Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Penrose, William
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township N-Z


   WILLIAM PENROSE P.O. Quakertown, was born on the old 
homestead in 1861, and in 1886 married Jane S., daughter of 
John and Elizabeth Trumbauer, of this township.  They have 
no children.  Mr. Penrose was the youngest son born to Evan 
and Anna R. (Hicks) Penrose, and whose ancestry is given in 
the sketch of Evan Penrose.  In 1886 he took possession of 
the farm.  He is a member of the Society of Friends, and in 
politics is a republican.