HENRY PENNOYER
Hon. Henry Pennoyer died at his residence in the township of Crockery, Kent County, April 30, 1886, of cerebral apoplexy, after an illness of a few weeks, aged 77 years. He was one of the leading spirits in conduction the affairs of this county at an early day, among the very foremost in the promotion of every enterprise, agricultural, moral, social and educational. He was also a leader in the political movements, and much of the prosperity of Grand Haven, his early residence, and of Crockery township, his later abode, and of other portions of the county generally, is due to his formulating hand and his quick, far sighted perception. Ottawa County has lost one of its oldest and most venerated landmarks.
Hon. Henry Pennoyer was born at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. When ten years of age he removed with his parents to Cayuga County, NY. In 1834, he took up his abode in Chicago, Ill.; soon after married Miss Harriet Kells, and after a two years' residence in the city, he sought a home in the then territory of Michigan, settling at Muskegon, then a part of Ottawa County, and , on its full organization, was elected its first sheriff. In 1838, and by a commission signed by Amos Kendall dated Jan. 3, 1838, he became postmaster of Muskegon and continued as such until 1843, when he removed to Grand Haven. His first wife died in 1852, leaving four children, and in 1853, he was married to his surviving widow, by whom also he has four children. Mr. Pennoyer was a staunch democrat of the old school, and has been highly honored politically, having held
the offices of justice of the peace, supervisor, and several other township offices, county treasurer, deputy collector of customs at Grand Haven, representative to the state legislature for 1849, and state senator in 1859. A man whom the people delighted to honor has fallen.
Source:
http://kent.migenweb.net/memorialreports/1887resolutions.html
Hon. Henry Pennoyer died at his residence in the township of Crockery, Kent County, April 30, 1886, of cerebral apoplexy, after an illness of a few weeks, aged 77 years. He was one of the leading spirits in conduction the affairs of this county at an early day, among the very foremost in the promotion of every enterprise, agricultural, moral, social and educational. He was also a leader in the political movements, and much of the prosperity of Grand Haven, his early residence, and of Crockery township, his later abode, and of other portions of the county generally, is due to his formulating hand and his quick, far sighted perception. Ottawa County has lost one of its oldest and most venerated landmarks.
Hon. Henry Pennoyer was born at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. When ten years of age he removed with his parents to Cayuga County, NY. In 1834, he took up his abode in Chicago, Ill.; soon after married Miss Harriet Kells, and after a two years' residence in the city, he sought a home in the then territory of Michigan, settling at Muskegon, then a part of Ottawa County, and , on its full organization, was elected its first sheriff. In 1838, and by a commission signed by Amos Kendall dated Jan. 3, 1838, he became postmaster of Muskegon and continued as such until 1843, when he removed to Grand Haven. His first wife died in 1852, leaving four children, and in 1853, he was married to his surviving widow, by whom also he has four children. Mr. Pennoyer was a staunch democrat of the old school, and has been highly honored politically, having held
the offices of justice of the peace, supervisor, and several other township offices, county treasurer, deputy collector of customs at Grand Haven, representative to the state legislature for 1849, and state senator in 1859. A man whom the people delighted to honor has fallen.
Source:
http://kent.migenweb.net/memorialreports/1887resolutions.html
HENRY PENNOYER
Hon. Henry Pennoyer died at his residence in the township of Crockery, Kent County, April 30, 1886, of cerebral apoplexy, after an illness of a few weeks, aged 77 years. He was one of the leading spirits in conduction the affairs of this county at an early day, among the very foremost in the promotion of every enterprise, agricultural, moral, social and educational. He was also a leader in the political movements, and much of the prosperity of Grand Haven, his early residence, and of Crockery township, his later abode, and of other portions of the county generally, is due to his formulating hand and his quick, far sighted perception. Ottawa County has lost one of its oldest and most venerated landmarks.
Hon. Henry Pennoyer was born at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. When ten years of age he removed with his parents to Cayuga County, NY. In 1834, he took up his abode in Chicago, Ill.; soon after married Miss Harriet Kells, and after a two years' residence in the city, he sought a home in the then territory of Michigan, settling at Muskegon, then a part of Ottawa County, and , on its full organization, was elected its first sheriff. In 1838, and by a commission signed by Amos Kendall dated Jan. 3, 1838, he became postmaster of Muskegon and continued as such until 1843, when he removed to Grand Haven. His first wife died in 1852, leaving four children, and in 1853, he was married to his surviving widow, by whom also he has four children. Mr. Pennoyer was a staunch democrat of the old school, and has been highly honored politically, having held
the offices of justice of the peace, supervisor, and several other township offices, county treasurer, deputy collector of customs at Grand Haven, representative to the state legislature for 1849, and state senator in 1859. A man whom the people delighted to honor has fallen.
Source:
http://kent.migenweb.net/memorialreports/1887resolutions.html
Hon. Henry Pennoyer died at his residence in the township of Crockery, Kent County, April 30, 1886, of cerebral apoplexy, after an illness of a few weeks, aged 77 years. He was one of the leading spirits in conduction the affairs of this county at an early day, among the very foremost in the promotion of every enterprise, agricultural, moral, social and educational. He was also a leader in the political movements, and much of the prosperity of Grand Haven, his early residence, and of Crockery township, his later abode, and of other portions of the county generally, is due to his formulating hand and his quick, far sighted perception. Ottawa County has lost one of its oldest and most venerated landmarks.
Hon. Henry Pennoyer was born at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. When ten years of age he removed with his parents to Cayuga County, NY. In 1834, he took up his abode in Chicago, Ill.; soon after married Miss Harriet Kells, and after a two years' residence in the city, he sought a home in the then territory of Michigan, settling at Muskegon, then a part of Ottawa County, and , on its full organization, was elected its first sheriff. In 1838, and by a commission signed by Amos Kendall dated Jan. 3, 1838, he became postmaster of Muskegon and continued as such until 1843, when he removed to Grand Haven. His first wife died in 1852, leaving four children, and in 1853, he was married to his surviving widow, by whom also he has four children. Mr. Pennoyer was a staunch democrat of the old school, and has been highly honored politically, having held
the offices of justice of the peace, supervisor, and several other township offices, county treasurer, deputy collector of customs at Grand Haven, representative to the state legislature for 1849, and state senator in 1859. A man whom the people delighted to honor has fallen.
Source:
http://kent.migenweb.net/memorialreports/1887resolutions.html
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