Ross County OhArchives Photo Tombstone.....Penisten, George ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com July 10, 2011, 2:14 am Cemetery: Fells Cemetery In Twin Township. Name: George Penisten Date Of Photograph: March 10, 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/photos/tombstones/fells/penisten5384nph.jpg Image file size: 134 Kb The inscription on this stone reads, "GEORGE PENNISTEN DIED FEB. 29, 1884 AGED 58 YRS 8 MOS 21 Ds." This stone is a square pillar with a book carved on the top. Additional Comments: There were several George Penistens in Southern Ohio in this general time period. This George was the son of Joseph Pennisten (1796-1866) and Jerusha (or Gerousch) Lunbeck Pennisten (1800-1830), and the grandson of Rev. War veteran George Pennisten Jr. (1758-1846) and Rebecca Wheaton (1775- 1850). For a complete list of all 89 gravestone tanscriptions in Fells Cemetery, see the book "Gravestone Inscriptions in Ross County, Ohio. Volume IV.", available at Amazon.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/photos/tombstones/fells/penisten5384nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb