The Descendants of John Heywood of Concord, Massachusetts

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Joseph Pennock, agent for the Standard Oil Company at Elbow Lake and an honored veteran of the Civil War, was born in the state of Missouri on December 3, 1846, the son of Elijah and Caroline (Tucker) Pennock, who were born in Pennsylvania and in Virginia, respectively, and who were married in Illinois, later moving to Missouri, where Mr. Pennock purchased land. After some years residence in that state they returned to Illinois and later moved to Kansas. In the latter state, they purchased land and there spent the rest of their lives, both dying in the same month in 1886, he at the age of sixty years and she at the age of seventy years.

Joseph Pennock received his education in the public schools of Illinois and there grew to manhood. In 1863 he enlisted in Company K, Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry, and served until the close of the Civil War. He saw much active service and was captured on January 3, 1864, and confined in the Andersonville prison, where he remained for considerably more than a year, being released on April 29, 1865. At the close of the war Mr. Pennock returned to Illinois and in 1866 located in Minneapolis, where he remained for two years. He then came out to this part of the state and located in Grant county, where he built one of the first houses in this section. That was in Pomme de Terre township. Mr. Pennock later took a soldier's homestead of a quarter section in Pelican Lake township, which he later sold and then located in Ashby, where he remained for two years. In 1891 he established a dray line at Elbow Lake and has remained in that business. A few years later he was appointed local agent for the Standard Oil Company at Elbow Lake and for twenty-one years has occupied that position. Mr. Pennock owns a fine home and as a business man he has been successful. He is a Republican and has always taken an active interest in local affairs, but has never aspired to office. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and take much interest in church work.

Joseph Pennock was united in marriage in Otter Tail county, Minnesota, to Loantha Heald, who was born in the state of Maine, daughter of Timothy Heald, further mention of whom may be found on another page of this work. To this union seven children have been born, Caroline (deceased), Lulu, Alicia, Frank, Fred, Taylor and Agnes.