William H. Penman
William Hunter Penman (May 18, 1858 – November 30, 1917) was the first known permanent resident of East Chicago, Indiana, and later its first mayor. Early life Penman was born in 1858 in Hammondsville, Ohio, to Scottish parents John Penman and Margaret Frazer. At the age of ten, he left school to work as a cooper (profession), cooper. In 1878, Penman went to work in the storage tank works of his brother-in-law, William Graver, in Pittsburgh. The Graver Tank Company was then expanding due to heavy demand from the Standard Oil Company. Penman soon became supervisor of the Pittsburgh works, a position he later also held at the company's subsequent locations in Lima, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. On December 13, 1883, Penman married Alice McCoy, of Enon Valley, Pennsylvania. They had two children. East Chicago In 1888, William Graver sent Penman to East Chicago to supervise the construction of the new Graver Tank Works there. Penman arrived in June 1888. At the time, the de ...
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List Of Mayors Of East Chicago, Indiana
This is a list of mayors of East Chicago, Indiana. East Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1889, and became a city in 1893. References {{East Chicago, Indiana East Chicago, Indiana Lists of mayors of places in Indiana, East Chicago, Indiana 1893 establishments in Indiana ...
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