Charles B. Penrose [SEP] occupation
Charles B. Penrose
Charles B. Penrose (October 6, 1798 – April 6, 1857) was a Pennsylvania attorney and politician. He served in the Pennsylvania Senate and as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.
Early life.
Charles Bingham Penrose was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1798. He studied law and attained admission to the bar in 1821, afterwards establishing a practice in Carlisle.
Political career.
A member of the Whig party who was identified as an Antimason, in 1833
Senator Boies Penrose, Spencer Penrose, Richard A. F. Penrose, Jr. and the grandson of Charles B. Penrose, Solicitor of the United States Treasury, in 1892. They had two children.
- Lucy Wharton Drexel (1867–1944), who married Eric Bernard Dahlgren, Sr. (1866–1922), a son of John A. Dahlgren, and had eight children. They divorced in 1913.
- Elizabeth Wharton Drexel (1868–1944), who married John Vinton Dahlgren (1869–1899), another son of John A. Dahlgren, in