James Cash Penney was the seventh of twelve children born to James and Mary Frances Paxton Penney. Born on September 16, 1875, J. C. Penney became Hamilton's biggest claim to fame-at least for hundreds of tourists who each year tour the J. C. Penney Museum and see his boyhood home...
Hamilton Mo. Museum & Library
Museum and Library

Located in the J.C. Penney Memorial Museum Building
Located on the North side of downtown.

A very relaxing place to read and study with hundreds of books and other materials. Please come and visit us!
Museum and Library
312 North Davis St
Hamilton, MO 64644 Phone: (816) 583-4832
http://hamiltonpublic.lib.mo.us/
Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Wednesday and Fridays 9-12 and 1-5 Saturday 9-12