Youngest of 10 children. His two wives, Flora Proctor and Martha Carter (later remarried to John Tillotson) were relatives of each other by marriage.
His infant son by his first wife died after one day. The Philadelphia death certificate for him did not name him but said he was buried "in Ohio." Presumably that is the Northfield-Macedonia Cemetery where both sets of the child's grandparents, Drennens and Proctors, are.
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Drennan's [ sic ] Body Home for Burial
Special to the [ Philadelphia, PA ] Inquirer
WAYNE, Pa., Jan. 28 [ 1909 ] -- The body of William F. Drennen, a wealthy resident of Wayne, who died suddenly in New York yesterday, reached his late home, "The Boulders," on Conestoga road, this morning, and interment, which is to be private, will be had tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Drennen, who was the head of the wholesale produce firm of William F. Drennen & Co., Water street above Chestnut, Philadelphia, was stricken while in New York on a business trip. He is survived by his widow.
Philadelphia Inquirer death notice
DRENNEN -- Suddenly at New York city, January 27, 1909. WILLIAM F. DRENNEN. Funeral services at his late residence, Wayne, Delaware County, Pa. on Friday, January 29, at 3:30 p.m. Interment private.
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His home, The Boulders, is still standing (2014) at 405 Audubon Ave. at the corner of Conestoga Road a couple of blocks from Wayne United Methodist Church in the Radnor area of Wayne. After Drennen died, his widow Martha and her second husband, John Allen Tillotson, gave the home to the Footlighters Theater group, which sold it as a fund-raiser. The Radnor (PA) Historical Society has a picture of the area and home in earlier years, citing Drennen and Tillotson in the caption, on its website.
It is not yet clear where Drennen's remains were "privately" put to rest. It seems likeliest that he shares the cemetery of his wives.
Thank you to Gregory Pritchard of the Radnor Historical Society for locating the Philadelphia Inquirer death notices about Drennen.
The "Findley" in Drennen's name is because his father Mathew's mother, Martha Dreamer, remarried as a widow to Daniel Findley, who was the father of the Hon. William Findley, Congressman from Pennsylvania.
Also, the Rev. Noah H.G. Fife, who family lore says presided at the funeral of William Drennen, lived in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area at that time and also was a family relative on Drennen's mother's side. (Drennen's mother's sister married Fife and that sister was mother of Noah Fife. The H.G. of Fife's double middle name matches the name of the Presbyterian pastor at the Hon. William Findley's church.)
William Findley Drennen's niece, Emma Drennen Miller, daughter of William's brother Samuel, lived her final retirement years in the same suburban Philadelphia area that her "Uncle Will" lived, but they were there several years apart.
His infant son by his first wife died after one day. The Philadelphia death certificate for him did not name him but said he was buried "in Ohio." Presumably that is the Northfield-Macedonia Cemetery where both sets of the child's grandparents, Drennens and Proctors, are.
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Drennan's [ sic ] Body Home for Burial
Special to the [ Philadelphia, PA ] Inquirer
WAYNE, Pa., Jan. 28 [ 1909 ] -- The body of William F. Drennen, a wealthy resident of Wayne, who died suddenly in New York yesterday, reached his late home, "The Boulders," on Conestoga road, this morning, and interment, which is to be private, will be had tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Drennen, who was the head of the wholesale produce firm of William F. Drennen & Co., Water street above Chestnut, Philadelphia, was stricken while in New York on a business trip. He is survived by his widow.
Philadelphia Inquirer death notice
DRENNEN -- Suddenly at New York city, January 27, 1909. WILLIAM F. DRENNEN. Funeral services at his late residence, Wayne, Delaware County, Pa. on Friday, January 29, at 3:30 p.m. Interment private.
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His home, The Boulders, is still standing (2014) at 405 Audubon Ave. at the corner of Conestoga Road a couple of blocks from Wayne United Methodist Church in the Radnor area of Wayne. After Drennen died, his widow Martha and her second husband, John Allen Tillotson, gave the home to the Footlighters Theater group, which sold it as a fund-raiser. The Radnor (PA) Historical Society has a picture of the area and home in earlier years, citing Drennen and Tillotson in the caption, on its website.
It is not yet clear where Drennen's remains were "privately" put to rest. It seems likeliest that he shares the cemetery of his wives.
Thank you to Gregory Pritchard of the Radnor Historical Society for locating the Philadelphia Inquirer death notices about Drennen.
The "Findley" in Drennen's name is because his father Mathew's mother, Martha Dreamer, remarried as a widow to Daniel Findley, who was the father of the Hon. William Findley, Congressman from Pennsylvania.
Also, the Rev. Noah H.G. Fife, who family lore says presided at the funeral of William Drennen, lived in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area at that time and also was a family relative on Drennen's mother's side. (Drennen's mother's sister married Fife and that sister was mother of Noah Fife. The H.G. of Fife's double middle name matches the name of the Presbyterian pastor at the Hon. William Findley's church.)
William Findley Drennen's niece, Emma Drennen Miller, daughter of William's brother Samuel, lived her final retirement years in the same suburban Philadelphia area that her "Uncle Will" lived, but they were there several years apart.
Youngest of 10 children. His two wives, Flora Proctor and Martha Carter (later remarried to John Tillotson) were relatives of each other by marriage.
His infant son by his first wife died after one day. The Philadelphia death certificate for him did not name him but said he was buried "in Ohio." Presumably that is the Northfield-Macedonia Cemetery where both sets of the child's grandparents, Drennens and Proctors, are.
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Drennan's [ sic ] Body Home for Burial
Special to the [ Philadelphia, PA ] Inquirer
WAYNE, Pa., Jan. 28 [ 1909 ] -- The body of William F. Drennen, a wealthy resident of Wayne, who died suddenly in New York yesterday, reached his late home, "The Boulders," on Conestoga road, this morning, and interment, which is to be private, will be had tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Drennen, who was the head of the wholesale produce firm of William F. Drennen & Co., Water street above Chestnut, Philadelphia, was stricken while in New York on a business trip. He is survived by his widow.
Philadelphia Inquirer death notice
DRENNEN -- Suddenly at New York city, January 27, 1909. WILLIAM F. DRENNEN. Funeral services at his late residence, Wayne, Delaware County, Pa. on Friday, January 29, at 3:30 p.m. Interment private.
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His home, The Boulders, is still standing (2014) at 405 Audubon Ave. at the corner of Conestoga Road a couple of blocks from Wayne United Methodist Church in the Radnor area of Wayne. After Drennen died, his widow Martha and her second husband, John Allen Tillotson, gave the home to the Footlighters Theater group, which sold it as a fund-raiser. The Radnor (PA) Historical Society has a picture of the area and home in earlier years, citing Drennen and Tillotson in the caption, on its website.
It is not yet clear where Drennen's remains were "privately" put to rest. It seems likeliest that he shares the cemetery of his wives.
Thank you to Gregory Pritchard of the Radnor Historical Society for locating the Philadelphia Inquirer death notices about Drennen.
The "Findley" in Drennen's name is because his father Mathew's mother, Martha Dreamer, remarried as a widow to Daniel Findley, who was the father of the Hon. William Findley, Congressman from Pennsylvania.
Also, the Rev. Noah H.G. Fife, who family lore says presided at the funeral of William Drennen, lived in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area at that time and also was a family relative on Drennen's mother's side. (Drennen's mother's sister married Fife and that sister was mother of Noah Fife. The H.G. of Fife's double middle name matches the name of the Presbyterian pastor at the Hon. William Findley's church.)
William Findley Drennen's niece, Emma Drennen Miller, daughter of William's brother Samuel, lived her final retirement years in the same suburban Philadelphia area that her "Uncle Will" lived, but they were there several years apart.
His infant son by his first wife died after one day. The Philadelphia death certificate for him did not name him but said he was buried "in Ohio." Presumably that is the Northfield-Macedonia Cemetery where both sets of the child's grandparents, Drennens and Proctors, are.
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Drennan's [ sic ] Body Home for Burial
Special to the [ Philadelphia, PA ] Inquirer
WAYNE, Pa., Jan. 28 [ 1909 ] -- The body of William F. Drennen, a wealthy resident of Wayne, who died suddenly in New York yesterday, reached his late home, "The Boulders," on Conestoga road, this morning, and interment, which is to be private, will be had tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Drennen, who was the head of the wholesale produce firm of William F. Drennen & Co., Water street above Chestnut, Philadelphia, was stricken while in New York on a business trip. He is survived by his widow.
Philadelphia Inquirer death notice
DRENNEN -- Suddenly at New York city, January 27, 1909. WILLIAM F. DRENNEN. Funeral services at his late residence, Wayne, Delaware County, Pa. on Friday, January 29, at 3:30 p.m. Interment private.
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His home, The Boulders, is still standing (2014) at 405 Audubon Ave. at the corner of Conestoga Road a couple of blocks from Wayne United Methodist Church in the Radnor area of Wayne. After Drennen died, his widow Martha and her second husband, John Allen Tillotson, gave the home to the Footlighters Theater group, which sold it as a fund-raiser. The Radnor (PA) Historical Society has a picture of the area and home in earlier years, citing Drennen and Tillotson in the caption, on its website.
It is not yet clear where Drennen's remains were "privately" put to rest. It seems likeliest that he shares the cemetery of his wives.
Thank you to Gregory Pritchard of the Radnor Historical Society for locating the Philadelphia Inquirer death notices about Drennen.
The "Findley" in Drennen's name is because his father Mathew's mother, Martha Dreamer, remarried as a widow to Daniel Findley, who was the father of the Hon. William Findley, Congressman from Pennsylvania.
Also, the Rev. Noah H.G. Fife, who family lore says presided at the funeral of William Drennen, lived in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area at that time and also was a family relative on Drennen's mother's side. (Drennen's mother's sister married Fife and that sister was mother of Noah Fife. The H.G. of Fife's double middle name matches the name of the Presbyterian pastor at the Hon. William Findley's church.)
William Findley Drennen's niece, Emma Drennen Miller, daughter of William's brother Samuel, lived her final retirement years in the same suburban Philadelphia area that her "Uncle Will" lived, but they were there several years apart.
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