HI, MY NAME IS MIKE PENNINGTON AND I AM SEARCHING FOR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION ON MY FATHERS GRANDFATHER AND ANCESTORS. I AM NEW TO THE COMPUTER WORLD AND TO THE GENOLOGY FIELD SO ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I AM NOT SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME OF THE INFORMATION I HAVE TO SEE IF YOU CAN HELP ME. MY NAME IS MICHAEL ROY PENNINGTON, MY FATHERS NAME WAS SYDNEY FRANKLIN PENNINGTON AND HIS FATHER WAS WALTER HENRY PENNINGTON. WALTERS FATHERS NAME WAS ALONZO CHARLES PENNINGTON BORN IN 1855 AND DIED IN 1936 IN RINGLING OKLAHOMA AND THEY LIVED IN THE ARDMORE, OKLA. AREA. HE WAS BORN IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. HIS FATHER AND TWO BROTHERS REPORTEDLY FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR WITH THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. THEY REPORTEDLY MOVED TO CANTON, TEXAS AFTER THE WAR AND IN 1905 MOVED TO THE WOODVILLE INDIAN TERRITORY-OKLAHOMA. ALONZO WAS MARRIED TO SUSAN F. FOWLER IN 1879. HE WAS A ORDAINED MINISTER FOR 46 YEARS IN THE BABTIST CHURCH. I FOUND A COPY OF HIS MINISTER PAPERS IN BOOK 1 PAGE 1 OF THE MADILL, OKLAHOMA (JOHNSTON COUNTY) RECORDS. HE MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN A DEPUTY SHERIFF AT ONE TIME. HE AND SUSAN HAD 4 SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. THE SONS NAMES ARE J.B. PENNINGTON 12-8-1888, SID OR ED PENNINGTON, LILLY OR LELA PENNINGTON, WILLIE PENNINGTON AND WALTER HENRY PENNINGTON BORN 2-19-1891. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO SUSAN FOWLER. ALONZO CHARLES PENNINGTON REPORTEDLY MARRIED ELLA SHAW BORN IN ARKANSAS AND BURIED IN MUSKOKEE, OKLA. (2ND WIFE). I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN LOCATING ALONZO'S FATHER AND BROTHERS NAMES AND ANY AND ALL INFO. I AM AT A STANDSTILL AT THIS TIME. THEY FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR AND I AM NOT SURE OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY MOVING TO OKLAHOMA OR POSSIBLY ONLY PART OF THEM. THE BROTHERS MAY HAVE STAYED IN JACKSON, MISS. SIR: I AM THE LAST OF THE PENNINGTONS IN MY BLOOD LINE. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN PURCHASING A LOT OF BOOKS WITH A LOT OF NAMES OF PENNINGTON THAT DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. IF THERE IS RESEARCH ALREADY DONE AND OR A BOOK THAT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE I WOULD DEFINATELY BE INTERESTED. I DO NOT MEAN TO PUT DOWN THE WORK AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUBLISHED AND RESEARCHED THE INFORMATION IN ANY WAY. I AM JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN STUNG BEFORE ON THESE TYPE OF PURCHASES, AND DO NOT WISH TO DO SO AGAIN. I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL HELP YOU MAY HAVE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE INFORMATION I HAVE SEEN SO FAR AND I COMMEND YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF THE PENNINGTONS. SINCERELY YOURS: MICHAEL PENNINGTON E-MAIL ADDRESS MIKEJODY1@AOL.COM OR MIKEJODY@JUNO.COM (BEST ADDRESS)