James married Nancy Penney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary forRobert Sherman Penney
From: TheChattanooga Times (pg 9)
Tuesday,February 17, 1948

Penney - Robert Sherman, 80, of RFD No. 1, Soddy, Tennessee, died in alocal hospital at 7 o'clock Monday night. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.Sarah Penney; four daughters, Mrs. C. N. Hunt, Mrs. Will Davis, Mrs.Warren Davidson and Miss Nannie Penney; two sisters, Mrs. Frona Higgins,all of Soddy, Tennessee; Mrs. Doan Reno, Daisy, Tennessee; two halfbrothers, Ben Penney and Sim Penney, Soddy, Tennessee, and a number ofgrandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will beannounced by J. Avery Bryan Company.

Robert married Sarah E. Fryar about 1885 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sarah died on 18 Dec 1949 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 21 Dec 1949 in Wilcoxen Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary forSarah E. Penney
From: The ChattanoogaTimes (pg 17)
Wednesday,December 21, 1949

Penney - Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah E. Penney, 81, who died ather home, RFD 1, Soddy, Tennessee, Sunday , will be held at 2 o'clockthis afternoon at Shady Grove Baptist Church, Reverend Marshall Robinsonofficiating. Interment in Wilcox Cemetery. Pallbearers will begrandsons of the deceased: R. B. Penney, Paul Penney, Russell Penney,Donald Penney, W. R. Davidson and Leland Hunt. Surviving are fourdaughters, Mrs. C. N. Hunt, Miss Nannie Penney, Mrs. W. L. Davis and Mrs.Warren Davidson; one sister Mrs. Margaret Curtis, all of Soddy,Tennessee, and 23 grandchildren. She was a member of the HixsonMethodist Church. The body is in residence. Arrangements are by J.Avery Bryan Company.

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From the Pension Records of Andrew Jackson Penney: Pension #263756 firstapplication date 7/11/1885 -- Enlisted 2/25/1862, Barberville, KY (withbrother Isom Penney) in Company C, 5th Regiment, Tennessee VolunteerInfantry.
Wounded in the stomach and thigh 5/14/1864 at Buzzard's Roost, Reseca,Georgia. Hospitalized in Chattanooga for three weeks then Knoxville for5 months. Discharged for service ___________is buried at the familycemetery at Igou Ferry Road and Hixon Pike. This is on the land of hisparents, Thomas M. Penney and Malinda Gann.
Military Marker: Andrew J. Penney, Co. C. 5th. TN. Inf.
Andrew enlisted in the Union Army on Februday 25, 1862 at Harrison inCompany C of the Fifth Infantry. He was wounded at Resaca on May 14,1864, but stayed with the company until the end of the war.

Andrew married Sophronia Billings on 7 Aug 1867 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sophronia was born in in Tennessee; died on 15 Nov 1875 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]