Biography of Thomas Penney
by John Witham Penney, The Thurston Print, Portland ME, 1897
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Thomas Penney, son of Benjamin and Miriam (Tuttle) Penney, son of Thomas Penney, born in Knox, Maine, October 17, 1814; married, May 2, 1851, Parmelia Lee, born March 8, 1818, daughter of Justin and Parna (Keith) Lee. He died in Brooks, Maine, August 18, 1894, aged eighty years.
Born on the homestead in Knox, he became its posessor, and lived here until 1863, when he sold, and in January, 1864, purchased another farm in Brooks, Maine, where he passed the remainder of his life. He engaged exclusively in farming with the exception of a few years in which he supplied the Brighton market with sheep and lambs, shipped alive by steamer from Belfast to Boston.
He was a modest, unassuming man, never aspiring to political honors, yet a man of excellent judgment and quick perception, whose counsel was held in esteem by his neighbors and townsmen. His unquestioned integrity and strict moral characteristics won the respect of all. His domestic relations were most pleasant.