Background
Penhallegon, Wiilliam Hitt was born on May 4, 1849 in Cornwall, England. Son of Thomas Stephens and Sarah (Coomb) Penhallegon.
Penhallegon, Wiilliam Hitt was born on May 4, 1849 in Cornwall, England. Son of Thomas Stephens and Sarah (Coomb) Penhallegon.
Came to America, 1870. Park College, Parkville, Missouri. Graduate McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1873.
(Doctor of Divinity, Blackburn, 1894).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1879. Stated supply, Wilson, Kansas, 1879-1880, Braidwood, Illinois, 1880-1881, Park Church, Streator, 1881-1889. Pastor 1st Church, Decatur, 1879-1913.
Syndic, James Millikan U., June 30, since 1913, also president trustees. President trustees Kemmerer Orphanage, Assumption, Illinois. Trustee Anna B. Millikin Home, Decatur.
Mason (K.T.).; Club: University.
Married Mary J. Johns, of Lowertown, Holston, Cornwall, England, 1870.