Henry Pennywitt
Henry Pennywitt, third son of John Pennywitt, was born on the old homestead on Gift Ridge, Adams County, Ohio, on December 13, 1851. He attended the common schools and assisted his father on the farm until he was a young man, when he left his home and went to Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, to learn the trade of printer. In 1872, he went to Washington, D. C, and worked at his trade until the Spring of 1874, when he entered the United States Weather Service, and has remained almost constantly with that service until the present time. He served as observer of the weather at Leavenworth, Kans.; Burlington, Iowa; Pittsburg, Pa.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Norfolk, Va.; Sanford, Fla.; Titusville, Fla.; Jupiter, Fla. (at which place he superintended the construction of an observatory); Knoxville, Tenn.; New Orleans, La., and Washington, D. C. He now holds a responsible position in the Climate and Crop Division of the Weather Bureau at Washington, having charge of the statistical work of temperature and rainfall data and the collection of reports pertaining to the condition of the different crops of the country. He has always taken a deep interest in scientific investigations, particularly the study of meteorology and kindred subjects.
On November 12, 1890, in Knoxville, Tenn., he was married to Miss Jennie L. Hessee, of Abingdon, Va. He has one boy, John Edward, six years of age, and one girl, Louise Mary, now nearly three years old.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900