 9 June 1867

   Sarah A Penn, 21, scrofula, buried 13 October 1867

   Sarah E Penn, stillborn, buried 13 June 1869

   Priscilla Penn, stillborn, buried 21 February 1872

   John C Penn, 19 months, marasmus, buried 8 September 1872

   Emma E E Penn, 2 weeks, gas. enter., buried 11 July 1873

   William Penn, 2, ?, buried 21 April 1875

   Geo. Jas. Gilbert, 16, typhoid fev., buried 22 Nov 1882

   Eliz. S. Penn, 1, tub. menin., buried 31 Dec 1882

   Henry W Gilbert, 60, heart fail., buried 13 Dec 1888

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 'Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013', p.18, David C. Penn (1855); database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6283583:2451 : accessed 29 May 2022); citing North Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   '[no. of permit.] 320 [name] David C Penn [age] 11 mo 6 day [date of decease] " [sc. Mar] 21 [date of interment] " [sc. Mar] 25 [married or single] S [native of] Whitehall [late residence] Whitehall [disease] convulsions [section] L [no.] 46 [remarks] This body was disinterred May 14 67 [perhaps '62'?] and reinterred in Lot No 101 Section L 2299'

3. ↑ 'Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013', David C. Penn (1867); database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6289803:2451 : accessed 29 May 2022); citing North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

   '2299 Saml P + David C Penn [May] 18 [May] 20 " [sc. widowed sic] Bridesburg Bridesburg SB L 101 one removed from 46 L'

See also

• David C. Penn, on FamilySearch's Family Tree