I am not related to this person, his obituary appeared in the "100 Years Ago Today" column in the North Vernon (IN) Plain Dealer on 11-24-2010 for 11-23-1910. I thought it might be of help to someone.


The body of John Penniston, who was a former resident of North Vernon, was brought here from Chattanooga, Tenn., last Friday morning for interment in the City Cemetery. He was a son of the late James Penniston. He was a victim of pneumonia and was ill only five days.