Veteran's Day - Celebrating my Military Relatives

Ora Silas Gage - Military 1912

Don Gage - Korea

John Bernard Gage - WW II

Orland  Gage - WWII 

Claude and Jack Friddle - WW II

Byron Gage & Orland Gage - Korea

Claude Dollar - WW I

George William Shawver - WW I

I have been privileged to know many of the veterans who have served during war and peace within my family.  Many of them have passed, but they have all left an enormous imprint on my life.  For the most part, I didn't hear about their service from themselves...but rather their stories were communicated to me by others.

There are a few cousins in my generation that have served in Iraq as well as peacetime during the 1980's.  I have an aunt and cousin who served in the National Guard as well as another who served during the Vietnam war.  I know of three of my great uncles who served during Korea and six who served during World War II. There are even a few who served during World War I and even a few relatives who were active during the Spanish American War.  I don't think that there has been a war that a relative has not served in through this nation's history from its time as a collection of colonies through the Revolutionary War, Mexican American War or the Civil War.  Their service is part of the very fabric of this country.

I have spent some time writing about some of these veterans within my family...and here are some of their stories:

Goodbye Aunt Mary Kay - My Dad's younger sister who served in the National Guard

A Tinkerer at Heart - This is about my Great Uncle - John Bernard Gage and Our Gage Veterans - Highlighting Orland & Bernard and about Orland and Bernard in WW II

Claude & Jack - WW II Veterans - My mother's uncles and two of my favorite people

Civil War Stories - My four Civil War ancestors - John Lyons Tannahill, Moses T Friddles, Jasper L Bailey and Alexander Monroe Dollar - Interesting to note that the three from the south - only one of them fought for the Confederacy - the other two fought for the Union.

My Friddle Brick Wall - My great great grandfather who served with the 14th TN Calvary for the Union in the Civil War.

Levi Pennington Family & the Civil War - Story of the sons of Levi Pennington and the Civil War - Levi was my 4th Great Grandfather

On that Fateful Day - Asa Wheelock was in the militia that there on the fateful day of the Battle of Lexington and Concord during the start of the Revolutionary War

Gallup Represents More than Just a Poll  - A list of the Gallups who fought during some of the earliest battles during colonization through the Revolutionary War

An Epitaph to Remember - This is about General Adamson Tannahill who served as George Washington's secretary during the Revolutionary War

John Macomber & Mary Brownell Davol - John Macomber served on the Massachusetts line during the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War Veterans - Some of the Revolutionary War Veterans that I am directly descended from.

The Consumptive Disease

About six months ago, I came across a database online that had information about one of my family lines that I had been searching for years.  My great grandmother was the daughter of Buena Vista Bailey (A Life Too Short) and I knew very little beyond her.  Buena Vista died at the age of 21 years old, just a few short months after my great grandmother’s birth.  All I knew about her mother was that her name was Margaret.  This database that I located online not only had Buena Vista – but the full name of her mother as well….Mary Marguerite Church.

I must admit that it was quite a discovery, and I gained a lovely cousin and friend as well.  However, a picture started to emerge of Buena Vista’s family that started me wondering about something else.    Mary Marguerite Church was born 16 Jun 1845 probably in Watauga Co., NC as the daughter of Noah Howard Church and Asinth “Jencie” Irena McCall.  She married Jasper Bailey probably around 1868 and had her first child soon after, Colorado “Collie” Bailey born in 1869 and then Buena Vista in 1872, John W. in 1873 and Ninevah Frank b. 1876.  Mary Marguerite Church died at the young age of 32 years of age.  According to a letter that my Bailey cousin had, she died of tuberculosis also known as consumption.  Not only did she have tuberculosis but so did her daughter Colorado and son Frank.

Colorado “Collie” married Asbury Reid and moved to Illinois and had several children but had to move to Colorado because of the drier climate.  She tried to go back to Illinois, but couldn't take the climate and her husband didn’t want to live in Colorado so they eventually divorced.  Collie remarried and lived to ripe old age of 97 which is shocking.  To be so sick with tuberculosis that you couldn't live in one area of the country but you could survive to an old age in another part of the country is surprising.  Her brother Frank is found living with Collie and her husband in the 1930 census, but he dies about a year later at the age of 55.

So this leads me back to Buena Vista Bailey, my great grandmother’s mother.  I've always wondered what she died of exactly.  My great grandmother was born in late January and it wasn't until April that Buena Vista died.  I've never really heard of a cause of death except that she never recovered from childbirth.  This makes me wonder if her death cause was in fact, tuberculosis.
  

When I was 19, my step grandfather was in the hospital during the late stages of Alzheimer.  During the last three weeks of his life, they had to move him to a different hospital because they had diagnosed him with tuberculosis of the brain.   They moved him to the different hospital so he could be under ultraviolet light which helped treat the condition.  When he died a few weeks later, he had a nice healthy tan.  I found out at that point that most people of a certain age had been exposed to tuberculosis and that it could rear its ugly head almost at any point.  I also found that everyone in my family had to be tested to see if we had been infected …thankfully, none of us were.  That understanding of the disease makes me question whether tuberculosis is what killed Buena Vista Bailey at the young age of 21.  She could have been week from childbirth and became ill with the tuberculosis that was so prevalent in her family.

The new information about the Bailey family has opened up a whole new set of questions – most of which will probably never be answered.  There are a lot of theories that could be spelled out such as the belief that tuberculosis might have been prevalent in the Church family since several of Mary Marguerite’s seemed to die at a young age.  Perhaps it all can be explained by the facts that my ancestors lived in a rough and unsanitary time with little to no positive prognosis for anyone who developed tuberculosis.  Collie was unusual in that she lived to be 97 years old – I think it is much more common for tuberculosis victims to live much shorter lives…which could explain Buena Vista’s death at 21 and her mother’s at 32.  

My DNA Journey - MtDNA Results

I am interested in the science of genealogy research – I’m not sure I understand it as well as I should but I am certainly interested enough to dip my toe in the waters.  Earlier this summer, they had a special running on Family Tree DNA for a 12 marker MtDNA test which tests the maternal lines of an individual.  I must say that the results were surprising.

My maternal line goes thus:

• Carmen Maria Johnson
• Betty Jean Tannahill
• Capitola Esther Friddle
• Sophia Vestelle Dollar b. TN
• Buena Vista Bailey b. NC
• Mary Marguerite Church b. NC
• Asinith Jencie McCall b. NC

I can take it no further.  I believe that the nationalities that are associated with these lines are Scottish, German, and Irish and it really doesn’t go any further back than 1800 in North Carolina.  Understanding that these maternal lines go back much further and in fact go back thousands of years, it seems a poor listing of my maternal lines.  I must admit from experience that they can be very difficult to research – sometimes you have to just get lucky because you can’t find any other documentation that lists anything other than a woman’s married name.   Several years ago, I watched a documentary on National Geographic channel called “The Seven Daughters of Eve” which discussed the maternal lines that have emerged from the genetic testing that has been done.  It was based on a book by Bryan Sykes published in 2001 called The Seven Daughters of Eve. Now I want to go back and see it again – because now I have an idea which of the “Seven Daughters of Eve” is a matriarchal ancestor.

So, I just recently received my testing results and find out that I am from Haplogroup T2 and my ancestral matriarch is “Tara”  So…what does this tell me?  Someone from Haplogroup T has a European lineage and has an origin in the near east greater than 45,000 years ago.  In fact, according to what I read, my Haplogroup of T2 is considered to be one of the older lineages that may have been present in Europe and probably dated from the “Late Upper Paleolithic”…. translation – Late Stone Age.  So, my ancestors were probably cave dwellers who might have lived in Europe between 10,000 and 50,000 years ago.  According to what I found, about 10% of European ancestry traces their maternal lineage back to Haplogroup T.  According to the theory of Brian Sykes, my ancestral matriarch – “Tara lived about 17,000 years ago in the northwest of Italy among the hills of Tuscany and along the estuary of the river Arno.” 

Now, I am not quite sure that I know what this all means.  I know that they want me to do more testing, so I can go deeper into what branch or sub clade that I come from.  As I understand it, further testing has determined that there were most likely “additional daughters” that would definitely increase the number from seven.  When I go on the DNA website, the only matches that currently show up for my Haplogroup of T2 come from England, Ireland and the United States with the most being in Ireland. 

There are some generalities that I read that actually quite interesting.  The T Haplogroup is currently found in high concentration around the eastern Baltic Sea.  Wikipedia listed Tsar Nicholas II of Russia to be part of T2 which would also include most of the royal lines of Europe, because not only was his grandmother Victoria the ancestor of most of the European royalty she was also a descendant.  Jesse James was also said to be part of T2.  So…evidently I have royal cousins and criminals as distant relatives.  That sounds about right.

I suppose that I am going to have to find the money to do some further testing.  I am curious what it might tell me.  So, now I know my ethnic heritage (My DNA Journey - The Results) and now I am curious to dig a little deeper into that heritage to find out more about deep genetic roots that I would never find through documentary research.  All I can say is that I have a lot to learn!

Happy Mother's Day!

My Mom...Betty Tannahill Johnson

I am the daughter of a fabulous mother.  She was strict, loving, wise and fun.  I don’t know if there is a better combination in my opinion.  I had her for thirty eight years until she passed.  I miss her every day and will always miss her.  However, I was lucky.  I had a wise and wonderful mother to guide me, nurture me and love me.  Not all children are as fortunate as I was – and sometimes it takes a special woman to mother a motherless child.

Cappy and her mother Sophie!

My grandmothers were both as fortunate as I…they too had loving mothers who helped guide them through life.  Grandma Cappy had her mother until sixty eight years old and Grandma Marian had her mother until she was almost seventy one years.  While I never had the discussion with Grandma Cappy…Grandma Marian and I agreed that you never stopped missing your mother even if you were lucky to have them a long time.  However, Grandma Sophia (Mom Friddle) and Grandma Florence weren't quite so lucky.  Both lost their mothers had a young age.

Rebecca Jane "Frankie" Pitsenbarger Shawver

Grandma Florence’s mother was Rebecca Jane “Frankie” Pitsenbarger .  Frankie was the daughter of William Pitsenbarger and Mary Amick.  Grandma Florence was the third of six children, she had and older sister and brother and a younger brother and sister.  The youngest sister died at a year of age.   When Frankie died in 1904 tuberculosis, she left behind five motherless children.  The oldest who was 13 and the youngest was only three. When Grandma Florence’s father, George Christian Shawver, remarried two years later, it must have been a daunting task that faced her. 

Tamsey Perry Shawver

Tamsey Omiska Perry was a widow herself, and had one young son.  When she married Chris Shawver, she gained five more children.  From everything that I have heard, she took that role very seriously.  I never heard my Grandma Florence say one negative word about Tamsey and she always called her mother.  I always saw Grandma Florence as one of the kindest and gentlest of women.  I've been told that she was a great deal like her mother…and Grandma Florence regarded Tamsey as her mother.  She took on the care of those motherless children but more importantly, she loved them as a mother should.  Every one of her children held her in the highest regard.  It takes a special kind of strength and love to take someone else’s children and treat them as your own.   I never knew Grandma Shawver, but I know that my Grandma Florence missed both of her mother’s every day for the rest of her long life.

Buena Vista Bailey Dollar

Grandma Sophie’s mother was Buena Vista Bailey and I think that my grandmother knew very little about her mother.  Buena Vista Bailey was born in 1872 and she too lost her mother at the age of five to tuberculosis.  Her father married a widow who also had several children.  Buena Vista married John Dula Dollar on 21 Apr 1889 when she was 17 years old.  She had her son Claude in 1890, daughter Bessie in 1891 and Grandma Sophia was born on 27 Jan 1894.  Just a few short months later on 14 Apr 1894, Buena Vista died.  I don’t know what the exact death cause was…perhaps it was the effects of childbirth, but I suspect from what I have learned of late that it might have been tuberculosis as it seemed rampant within her family.  Her mother died of tuberculosis and I know of two siblings who also suffered from the disease.  Grandma Sophie was left with her Grandfather and step grandmother, Lulu Pearce.  When her father remarried a few years later, (John Dula Dollar m. Cleopatra Gentry on 28 Mar 1897), Grandma Sophie stayed with her grandfather and step grandmother.  Lulu Pearce was absurdly young to be called a grandmother.  She had married Alexander Monroe Dollar when she was nineteen years old and now she was twenty-six.  From what I know of Grandma Sophie’s childhood – she was spoiled and coddled by her adoring grandmother.  She never learned to do the things that young women learned back in the early years of the twentieth century.  When her grandfather died in 1908, her grandmother knew that her father would take his daughter back to live in his house.  Lulu feared that Grandma Sophie would be nothing more than a nanny to her younger siblings and when the time came; she strongly encouraged Grandma Sophie to elope…which she did.  I gather from one of Grandma Sophie’s nieces (through her full sister Bessie) that they weren't too fond of the step mother.  She was called “Old Pate!” and Bessie didn't have much good to say about her stepmother.  She had had to live with her father and stepmother, while Grandma Sophie had stayed with her grandfather and step grandmother.

David Carl Friddle & Sophia Dollar - After their elopment

There is a lot I don’t know about Lulu Pearce…I know that she remarried within a year after her husband’s death and moved to nearby Ashe Co., NC from Johnson Co., TN.  She again took the mothering role to her second husband’s grandson.  Grandma Sophie was able to go back and visit Lulu before she died.  That must have been a wonderful reunion.  Grandma Sophie hadn't seen her for over 40 years, and she was able to be with this woman who was the only mother she had ever known.

So, as Mother’s day approaches…I think of my own wonderful mother as well as my grandmothers.  We share a common bond in that we had wonderful and long lasting relationships with our natural mothers.  However, I must also honor all the women who taken on the role of motherhood to children who they never gave birth too.  So…I honor Grandma Tamsey Shawver and Grandma Lulu Dollar and thank them for taking on the role of mother to Grandma Florence and Grandma Sophia.  As they helped shape them into the wonderful women that they became in life…they have also helped shape me as their great granddaughter.  Happy Mother’s Day Momma…and all of the other Mom’s out there whether you gave birth to your children or took them into your heart!

119 Years Ago...today!

My great grandmother Sophia Dollar Friddle, was born 119 years ago today…at least that was what she thought.  She was never quite sure whether she was born on the 27^th or 28^th of January.   She was born near midnight – who knows if it occurred before midnight or after midnight…I suspect no one was looking at the clock, when my great grandmother was born.

I’m not sure birthdays were all that important to my great grandmother but the story came out when my brother was born on the 27^th of January.  After some close questioning from my mother, Mom discovered that there was really no one who could be sure about the date.  Mom Friddle’s step grandmother was a midwife who delivered several of new families newborns.  I know that Mom Friddle’s aunt came over from Ashe Co., NC to have at least her youngest child, and I suspect some of her other children as well.  Mom Friddle had a special and close relationship with her step grandmother.  Her own mother died when Mom Friddle was only a few months old.  I’ve never hears was Buena Vista Bailey Dollar died of…perhaps the result of a difficult child birth or possibly an infection of some type.  So, Mom Friddle was raised by her step grandmother…and her step grandmother, Lulu, never had children of her own…so Mom Friddle was the nearest she had to a child.  Sarah Rebecca Pearce Dollar aka Lulu was only 19 years old when she married the 47 years old Alexander Monroe Dollar and she was 26 when Mom Friddle was born.  Lulu raised Mom Friddle and when her husband died and Mom Friddle’s father was making noises about Mom Friddle moving in with her parents, Lulu strongly encouraged the 14 year old Sophie to get married, the she herself married a widower and moved to Ashe Co., NC.

There aren’t that many concrete details from my great grandmother’s early life.  Even the day of her birth is a bit mysterious.  I never heard her talk about the grandfather who raised her and have only heard how she went back to NC and TN to visit family.  Perhaps one of her early visits back was to visit Lulu before her death in 1955.  Mom Friddle’s mother died when she was only a few months old and the only thing she probably ever saw or knew about her mother was on a memorial board that listed the year of her birth and the date of her death.  I don’t think Mom Friddle even had the company of her brother and sister except on rare occasions.  They lived with her father and his new wife, while Mom Friddle stated with her grandfather and his young wife.  In some ways, what I know about my great grandmother really starts when she married David Carl Friddle and moved out west in 1910 with her young son.  Mom Friddle went back a few times to visit her childhood home.  I’m sure she saw her step grandmother, as many of her cousins who still lived, but mostly she was there to see her sister, Bessie. 

So, today I think of the great grandmother who I only knew as an old woman.  I can remember being enthralled at listening to her tell stories, I wish I could go back in time and ask her all the questions that I have.  Even with all I have found out about her…I still feel like there is so much to learn. 

 

My DNA Journey - The Results

Several weeks ago, I wrote about taking the Ancestry.com Autosomal DNA test and I promised that I would let you know what the results were.  In my previous blog (http://genheirlooms.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-dna-journey.html) I talked about what I expected to find out from my test…here is what I found out.

My supposition was that I would be 100% European – with the possibility that I might have some Native American ancestry or an Asian lineage.  Despite every family story – the test shows that I have no Native American ancestry.  Like most people, the story of that Indian in the background is just that…a story.  In fact, there weren’t a lot of surprises in my results…except one.

Most of my ancestry is Scandinavian or from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.  I would imagine that most people tested whose families come from England and Ireland will most likely have the same result.  The Vikings left a lot of descendants all over Europe both as merchants and raiders.  I suspect that most of this ancestry for me comes through England and Ireland.  From what I have been able to surmise – most of my English ancestors came to England  through the Norman Invasion in 1066.  Since there isn’t a lot of record keeping…going much beyond that is difficult.  The Scandinavian portion is 55%.  Most of my paternal side of the family probably comes from England and probably makes us the majority of this Scandinavian branch.  There is also ancestry on my maternal lines that are Irish and Scottish and could also be part of this Scandinavian portion.

I have 16% Central European ancestry which includes Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.  I am actually surprised that this isn’t a bigger chunk of my family background.  My paternal great grandmother’s ancestry primarily came out of this region – mostly likely Germany and Austria.  My paternal grandfather also had ancestry from Germany.  Most of my German ancestors left Europe in the early to mid-1700’s and ended up in New York and West Virginia. 

The Southern European label is the one that confuses me the most.  According to my test, I have 13% Southern European ancestry which includes Italy, Spain & Portugal.  As far as I know, I have no ancestry from that area.  It is a large enough chunk that it leads me to believe that it might come from my Friddle ancestry.  I make this guess…because of all my family lines, this is the one I know the least about.  My great great grandfather first shows up in 1858 in a record.  By that point, he has been married and already had several children and the 1858 record is his second marriage.  I’ve never been able to locate an 1850 census record for him nor any mention of parents.  My great uncle told me that his father had told him that Moses Friddles was supposedly a foundling child.  He was taken in by a family and raised by them and his ancestry is unknown.  I have no proof of the accuracy of this story.  Most of my family lines trace back to before the 1700’s with only a few exceptions and most of those lines come through either England or Germany.  So…this is definitely a puzzle.

My test also says that I have 12% British Isles ancestry.  Since, there is such a predominance of Scandinavian ancestry in my family that I think comes through England…this ancestry is also puzzling.  I suspect that is an area that had little contact with the pillaging Vikings which leads me to guess that it might be Wales.  According to some of the information that I have read, my mother’s paternal grandfather’s mother was supposedly from a Welsh background.  With a surname like Jones – I’m not sure how you can make that assumption because that name is so common.    However, it is a decent theory to look into.

The test leaves me with a lot of questions and possible contacts.  Several matches have come up that are likely 4^th to 6^th cousins.  With as many family lines that I have – I suspect that it won’t be easy to really establish a true match.  However the question that I have always had about the Native American ancestry is answered and like most others…is proved false.    (See Blog – Do I have Native American ancestry? - http://genheirlooms.blogspot.com/2011/11/do-i-have-native-american-ancestry.html for more info!)

So here are some of my main family lines and my best guess as to where they came from:

Paternal Lines:

• Johnson – England
• Gage – England
• Gallup – England
• Montanye – France
• Shawver – Germany
• Pitsenbarger – Switzerland
• Lyons – Ireland
• Pope – England

Maternal Lines:

• Tannahill – Scotland
• Brown – England or Ireland
• Bailey – Ireland
• Jones – Wales
• Dollar – Scotland
• Friddle - ???
• Pennington – England
• Allen – England
• Kelley – Ireland
• Fillinger - Ireland

What is in a Name?

Sometimes my mother bemoaned the fact that she had such a plain name.  The name “Betty” seems to be a vanilla type of name and there was nothing “vanilla” about my mother.  Mom got her name because her mother’s name was so unusual…but then so was her great grandmother and great great grandmother.

Buena Vista Bailey Dollar

When I first heard that my great great grandmother’s name was Buena Vista – I had to wonder where that came from.  This was a child born in the late 1800’s in North Carolina.  Buena Vista seems to be a name that should belong to a Hispanic girl – not a girl born in the Appalachian Mountains.  Her parents (Jasper Bailey and wife Margaret) were both most likely of Irish descent so you have to wonder where that name came from.  They also had children named Colorado and Ninevah – so perhaps Buena Vista isn’t so bad.  Buena Vista married John Dula Dollar and had three children very quickly.  Their first two children had the fairly normal names of Bessie and Claude, but their third child received the name of Sophia Vestelle.  Sophia Vestelle is a very elegant name that doesn’t seem like it should have come from a little house in Shingletown, TN.  In fact – there wasn’t really anything all that elegant about my great grandmother.  She was always referred to as Sophie…because Sophia really didn’t fit.  In fact, for much of her life she was referred to as “Mom Friddle” by all of her family and many of the neighbors and friends.  So…when I think of her – I think of Mom Friddle!

David Carl Friddle & Sophia Vestelle Dollar - abt 1908

Mom Friddle gave her sons names that must have had some family meanings.  Her oldest son was named Jasper James Friddle.  Jasper seems to be from her maternal grandfather’s name.  The James probably came from my great grandfather’s older brother.  It didn’t really matter where the names came from – because Jack didn’t like either name.  When he turned 18, he had his name legally changed from Jasper James to Jack.  Mom Friddle’s younger son was named Carl Claude Dean.   The Carl was my great grandfather’s middle name (David Carl Friddle) and the Claude must have come from Mom Friddle’s only full brother, Claude.  I’ve no idea where the Dean came from.  Throughout his life – I don’t know anyone who ever called him Carl and within the family he wasn’t always referred to as Claude.  He was called the nickname of “Buddy!”  I know that is what my mother referred to him as for the most part.  My great grandparents got really creative when they named their only daughter.  I suspect that the name came from Pop Friddle more than Mom Friddle.  My grandmother’s name was Capitola.  I never really heard her referred to by her full name – it was almost always “Cappy!”  Mom said that when she was a kid and someone would come up to my grandmother on the street by a classmate she was referred to as “Tola!”  Mom thought that name sounded a little too close to "toilet."

Capitola Ester Friddle - High School Graduation  - 1930

So, when my mother and her sister were born, my grandmother decided that they needed plain ordinary names.  Mom’s older sister was named Joan and Mom’s name was Betty.  Pop Friddle tried to get Grandma Cappy to name my mother “Bettina” instead.  Mom was rather glad that that didn’t happen.  My grandmother had the best intentions thinking that my mother already had the unusual last name of Tannahill – I don’t think she ever foresaw my mother marrying a Johnson.  So started the numerous name issues.  A neighbor lived exactly a block over with the same address but different street number with the name of “Betty Johnson!”  Mom’s bank information even got messed up at one point.  There were a few too many Betty Johnsons…but I have to say that my mother was definitely unique. 

Gene & Betty Johnson holding me (Carmen) at my baptism

When it came time to name her children, my mother was a bit more creative than Betty.  My sister was named Gwendolyn after her grandfather; my brother was named Russell after my mother’s first boyfriend.  I’ve no idea where the name Christopher came from – but when he was born it wasn’t a common name.  Mom told me that she named me Carmen because I had black hair and looked like a little Carmen.  Of course my hair fell out and came in very blonde.

My Pennington Line

My Pennington line comes through Elizabeth Pennington, daughter of Levi Pennington and Elizabeth Henson.  She married Alexander Monroe Dollar on 17 Jan 1857 and they had four children:

• Amanda Jane Dollar b. 6 Apr 1858 Creston, Ashe Co., NC d. 01 Nov 1938 Ashe Co., NC
• John Dula Dollar b. 3 Oct 1863 Creston, Ashe Co., NC d. 6 Dec 1933 Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
• Emeline Caroline Dollar b. 15 Mar 1866 Ashe Co., NC d. 10 Dec 1954 Burdine, Letcher Co., KY
• Roby Smith Dollar b. 18 Apr 1868 Creston, Ashe Co., NC d. 21 Apr 1944 Mountain City, Johnson Co., TN

Amanda Jane Dollar married William Davis Lyall on 3 Aug 1881 in Ashe Co., NC and had 10 children.  I know that my grandmother corresponded by letter with at least one of her Lyall cousins – Ennis.  I’ve read references to her in my grandmother’s diary’s.  Amanda never left Ashe Co., NC for Laurel Bloomery, Johnson Co., TN – she was recorded with her uncle (Larkin Pennington) in the 1880 census and is married by 1881. She is buried with her husband at the William M. Lyall Family Cemetery, Ashe Co., NC.

Amanda Dollar and William Davis Lyall

John Dula Dollar is my great great grandfather.  My great grandmother probably didn’t know her father terribly well.  When she was a baby, her mother died a few months after her birth, and her father left his three oldest children with his father and step mother while he worked.  A few years later, he married Cleopatra Gentry and took the two oldest children to live with him, leaving my great grandmother to live with her grandparents.    John had three children with his first wife, Buena Vista Bailey and seven children with his second wife.  I know that during his lifetime, he worked in a lumber mill with his father and brother, probably worked as a miner in Colorado (he is recorded there in 1920 with his family) and was also known as a shoemaker, carpenter, and store operator.  I suppose he did just about anything to support his large family.

Emeline Caroline married a man, Caleb Wills Noland who lived nearby on 27 Oct 1881 in Johnson Co., TN when she was 15 years old.  She and her husband had nine known children and to this day, I know very little about some of her children.  She was the longest lived of the Dollar siblings living to almost 89 years old.  During her lifetime, she can be found in Tennessee, McDowell Co., WV, Wise Co., VA and she dies in Letcher Co., KY.  It is no wonder that her family has been hard to piece together.

John Dula Dollar family - abt 1895

The youngest of the Dollar siblings is Roby Smith Dollar.  Roby also married a local neighbor woman named Sarah Margaret Simmons.  The Dollars and Simmons family can be found close together in the census records.  Only Roby stayed in the Johnson Co., TN area for the remainder of his life.  Roby primarily worked as a lumberman and carpenter.  There are parts of the Wesley Methodist Church in Shingletown that he built and are still in evidence today.  He and his wife Sarah aka Maggie had 10 daughters.  All lived to be old women.  He used say that he would never be poor because he had his “10 Dollars!”  On 19 Feb 1912, Maggie died of pneumonia leaving Roby with his 10 daughters and the youngest was only 6 months old.  Life took most of Roby’s daughters away through marriage, work and different opportunities.   His daughter Eva lived with him for a time because she herself was disabled and had a difficult time with sight.  She is buried next to him at the Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain City, TN.  One of his daughters came back home with her husband and stayed to take care of her father and she lived to be almost 100 years old. 

Roby Dollar family in 1905

I have often wondered if Elizabeth Pennington was sickly during her life.  It is odd in that era to have only four children and spaced so far apart in age.   I know that she moved with her husband over to Laurel Bloomery but probably died within a few years after the move.  She was probably around my age of 45 when she died.  The path my Dollars took over to Laurel Bloomery was because of the Pennington family.  Elizabeth Pennington’s uncle, Andrew Pennington, lived over in Laurel Bloomery…specifically in Shingletown.  At the time, Alexander Monroe Dollar, found a better way to support his family by working as a lumberman – so they moved over the mountain to Tennessee.   The Dollars and Penningtons came from Ashe Co., NC – but my particular branch through my great grandmother came out of little house in a holler in LaurelBloomery.

Greenberry's Complications...

There are always names that spark the interest of the researcher.  Sometimes because they are just so unusual and other times because they seem kind of silly; I personally think the name “Greenberry” is kind of a silly name.  Perhaps it is because I’m not from the south so I don’t really get its significance.   However, I must say that Greenberry Pennington was one of the more complicated Pennington’s I’ve researched.

Greenberry Pennington was born 2 May 1826 in Lee Co., VA and died after 1900 in Perry Co. KY or Lee Co., VA.  As far as I know, his death date, location, or burial location is unknown.   

Greenberry was the oldest son of Charles Pennington and Diana Parsons and was the grandson of Micajah Pennington, Jr.   Greenberry first married Letitia Robbins sometime around 1846 probably in Harlan Co., KY.  I have eleven children listed for this marriage.  I have a few that I have doubts about that I probably will research again and see if anything new has popped up.  Anyway, Letitia and Greenberry divorce or separate in abt 1859.  They still have one more child together after they had split (this is one of them that I need to look more closely at.) 

Greenberry next marries Susannah Holmes on 6 May 1871 in Harlan Co., KY and she is the widow of Jonathan Witt.  By my count, there are three children that precede that marriage.  She was widowed sometime after 1863 and before the birth of her first child with Greenberry in 1866.  Susannah probably dies sometime before 1893.  (I am not sure that she has died…Greenberry didn’t seem to worry about that fact when remarrying)

Greenberry marries for the final time a widow and his first cousin, Cynthia Parsons.  Cynthia herself is on her fourth marriage.  She had previously married Joseph Thomas on 5 Jan 1859, Jehue Bailey on 6 Feb 1866, Isaac Ball on 5 Oct 1883 and then Greenberry on 27 May 1893.  She has 5 children through these three marriages.  Greenberry has 18 children from his first two wives.  Now, I can’t tell you if Greenberry divorced or just left his wives or that his second wife died before he married again.  Normally, you can pretty well make that conclusion – but I find it hard to make that leap with Greenberry Pennington’s history.  His is a complicated line to decipher.   Below is a list of his marriages and children for your reference. 

Descendants of Greenberry Pennington

Generation No. 1

1.  GREENBERRY  PENNINGTON  was born 02 May 1826 in Lee Co., VA, and died Aft. 1900 in Perry Co., KY or Lee Co., VA.  He married (1) LETITIA ROBBINS Abt. 1846 in Harlan Co., KY, daughter of CHARLES ROBBINS and SARAH MCGRAW.  She was born 1827 in Lee Co., VA, and died 11 Sep 1884 in Lee Co., VA.  He married (2) SUSANNAH HOLMES 06 May 1871 in Harlan Co., KY, daughter of ROBERT HOLMES and NANCY OLINGER.  She was born 26 Dec 1834 in Harlan Co., KY, and died bef 1893 in Perry Co., KY.  He married (3) CYNTHIA A. PARSONS 27 May 1893 in Lee Co., VA, daughter of JOEL PARSONS and HANNAH DARE.  She was born Mar 1838 in Lee Co., VA, and died 08 Jan 1916 in Harlan Co., KY.

Notes for GREENBERRY PENNINGTON:

Signed Deed giving Perry Co., KY property to his sons, Alexander , Thomas, & Harry. (Source Wanda Llombardo)

More About GREENBERRY PENNINGTON:

Date born 2: 02 May 1827, Lee Co., VA

Census 1: 05 Aug 1870, Perry Co., KY, #47

Census 2: 1850, Lee Co., VA, Dist. 31, p. 412, Family #1537

Census 3: 1860, West. Dist. Jonesville, Lee Co., VA, Pg, 252, #1659

Census 4: 1870, Campbell Prec. Perry Co., KY, Pg 8, #48

Census 5: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143

Census 6: 1900, Sulphur Springs, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 4A, #56

More About LETITIA ROBBINS:

Burial: Sep 1884, Robbins Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co., VA

Census 1: 1850, Lee Co., VA, District 31, Pg 412, Family #1537

Census 2: 1860, West. Dist. Jonesville, Lee Co., VA, Pg, 252, #1659

Census 3: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #361

More About SUSANNAH HOLMES:

Census 1: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143

Census 2: 1870, Campbell Prec. Perry Co., KY, Pg 8, #48

More About CYNTHIA A. PARSONS:

Census: 1900, Sulphur Springs, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 4A, #56

       

Children of GREENBERRY PENNINGTON and LETITIA ROBBINS are:

                   i.    SARAH A.⁶ PENNINGTON, b. Oct 1847, VA; d. 1925, Wolfe Co., KY; m. (1) WILLIAM N. MCNEILL, 28 May 1866, Lee Co., VA; m. (2) CHARLES H. GARRISON, 21 Mar 1868, Harlan Co., KY; b. Oct 1844, Lee Co., VA; d. 1933, Wolfe Co., KY.

More About SARAH A. PENNINGTON:

Date born 2: 1848, Harlan Co., KY

Burial: 1925, Troy Napier Farm, Meadow Branch, off Hwy 15, Wolfe Co., KY

Census 1: 1850, Lee Co., VA, District 31, Pg 412, Family #1537

Census 2: 1870, Yokum Station, Jonesville PO, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 7, #42

Census 3: 1880, Dist. 118, Precinct 3, Wolfe Co., KY, Pg. 34, #149

Census 4: 1900, Dist. 95, Torrent, Wolfe Co., KY, Pg. 14B, #273

Census 5: 1910, Dist. 195, Campton, Wolfe Co., KY, Pg. 7A, #175

More About CHARLES H. GARRISON:

Burial: 1933, Troy Napier Farm, Meadow Branch, off Hwy 15, Wolfe Co., KY

Census 1: 1870, Yokum Station, Jonesville PO, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 7, #42

Census 2: 1880, Dist. 118, Precinct 3, Wolfe Co., KY, Pg. 34, #149

Census 3: 1900, Dist. 95, Torrent, Wolfe Co., KY, Pg. 14B, #273

Census 4: 1910, Dist. 195, Campton, Wolfe Co., KY, Pg. 7A, #175

                  ii.    ZION R. PENNINGTON, b. Jan 1849, Lee Co., VA; d. Aft. 1920; m. (1) SUSANNAH PARSONS, Abt. 1873; b. Apr 1849, VA; d. Bef. 1909; m. (2) MARY ANN "POLLY" PARSONS, 22 Jan 1909; b. 1853, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA.

More About ZION R. PENNINGTON:

Date born 2: 1849, Harlan Co., KY

Census 1: 1850, Lee Co., VA, District 31, Pg 412, Family #1537

Census 2: 1860, West. Dist. Jonesville, Lee Co., VA, Pg, 252, #1659

Census 3: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #364

Census 4: 1900, Sulpher Springs, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 5B, #89

Census 5: 1910, Jonesville, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 17A, #289/290

Census 6: 1920, Jonesville, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 9A, #150

More About SUSANNAH PARSONS:

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #364

Census 2: 1900, Sulpher Springs, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 5B, #89

More About MARY ANN "POLLY" PARSONS:

Census 1: 1920, Jonesville, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 9A, #150

Census 2: 1910, Jonesville, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 17A, #289/290

                 iii.    MARY ANN PENNINGTON, b. Feb 1852, Slemp, Lee Co., VA; d. 27 Mar 1939, Lee Co., VA; m. HARVEY JACKSON PARSONS, 28 Nov 1869, Lee Co., VA; b. Feb 1852, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA; d. 30 Sep 1914, Lee Co., VA.

More About MARY ANN PENNINGTON:

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg 321A, #352

Census 2: 1900, Dist. 50, Bear Creek, Lee, Kentucky, Pg. 13B, #223

Census 3: 1910, Dist. 94, St Helens, Lee Co., KY, Pg. 4A, #35

More About HARVEY JACKSON PARSONS:

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg 321A, #352

Census 2: 1900, Dist. 50, Bear Creek, Lee, Kentucky, Pg. 13B, #223

Census 3: 1910, Dist. 94, St Helens, Lee Co., KY, Pg. 4A, #35

Occupation: Minister

                 iv.    MARTHA JANE PENNINGTON, b. Sep 1852, Lee Co., VA; d. 1929, Lee Co., VA; m. MCGRIGGIN "GREIG" ROBBINS, 29 Sep 1866, Lee Co., VA; b. Apr 1847, Scott Co., VA.

More About MARTHA JANE PENNINGTON:

Date born 2: 1850, Lee Co., VA

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #358

Census 2: 1900, Sulpher Springs, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 5A, #78

Census 3: 1910, St. Charles Prec., Rocky Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 5A, #77/78

Notes for MCGRIGGIN "GREIG" ROBBINS:

Denver R. Robbins b. 7/1897 - Grandson in 1900 Census.

More About MCGRIGGIN "GREIG" ROBBINS:

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #358

Census 2: 1900, Sulpher Springs, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 5A, #78

Census 3: 1910, St. Charles Prec., Rocky Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 5A, #77/78

                  v.    DELILA PENNINGTON, b. Feb 1854, VA; d. Aft. 1930; m. NATHANIEL DUDLEY WOODWARD, 12 Dec 1884, Lee Co., VA; b. Abt. 1859, Lee Co., VA; d. 31 Mar 1891, Lee Co., VA.

More About DELILA PENNINGTON:

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #361

Census 2: 1900, Salem, Rock Station Dist., Lee Co., Pg. 9B, #31

Census 3: 1910, St. Charles Prec., Rocky Station Dist, Lee Co., VA Pg. 2B, #34

Census 4: 1930, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg 4B, #66

                 vi.    AMANDA PENNINGTON, b. 16 Feb 1855, Lee Co., VA; m. ROBERT MULWEE, 16 Jan 1878, Lee Co., VA; b. Abt. 1858, Washington Co., VA; d. Bef. 1903.

More About AMANDA PENNINGTON:

Census: 1880, Yocum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 39C, #334

More About ROBERT MULWEE:

Census: 1880, Yocum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 39C, #334

                vii.    WILLIAM W. PENNINGTON, b. 09 Nov 1857, Lee Co., VA; d. 22 Apr 1963; m. (1) SARAH "SALLIE" ROBERTS, 08 Mar 1879, Lee Co., VA; b. 01 Apr 1859, VA; d. 23 Jan 1925; m. (2) NANCY C., 28 Sep 1929, Lee Co., VA; b. 1857.

More About WILLIAM W. PENNINGTON:

Date born 2: 08 Nov 1855, Lee Co., VA ?

Burial: Apr 1963, Robbins Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co., VA

Census: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #362

More About SARAH "SALLIE" ROBERTS:

Burial: Jan 1925, Robbins Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co., VA

Census: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #362

               viii.    JOHN LEE PENNINGTON, b. 06 Nov 1860, VA; d. 27 Jan 1940, Lee Co., VA; m. (1) ELIZABETH ROBBINS, 14 Aug 1879, Robbins Chapel, Lee Co., VA; b. 27 Aug 1857, VA; d. 23 May 1913, Lee Co., VA; m. (2) SALLIE SMITH, 13 Nov 1913, Lee Co., VA; b. 03 Apr 1861, Lee Co., VA ?; d. 10 Jan 1926, Lee Co., VA; m. (3) MATILDA BALLARD, 08 Jul 1926, Lee Co., VA; b. Abt. 1880, KY.

More About JOHN LEE PENNINGTON:

Burial: Jan 1940, Robbins Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co., VA

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #363

Census 2: 1900, Sulpur Springs District, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 4B, #72

Census 3: 1910, Yokum Station District, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 231 A, #146

Census 4: 1920, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 1A, # 4

Census 5: 1930, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 3B, #44

More About ELIZABETH ROBBINS:

Burial: May 1913, Robbins Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co., VA

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #363

Census 2: 1900, Sulpur Springs District, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 4B, #72

Census 3: 1910, Yokum Station District, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 231 A, #146

More About SALLIE SMITH:

Census: 1920, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 1A, # 4

More About MATILDA BALLARD:

Census: 1930, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 3B, #44

                 ix.    CHARLES PENNINGTON II, b. 18 Nov 1862, Lee Co., VA; d. 14 Jun 1932, Lee Co., VA; m. NANCY ARMINTA CLARK, 30 Oct 1881, Lee Co., VA; b. May 1869, KY; d. 1936, Lee Co., VA.

More About CHARLES PENNINGTON II:

Burial: Jun 1932, Robbins Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co., VA

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #361

Census 2: 1900, Dist. 31, Salem, Rocky Station Dist., Lee Co., VA, Pg. 10A, #176

Census 3: 1920, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 1A, # 1

Census 4: 1930, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 3B, #45

More About NANCY ARMINTA CLARK:

Burial: 1936, Robbins Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co., VA

Census 1: 1900, Salem, Rocky Station Dist., Lee Co., VA, Pg. 2B, #361

Census 2: 1930, Yokum Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 3B, #45

                  x.    DIANA PENNINGTON, b. Mar 1864, Harlan Co., KY; d. Harlan Co., KY; m. EDWARD WOODWARD, 11 Oct 1879, Lee Co., VA; b. Aug 1857, VA.

More About DIANA PENNINGTON:

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B

Census 2: 1900, Salem, Rocky Station Dist., Lee Co., Pg. 9B, #169

Census 3: 1910, St. Charles Prec. Rocky Station Dist., Pg. 2B, #30

More About EDWARD WOODWARD:

Census 1: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B

Census 2: 1900, Salem, Rocky Station Dist., Lee Co., Pg. 9B, #169

Census 3: 1910, St. Charles Prec. Rocky Station Dist., Pg. 2B, #30

                 xi.    REBECCA PENNINGTON, b. 19 Aug 1872, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA; d. 11 Mar 1965, Henryetta, Okmulgee Co., OK; m. (1) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HALL, 17 Apr 1889, Maggard, Letcher Co., KY; b. 06 Sep 1866, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA; d. 26 Jul 1930, Henryetta. Okmulgee Co., OK; m. (2) MELVIN THOMAS CRAWFORD, Aft. 1930.

More About REBECCA PENNINGTON:

Burial: Mar 1965, Senora Cemetery, Okmulgee Co., OK

Census: 1880, Crab Orchard, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 321B, #361

More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HALL:

Burial: Jul 1930, Senora Cemetery, Okmulgee Co., OK

       

Children of GREENBERRY PENNINGTON and SUSANNAH HOLMES are:

                xii.    LOUISA⁶ PENNINGTON, b. 05 Apr 1866, Perry Co., KY; d. 03 Jun 1952, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK; m. ABIJAH B. DIXON, 30 Nov 1882, Lee Co., VA; b. 18 Jul 1859, Clay Co., KY; d. 08 Nov 1951, Sayre, Beckham Co., OK.

More About LOUISA PENNINGTON:

Census 1: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143

Census 2: 1900, Hyden, Dist. 1, Leslie Co., KY, Pg. 18A, #284

Census 3: 1920, Buffalo, Beckham Co., OK, Pg. 5A, # 82

Census 4: 1930, Buffalo, Beckham Co., OK, Pg. 4A, # 68

More About ABIJAH B. DIXON:

Census 1: 1920, Buffalo, Beckham Co., OK, Pg. 5A, # 82

Census 2: 1900, Hyden, Dist. 1, Leslie Co., KY, Pg. 18A, #284

Census 3: 1930, Buffalo, Beckham Co., OK, Pg. 4A, # 68

               xiii.    ALEXANDER H. PENNINGTON, b. 14 Apr 1868, KY; d. 23 Feb 1952, Krypton, Perry Co., KY; m. ARMINTY BELL DAVIDSON, 27 Feb 1890; b. 04 Feb 1871, Grapevine, Hopkins Co.,  KY; d. 02 Feb 1963, Perry Co., KY.

More About ALEXANDER H. PENNINGTON:

Census 1: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143

Census 2: 1870, Campbell Dist, Perry Co., KY, #48

Census 3: 1920, Campbell, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 13B, #226

Census 4: 1920, Rocky Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 8B, #143

Census 5: 1930, Dist. 2, Campbell, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 11A, #187

More About ARMINTY BELL DAVIDSON:

Census 1: 1920, Rocky Station, Lee Co., VA, Pg. 8B, #143

Census 2: 1920, Campbell, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 13B, #226

Census 3: 1930, Dist. 2, Campbell, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 11A, #187

               xiv.    ELIZABETH K. PENNINGTON, b. 02 Aug 1870, KY; m. (1) IRVING STACY; b. Abt. 1846, Perry Co., KY; m. (2) SAUL BEGLEY.

More About ELIZABETH K. PENNINGTON:

Census: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143- listed as Elsie

                xv.    THOMAS M. PENNINGTON, b. 19 Jul 1872, KY; d. 07 May 1951, Perry Co., KY; m. (1) SARAH ELLEN EDWARDS, Abt. 1899; m. (2) ELIZABETH EVERSOLE, Abt. 1905; b. Abt. 1884, KY.

More About THOMAS M. PENNINGTON:

Census 1: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143

Census 2: 1920, Campbell Prec. #17, Perry Co., KY, #199

More About ELIZABETH EVERSOLE:

Census: 1920, Campbell Prec. #17, Perry Co., KY, #199

               xvi.    HARRISON E. PENNINGTON, b. 25 Feb 1876, KY; d. 20 Apr 1956, Richmond, Madison Co., KY; m. (1) MARTHA JANE BEGLEY, Abt. 1895, KY; b. 20 Nov 1878, KY; d. 06 Aug 1906, KY; m. (2) MARY ELLEN CAMPBELL, 30 Jul 1907, KY; b. 15 May 1891, KY; d. 17 Mar 1982, OR.

More About HARRISON E. PENNINGTON:

Burial: Apr 1956, Memorial Gardens, Richmond, Madison Co., KY

Census 1: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143

Census 2: 1920, Krypton Village, Campbell Prec. #17, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 22B, #370

More About MARY ELLEN CAMPBELL:

Burial: Mar 1982, Memorial Gardens, Richmond, Madison Co., KY

Census: 1920, Krypton Village, Campbell Prec. #17, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 22B, #370

              xvii.    MASON PENNINGTON, b. 25 Feb 1876, KY; d. 25 Feb 1876, KY.

             xviii.    LUCY PENNINGTON, b. 11 Apr 1880, Perry Co., KY; d. 24 Nov 1964, Perry Co., KY; m. (1) PATTON EVERSOLE, 24 Oct 1891, Lee Co., VA; b. 1874, Perry Co., KY; m. (2) ROBERT C. COMBS, 24 Oct 1898, Lee Co., VA; b. Abt. 1874, KY.

Notes for LUCY PENNINGTON:

Not listed with Letitia in 1880 census.

More About LUCY PENNINGTON:

Date born 2: 1874

Census 1: 1880, Dist. 81, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 19, #143

Census 2: 1930, Dist. 11, Hazard, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 2A, #32

More About ROBERT C. COMBS:

Census: 1930, Dist. 11, Hazard, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 2A, #32