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    Mary Tope, daughter of Frederick Tope and Elizabeth Ann Grammer, was born about 1799 in Jackson Co., Illinois, and died about 1865. She married Andrew Penrod in 1815 in Jackson Co., Ohio. Mary was known as "Polly." Andrew was born in 1795 in Quemahoning, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, and died in August 1848.

Mary and Andrew had eight children:

1. Elezer Penrod was born 20 February 1828 in Panama, Illinois and died 14 October 1890 in Jackson Co., Illinois. He married Sarah Emeline Buttler, daughter of  Cyrus Buttler and Nancy ______ on 15 February 1849 in Carbondale. Illinois  [see note].
2. Barbara Penrod was born in 1830 and died about 1850  She married Henry Mitchell on 1 April 1847.
3. Susan Penrod was born 1818 and married William Moore.
4. Margaret Penrod was born about 1820 married Lafayette Murphy on 23 July 1843 in Jackson County, Illinois.
5. John Penrod born 1826 in Kentucky.  He married Christine Catherine Baker on 1 February 1846 and later  married Julia Ann Lipe.
6. Andrew Jackson Penrod Jr. was born in 1832 and married Nancy Knight on 13 October 1856.
7. George Washington Penrod was born in 1834 in Illinois and died 10 February 1916. He married Elizabeth Butler.
8. James Penrod was born in 1836 in Jackson Co., Illinois and died 17 May 1871. He first married Elizabeth Craig on 19 July 1859 in Jackson County, Illinois, and later married Julia Ann (Butler) Foster.

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Notes:

1. Source: Gail Caraway
2. Delbert Penrod gives the names as Eleazer  Penrod and Sarah Butler.