Submitter: | Lou Ann Naut | |||
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Husband: | Philip PENNINGTON | |||
Born: | 3 Nov 1846 | Place: | Lawrence Co., MO | |
Married: | (2nd marriage) 8 Sep 1889 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
Died: | 30 Jul 1916 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Old Sandhill Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Father: | Simeon PENNINGTON | |||
Mother: | Nancy McGEHEE | |||
Other Spouses: | Elizabeth Jane MORGAN b. 1845 MO, d Aug 1884 Denton, TX, m. 10 Jan 1868 | |||
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Wife: | Sarah Frances LEE | |||
Born: | 17 Aug 1870 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
Died: | 3 May 1950 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Old Sandhill Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Father: | Isaac LEE | |||
Mother: | Martha J. DEATON | |||
Other Spouses: | Charles Emmett RUSSELL b. 1 Dec 1877 KY, d. 3 Sep 1941, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX, m. 1917 | |||
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1 Name: | M | Joe Isaac PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 18 Oct 1889 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
Died: | 21 May 1982 | Place: | Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Buffalo Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Willie Corine MURPHY | |||
Married: | 29 Oct 1912 | Place: | Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co., TX | |
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2 Name: | F | Milisia Ann PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 2 Sep 1892 | Place: | probably Limestone Co., TX | |
Died: | 1 Apr 1966 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Sardis Cemetery | Place: | Jewett, Leon Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Henry JUSTUS | |||
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3 Name: | M | Ernest James PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 11 Mar 1894 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Died: | 3 Sep 1969 | Place: | Harlingen, Cameron Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Restlawn Cemetery | Place: | LaFeria, Cameron Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Clara Bell LAND | |||
Married: | 15 Aug 1915 | Place: | Knox City, TX | |
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4 Name: | M | Eddie Philip PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 8 Nov 1895 | Place: | Teague, Freestone Co., TX | |
Died: | 12 Aug 1967 | Place: | Palestine, Anderson Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Buffalo Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Lillie Lee USRY | |||
Married: | 16 Feb 1919 | Place: | ||
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5 Name: | F | Effie Sarah PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 8 Nov 1895 | Place: | Teague, Freestone Co., TX | |
Died: | 14 Nov 1980 | Place: | Alameda, Alameda Co., CA | |
Cemetery: | Memory Gardens Cemetery | Place: | Alameda, CA | |
Spouse 1: | George Tom WALDEN | |||
Married: | 3 Feb 1911 | Place: | Sanger, Denton Co., TX | |
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6 Name: | F | Etta Belle PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | Dec 1897 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Died: | Before 1910 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Unknown | Place: | ||
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7 Name: | M | Claude PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 9 Dec 1899 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Died: | 26 Aug 1987 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Buffalo Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Mattie Belle HALL | |||
Married: | 6 Aug 1920 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
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8 Name: | M | Odis or Otis PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | Dec 1901 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Died: | 3 Jul 1903 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | possibly Old Sandhill Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
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9 Name: | F | Martha Ann PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 1906 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Died: | 1906 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | possibly Old Sandhill Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
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10 Name: | M | Harvy or Harry Lee PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 1908 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Died: | 1908 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | possibly Old Sandhill Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
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11 Name: | F | Ethel Pearl PENNINGTON | ||
Born: | 10 Apr 1911 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
Died: | 3 Feb 1991 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Buffalo Cemetery | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | never married | |||
Married: | Place: | |||
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NOTES: Philip came to Texas with his first wife, Elizabeth Jane Morgan and their three children, Ida Mae, Emma Bell and John W. and settled in Sanger, Denton Co.,TX. Elizabeth Jane Morgan died soon after the birth of their fourth child, William Franklin Pennington. Philip was the youngest child of Simeon Pennington and Nancy McGehee, and his grandparents were Asa Pennington and Rachel Lane. The Penningtons, McGehees and Lanes were all prominent and well settled families in the Lawrence County, Missouri region. An uncle of Philip's, Corbin P. Pennington, had settled in Coryell Co., TX between 1850-60, and another uncle, Riggs Pennington, had obtained a land grant in Washington Co.,TX in 1841. It may be Philip and his family first settled with these relatives on arrival to Texas before finally settling in Denton County. A story in circulation about Philip Pennington says he killed a man in 1882 in Lawrence Co., Missouri and fled with his family to Texas. This anecdote was originally submitted by Pamela Lehman Norris, 15 Feb 2007 at ancestry.com: "Phillip owned a farm and was doing very well. There was a neighbor (John Hayes) who had land adjoining his. They were not very nice people - really rough men folks. Phillip and his dad had trouble with them before. One day Phillip's milk cow got out and was on the neighbors property or he claimed she had been. When Phillip found his cow, the man wasn't going to let Phillip have her. He drew a knife on Phillip. Phillip was known to be an expert shot with throwing rocks. He used to kill rabbits and squirrels with rocks. The man kept coming towards Phillip with the knife so Phillip picked up a rock about the size of a quarter, Phillip threw the rock and struck the man on the head, he fell unconscious. The man died three days later. Phillip knowing they were mean people and this man had several brothers, and figured they would come after him. So Phillip sold his farm to one of his brothers and took his wife and kids and everything he could get into a covered wagon and left Missouri during the night." I don't know the circumstances of Philip's courtship with Sarah Frances Lee, but their marriage was an enduring one. Sarah Frances Lee was the youngest daughter of Isaac Lee and Martha J. Deaton. Isaac came to Texas with his father John Lee and brothers Jeremiah, Robert, Jacob, Alfred, Peter and Levi from Shelby County, Illinois via Taney County, Missouri. The eldest brother, Jeremiah died shortly after arrival in 1847, but brothers Robert, Alfred, Jacob and Peter obtained land grants in what was known as the Mercer Colony: Alfred -Freestone Co.,TX 1852, Peter - Limestone Co.,TX 1855, Robert - Hopkins Co.,TX 1856,Jacob -Limestone Co., 1860. Robert Lee and Levi Lee both served as privates in Nelson's regiment, 10th Texas Infantry, CSA. It's believed Robert died during service. It is possible Isaac also served as there is a record of an Isaac Lee, Corporal, Co.G, Madison's regiment, 3rd Texas Calvary. But this hasn't been proved. In his lifetime Isaac worked as a farmer, a laborer, a waggoner and a carpenter in Limestone, Freestone, Falls, Bell, Hopkins and Robertson Counties. It is believed he died about 1880 in Robertson County. |
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SOURCES: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1889 US Federal census - Lawrence, Cedar and Barton Counties, MO 1876 US Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, Harrison, MO Missouri Marriage Records 1905-1902 (ancestry.com) Texas Marriages 1837-1973 (family search.org) 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 US Federal census - Cameron, Denton, Leon, Freestone, Limestone, Bell, Falls, Robertson, Coryell, and Washington Counties, TX |