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'''Mose(s) Sylvester Penton''' was [[Escambia County Sheriff]] from [[1923]] to [[1932]].
Penton was born in September, [[1893]], in [[Wikipedia:Seminole,_Alabama|Seminole, Alabama]]; he relocated with his parents to [[Beulah]] at the age of one. Before entering law enforcement, Penton worked as a grocer and as chief of the special service department for the [[Pensacola Shipbuilding Company]].
==Career==
In June [[1923]] he was , the [[City of Pensacola]] appointed Penton as [[Pensacola Chief of Police|Chief of Police]] for the [[City of Pensacola]]. In October of the same year, Florida Governor [[Wikipedia:Cary A. Hardee|Cary A. Hardee]] appointed Penton as [[Escambia County Sheriff]]. Voters elected Penton was elected Sheriff in his own right sheriff in [[1924]], and was he won re-elected in [[1928]].
==Personal life==
Penton married Allie May Burch on [[September 9]], [[1917]]. The couple had two sons, Douglas and Kenneth. The family lived at 1216 East Lee Street in Pensacola's [[East Hill]] neighborhood, underscoring Penton's strong connection to the community he served.
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