Hi Ron, Our messages crossed in cyberspace, I think. Anyway, you have quite a lot but documentation would be nice, I know. So this Adrian Pennington that I found can't be yours. Still, they seem to be centered around Alabama and Oklahoma. I forgot to say that Ancestry.com came up with a one-line death record for Adrain Leon Pennington who died Aug.6, 1958 in Collin Co. TX. So that is your father, at least. Yes, I think that Ancestry is very helpful but takes some patience, esp. with the new format. Their database grows larger all the time. The downside is they charge more and more. I find it's worth it for me. I've found so much on my lines thru them. Since they usually have the actual images, it can be used for documenation, too. I don't mean to try to sell Ancestry to you. I just enjoy it. Send me some questions and I'll enjoy trying to find answers. Again, I have a tendency to forget all the committments I make, so jog my memory if I don't get back to you. I will use the info you sent and see what pops up on Ancestry on them. I love genealogy. TTYL, Barb T

Barb, Every thing is right except my grandfather was Willis Spencer Pennington, and his brothers were Floyd,Bob,Jasper & Sisters Frances & Dovie. Willis was a Saddle Maker and shoe Salesman on the road. He & Grandmother Alta Mae (Woody) Pennington Had a Wild fire relationship and were divorced & remarried several times. I have a Photo of them when dad was a little boy. She Looks full-blooded Indian, but can't get documentation. Family said not Indian Black Dutch. I know that was a cover for Indian so you could get rights plus didn't want anyone to know about background. I am a late blooming artist and I know my dad was also a self taught artist. The Tulsa Times ran a story with a photo which I now have a copy of Him doing a Self portrait with me standing and looking down on him when he was in prison. He was compared to the German artist Durer. I am sure you have the right dad for me. Thank you , Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: <keenebj@juno.com> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 6:25 AM Subject: [PRA] Adrian Leon Pennington > > Dear Ron, > I see why you are having trouble finding info on your birth father, > Adrian Leon Pennington. There were a lot of Leon Pennington's. However, > there was an Adrian Pennington of the right age on the 1930 Census of > Tulsa, OK. This is just a possibility, not proven. The father was > Richard W. Pennington who was 42 and worked in a Shoe Repair Shop. His > wife was Alta M. Pennington, but she was not his first wife. She was 35. > Richard was born in Alabama and his wife in Oklahoma. All the children > were born in OK. It is impossible to say if she was the mother of any of > the children without more evidence. They lived on > W. 40th St. in Tulsa. > In 1910, in McIntosh, OK, there is a Cholly (Charley?) Pennington and > family and his bro, Richard, is living with them. Both men were born in > Alabama. It says Richard is 26 so this is slightly off, but still does > not eliminate this Richard. Doesn't prove it, either. > Again, let me know what you are trying to find out about your father. > Maybe I, or some others, can make suggestions as to how you might find > what you are looking for. I enjoy doing this and hope it gives you some > clues and possibilities. > Barb T > *************************************** > Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com > ************************************** > For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ************************************** > Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org > and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > ************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Dear Ron, I see why you are having trouble finding info on your birth father, Adrian Leon Pennington. There were a lot of Leon Pennington's. However, there was an Adrian Pennington of the right age on the 1930 Census of Tulsa, OK. This is just a possibility, not proven. The father was Richard W. Pennington who was 42 and worked in a Shoe Repair Shop. His wife was Alta M. Pennington, but she was not his first wife. She was 35. Richard was born in Alabama and his wife in Oklahoma. All the children were born in OK. It is impossible to say if she was the mother of any of the children without more evidence. They lived on W. 40th St. in Tulsa. In 1910, in McIntosh, OK, there is a Cholly (Charley?) Pennington and family and his bro, Richard, is living with them. Both men were born in Alabama. It says Richard is 26 so this is slightly off, but still does not eliminate this Richard. Doesn't prove it, either. Again, let me know what you are trying to find out about your father. Maybe I, or some others, can make suggestions as to how you might find what you are looking for. I enjoy doing this and hope it gives you some clues and possibilities. Barb T

Barb, Thank you for your interest in helping. I can give you some of the info I do have. He was borne in Maldro, Oklahoma in May 26th 1918 and was killed in Plano, Texas in Aug.6th 1958. His father was Willis Spencer Pennington , B in Alabama Nov.14th 1879 - D in Tulsa 1966. Mother was Alta May Woody B in Sallisaw, Ok. May 7th 1894 & D in Sandsprings, Ok. Dec.22 1981. His Grandfather was Absolem Jackson Pennington B July 11 1854-D 1902. G-Grandfather Joel Harison Pennington May 1815-June 1897. The info I have takes me to his GG Grandfather Benagah Pennington 1781-1860---- GGG Grandfather Macajah Pennington 1743 - 1812 I do not have documentation on any of this other than what I had found when I was a member of Ancestry.com, but really didn't understand what I needed to do and how to navigate their system. My wife is interested in her family and we probably need to get a new membership. We have been to the little Community of Pennington England just South of the Lake district. Having been adopted and growing up as Ron Hauser and not being able to talk or even ask about my Pennington background, This is very important to me now and want to pass this on to my Children, and Grandchildren. If we need to go to a different e-mail - let me know. My wife & I really like reading the others comments. Thanks again, Ron (H.) Pennington ----- Original Message ----- From: <keenebj@juno.com> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:48 AM Subject: [PRA] Adrian Leon Pennington > > Dear Ron, > Well, I'm not sure what we'd find on Ancestry.com but I've found lots of > stuff. They have the whole U.S. census for instance. The 1920 might > give your father's father, with maybe his mother's first name, too. > There's the Social Security Death Index which you probably already have. > Once you have his father's name, you can go on back in the census on your > Grandfather's family which might yield occupation, address at that time, > etc. They have some bits of military records, some marriage stuff, some > births, but not all of either since there is much at the State level and > the county level. I'd like to know what in particular you hope to find > and what you already have by way of documentation. I have the UK > collection, and the newspaper collection which of course is way short of > complete. That may be next to impossible to get together and input the > data for the whole country. Actually, I'm going to head on over to > Ancestry and see if anything pops up for 1920 on your father. I'll be > back. Unless these suggestions are helpful to anyone else, we may need > to move over to private email. Any complaints on this, folks? > > Barb T > *************************************** > Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com > ************************************** > For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ************************************** > Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org > and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > ************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Dear Ron, Well, I'm not sure what we'd find on Ancestry.com but I've found lots of stuff. They have the whole U.S. census for instance. The 1920 might give your father's father, with maybe his mother's first name, too. There's the Social Security Death Index which you probably already have. Once you have his father's name, you can go on back in the census on your Grandfather's family which might yield occupation, address at that time, etc. They have some bits of military records, some marriage stuff, some births, but not all of either since there is much at the State level and the county level. I'd like to know what in particular you hope to find and what you already have by way of documentation. I have the UK collection, and the newspaper collection which of course is way short of complete. That may be next to impossible to get together and input the data for the whole country. Actually, I'm going to head on over to Ancestry and see if anything pops up for 1920 on your father. I'll be back. Unless these suggestions are helpful to anyone else, we may need to move over to private email. Any complaints on this, folks? Barb T

Barb, No I Didn't and No I do not belong. I did at one time ,but didn't renew. What do you think I would find? Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: <keenebj@juno.com> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: [PRA] Adrian Leon Pennington > > Dear Ron, > Have you gotten the 1920 and 1930 census on your father yet? Do you have > Ancestry.com? I will look them up if you don't have Ancestry. Let me > know. > Barb T > *************************************** > Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com > ************************************** > For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ************************************** > Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org > and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > ************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Dear Ron, Have you gotten the 1920 and 1930 census on your father yet? Do you have Ancestry.com? I will look them up if you don't have Ancestry. Let me know. Barb T

Dear Ron, It sounds like the adults were using the child. I mean the legal authorities. If you were young enough to be held by an adult, you were still too young to think like an adult. I can't speak for your ancestors because as you said, times were tough back then. The newspaper editor, no matter how good a person, was using you to sell newspapers. Good luck to you in your research and with your book. Oh yes, the two sides of my family were very different. Mom's was poor and broke some laws for sure. Dad's was more "socially acceptable". Strange to say, the poor ancestors were the kindest and sweetest and loved their families very much no matter how they messed up sometimes. Dad's were nice but just not very warm or affectionate. I loved them all but I loved, and still love, my poor "as a church mouse" Grandpa Arid the most. When a child in the family was sick, Grandpa jumped in and didn't worry about catching anything, but just rocked us and took care of us gently. Family history says he nursed his Mom, (Mary) Jane Pennington Durham, during her final illness. Barb T

I want to share something very exciting with you - digitized books. These projects are not new, but how these projects benefit the genealogy community is becoming more evident. I spent several hours last night exploring both of these projects and downloaded several books that were of interest to my research. I was blown away at the books available. Many of them are available for you to download, free, while others can be purchased and/or it will list a library where you can check them out. When you click on the book title, it will take you to the actual page in the book and show you (highlighted) on the page/s where the name is located. In the Google search site, you can even use a search box on the page to search within the book for a more complete search. I found books dating back to the 1700's and published in England and America. I found a couple of books with details of Gamel de Penitone and his descendants as well as the story behind Muncaster Castle. There were images of the Coat of Arms as well. Enjoy! Gene Pennington (Group 7) Chairman Research Director Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.PenningtonResearch.org ============================================================================ ======== Dick Eastman's blog at --> http://blog.eogn.com/ just posted this important message. Microsoft Books to Challenge Google Books Microsoft has launched an online library in a move to compete against Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books. Consumers benefit any time when two industry giants meet in head-to-head competition. In this case, genealogists will benefit as they have even more free genealogy and local history books to search. Microsoft launched a U.S. test version of Live Search Books a few weeks ago. The new service already has tens of thousands of out-of-copyright books, including works held by the British library and major universities in the United States and Canada. I checked Live Search Books and found several hundred genealogy books are already available, although not nearly as many as are available at Google Books. The several pages from the Microsoft site that I displayed on my computer all seemed to be crystal-clear and easily readable. I was also able to download and save entire books as PDF files. The search page on Microsoft's Live Search Books is simple and uncluttered. However, the search results are not nearly as accurate as that of Google Books. A search on "Eastman genealogy" (no quotes) on Google produces a long list of genealogy books that contain the name "Eastman" somewhere within the pages of each book. The same search on Microsoft's Live Search Books seems to produce a list of books with either word alone. In other words, it finds many genealogy books that do not contain the word "Eastman" as well as many books that do mention that name but do not have the word "genealogy" anywhere between the covers. Even with this limitation, Live Search Books is a good service for genealogists. Keep in mind that its limited search capabilities may limit its effectiveness for anyone searching for surnames that are also common English words, such as Green, Black, or Town. Microsoft has book-scanning partnerships with New York Public Library, the American Museum of Veterinary Medicine, the University of California system, and the University of Toronto, according to Microsoft project director Cliff Guren. Live Search Books "was created with copyright laws in mind," according to Guren. "It is focused on scanning and indexing out-of-copyright books or books where we have the express written consent of the copyright holder to scan them." You can search and read genealogy and local history books right now on Microsoft's Live Search Books at http://books.live.com. ============================================================================ ======= You can do the same thing on Google's website at --> www.google.com . Go to their website and then click on "More" then click on "Books". Enter "Pennington genealogy" (no quotes) in the search box. Or you can just enter "Pennington" (no quotes) to see a long, long, long list of books in which Pennington appears.

Thanks Carmen for the suggestions. I do know of a photo that was in the Tulsa Times when The feds came and surrounded the tarpaper shack we were living in . the Photo was of a Fed holding me as I pointed to a budge on the side of the building . Head Lines were "Son Turns In Father at The Bust of The Bulge". Those were hard times and people did what ever they could to survive. I am writing a book with some real wild stories about Oklahoma, Texas , Missouri and of all places Chicago (Past 64 Years). Ron (Hauser) Pennington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmen Johnson" <carmenmjo@cableone.net> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [PRA] Adrian Leon Pennington Ron, Have you gotten a death record for your father? I would think that you should be able to get his prison record. Since he was in the military you should be able to get his records. As his son, you can easily get those records by requesting them. You might be able to get copies of his arrest record - if not, do some footwork and check the newspapers. You never know what you find. As for a "bad" apple - my great grandfather was told to either leave OK in the late 20's or go to prison. He chose to leave and came to ID. Believe it or not, I even have a photo of his still :) Carmen Johnson Assistant Research Director - JFMF www.penningtonresearch.org PRA Family Group 7 Leader http://pragroup7.genheirlooms.com -----Original Message----- From: pra-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pra-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rhauser@peoplepc.com Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:31 AM To: pra@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRA] Group#32 Peggy, I am Ron (Hauser) Pennington in Gene's (Group 7). I am interested in any information about an Adrian (Jack) Leon Pennington B. 1918- D.1957 that was in Ft. Leavenworth Prison. He was my birth father and I don't know how to get any info on him. He was sent there in the 40's for the Running whisky in Oklahoma and also was AWOL from Fort Hood Texas During WW2. Sorry about the Bad Apple in the Pennington Family, but I think we all have some on both sides of law,politicks and religion. Good luck and thanks if you have any info. Ron (Hauser) Pennington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Pennington" <grannypar@alltel.net> To: <PRA@rootsweb.com>; <keenebj@juno.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:57 PM Subject: [PRA] Group#32 > Dear List and Barb T, > Barb,I have been in contact with you before and you answered some of my > questions.I have tryed to find the 14 children of Samuel.If I should ever > get passed that I will work on Samuel's dad etc. > I have found maybe the first?family of William P. the third child of > Samuel and Martha.I sent to Leavenworth Prison and got papers on 2 > Penningtons.The W.E that died at Ft.Leavenworth is the one I think Mr. > Townsend spoke of in an old Pedigree of being the son of William P. > Pennington.I would love to find out who the mother was of W.E.?Anyone > know? > Leavenworth also send another one and it was W.A.Pennington they both > would use alis of the other.I think W.A. name was Archie and his mom was > *************************************** > Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com > ************************************** > For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ************************************** > Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org > and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > ************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message *************************************** Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com ************************************** For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at http://www.penningtonresearch.org ************************************** Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. ************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com ************************************** For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at http://www.penningtonresearch.org ************************************** Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. ************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In Internet Genealogy magazine April/May 2006 edition there is an article: "Case Study: William Pennington". "Rick Crume explores an 18-th century colonist's origins and his family ties." You can visit his website at www.onelibrary.com. I am not certain if the article appears there. Internet Genealogy magazine was offered through Family Chronicle. Virginia Brown

Ron, Have you gotten a death record for your father? I would think that you should be able to get his prison record. Since he was in the military you should be able to get his records. As his son, you can easily get those records by requesting them. You might be able to get copies of his arrest record - if not, do some footwork and check the newspapers. You never know what you find. As for a "bad" apple - my great grandfather was told to either leave OK in the late 20's or go to prison. He chose to leave and came to ID. Believe it or not, I even have a photo of his still :) Carmen Johnson Assistant Research Director - JFMF www.penningtonresearch.org PRA Family Group 7 Leader http://pragroup7.genheirlooms.com  -----Original Message----- From: pra-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pra-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rhauser@peoplepc.com Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:31 AM To: pra@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRA] Group#32 Peggy, I am Ron (Hauser) Pennington in Gene's (Group 7). I am interested in any information about an Adrian (Jack) Leon Pennington B. 1918- D.1957 that was in Ft. Leavenworth Prison. He was my birth father and I don't know how to get any info on him. He was sent there in the 40's for the Running whisky in Oklahoma and also was AWOL from Fort Hood Texas During WW2. Sorry about the Bad Apple in the Pennington Family, but I think we all have some on both sides of law,politicks and religion. Good luck and thanks if you have any info. Ron (Hauser) Pennington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Pennington" <grannypar@alltel.net> To: <PRA@rootsweb.com>; <keenebj@juno.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:57 PM Subject: [PRA] Group#32 > Dear List and Barb T, > Barb,I have been in contact with you before and you answered some of my > questions.I have tryed to find the 14 children of Samuel.If I should ever > get passed that I will work on Samuel's dad etc. > I have found maybe the first?family of William P. the third child of > Samuel and Martha.I sent to Leavenworth Prison and got papers on 2 > Penningtons.The W.E that died at Ft.Leavenworth is the one I think Mr. > Townsend spoke of in an old Pedigree of being the son of William P. > Pennington.I would love to find out who the mother was of W.E.?Anyone > know? > Leavenworth also send another one and it was W.A.Pennington they both > would use alis of the other.I think W.A. name was Archie and his mom was > *************************************** > Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com > ************************************** > For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ************************************** > Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org > and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > ************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message *************************************** Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com ************************************** For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at http://www.penningtonresearch.org ************************************** Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. ************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear List and Barb T, Barb,I have been in contact with you before and you answered some of my questions.I have tryed to find the 14 children of Samuel.If I should ever get passed that I will work on Samuel's dad etc. I have found maybe the first?family of William P. the third child of Samuel and Martha.I sent to Leavenworth Prison and got papers on 2 Penningtons.This W.E.he was 36 in 1928 that died at Ft.Leavenworth (1933) is the one I think Mr. Townsend spoke of in an old Pedigree of being the son of William P. Pennington.I would love to find out who the mother was of W.E.?Anyone know? Leavenworth also send another one and it was W.A.Pennington they both would use alias of the other.I think W.A. name was Archie and his mom was Mrs. J.F.Bobeen of Drumright,OK.This one was 18 in 1924..His mother wrote a letter to the Warden and even she called him W.E. Pennington.I just get so confused as I mail this last night and had not fiished this.Does anyone know this one? There is not a lot of info in these papers from Leavenworth but I got a mug shot on each one.I forget what they cost + .50 a copy but I have enjoyed them. Thanks for listening to the rantings of a old woman just trying to sort out these guys.I can not understand why you would use an alias of someone else if not kin folks. Peggy Group #32 Group Leader #2 and #25

Peggy, I am Ron (Hauser) Pennington in Gene's (Group 7). I am interested in any information about an Adrian (Jack) Leon Pennington B. 1918- D.1957 that was in Ft. Leavenworth Prison. He was my birth father and I don't know how to get any info on him. He was sent there in the 40's for the Running whisky in Oklahoma and also was AWOL from Fort Hood Texas During WW2. Sorry about the Bad Apple in the Pennington Family, but I think we all have some on both sides of law,politicks and religion. Good luck and thanks if you have any info. Ron (Hauser) Pennington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Pennington" <grannypar@alltel.net> To: <PRA@rootsweb.com>; <keenebj@juno.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:57 PM Subject: [PRA] Group#32 > Dear List and Barb T, > Barb,I have been in contact with you before and you answered some of my > questions.I have tryed to find the 14 children of Samuel.If I should ever > get passed that I will work on Samuel's dad etc. > I have found maybe the first?family of William P. the third child of > Samuel and Martha.I sent to Leavenworth Prison and got papers on 2 > Penningtons.The W.E that died at Ft.Leavenworth is the one I think Mr. > Townsend spoke of in an old Pedigree of being the son of William P. > Pennington.I would love to find out who the mother was of W.E.?Anyone > know? > Leavenworth also send another one and it was W.A.Pennington they both > would use alis of the other.I think W.A. name was Archie and his mom was > *************************************** > Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com > ************************************** > For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ************************************** > Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.org > and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > ************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Dear Peggy, I've been having fun with Ancestry.com. I find a Harrison with a possible initial of E who was born ca 1868 which is the approx. date I have for Samuel's son, Harrison E. Pennington. This is the 1910 Census of Illinois, Mason Co, Havana City. Location info is Enumeration District 66, Sheet #2B. It says he was born in Missouri and both parents born in KY. Harrison's wife is Alzora. There are several children and one Grandchild, child of their dau Hattie who is 18. GS's name is Robert Miller (? last name?). They lived on Broadway St. In the 1920 Census, Harrison and family are still in Havana Township, Mason Co. Illinois. Enum. District is 82. Sheet #3A, Line 17. Family was enumerated January 5, 1920. On this Census, Harrison is enum. as H. E. Pennington, age 51 which fits the approx. age of Harrison E.Pennington. There are 5 children left and one granddaughter, Dorothy M. Stone age 6. Wife is A. J. Penningon. They lived on South Orange St. The rest of the boys are harder to find, having common first names. Not to mention finding the girls. Maybe someone lives in Missouri and could check out marriage records for the girls. Well, this has been fun and you all probably had this anyway, but I've enjoyed digging around. Barb T

Hi again, Peggy. There is a Perry Pennington on the 1880 Census of Auglaize, Miller County, Missouri who is the probable age of Samuel's second child, Perry. This is E.D. 102, Page 24, Household #218. The family was enum. on June 16, 1880. Perry is likely to be easy to find, being the oldest son, and may have left a good paper trail. I'll continue to look for the others. Barb T

Dear List and Barb T, Barb,I have been in contact with you before and you answered some of my questions.I have tryed to find the 14 children of Samuel.If I should ever get passed that I will work on Samuel's dad etc. I have found maybe the first?family of William P. the third child of Samuel and Martha.I sent to Leavenworth Prison and got papers on 2 Penningtons.The W.E that died at Ft.Leavenworth is the one I think Mr. Townsend spoke of in an old Pedigree of being the son of William P. Pennington.I would love to find out who the mother was of W.E.?Anyone know? Leavenworth also send another one and it was W.A.Pennington they both would use alis of the other.I think W.A. name was Archie and his mom was

Hi Carmen, This is the Group 12 Samuel as you said. Peggy Pennington's is one of the Samuel's of Group 32. Samuel seems to have been a popular name among this branch of the family. Barb T

Hi Peggy, I've done a lot of work on Group 32, tho I am not a member of PRA. As to the Samuel who died in 1914, Bill Pennington of FL would be good to talk to. As to Wells Pennington, I have probably as much as anyone. The main problem is that no one has been able to come up with a father for Wells. Lots of guesses but no real evidence. In the JFMF there is some of the work I did at the very beginning of my work on Wells Pennington and family. It was awful. I tried to have it deleted but I don't know if it was. So anyone who reads it should not place faith in the data. Unless they find evidence themselves. It was full of newbie mistakes. Anyone may contact me if they have questions on Group 32. I am in poor health so I forget to follow up sometimes so if anyone has asked me any questions and did not hear back from me, please always let me know. Thanks! Barb T

Harold was the s. of Ester Jane Pennington, granddaughter of Byram Bowman Pennington, great granddaughter of Elisha Pennington, ggreat granddaughter of Samuel Pennington and therefore Group 12. Harold Edward Griffits, age 70, of Lansing the Helton Community, died Tuesday, August 15 at his home. Funeral services were held Friday, August 17, 2006 at the Sturgills Baptist Church with Rev. Lloyd Day officiating. Interment followed in the Zion Cemetery. Mr. Griffits was born December 15, 1035 to Clarence Elmer and Ester Pennington Griffits. His passion in life was farming. He is survived by one step daughter, Fanny Thomas of Abingdon, VA; two brothers, Danny Griffits and Garry Griffits both of Lansing, NC; one sister, Maxine Hanks of Lansing, NC. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. Carmen Assistant Research Director - JFMF www.penningtonresearch.org PRA Family Group 7 Leader http://pragroup7.genheirlooms.com