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Family
Group 22
Elias Green, 1809, SC, AZ
Introduction
The information which appears here was produced from the data contained in the John French Master File (JFMF). Please remember that much of the information came from other Pennington researchers and depending on the researcher's knowledge, expertise and sources, may be in error. At times, John French, who had researched the Pennington family for over twenty-five years made decisions about what he entered based on his own opinion.
FIRST GENERATION
1.
Elias Green Pennington was born on April
16, 1809 in SC.
He died on June 10, 1869 in AZ. Elias was
killed by Apaches while plowing on his farm below
Fort Crittenden on the Sonoita Creek, Arizona
Territory. He
was buried (1) Soldiers Point near Ft. Buchanan,
A.T. (2) moved to National Cemetery in the
Presidio, San Francisco in 1892, and reburied in
an unmarked or perhaps mass grave.
He was married to Julia Ann
Hood about 1831.
Julia
Ann Hood was born on February 13, 1815 in NC. She died
in September 1855 in Fannin Co., TX. Julia died in Fannin County, TX
near Honey Grove.
Her parents are unknown. She was
married at age 16, had 12 children, and died at
age 40. Elias
Green Pennington and Julia Ann Hood had the
following children:
2
i.
James A. Pennington was born on May 8,
1833 in TN. He
died on August 27, 1868 near Tucson, AZ. Never
married. James
was killed by Apaches near Tucson, AZ. He was
buried (1) Tucson, AZ, (2) Soporia Cemetery,
Sopori, AZ (Near Ann).
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ii.
Laura Ellen Pennington (born on November
12, 1834).
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iii.
Larcena Ann Pennington (born on June 10,
1837).
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iv.
Caroline M. Pennington (born on December
16, 1838).
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v.
John Parker Pennington (born on December
24, 1840).
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vi.
Ann Reid Pennington was born on January
20, 1843 in Fannin Co., TX. She died
on July 3, 1867 in Sopori, AZ, Sopori Cem.. Never
married.
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vii.
Margaret Dennison Pennington was born on
July 17, 1844 in Fannin Co., TX. She died
on April 5, 1872 in Georgetown, Williamson Co.,
TX. She was buried in Georgetown,
Williamson Co., TX, Family Graveyard.. Margaret
wrote Larcena in Tucson from Georgetown 21 Feb.
1872, six weeks before she died. This is
the only letter of this sort found. It was written
about 1 1/2 years after Jack brought what was left
of the family back to Texas. Much
information has been gleaned from this letter,
including the fact that Caroline was with her at
the time.
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viii.
Amanda Jane Pennington (born on February
7, 1846).
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ix.
Elias Green Pennington was born on July
27, 1848 in Fannin Co., TX. He died on
June 17, 1869 in Sonoita, AZ Terr.. Elias Jr.
was wounded by the Apaches at the same time his
father was killed, and died 7 days later. He was
buried with his father at the Soldier's Plot near
Ft Buchanan and later moved to National Cemetery,
San Francisco, CA as was his father and buried in
an unmarked or mass grave.
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x.
William Henry "Will" Pennington
was born on February 25, 1850 in Fannin Co., TX. He died on
July 20, 1929 in Brownwood, Brown Co., TX. He was
buried in Brownwood, Brown Co., TX, Greenleaf
Cem.. William
left Georgetown about 1877 in a huff with Jack,
saying he did not owe the girls anything. No one
heard from him for 50 years. He settled
in Hood County, bought a small farm, willed it to
Van Gordon, Josie's husband for him to care for
him in old age. He
lived less than a year after that.
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xi.
Mary Frances Pennington (born on December
28, 1852).
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xii.
Sarah Josephine Pennington (born on
October 27, 1854).
SECOND GENERATION
3.
Laura Ellen Pennington was born on
November 12, 1834 in TN. She died
on December 3, 1869 in Tucson, Pima Co., AZ.
She was married to Underwood
C. Barnett on April 25, 1867.
4.
Larcena Ann Pennington was born on June
10, 1837 in TN.
She died on March 31, 1913 in Tucson, Pima
Co., AZ. She
was buried in Tucson, Pima Co., AZ, Evergreen
Cemetery. Larcena
was the one who was captured by the Apaches in
Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains, south
of Tucson, repeatedly speared, knocked in the
head, thrown over a cliff and left for dead. However,
she survived 16 days alone in the mountains,
severely injured, most of her clothes taken by the
Apaches, only what wild food she might find, but
made her way back to the camp from which she was
abducted. She
recovered and lived to a ripe old age. He ordeal
is well-recorded in the Arizona Historical Society
in Tucson. It
took place about March, 1860. Larcena
had one child by Page, born 6 months after he was
killed, and had two children by William Fisher Scott.
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She was married to John
Hemstead Page on December 24, 1859.
John
Hemstead Page died in March 1861. John Page
was ambushed by Apaches while on his way to old
Camp Grant with a load of lumber. He was
buried where he fell, at the top of the hill
beyond Saminego's ranch, on the old road; and all
that Mrs. page ever saw of him was his
handkerchief, his purse, and a lock of his hair. Larcena
Ann Pennington and John Hemstead Page had the
following children:
14
i.
Mary Page was born in September 1861 in
AZ.
She was married to William
Fisher Scott.
William
Fisher Scott was born on July 27, 1870 in
Tucson, Pima Co., AZ.
5.
Caroline M. Pennington was born on
December 16, 1838 in TN. She died
in Austin, Travis Co., TX.
She was married to Charles M.
Burr on May 12, 1859.
She was married to A.
Nichols.
6.
John Parker Pennington was born on
December 24, 1840 in Fannin Co., TX. He died on
December 1, 1904 in Georgetown, Williamson Co.,
TX. He was buried in Georgetown,
Williamson Co., TX, Family Graveyard..
He was married to Elily Jane
McAllister on March 6, 1877.
He was married to Isabelle
Purcell on January 24, 1882 in Georgetown,
Williamson Co., TX.
9.
Amanda Jane Pennington was born on
February 7, 1846 in Fannin Co., TX. She died
on November 12, 1919 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
Co., CA. She was buried in Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz Co., CA, IOOF Cem.. Amanda and
William had 6 children.
She was married to William A.
Crumpton on October 27, 1874 in Georgetown,
Williamson Co., TX.
12.
Mary Frances Pennington was born on
December 28, 1852 in Fannin Co., TX. She died
on December 20, 1935 in Martin Co., TX. She was
buried in Nienda, Jones Co., TX. Mary was the last survivor of
the original family. She and
William had 10 children.
She was married to William
Madison Randolph on June 18, 1877 in Georgetown,
Williamson Co., TX.
William
Madison Randolph was born on December 26,
1851. He died on July 8, 1908 in
Neinda, Jones Co., TX. The family
of William Madison Randolph and Mary Frances
Pennington taken from the family bible of Thomas
Henry Randolph printed in Pennington Pedigrees
7-2, pg 39-44.
Mary Frances Pennington and William Madison
Randolph had the following children:
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i.
Thomas Henry Randolph (born on June 19,
1878).
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ii.
Parker E. Randolph (born on September 19,
1879).
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iii.
Marion P. Randolph was born on February 6,
1881. He
died on September 18, 1897.
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iv.
Infant Randolph was born on February 17,
1882. He
(or she) died on February 17, 1882.
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v.
Rachel Vollie Randolph (born on February
21, 1883).
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vi.
Ada Ethel Randolph (born on December 22,
1885).
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vii.
Alvis Madison Randolph (born on June 13,
1887).
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viii.
Clifford E. Randolph (born on August 25,
1889).
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ix.
Thomas Casey Randolph was born on July 18,
1892. He
died on June 16, 1898.
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x.
F. B. "Bee" Randolph (born on
November 30, 1893).
13.
Sarah Josephine Pennington was born on
October 27, 1854 in Fannin Co., TX. She died
on October 30, 1935 in Brownwood, Brown Co., TX. She was
buried in Brownwood, Brown Co., TX, Greenleaf
Cem.. Josie
and Van had 12 children, 8 lived.
She was married to Charles
Alvin (Van) Gordon on October 6, 1880 in
Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX.
Contact Daniel Pennington, Group Leader, for more information.
Copyright
© 2000 Pennington Research Association,
December 26, 2000.
