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Thomas Pennie
Full name : Thomas Pennie
Alternate spellings, aliases : Tom, Thom Penny, Penney
Parents :
Father : Peter Pennie
Mother : Elizabeth Keltie (born 1 September 1765 Fossoway, Kinross, Scotland;
father John Keltie)
Date of Birth : 5 April 1801
Place of Birth : near or, at Fossoway Parish, Kinrosshire, Scotland
Baptised and christened : 19 April 1801
Notes : His baptismal certificate states, ”April 19th Thomas son to Peter Penny tenant in
Newbigging and Elizabeth Keltie his spouse born 5th. Croisent & basptised in Church by W. Osborne.”
[click
here to see an image of his baptism
certificate from the Old Parish Records]
Vital Statistics :
Gender : Male
[click here to see an image of Thomas,
taken circa 1870]
Spouse :
Name : Marion Drummond
Date of Marriage : 14 May 1830
Place of Marriage : Kinrosshire or Midlothian, Scotland
Date of Death : 18 February 1882
Place of Death : Leven Township, Pope County, Minnesota
Burial Information : buried at Lake Leven cemetery
[click here to see and image of his gravesite]
Military Service : unlikely
Education : assumed literate; spoke with a thick
accent, likely spoke Scots and English
Occupation(s) : Stone Mason and farmer
Religion : Scottish Presbyterian
Immigration : Thomas emigrated in 1853, sailing aboard the ship Statira Morse.
Property : see Pennie Land Records page
and Census page…
Family :
Son : Daniel
Date of Birth : 24 February 1831
Place of Birth : Kinrosshire, Scotland
Married : Jean Fiskin Napier, 19 October 1853, Whiteside County, Illinois
Died :
Notes : Minnesota pioneer; owned
200 acres of Land in Douglas and Pope Counties, Minnesota; (Jean Fiskin
Napier born 20 September 1831 Fossoway, Kinross, Scotland)
Daughter : Elizabeth
Date of Birth : 24 February 1831 or 1832
Place of Birth : Kinrosshire, Scotland
Married : no
Died : 22 (?) July 1852 (?)
Daughter : Janette
Date of Birth : 9 December 1833
Place of Birth : Kinrosshire, Scotland
Married : George Cassell, 14 Dec 1857, Union Grove, Whiteside County, Illinois
Died :
Son : Peter
Date of Birth : 13 March 1839
Place of Birth : Kinrosshire, Scotland
Married : Eliza (Polly) Bevier, 6 or 23 July 1865, Alexandria, Douglas County,
Minnesota or Villard, Pope County, Minnesota
Died :
Notes : Civil War veteran (union), Corporal, Co. B, 25th Reg't
Wisconsin Infantry
Daughter : Isabel Scott
Date of Birth : 13 January 1843
Place of Birth : Kinrosshire, Scotland
Married : Martin Luther Webb,
3 September 1868
Died : 13 April 1947, Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Notes : centenarian
Son : John
Date of Birth : 25 September 1847
Place of Birth : Kinrosshire, Scotland
Married : Mary Todd, b. 1848
Died :
Notes : Civil War veteran; substitute in 22nd and 3rd Regt’s Wisconsin Infantry
Sources, bibliography :
Pennie family reunion packet….
Baptismal Certificate of Thomas
Pennie. Scottish Registry Office…
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