Name/Title
Penick, William Ridgeway, Photo, c. 1880Entry/Object ID
P1994.1H.181Description
Penick, William Ridgeway, Photo, c. 1880. b/w. Photo of Penick from "History of Buchanan County, 1881" which includes short biographies. This engraving of a photo depicts Penick in mid-life. He has gray hair, balding on top, long beard, short mustache, wearing jacket with vest. HIs signature below photo. See Museum Graphic, Spring, 1956, Vol VIII, No. 2, p. 8.
Penick was a St. Joseph businessman, coming to the Platte Purchase as a boy. He engaged in businesses such as a drug store and bookstore. He was President of St. Joseph & Denver Railroad. He was Mayor of St. Joseph and made significant improvements in the Fire Department. During the Civil War he was Brigadier General on the staff of Ben Loan. He later raised a voluntary unit, 5th Calvary, that guarded Northwest Missouri from guerillas.
Original digital scan located on History CD 04.Made/Created
Date made
1880Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Photograph, DigitalRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William R. PenickProvenance
Notes
Photo from 1881 History of Buchanan County book