Background
Penman, John Simpson was born on March 10, 1864 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Robert Hedderwick and Janet Russell (Swan) Penman.
Penman, John Simpson was born on March 10, 1864 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Robert Hedderwick and Janet Russell (Swan) Penman.
Brought to the United States at age of 5. Bachelor of Arts, College City New York, 1884. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1887.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1912.
Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, 1887. Assistant pastor, Yonkers, 1887-1888. Pastor Irvington-on-Hudson, 1888-1893.
Left Presbyn Church, 1893, on account of Briggs controversy and trial. Pastor Central Congressional Church, Bangor, Maine, 1894-1905, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1905-1910. Student, Oxford, England, 1911.
Devoted attention during later years to writing and study of political history.
Member Cambridge (Massachusetts) History Society. Clubs: Columbia University (New York City).
Married Georgie Ransom Law, June 3, 1890 (died March 4, 1941). Children: Janet Russell (Mistress T. Evans Baxter), Edith Law (Mistress Walter Bogner), Margaret E. (Mistress David D. Jacobus, deceased), Mistress Martha P. Robinson.