TOLES SURNAME, TRY 'TOWLES', PRONOUNCED SAME, HENDERSON, ANDERSON AND FRRESTONE COUNTIES blue_julie_72@hotmail.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Pennington > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4kB.2ACI/1941 > > Message Board Post: > > In the 1880 census for Van Zandt Co. TX there > is: > > Name: Benj. F. Pennington > Home in 1880: Van Zandt, Texas > Age: 24 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 > Birthplace: Mississippi > Relation to head-of-household: Head > Spouse's name: Malicia > Father's birthplace: AL > Mother's birthplace: AL > Occupation: Farmer > Marital Status: Married > Race: White > Gender: Male > > Next door to Benj. F. Pennington on this same census are two other male Penningtons. > One is: > Thomas Sidney Pennington b.March 1850 in Mississippi d.August 21, 1909 in Van Zandt Co. TX Married to Georgia Ann Samples on April 03, 1878 in Van Zandt County TX. > The other is: > Lonzo Pennington b. 1859 in Mississippi, I have no date of death on him, but in Van Zandt Co. on April 29, 1877 he married E. Caroline Samples (Georgia's sister). > All three men - Benj. F. Pennington, Thomas Sidney Pennington and Lonzo Pennington are listed as being born in Miss. with parents being from Alabama. I cannot find them with certainty in Mississippi. > > I'm not sure if Malacia, who married Benj. Pennington is the same woman as his other wife Mary Vashti (maiden name unknown, possible Toles), or if Benj. F. was married twice. But he does have 4 children > (1.Effie-b. 1895, > 2. Benjamin F.-b. 1897 [he is my great-grandfather-Died Oct 1970 in Eustace, Henderson County, TX], > 3. Tessie-b.1900, and > 4.Robert-b.1902)- > some of these 4 were born in or around Van Zandt Co/Henderson counties, just none listed on the 1880 census; and possibly one daughter, Melissa, with wife Malacia. > I'm assuming the period after Benj. means it was short for Benjamin F. Pennington. He is my great-great-grandfather. I have no date of death or exact date of birth. > > I am searching for information on Benj. F., Thomas Sidney and Lonzo Pennington being brothers.. maybe cousins? Who their parents were and how they ended up in Van Zandt Texas. > I have searched for other records with not much luck other than marriage and some death dates, but can't find anything out of TX on these three men. > If any of this information looks familiar please contact me. MUCH MUCH appreciated! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXHENDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >