Phyllis: Your observation is interesting. These Pennington families came into Kentucky before traveling westerly. The Penningtons were intermarried with the Boone family, Gist, and Osborne, in some descendancies. Nell Texan in Florida In a message dated 3/24/2004 4:51:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I don't have the ancestry of Myrtle but I felt compelled to make an > observation. I am often struck by the number of common names people are > researching. > > I am a Wheeler daughter. My mother's family are Adams and Penix. My > father's mother's people are Pennington and Hammons (from Arkansas). My mother's > mother's people are Penix and Morris. Her father's family are Adams and > Abernathy (from Tennessee). > Way back up the Wheeler tree there was a Crim - Layton Wheeler, b. abt 1803 > m. Elizabeth Crim on 29 Aug 1825 (just four years before his death) in Oldham > Co., Kentucky. And (another) Pennington - Francis Lamb "F.L." Wheeler > (Layton's brother), b. 1 Dec 1815 in Kentucky, m. Martha Raten "Patsey" Pennington > on 14 Jul 1845. Martha was b. 29 Nov 1826 in Garrard Co., Kentucky. > > I suppose with fewer population back then it is common enough to run into > the same names, but it is still something of a shock to find others looking for > the same names. > > Phyllis Wheeler > a Texan living in California > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:18 PM > Subject: MYRTLE "MERTIE" PENNINGTON >Texas > > > I have received this from Ron Weeks, and asking anyone who may have the > lineage/ancestry of Myrtle "Mertie" Penington (b. 1880) who married Rev. > Paul Z. > Crim to write me. Thanks. > > Nell Truitt > A Texan in Florida > > I'm Ron WEEKS from Van Zandt and have ties with PENNINGTON. Jewell married > John Wesley WEEKS 1 SEP., 1920 in Van Zandt. They are my grandparents, are > you > kin to any PENNINGTON from Van Zandt. > Thanks, > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txvanzan/grooms303.htm< > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txvanzan/grooms303.htm> > > CRIMM PAUL PENNINGTON MYRTIE 08/19/1897 > > > REV. PAUL Z. CRIM (THOMAS NEWTON CRIMM, CHARLES C.) was born 03/17/1872 in > PANOLA CO. TX, and died 07/13/1947 in VAN ZANDT CO. TX. He married MYRTLE > PENNINGTON 08/19/1897 in VAN ZANDT CO. TEXAS. She was born 08/11/1880, and > died > 03/11/1960 in VAN ZANDT CO. TX. > > More About REV. PAUL Z. CRIM: > > Burial: CREAGLEVILLE CEMETARY - GRAND SALINE, VAN ZANDT CO., TX > > More About MYRTLE PENNINGTON: > > Burial: CREAGLEVILLE CEMETARY GRAND SALINE VAN ZANDT CO. TX > > More About PAUL CRIM and MYRTLE PENNINGTON: > > Marriage: 08/19/1897, VAN ZANDT CO. TEXAS. > Children of PAUL CRIM and MYRTLE PENNINGTON are: > PARLIE4 CRIM. > > Jettie Jewell CRIM, born 08/18/1898; died 11/07/1930. > > Rev. Thomas CRIM, born 01/23/1899 in Vav Zandt CO. TX; died 05/24/1956 in > Van > Zandt CO. TX. > > Ron Weeks > A Texan in > Missouri > > Researching: > WEEKS~ALEXANDER~DIXON~DEAS~HURST/HURSH~HARP~ > CRIM/CRIMM~PENNINGTON~THARP/THORP~PEAVY~ > RAYMOND/RAYMER~PITTMAN/PITMAN~HATTON~SMITH~ > COFER~BARNFIELD~O'STRANDER~TAYLOR Nell in Florida