HENRY RILE PENNOCK

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The Pennock family was a leading Quaker family in colonial Pennsylvania. The descendants are numerous. Three known books have been written about them:
The Pennocks of Primitive Hall by George Valentine Massey II,
The Pusey Family by Pennock Pusey, and
Christopher Pennock Genealogy, compiled by Charles A. Rudolph, 1959.

Henry Rile Pennock was born 8/29/1880 maybe in Wilmington Delaware or else in Chester County Pennsylvania. He was the son of Thomas Hughes Pennock and Margaret Jane McMasters. He was their first child. By 1900 and possibly earlier the family had moved to Wilmington. The family lived at 621 W. 7th St.  His father owned the Thomas H. Pennock and John T. Dickey Clothing and Men's Furnishings store at 426 Market St. Wilmington City Directory 1900, page 747.  In the 1901 Directory the store was shown at 21 Market St. 

The  Wilmington City Directories help follow the family.  from 1900 - 1902 Henry is a student.  We do not know where he studied but by 1906 he was a Physician with an office at 801 Vandever Av. We don't know yet where he studied medicine.  He may have commuted to Philadelphia, as easy train ride. He was still living at home on 7th St. with his mother, who was widowed in 1901, a sister C. Erma and brother Paul T.   Henry was not in the 1905 Directory, but by 1906 was back home.

In 1908 Henry purchased a house at 508 W. 9th street, and the whole family moved in with him.  He continued the office on Vandever Av, but also opened one in his home.

On Jan 12, 1910 Henry married Etta Cooper Boulden . She was a nurse. They lived in the house on 9th Street where Dr. Pennock had his private practice on the first floor. The family lived in the top to floors of the house with access to the first floor kitchen via a back staircase. Etta was a nurse and worked with her husband.

Henry and Etta had two children:
1. Catherine Ann born April 11, 1912
2. Thomas Henry born Feb 26, 1915

Henry died Nov 24, 1922 at just 42 years of age. Etta remarried in the late 30's and moved to Connecticut. She returned to Wilmington after the death of her second husband and died in 1973. They are both buried in Riverside Cemetery in Wilmington.

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