Well, maybe this will help some of yuns, and it might solve a mystery that my family talks about often. Shake Boles Pennington, my gr grandfather, was one of the sons of Daniel Rufus Pennington. One of his brothers (Shake) was Purtle Pennington, named after one of Daniel's brothers. Anyways Purtle had a "tiff" with his family regarding his wife and left Kentucky and was never heard from again. I don't know if he changed his name but he probably was angry enough to. Perhaps some of you are descended from this Purtle Pennington.