As the name Pennel did not appear in the family before my ancestor, at least as far as I can tell, I often wondered if he was named for a Rev. Pinnall who was preaching near where they were in VA. Henny David Stewart <david@SurfTheWeb.com> wrote: Well that confirms we are very distant related. I see why I had not seen Pennel Cherrington's name, being from a second wife those children did not show on familysearch.org. I wondered if Pennel was a family name being so unique. Now I find out both his first and middle name honored your relative. I would love to come to the reunion sometime - I doubt I could make it this year. I appreciate the gallia genealogy website. I found information on my line on it. Thanks David -------Original Message------- From: Henny Evans Date: 6/11/2008 9:01:39 AM To: ohgallia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] John Fletcher Cherrington Interestingly, my ancestor was Pennel Cherrington!! As I told you earlier, William came here in 1805 with a huge family. All of his children except the one who died an infant came to Gallia County. The men who married Switzers were from William's first wife Margaret. I come from his second wife, Letitia, through Pennel Cherrington. So, William and Clement, sons of William, were half-brothers to Pennel. Pennel lived until 1885 and he was one of the oldest siblings here then. In fact, other than a sister who died here in 1887, he was the oldest son left and I think was considered by many in the family as the remaining head of the family. My children are the eighth generation to live in Gallia County. But....there were 143 grandchildren of William so there were still many, many Cherringtons here. Although the name itself had died out in the county there are hundreds of descendants still here. Our son has the middle name Cherrington and others use it in a variety of ways. We have a reunion in July and we'd love to have you come. You can check out details on galliagenealogy.org. If I can help you with your research in any way, please do not hesitate to ask. Henny David Stewart wrote: Hi Henny I see you must have a pretty good link into the Cherrington line. How do you tie in? I have just recently got into family history. My dad changed his last name from Switzer to Stewart (his step-father). My grandfather Harry Switzer brother was Pennel Cherrington Switzer. That tells me that the Switzers and Cherringtons must have kept in close contact over the generations. Of course that would not be unexpected as they were in Gallia county all that time. My grandfather moved to Tacoma Washington and I believe Pennel did too. I am going to suggest that familysearch have a way to note that a couple had no children. That way someone researching would not wonder if they had kids Thanks all who contribute to this message system! David Stewart , Harry Stewart, Harry Lecerq Switzer, George Switzer, John Switzer (sister Elizabeth married William C. And Catherine married Clement C), John Switzer - first Gallia resident born in VA. He was one of early Gallia settlers. -------Original Message------- From: Henny Evans Date: 6/11/2008 7:27:50 AM To: ohgallia@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHGALLIA] John Fletcher Cherrington John Fletcher Cherrington was born 26 Feb 1860 and died 28 Nov 1912. He married Katie Miles. No children. I am not certain where he went but for some reason I think west to Kansas or Missouri, but I am absolutley not certain about that. He had a brother Joseph and a sister Francis who married a Denney. Actually there were 12 children in his family but not all grew to adulthood. Several of his brothers went to the state of Washington. The Cherrington family came to Gallia County in 1805. William had 16 children by two wives. After Margaret Hank died, he married Letitia McClung a widow with 5 children. Of his 16 all but one grew to adulthood. William and Clement are the two who married Switzers and they had a brother John who was the grandfather of John Fletcher. Henny Cherrington Evans ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message