Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Charles PENROSE
*excerpt from book by Leach, Josiah Granville, entitled "History of th e Penrose family of Philadelphia" - Philadelphia: Drexel Biddles, 1903 , 225 pgs.
"Charles Penrose, son of Thomas Penrose by his wife Ann Dowding, was born at Philadelphia, 14 September, 1776; died there, of cholera, 24 June, 1849. In his youth he was instructed in the art of ship-building , -- the occupation of his ancestors for several generations, -- but in early life he retired from business, being a man of considerable wealth. As early as 1803 he is styled "Gent" in the City Directory. In 1804 he was chosen one of the port wardens of Philadelphia, and in 1812, in response to the wishes of his personal friend, Honorable William Jones, Secreatry of the Navy, he accepted the position of Superintendent of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and in this capacity he supervised the construction of the man-of-war "Franklin," said to have been for many years one of the finest ships in our navy. In 1813 he was elected one of the commissioners for Southwark, which district had a sepa rate corporate existence, its chief officers of government, until the Consolidation Act of 1854, being styled Commissioners. He was one of the managers of the Humane Society, and, for thirty-one years, president of the Southern Dispensary. He was elected a director fo the Bank of Pennsylvania, in which position he served several years. He was a Whig in politics and he resided at the southeast Corner of Penn and Shippen (now Bainbridge) Streets. He followed his father in attending Friends' Meeting, although, like him, he never became a member of the Society of Friends.
He married (ceremony by Bishop White), 16 January, 1800, Ann, daughter of Dr. John Rowan, of Salem, New Jersey, by his wife Sarah Hall, great-granddaughter of Honorable William Hall, a provincial councillor of New Jersey; born 1 October, 1779; died 27 December, 1846. She was the niece of the wife of his uncle Jonathan Penrose."
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