Albert Nathaniel Penrod |
| Posted 2009-08-11 by Sharla |
| Albert Nathaniel Penrod 1864-1922 The fifth and sixth Penrod children were Albert Nathaniel and his twin brother Delbert Abraham, called throughout life Bert and Del. They made their wordly debut in Payson, Utah, on May 14, 1864, and came with their parents William and Polly to Arizona at the age of fourteen. They continued growing up in the Show Low-Juniper section of what was then Apache County, meeting all the vicissitudes and problems of that rugged frontier. The brothers were almost inseparable. Even after marriage they lived near each other and remained close in their associations, both personally and in business. When he was twenty-one Albert married Mary Catherine Beckstead of Taylor, Arizona. The date was May 25, 1885. Mary was about fifteen. The wedding was celebrated at the home of the bride's father with a dinner and a dance afterward which lasted until the small hours of the morning. To this couple were born twelve children, four girls and eight boys, whose names I regret I do not have at this time. Bert made a living by farming and shearing sheep, settling in Pinetop along with his father and others of the family. In the early years of the new century he went into business with his twin brother Del and with the proceeds bought cattle in 1912 and took up a homestead at Pinyon, a few miles north of Pinetop, where he farmed and raised cattle until the time of his death which occured April 5, 1922 at the age of fifty-eight. His daughter wrote that he was a kind and loving father to whom the family always came first. "He left many friends and all loved him who knew him; that meant more than wealth to us." Married to Mary Catherine Beckstead Penrod (1870 - 1944) Author: Delbert William Adair Jr. See Also: Find A Grave |
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