A. Manypenny Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: A. Manypenny: was born April 1, 1821, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Reared in Jefferson County, Ohio. Came to now Hancock County, West Virginia in 1849 or 1850. Followed farming as his vocation for about five years. In 1853 or 1854, he, in company with two of his brothers, purchased the Etna Fire Brick Works, which business he is following as his vocation at present. Married Elizabeth Robb, June 7, 1857. Their union resulted in nine children, six sons and three daughters.