Charles William Penrose

4 February 1832 — 16 May 1925

1 Born at Camberwell, London; son of Matilda Sims and Richard Penrose. 2 Baptized, 1850. 3 Married Lucetta Stratford, 1855; participated in plural marriage. 4 Served as a missionary in England and presided over the London conference, circa 1851–1861. 5 Immigrated to the United States on the Underwriter and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1861. 6 Ordained to the Fifty-Sixth Quorum of the Seventy, circa 1862–1864. 7 Worked as editor of the Ogden Junction, Daily Junction (Ogden), Deseret News, and Salt Lake Herald. 8 Appointed counselor to Angus M. Cannon in the Salt Lake Stake presidency, 1884. 9 Served as assistant church historian, 1896–1904. 10 Appointed a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1904; counselor to President Joseph Fielding Smith, 1911; and counselor to President Heber J. Grant, 1918. 11 Died at Salt Lake City. 12 (See Document 4.11)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Dec. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 774/562 (1925), Charles William Penrose.

  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 774/562. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901), 1:256. “President Penrose Funeral Wednesday,” Deseret News, May 18, 1925, [1].

  3. [3] “President Penrose Funeral Wednesday,” 1. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:256.

  4. [4] “State Mourns at Passing of Prest. Penrose,” Deseret News, May 18, 1925, sec. 2, p. 6. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:257.

  5. [5] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:256–257. “President Penrose Funeral Wednesday,” 1.

  6. [6] “Saints by Sea,” database, 1840–1932, Saints by Sea (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/, accessed May 2023), Charles W. Penrose; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000). “Charles William Penrose,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Dec. 2014. “President Penrose Funeral Wednesday,” 1.

  7. [7] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:257. “President Penrose Funeral Wednesday,” 1.

  8. [8] “President Penrose Funeral Wednesday,” 1. “State Mourns at Passing of Prest. Penrose,” sec. 2, 6.

  9. [9] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:259.

  10. [10] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:260–261. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1920), 3:769.

  11. [11] “State Mourns at Passing of Prest. Penrose,” sec. 2, 6. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:769–770.

  12. [12] Utah death certificate, file no. 774/562. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed May 2023), Charles William Penrose KWNP-9W1.