I just want to point out that Group 6 has some Pennington's in McIntosh Co., OK by the 1920 census and these were born in AL (Vernon, Lamar Co., AL) so you don't confuse the families. They moved to OK bet. 1913 - 1918 based on children's birth places. 1920 McIntosh Co., OK census: John T. 63 AL, Minta 60 AL, Claud 24 AL. Corbet was next door at 26; wife Beulah 18 AL GA GA; son ?Grddy? 1y10mo OK AL AL 1920 McIntosh Co., OK census: Thomas S. 33 AL, Cora C., 30 AL, Edgar10 AL, James C 8 AL, Bessie L. 7 AL, Sidney R. 2/12 OK, *Laura [should be Lillie] 2/12 OK. Lillie says the census put her with the wrong name and Lillie rather than Laura. 1930 Simpson Twp., McIntosh Co., OK Census (116-116) Sheridan Pennington, head, age 43, age 22 at marriage, AL / AL / AL; Farmer Cleavy, wife, age 41, age 19 at marriage, AL / AL / AL Curtis, son, age 19, AL / AL / AL ; Farm Laborer Ray, son, age 12, OK / AL / AL Lillian, dau., age 10, OK / AL / AL Darlene, dau., age 8, OK / AL / AL Louise, dau., age 7/12, OK / AL / AL Melinda Pennington Family Group 6 Leader On 3/9/07, keenebj@juno.com <keenebj@juno.com> wrote: > > > 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.organd 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 > -- Melinda Pennington