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Mose Penton

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Mose Sylvester Penton was Escambia County Sheriff from 1923 to 1932.

Mose Penton
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Born September 23, 1893
Seminole, Alabama
Occupation Escambia County Sheriff
Religion Baptist
Parents Moses Jackson and Angelia Penton

Penton was born in 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 appointed Chief of Police for the City of Pensacola. In October of the same year, Florida Governor Cary A. Hardee appointed Penton as Escambia County Sheriff. Penton was elected Sheriff in his own right in 1924, and was re-elected in 1928.

Preceded by:
A. Cary Ellis
Escambia County Sheriff
1923-1932
Succeeded by:
H. E. Gandy