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Resting place. Woodlawn Cemetery ( The Bronx, New York City) Occupation. Businessman. Years active. 1898–1971. Known for. Establishing JCPenney department stores in 1902. James Cash Penney Jr. (September 16, 1875 – February 12, 1971) was an American businessman and entrepreneur who founded the JCPenney stores in 1902.
Nov 8, 2014 · The JC Penney Company, long among the world’s largest department store chains, traces its roots to a one-room shop in a small Wyoming coal-mining town. The store’s founder was James Cash Penney, a Missourian born in 1875 who had moved west after his doctor suggested his health would benefit from the region’s drier climate.
James Cash Penney was born on September 16, 1875, on a farm in Caldwell County, near Hamilton, Missouri. He was the seventh of twelve children born to James Cash Penney and Mary Frances Paxton Penney. Jim’s father was a poor farmer and a Baptist minister. The Penneys raised their large family to believe in the Golden Rule, self-reliance, self ...
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. At age 8, young Jim was told he would have to start buying his own clothes and earning his own money.
Dec 7, 2017 · This article first appeared on December 7, 2017 in The Archbridge Institute’s ‘American Originals‘ series. From inauspicious beginnings rose one of the great entrepreneurs in American history, a man with unusual dedication and exceptionally high ideals. James Cash Penney, Jr., was born September 16, 1875, near Hamilton, Missouri, to the Reverend James C. Penney and his wife, […]
Apr 1, 2024 · 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. Penney’s first job was clerking in a general store for a salary of $2.27 per month. For medical reasons he moved to Colorado in 1897 and was soon hired ...
Dec 18, 2009 · Penney was born in 1875 on a farm near Hamilton, Missouri. With 12 children -- only half of whom survived to adulthood -- the family was often cash-strapped. At the age of eight, Penney's father ...
