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Feb 20, 2023 · James Cash Penney (yes, that was his full name) learned about faith and business from his father, who served as the pastor of a small Primitive Baptist church in Hamilton, Missouri, and struggled to make a living off the family farm.
Apr 1, 2024 · James Cash Penney. born: Sept. 16, 1875, Hamilton, Mo., U.S. died: Feb. 12, 1971, New York, N.Y. (aged 95) J.C. Penney (born Sept. 16, 1875, Hamilton, Mo., U.S.—died Feb. 12, 1971, New York, N.Y.) was a merchant who established one of the largest chains of department stores in the United States.
James Cash Penney, Sr. (1841–1895) James Cash Penney, Sr. was born December 29, 1841, in Mirabile, Missouri. His parents were Eli Penney (1799–1871) and Mary G. “Polly” Burris (1821–18??), both from Mercer County, Kentucky. He had twelve children with Mary Frances Paxton Penney.
Dec 18, 2009 · The Great Leaders Series: James Cash Penney, Founder of J.C. Penney. Before profit sharing and employee ownership became heralded management techniques, James Cash Penney used them to...
May 21, 2018 · PENNEY, JAMES CASH. James Cash Penney (1875 – 1971) was born on his father's farm in Hamilton, Missouri, the seventh of 12 children. He grew up in a stern, joyless family. His father, a farmer, served as an unpaid preacher for a fundamentalist sect known as Primitive Baptists. By age eight James Penney was forced to earn money to buy his own ...
Feb 13, 1971 · James Cash Penney was one of a handful of 20th‐century mer chant princes who created vast corporate edifices in their own images. The fact that his credo, based on his much‐loved con cept of...
James Cash Penney. 1875-1971. Leader and Benefactor through the Depression. "In my distraught state I did not altogether grasp it clearly. But I felt that my steps had been led in some way halfway across the city to this Mission."
