OBIT: Mary Ann (OVER) PENNELL, 1899, Bedford, Bedford County, PA

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MRS. EBEN PENNELL

  Mrs. Eben Pennell, an aged resident of Bedford, died at 7 o'clock Thursday 
evening of last week [10/12].  The deceased was the older sister of the 
venerable David Over, senior editor of Hollidaysburg Register, and the late 
Jacob Z. Over, at one time editor of the Fulton Republican.  She was the 
daughter of John and Catherine Over and was born in Franklin county just eighty 
years before the final summons came.  She died on her birthday.  When a child 
Mrs. Pennell came to Bedford with her parents.  On November 12, 1842, she was 
united in marriage to Eben Pennell in the house in which she breathed her last 
and where they spent a happy honeymoon of nearly sixty years.  Six of the eleven 
children born to them are still living, namely, Edward M. Pennell, Esq., George 
S. Pennell and Miss Lou Pennell of Bedford; Mrs. Lillie S. Barefoot of Lincoln 
township; Mrs. Annie T. Welshonee, of Everett, and Mrs. Kate Radebaugh, of Queen 
Anne, Md.  Besides these children her husband, who is in his eighty-fourth year, 
survives her.  The funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at the home 
of decedent and were conducted by Rev. Irvin W. Hendricks, pastor of the 
Reformed church.  Interment was made in the Bedford cemetery.  Mrs. Pennell 
joined the Reformed church when she was quite young and has been a consistent 
member ever since.  Her tranquil journey through life was like the silent 
journey of the sun through its subscribed course, quietly giving light and 
comfort and cheer to many.

Bedford Gazette, Friday, October 20, 1899, page 1, column 4

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