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Madge Marie (Chenoweth) Penn

Madge Marie Chenoweth, daughter of Leonard Columbus Chenoweth and Elizabeth Frances Hough, was born on 26 Feb 1908 in Randolph County, Indiana, United States, died on 21 Nov 1991 in Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States at age 83, and was buried on 24 Nov 1991 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States (Mission Burial Park, 1700 S E Military Drive, San Antonio, Texas  78221, USA, (210) 924-2424  ). The cause of her death was Pneumonia. Another name for Madge was Madge Marie Penn. 



Noted events in her life were:

She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and sewing.  [She taught me to knit at age seven.]

She participated in girl's basketball at Spartanburg High in 1925 in Spartanburg, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. She was the team's  high scorer for the season  with 107 points on 40 field  goals and 27 free throws. 

Spartanburg (Indiana) High School Girls Basketball Team of 1925

She had a residence on 20 Sep 1925 in Greensfork Township, Randolph County, Indiana, United States.

Glen and Madge

She appeared in this photograph taken in 1926 in Lynn, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. Others appearing in this photograph are Glen Penn 



She appeared in this photograph taken on 6 Sep 1926 in Lynn, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. [Left to Right] Esther, Christine, Josie, Mildred, Maurine, Madge, Harvey, Herbert, Clyde [Back Row] Lonie, Leonard

Leonard Chenoweth Family

She resided at 208 Simpson in 1935 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States. 

She appeared on the Sixteenth Census of the United States - 1940 census on 9 Apr 1940 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 1940 US Census reports that three years of high school level education was completed. She was residing at 208 Simpson in Apr 1940 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States.

She had a residence between 1944 and 1991 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States.

Madge M. Penn (1972)

She retired from Baptist Memorial Hospital in 1972 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States. as a clerk.
She participated in bowling between 1972 and 1985 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States.  After retirement, she volunteered answering a suicide prevention hotline sponsored by her church.
She had a residence between Sep 1991 and Nov 1991 in Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States.

Madge married Harvey Glen Penn, Senior, son of William Gordon Penn and Jennie Crute, on 10 May 1925 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, United States. Harvey was born on 9 Dec 1908 in Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, died on 16 Jun 1957 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States (Baptist Memorial Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, USA) at age 48, and was buried on 19 Jun 1957 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States (Mission Burial Park, 1700 S E Military Drive, San Antonio, Texas  78221, USA, (210) 924-2424  ). The cause of his death was Carcinomatosis due to adenocarcinoma from undetermined site.  Other names for Harvey were Harvey Glenn Penn and Harvey Glenn Penn Senior. They have one son: Harvey Glenn.

Sources

Chenoweth Family, Leonard. Photograph. 1926. Black and white photograph. Privately held by Susan Penn Groover, Maryville, Tennessee. 2014.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS]. "International Genealogical Index." Database. FamilySearch. http://www.familysearch.org : 12-10-2011.

Clanton, Robert B., compiler. The Descendants of John Clanton (1610 - ??). Lake Forest, California: n.p., 1997.

Groover, Susan Penn. Personal Knowledge.

Indiana. Department of Health. Delayed Birth Certificates. IN State Board (Department) of Health, Indianapolis.

Indiana. Randolph County. "Book No. 19; Page No. 83." IN Randolph County Department of Health, Union City.

Indiana. Richmond. The Palladium-Item.

Ohio. Adams County. Birth Record dated 1906. Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division.

Ohio. Miami County. 1940 U.S. census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-03115-00325/35813645?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return : 2012.

Penn, Glen. Photograph. black and white photgraph. Privately held by Susan Penn Groover, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Maryville, Tennessee. 2014.


Tennessee. Shelby County. Death Certificates. Tennessee State Department of Health, Vital Records, Nashville.

Texas. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates. Department of Health, San Antonio.

Tipton, Joe. Find a Grave. Database and Digital images. http://www.findagrave.com : 1995-2012.

Webster County History Association. The History of Webster County, Mississippi. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1985.

 

In memory of a CHENOWETH veteran

John Baxter Chenoweth

Hiatt, Cora Chenoweth. 1925 History of the Chenoweth Family Beginning 449 A.D. 1925. Reprint, Knightstown, Indiana: The Bookmark, 1995, 194.

TRANSCRIPTION:

     The first war veteran we have any record of in our branch of the Chenoweth family, is John Baxter Chenoweth, who enlisted at the age of eighteen in the cavalry of Captain Houck, of Houcksville, Maryland, of which every man was six feet or more tall--John was six feet, two inches--and when war was declared against Great Britain on June 18, 1812, they were ready.

     In August, 1814, a British fleet arrived in the Chesapeake Bay with an army of 5,000 men, commanded by General Ross, who marched on to Washington, and after putting to flight the militia at Bladensburg, took possession of the federal city on the 24th and burned the Capital, the President's house, and other public buildings.  On the next day the British retired to their ships, and on September 12 - 13th attacked Baltimore, where they were repulsed, and General Ross was killed.  After long negotiations a treaty of peace was signed at Ghent, December 24, 1814.  At the close of the war when Captain Houck's cavalry was discharged, John received an honorable discharge.

     He was the last survivor of Captain Houck's cavalry, and died at his home near Hampstead, Carroll County, Maryland, in 1882, at the age of eighty-seven years.

CHENOWETH Family Gathering

ROW 1 [Sitting]:  John Manning, Mrs. John [Jane Brown] Manning, Mrs. Jane Brown [mother of Jane (Brown) Manning], Mrs. Hill [mother of Mary Platt], Mrs.Harve [Mary] Platt, Harve Platt, Columbus "Lum" Chenoweth   ROW 2 [Standing]:  John Hough, Mrs. John [Mary (Manning)]  Hough, Mrs. Leonard [Francis Elizabeth (Hough)] Chenoweth, James Harvey Chenoweth [being held by father, Leonard Chenoweth], Leonard Chenoweth, Mrs. W. H. [Caroline (Platt)] Chenoweth, William Henry Chenoweth.

This picture was probably taken in Randolph County, Indiana.  And since Leonard Chenoweth is holding his son, James Harvey, this picture can be dated circa 1900.

In the front row from the left moving to the right, the people sitting we find Mr. and Mrs. John Manning.  Their daughter, Mrs. John [Mary (Manning)] Hough is standing behind them with her husband, Mr. John Hough.  The third person sitting in the front row is Mrs. Brown sitting next to her daughter, Mrs. John [Jane (Brown)] Manning.  The fourth person sitting in the front row is Mrs. Hill.  She is the mother of Mary Platt, also known as Mrs. Harve Platt.  The next person, fifth person, is Mrs. Harve Platt sitting beside her husband, Mr. Harve Platt.  The final person sitting is Columbus Chenoweth, best known to family as "Lum."

The back row from the left is John Hough standing beside his wife, Mary (Manning) Hough.  Standing next to Mary Hough is their daughter, Francis Elizabeth (Hough) Chenoweth.  Next to "Lizzie" Chenoweth is her husband, Leonard Columbus Chenoweth holding their son, James Harvey Chenoweth.  Leonard's mother, Caroline (Platt) Chenoweth, is standing next to him.  The last person standing on back row is William Henry Chenoweth and it looks as if he has positioned himself a little closer and just behind his father, "Lum" Chenoweth.

CHENOWETH Family Gathering - Circa 1900. N.d. Photograph. Personal Holding, Maryville, Tennessee. Comp. Susan Penn Groover.

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