Obit:  Nathan Pennypacker (1833): Chester Co., PA

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July 17, 1833
VILLAGE RECORD
Obituary DIED suddenly at his residence in Schuylkill
township, in this county, on the 8th inst. NATHAN << PENNYPACKER>> ,
Esq. in his 63d year. Seldom have we been called upon to
notice the death of one so estimable and beloved among the
whole circle of his acquaintance.- Through the partiality of
his fellow citizens, he was first honored with a seat in the
Legislature in the year 1812. At this time parties ran high,
and after an interval of one year he was again returned as a
member from this county, in the year 1814. From this period he
retired to private life, and remained in its quiet enjoyment
until 1830, when somewhat against his inclination, he was
again called to take his seat in the Legislature. His health
by this time became enfeebled, was not in any wise improved by
his residence at Harrisburg, and at the close of the session,
he finally retired from public life. As a legislator he was
always watchful of the public interest and served his
constituents with a zeal and fidelity satisfactory to them,
and honorable to himself. In private life, he was all that
could be wished. Beloved and respected by all who knew him,
and particularly by the community in which he lived, for the
amenity of his manners, his obliging disposition, his kind
heartedness and devoted friendship for the poor; he will
survive in the recollections of his acquaintances, as an
example for the imitation of us all. He has left a widow and
four children to mourn his loss.