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Marlon Brando

Movie Actor

William Pennebaker

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• • Great-grandfather of Marlon Brando — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Samuel W. Pennebaker 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Finley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Sep 1826 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Wilson County, Tennessee 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Nov 1869 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Versailles Cemetery, Versaille, Morgan, Missouri 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Elizabeth Salmon
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1851 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  William Johnson Pennebaker (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Pennebaker is said to be the son of Samuel Pennebaker and Sarah Finley. Evidence is needed to support this claim. The Family Data database on Ancestry.com is not considered a reliable source.

    William's gravestone is damaged with a break in the stone through the inscribed death date. Part of the death date is illegible in photos of the gravestone. In photos of the gravestone, the lower half below the break is obscurred by the upper half being in front and leaned against it.

• Sources for William Pennebaker

  • ¹ Federal Census, MO, Morgan County, 1860, Versailles, p. 187, Image 1 of 6.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/07/2022).
  • ³ Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, Marriage certificate for son William J Pennebaker and Bessie G Gahan.
  • ⁴ Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Will of father Samuel W Pennebaker, dated 23 OCT 1835, proved 17 APR 1836.
  • ⁵ U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, Draft record for William Pennebaker.
  • ⁶ Pennypacker, [Gov.] Samuel W., A Genealogy of the Pennypacker Family: Including those bearing the names of Penny packer, Pennybacker, . . ., 1674-1880, n.p.: Handwritten manuscript (1880), 350.