Well, Mike, we are still searching for the parents of these sons. Any help from PRA members will be appreciated. 1880 Census Van Zandt County, Tx shows these living next door to one another: Sidney Pennington 30 Farmer Georgia A. wife 17 Susan E. dau 1 Benj F Pennington 24 Farmer Malicia 17 wife Lonzo Pennington 21 Farmer Caroline 21 wife 1880 United States Federal Census 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Lonzo Pennington Home in 1880: Van Zandt, Texas Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Mississippi Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Caroline Father's birthplace: Alabama Mother's birthplace: Alabama Neighbors: _View others on page_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1880usfedcen&F39=TXT9_1330-0350) Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male _View image_ (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=view&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=TXT9_1330-0350&fn=Lonzo&ln=Pennington&st=r&ssrc=&pid=7333307) Household Members: Name Age _Lonzo Pennington_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=7333307) 21 _Caroline Pennington_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=11686343) 21 You pr0bably already have that info. But, Mike, interesting that she wrote the name of her ancestor, Finley Stewart Beckham, as my proven Revolutionary War ancestor, for DAR is Finley Stewart of Guilford Co., NC!! In a message dated 6/2/2007 10:35:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, azfop5@msn.com writes: Nell, thanks for clarifying that and it does help. I had another contact from another Joyce and I was a little off base with all these new found friends and relatives. Just found out one was born in the same hospital that I was there in Ardmore and the same month and year? I told her we may be more than cousins we may have actually been roommates? I do appreciate the information and yes any help in the Van Sandt area would be great. We know that Thomas Sidney and his family are there and buried there but not sure about Benjamin Franklin and or Alonzo's family. If we knew who their parents were we would be one step closer. Soooooo tell your friend I will buy coffee and appreciate any help we can get. Also have you ever heard the name of Millie Pennington or the name William Monroe Beckham? This is a note I got from Pricilla Bottom regarding her great grandmother but I am not sure of the connection if any? Hello, I saw your e-mail in Butch Bridges' This 'n' That. My great grandmother was Millie Pennington. She was married to my great grandfather, William Monroe Beckham. She gave birth to my grandfather, Finley Stewart Beckham, on April 6, 1881, and she died when he was about 4 years of age (1885?). My grandfather always said she died of "yellow jaundice" so I suspect she had a liver ailment, but I don't know for sure. My grandfather was born around Valley View, TX, and died in Ardmore, OK, May 4, 1974. I have always been curious about my great grandparents--the Pennington's--but have no information on them since my grandfather was so young when his mother died. If any of this information fits into your family history, would you please share it with me? Thank you. Priscilla Bottom _priscilla.bottom@sbcglobalnet_ (mailto:priscilla.bottom@sbcglobal.net) Just out of curiosity where is Valley View Texas in relation to Van Sandt and Canton? Thanks again Nell and bee good. Mike Pennington ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Mike and others, For those of you who have questions about Texas geography or history, may I refer you to The Handbook of Texas Online. Originally published by the Texas State Historical Association as a two volume set in 1952 it expanded to many volumes and was finally put online in 1999 as a joint project of TSHA and The University of Texas. They currently claim over 23,000 articles on items of Texas history. As to Van Sandt, I'm afraid you will find nothing in the Handbook of Texas. However, if you search for Van Zandt, you will find an extensive history of the county of Van Zandt and find that Canton is the county seat. Valley view is a little more difficult since there were/are at least 10 places in Texas called Valley View. (According to Street Atlas USA.) However, there is currently only one town with that name and it is north of Fort Worth about 50 miles on I-35. Canton is east of Dallas about 55 miles on I-20 so as the crow flies, the two cities are about 100 miles apart. My Pennington line came from Group 32, Wells Pennington. My great- grandfather, Michael Huriah Pennington left Kentucky and moved to Greenville, TX but from my research I know that a brother of his, William, moved to the Whitewright, TX area southeast of Sherman, which would put them a little closer to the Valley View area. I am on the road until September, without my research material, but the history and genealogy of that family was in a manuscript I found in the Kentucky State Archives. If you do find a connection to William or to some other descendent of my GGreat-grandfather, Theophilus Pennington, I can provide additional information. Bill Nash On Jun 2, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Texas1933@aol.com wrote: > Just out of curiosity where is Valley View Texas in relation to Van > Sandt > and Canton? > > Thanks again Nell and bee good. > > Mike Pennington

Hi all...I'm always glad to help with Texas research and Penningtons especially. PENNINGTON SIDNEY 17 M W LA LA MOREHOUSE BASTROP P O 1870 Series: M593 Roll: 517 Page: 215 I also checked and the Sidney Pennington living in Van Zandt County, TX in 1880 was born in Mississippi. In 1860, a PT Pennington is in the same location (different PO). Series: M653 Roll: 413 Page: 404 PENNINGTON P T 44 M W IL LA MOREHOUSE TIPTON P O 1860 He has a very large family. His wife is Sarah A... Sidney should be 10 at the time. There is an S. O. age 6 born LA(a bit young but in range of possibility). Could he possibly be related to the famous Sidney O. Pennington of early Texas history? I can send more later but won't be able to research tomorrow. Phillip T Pennington appears in the 1850 Morehouse LA census but Sidney isn't there (probably not born yet...if this is the correct family). See: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/morehouse/census/1850/pg385b.txt ~~~~~~~~ I'll input an aside on Sidney O. Pennington from a historical marker: Historical Markers and Sites Shelby County, Texas "Sidney O. Pennington (Shelbyville Cemetery) Born in 1809 in Kentucky, Pennington came to TX in 1834 & participated in the capture of San Antonio in 1835. In 1836, he fought at San Jacinto & signed the TX Declaration of Independence. Pennington died in Shelby County in 1838." ~~~~~~~~~~ Hope this helps. Shirley Erickson Group 11 PO Box 456 Covington, Texas 76636 sane1@alltel.net -----Original Message----- From: pra-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pra-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Texas1933@aol.com Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:40 AM To: azfop5@msn.com Cc: PRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRA] PENNINGTON SURNAME Well, Mike, we are still searching for the parents of these sons. Any help from PRA members will be appreciated. 1880 Census Van Zandt County, Tx shows these living next door to one another: Sidney Pennington 30 Farmer Georgia A. wife 17 Susan E. dau 1 Benj F Pennington 24 Farmer Malicia 17 wife Lonzo Pennington 21 Farmer Caroline 21 wife 1880 United States Federal Census 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Lonzo Pennington Home in 1880: Van Zandt, Texas Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Mississippi Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Caroline Father's birthplace: Alabama Mother's birthplace: Alabama Neighbors: _View others on page_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1880us fedcen&F39=TXT9_1330-0350) Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male _View image_ (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=view&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=TXT9_1330-035 0&fn=Lonzo&ln=Pennington&st=r&ssrc=&pid=7333307) Household Members: Name Age _Lonzo Pennington_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=7333 307) 21 _Caroline Pennington_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=1168 6343) 21 You pr0bably already have that info. But, Mike, interesting that she wrote the name of her ancestor, Finley Stewart Beckham, as my proven Revolutionary War ancestor, for DAR is Finley Stewart of Guilford Co., NC!! In a message dated 6/2/2007 10:35:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, azfop5@msn.com writes: Nell, thanks for clarifying that and it does help. I had another contact from another Joyce and I was a little off base with all these new found friends and relatives. Just found out one was born in the same hospital that I was there in Ardmore and the same month and year? I told her we may be more than cousins we may have actually been roommates? I do appreciate the information and yes any help in the Van Sandt area would be great. We know that Thomas Sidney and his family are there and buried there but not sure about Benjamin Franklin and or Alonzo's family. If we knew who their parents were we would be one step closer. Soooooo tell your friend I will buy coffee and appreciate any help we can get. Also have you ever heard the name of Millie Pennington or the name William Monroe Beckham? This is a note I got from Pricilla Bottom regarding her great grandmother but I am not sure of the connection if any? Hello, I saw your e-mail in Butch Bridges' This 'n' That. My great grandmother was Millie Pennington. She was married to my great grandfather, William Monroe Beckham. She gave birth to my grandfather, Finley Stewart Beckham, on April 6, 1881, and she died when he was about 4 years of age (1885?). My grandfather always said she died of "yellow jaundice" so I suspect she had a liver ailment, but I don't know for sure. My grandfather was born around Valley View, TX, and died in Ardmore, OK, May 4, 1974. I have always been curious about my great grandparents--the Pennington's--but have no information on them since my grandfather was so young when his mother died. If any of this information fits into your family history, would you please share it with me? Thank you. Priscilla Bottom _priscilla.bottom@sbcglobalnet_ (mailto:priscilla.bottom@sbcglobal.net) Just out of curiosity where is Valley View Texas in relation to Van Sandt and Canton? Thanks again Nell and bee good. 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