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From: "Carl Pennington" <>
Subject: Re: [PENNINGTON-L] Re: Silas, Simeon & Timothy
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 17:28:07 -0500


Linda I am looking for a Simeon Pennington born 1855.I am sure there is a
connection somewhere.He named one son Arthur & the other Simeon Eugene.
Arthur named one daughter Ruth Ester.They lived in Jewett ,Waco & Grosbeck,
Texas in the late 1800 s I found on a document that his father was born in
Va. I have been told he was from Mo but never found any proof. Thanks Carl
Pennington
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Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 12:29 PM
Subject: [PENNINGTON-L] Re: Silas, Simeon & Timothy


>In a message dated 07/11/1999, Mike Pennington in the Pennington Digest
>writes:
>
><< I show no Silas anywhere- Can you send me some documentation?
> Could Silas have been a husband or companion of Lela?
>
> Here is the million dollar question many group 16 researchers have been
> looking for-
> Do you have documentation, or good circumstantial evidence that Silas,
> son of Simeon, was the grandson of Timothy?
> This is a very hot topic- cane you help?
> Thanks-
> MP >>
>
>Hi Mike,
>
>Thanks for responding. The million dollar question really threw me, I
>thought that Simeon was already documented as a son of Timothy. Please
>clarify that for me when you have time. Unfortunately I have nothing that
>connects Silas to Timothy, but below is my documentation on the existence
of
>Silas, and last but not least, his connection to Simeon (all spellings are
as
>I found them):
>
>1830 Jackson Co., TN census; page 149 - Silas "Penington" (indexed as
>"Perrington") age 20-30. ALSO LISTED on that page are: Anthony "Penington"
>age 30-40, Whitson "Penington" age 15-20, Samuel "Penington" age 30-40, and
>James "Penington" age 30-40 (all indexed as "Perrington"), along with
several
>"Plumley" (Plumlee) heads of family (several Plumlees married Penningtons).
>
>1840 Hardin Co., KY census; page 56 - Silas "Pendleton" age 30-40; along
with
>2 males under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female
>30-40, and 1 female 60-70.
>
>1850 Hardin Co., KY census; page 414B - Silas PENNINGTON, farmer, age 48,
>$300 real estate. Nancy, age 52; Elizabeth, age 24; Thomas Jefferson, age
>23; Richard, age 21; Drury, age 18; Nancy, age 16; Samuel, age 13; Pamelia,
>age 10; Amanda age 8; and James, age 4.
>
>1860 census: Silas is not in the index for TN or KY. I found out why when
I
>checked Microfiche roll #994037, "Ky. Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1852 -
>1910, Hancock through Harrison Co." and discovered the following:
>
>Deaths - 29 October, 1859: Silas "Pendleton", age 57, occ. farmer, married,
>cause of death Typhoid Fever. Parents: SIMEON and BETSEY "Pendleton".
Place
>of birth: JACKSON, TENN. Residence: Hardin Co., Ky. Place of death:
Hardin
>Co., Ky.
>
>The only mention of North Carolina I've encountered in my research was an
>1880 census note on Silas' widow, Nancy - it says her parents were born in
NC.
>
>According to Ingmire's Hardin Co. Vital Statistics, Lela Pennington's death
>record shows parents to be Simeon and Betsy "Pendleton" and birthplace as
>Jackson, Tenn. - thus establishing her as Silas' sister.
>
>Mike, I hope this helps - please let me know if you have any questions. I
am
>hopeful that Silas will eventually be able to join his family in group 16
of
>PRA research. Regarding the Pendleton misspellings, I do know that my
>Penningtons of that era were, for the most part (or all), illiterate
farmers,
>and probably never knew that they were being recorded for posterity under
the
>wrong name. Pendleton happened to be the name of a more prominent family
in
>Hardin County at the time. I have since found some of Silas' sons and
>grandchildren recorded as "Pendleton" in the 1900 and 1910 censuses,
>including my great-grandfather David Henry. Fortunately his birth record,
>death record and tombstone all say "Pennington."
>
>Thanks,
>
>Linda
>
>
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