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Notes for Allen M. PENNOCK
Allen M. Pennock, manager of the Western Union Telegraph office, is a son of William A. and Harriet (Barnes) Pennock, both natives of Pennsylvania, where they grew UP and were married. They were Quakers in their religious views. Having lived in Pennsylvania until about 1856 they moved to New Jersey and made that their home. The father was by occupation a tailor. In 1883, while going home from collecting money he was waylaid and killed. After his death the mother moved back to the old home in Philadelphia, where she is now living. To them were born six children, only, three of whom are living - two sons and a daughter. The other son is the inventor of the Pennock Underground Conduit Telegraph System of Brooklyn. Our subject was born September 9, 1857, near where Washington crossed the Delaware in New Jersey. He received his education in the common schools, and when nine years of age learned telegraphy. At the age of fourteen he attended Now Jersey College at Bordentown, after which he returned to his former business and worked for several years under a train dispatcher. He was then made manager of Bordentown Western Union office where he continued two years and then accepted the position of manager of the office at Chester, Penn. He was night manager of all the telegraph lines that ran to the Centennial grounds. He was with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as operator nine mouths; was also operator at New York until 1878, when he came to Chattanooga. The following year he became day chief, and in 1885 was appointed manager, which position he is holding at present. In the latter year he married Miss Maggie Ragsdale. Mr. Pennock has under his charge three clerks, nine operators, five messengers, two line men and one battery man. He is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Pennock is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887
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