John MacLachland Pennell

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Husband John MacLachland Pennell ¹

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           Born: 26 Nov 1886 - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Walter Pennell (      -1907) 1 2
         Mother: Nancy A. "Nannie" Burchfield (      -1938) 1 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - John MacLachland Pennell

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He was educated in the public schools of Titusville. After leaving high school, he entered the employ of the Second National Bank of Titusville in August, 1903, beginning as messenger boy at a salary of $100 per year. Ambitious and capable, he rose rapidly in the organization and after serving a thorough apprentice­ship in every phase of banking, was entrusted with execu­tive responsibilities. During the course of his advance­ment in the institution he filled all positions, up to and including the office of executive vice-president; he also served as a director of the Second National Bank. In February, 1934, he resigned as executive vice-president and director after thirty-one years of service, and shortly afterward became associated with John A. Beatie & Com­pany, investment counselors, of Pittsburgh. In 1936, in addition to this connection, he also became associated with F. W. Reis, Jr., manager of the Pittsburgh office of the Canada Life Insurance Company of Toronto, Canada, which had under way an estate analytical survey of life insurance. He was successful in his insurance work, and made the Century and Quarter Million clubs on several occasions. His general insurance office in Titusville, which he opened in May, 1939, was located at No. 104 Exchange Place.
Mr. Pennell was a Republican in politics and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Titusville, in which he formerly served as trustee. He was president of the Lions Club, was affiliated with Titusville Lodge, No. 754, Free and Accepted Masons, and Titusville Elks Lodge, No. 264, and was a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, the Titusville Country Club and other local organizations.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 174.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 830.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 117.