David H. Penrod (1785 - 1873)

Born 1785 in Quemahoning, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Lamer) Penrod — married 30 Jan 1812 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1873 at about age 88 in Jefferson, Lee, Iowa

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Biography

When [[Penrod-324|David H Penrod and his twin brother was born around 1739 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Their parents are Solomon Penrod who was 31 years-old and [[Downs-3607|Sarah Downs was 27 years-old when he was born. He married [[Lamer-77-Hannah Lamar. Their children are, Hannah Penrod, Joseph Penrod (1777-1890), Emmanuel Penrod (1779-1838), John Penrod (1780-1836), Michael Penrod (1781-1838), Jacob Penrod (1782-1836), Jane Penrod McCauley (1782-1836), William Penrod (1782- ), and David Penrod (1783-1859).

Siblings are John John Penrod (1746-1836), Mary Penrod Vancil (1750-1815), and Solomon Penrod (1754-1812]]

Sources

• Penrod, John. The Big of Lee County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc Page 403

Title The History of Lee County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc Contributor Western Historical Co Publisher Western Historical Company, 1879 Original from Columbia University Digitized Dec 4, 2009 Length 887 pages

• [Year: 1880; Census Place: Green Bay, Lee, Iowa; Roll: 349; Page: 48C; Enumeration District: 005 FamilySearch

[[The first couple married in Mr. Skinner's vicinity and was a daughter of David H Penrod to a young man named Martin, in 1837. The ceremony was performed by Hawkins Taylor, Esq., then a Justice of the Peace at West Point, but now a well-known citizen of Washington, D. C. Taylor wrote an account of this wedding which appeared in the Annals of Iowa, in January, 1874, and, as a characteristic sketch of the times of the early settlers it is here inserted.

In 1836, David Penrod came to Lee County and took a claim in the timber a mile south of West Point, Iowa. He came from Johnson County, 111. His business in Illinois was that of a hunter, the game being deer, turkey and hog. As the country settled up, hog-hunting was most profitable, and his table was oftener served with pork than venison. Unfortunately some meddlesome persons complained to the grand jury about his hog-hunting. Some of his friends being on the jury, they posted him of the charge, which made him so indignant that he left the State. and left it without being particular as to the manner of his going. He brought with him to Iowa a dog, a gun, a wife and two daughters, and built on his claim a small log shanty, dirt floor, clapboard roof and no loft. He had two beds, supported on two poles, one end resting on a fork driven into the ground, and the other end in a crack between the logs. On top of these poles were cross sticks for slats, running into a crack of the cabin. On these was some straw, a few deer skins and an old quilt. The two beds covered nearly all of one end of the house. The only seats were three-legged stools, and the table was a puncheon.

"Fuge Martin courted one of the daughters with success, and I was employed to bind the bargain. About the middle of the afternoon of the wedding-day, 1 slipped out from home, Imping to get off without being seen, but some of the boys about town had heard of the wedding and were watching my movement, so that I hardly got through the ceremony before half a dozen came rushing in to see the fun. The bride was dressed in a copperas, home-spun dress, Tennessee stripe, and barefooted Penrod and wife were sitting, one in each corner, near the fire, on stools and both looking savage. Neither spoke to me. Martin and his grandfather Clark, with the Tenrod family, made up the party when I got there. Grandfather Clark was one of the early characters of the counlry. He never came to town without getting tight, and every other word with him was, Hello, Molly." Grandfather Clark, as soon as I went in said "Hello, Molly, they think my grandson is not good enough for their gal. Hello, Molly, 1 think its an even swap. Hello, Molly, Fuge is no account, but hello, Molly, he's as good as the Penrods. Hello, Molly, Fuge, bring out your gal."

About this time the crowd came out from town, when old Penrod got furious but no body paid any attention to him. Fuge and his 'gal' stood up and 1 tied them, when the grandpap took from his pocket a flask of "forty-rod" whisky, approved brand, and said: "Hello, Molly, let's have a drink." After taking a good swig, he offered it to me, when I refused. "Hello, Molly, never heard of the like before." He then gave the bride a suck, which she appeared to enjoy, then her sister, then the bridegroom, and after that he offered it to Penrod and wife but they indignantly refused, probably the first time in their lives that they ever refused such beverages. The old man then looked at his flask and the new arrivals, but he saw that it would not go round when he turned to the newly-married, pair and drank their health. "Hello, Molly, here's to you, hoping that the first may be a gal and a boy; hello, Molly."

A few weeks after this, 1 married a nephew of Grandfather Clark, of his own name, a Miss Duke being the bride—a rather dashing-looking young lady, and fashionably dressed for that day among the timber settlers. Young Clark had only a couple of weeks' acquaintance with her, having met her at a "settlers' parly." About four or five months after the wedding, the old man Clark came dashing into the store at West Point, and his first words were: "Hello, Molly; Frank's wife has got a little one, hut Hello, Molly, she's good enough for him, if she il had two." The incident created no unpleasantness in the family. Clark was a philosopher. My fees are still outstanding, but the splicing remained solid, without flaw. Clark and his wife were living in Missouri at last accounts.]]

Sources

• "Kentucky, County Marriages,” 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYP-FQH : accessed 24 March 2017), David Penrod and Hannah Lamer, 30 Jan 1812; citing , Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 557,316.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTG-7NW : 15 August 2017), David Penrod, Township 67, Lee, Iowa Territory, United States; citing p. 207, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 102; FHL microfilm 7,790.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-49M : 9 November 2014), David Penrod, Lee county, part of, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing family 934, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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