Does anyone know where Elisha was listed in the 1850 Census. Census record reported in Pennington Pedigrees: Listing 482-122 Age 35 (b 1815) No. 122 is the same HH no. as Levi and Elizabeth. -from letter written by Mary Pennington Almaroad.
1860 Census for Ashe County, North Carolina Elisha Pennington 24 M Va 816 Jane 21 F Va Jesse 9/12 M Va -copied by Jeff Carter 1131. Elisha Penington 24 Va. Jane 22 Va. Jesse 1 Va. -1860 Census Ashe County, North Carolina, Abstracted by Danny Miller, Carolina Printing Company. 1860 Census, for Ashe County, North Carolina, Family 1131, shows obvious newlyweds Elisha and Jane Pennington (ages 24 and 22) with 1 year old son Jessee. All three were born in Virginia. It is is suspected that they had moved from Grayson County, Virginia to Ashe Co. just a few months or even weeks prior to the census report. (copied from microfilm) Census record reported in Pennington Pedigrees. He is listed as a farmer age 24 with a personal estate of $150.00 Wife 21 years. old Jane, b. Va. Son Jessee 9/12 b. Virginia living in Helton Twp. in dwelling # 816. -from letter written by Mary Pennington Almaroad.
1870 Census for Ashe County, North Carolina Elisha Pennington 35 M Va 151 Tabitha 25 F Va Jesse H 10 M Va Melissa 7 F NC Leanzik 5 F NC Elizabeth 2 F NC -copied by Jeff Carter Pennington, Elisha 35 Farmer 100 400 VA Tabitha 25 VA Jesse H. 10 VA Melissa 7 VA Leanzis 5(f) Elizabeth 2 -The 1870 Federal Census of Ashe County North Carolina, by J. C. Weaver 2. In the 1870 Census, for Ashe County, North Carolina, Family 151,shows Elisha, 35, wife Tabitha, 25 (a full 10 years younger) and 4 children, including Jesse H., now 10. The ages are just right for Elisha and Jesse, but name and age are wrong for Tabitha to be the Jane mentioned in 1860. However, later cemetary records show that the name is Jane T., probably for Tabitha. Note: Patsy Anderson, 55, born in Virginia, lives with them at this time. She is a good candidate to be Jane Tabitha's mother. -from letter written by Mary Pennington Almaroad.
1880 Census for Ashe County, North Carolina Elisha Pennington 47 M Va Va Va 24 Tabitha J. 38 F Va Va Va Jesse H 19 M Va Va Va Alice C. 15 F Va Va Va Zilah E. 12 F NC Va Va Byrain B. 6 M NC Va Va Mattie B. 1/12 F NC Va Va (born in May) Patsy Anderson 70 F NC NC NC -copied by Jeff Carter 24 24 Pennington E. W M 47 Head M Farming VA VA VA Tabbitha W F 38 Wife M Keeping House VA VA VA Jesse H. W M 19 Son S Works on Farm VA VA VA Alice C. W F 15 Daughter S At Home VA VA VA Zilah E. W F 12 Daughter S At Home NC VA VA Byram B. W M 6 Son At Home NC VA VA Nettie B. W F May 1880 Daughter NC VA VA Anderson Patsy W F 17 Servant Servant NC NC NC -The 1880 Federal Census of Ashe County, North Carolina including the Mortality Schedule, Abstracted and Compiled by Mary Floy Schulz Katzman 3. The 1880 Census, Ashe County, North Carolina, shows E. Pennington, 47, wife Tabitha 38, both born in Virginia have 5 children, including Jesse H., now 15. These names and dates are consistent with the 1870 report. They lived in the Helton area. Census record reported in Pennington Pedigrees: # 24 in Helton, abe (b. 1833) Boggitha, age 38, and 5 children, Jesse H. 19; Alice C. 15: Zilah E. 12; Byram B. 6; Nettie B: (b May 1880). -from letter written by Mary Pennington Almaroad.
1910 Census for Ashe County, North Carolina 36 36 Pennington, Byram head m w 36 ml 13 pb Va Laura wife f w 26 ml 13 5 3 mb Ba Allie dau. f w 12 Chester son m w 8 Ola dau. f w 2 Elisha father m w 73 wd b Ba fb ? mb Va -1910 Ashe Co. census (unpublished) abstracted by Loveta M. Scheers, Salisbury, MD (1992) 4. The 1910 Census, Ashe County, North Carolina, shows Elisha Pennington, 73, widowed, father's place of birth unknown and mother born in Virginia, living with his son Byram and family. -from letter written by Mary Pennington Almaroad.
6. The graveyard records for Ashe County show a Larkin Pennington born 1829, and several others who may have come about the same time to Ashe County. No relationship shown as yet.
Text of letter received after January 1, 1997 from Mary Almaroad.
I found your article on Elisha "Dock" Pennington of NC on page 28 of Pnnington Pedigrees 28-2-1996, to be very interesting. Did you see "Samuel Pennington Line" on page 34? I can offer some information on Malissa Ellen Penningotn d/o Elisha. Malissa was a cousin of my Grandfather's. (Levi Wilson Pennington). Pauline (Jones) Carter, Hays, NC. is a Gr -grandaughter of Elisha's thru his daughter Alice or Lousansa Alice Caroline Pennington who married Jessie Ballard (J. B.) Jones. I located Pauline from an article she had written in Family Histories of Ashe County NC, we have shared information for two or three years. However, we have not been able to agree on Samuel. I included Elisha as a son of Levi Pennington (b. 1794) in Pennington Pedigrees Vol. 26-1-1994 and Vol. 27-1-1995, because Malissa and my Grandfather claimed to be first cousins, and for this to be Elisha had to be a brother to my Gr-Grandfather, Daniel, perhaps, I'm wrong. My Penningtons and Malissa's Grandchildren do not agree with the Samuel "theory". Pauline's recores show Elisha to be the son of Samuel, based on the Eastern Cherokee Applications and research done by a Mae Pennington in Kansas City, MO. Pauline sent me excerpts from the article. Malissa and George Hines live in Shady Valley (Johnson County) Tennessee near where I was raised. After George's death, Malissa was married to James Melvin Sluder for a short time. She lived with her un-married son, Marvin, and just across the creek from us. Two other children of Malissas', Dohl Hines and Rosa Wright also lived near us. Elisha is listed on the 1920 Johnson County Census as living with Malissa in Shady Valley. Dohl Hines has a son, Walter Marvin, who lives about a fifteen minute drive from me, and Rosa has a daughter, Louie (Wright) Brooks, who lives in Bristol, near-by. My mother remembers Malissa and Dohl's wife, Bessie Robinette Hines, is still living in Blountville, but is in "falling health". She does remember a fair amount about Shady Valley and the Penningtons. She always tells me, she used to pick cranberries and black berries on "Uncle Wilse's" farm. The people in Shady called my Grandaddy "Uncle Wilse". He lived to be almost ninety-five and was really a "nice fellow", I guess he was more or less "the community pillar". From Pauline's recores: Elisha Pennington (in the Bible Pennington was recorded with only one "n") 21 July 1832-18 Aug. 1922) m. 23 Jan. 1859 to Tobitha Jane Anderson (19 January 1838-14 Sept. 1899) d/o Jesse Anderson and Nancy ___________. Six children. [I will varify the descendents and record where appropriate in the genealogy... Pmc]
My note: Several years ago, when I first began research on the Elisha Pennington line, I had only heard of malissa, so when I found W. Marvin Hines April 3, 1891-March 21, 1977 M Ellen Nov. 5 1861-Feb 8, 1952 Knowing Walter Marvin Hines was never married, I called Louie Brooks to ask who was this M. Ellen buried beside Marvin and sharing a tombstone. Louie, who was in her seventies, replied, "Well, that's his Mother, Malissa!" I was a bit shocked to hear this was Marvin's Mother so I could only manage,
She's the lady I've been searching for all this time, I didn't know her name was Ellen"! This thought for some reason had never entered my mind. I'm enclosing copies of my information for you and will send Pauline a copy of your article. She knows the Helton area. Perhaps by sharing information we can prove this line. Hope you enjoy the information and I will be anxious to hear from you.
Sincerely, Mary Pennington Almaroad.
Pauline Jones Carter said she remembers him. He petrified her. Would pull children over with a cane
Found the name Jane Tabitha in records and copied at the Virginia Archives in Virginia. Connection not yet made as of July 1996.
Her name may have been Tobitha Jane Anderson according to Pennington Pedigrees, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1995
Buried in Ashe County, in Pennington Anderson Cemetery, on a hill between Lake Brooks and Spencer Powers on Big Helton Creek near Sturgills, North Carolina There is an unmarked grave beside Jane's where relatives think Elisha Pennington may be buried. This grave was visited by Pat McMillion in the summer of 1996.
-From Pat McMillion in March 2000.
Descendants of Elisha (Dock) Pennington (From Pat McMillion in April 2000)
1- Elisha (Dock) Pennington b-July 21, 1836 in Virginia (Possibly Grayson County)
d-August 18, 1922
s- Jane Tabitha Anderson b-January 10, 1838 in Virginia (Possibly Grayson County)
d-September 14, 1899 in Ashe County
2- Jessie Harrison Pennington b-November 03, 1859 in Virginia
d-May 19, 1945 in Giatto, West Virginia
s- America Jane Ashley b-June 22, 1867 in Buffalo, North Carolina
d-August 11, 1943 in Giatto, West Virginia
3- Bryan Pennington
s- Irene Nixon Pennington
3- Bessie Pennington
3- Monroe Pennington
3- Cicero Pennington
3- Walter Pennington
3- Rosa Alifare Pennington b-January 17, 1883 in Sturgills (Ashe County) North Carolina
m-(1)
m-(2)
d-February 09, 1969 in Princeton (Mercer County) West Virginia
s- (1)Enoch Miller
s- (2)John Andrew Kennedy b-December 07, 1879 in Greendale (Washington County) Virginia
d-August 19, 1951 in Bluefield (Mercer County) West Virginia
3- Wiley Fulton Pennington b-June 12, 1888
d-September 09, 1956 in Huntington, West Virginia
s- Ethel Young Pennington b-
3- Dora Minabee Pennington Godfrey b-August 16, 1891
d-March 19, 1954
s- Ted Jasper GodDrey, Sr. b-January Ol, 1897 in Lashmeet, West Virginia
d-March 19, 1954 in Matoaka, West Virginia
3- Pearl Pennington Taylor b-August 26, 1896 in Sturgill, Ashe County, North Carolina
d-January 19, 1985 in Winston Salem, North Carolina
s- Arlie E. Taylor, Sr. b-April 16, 1896 in Goodwill, West Virginia
d-January 03, 1958 in Crab Orchard, West Virginia
3- Berta Jane Pennington b-1898
s- (1)Frank Kelly b-
s- (2)Unknown Patterson
s- (3)Dan Barcus
3- Frank Montgomery Pennington b-September 08, 1901 in Wilkes-Barre, North Carolina
d-September 26, 1968 in Vancouver, Washington
s- Viola Vista LeClair b-June 29, 1908 in LaCenter, Washington
3- Jesse Pennington Garner McCauley b-February 22, 1906
d-June 05, 1980
s- (1)Gordon Garner b-April 06, 1895
d-February 19, 1950
s- (2)Thomas Plumbley
s- (3)Sidney McCauley
3- Charlie Clemmons Pennington b-June 19, 1909 in Giatto, West Virginia
d-December 31, 1993 in Newport News, Virginia
s- Catherine (Reed) Pennington b-October 12, 1906 in Oakvale, West Virginia
d-August 25, 1995 in Newport News, Virginia
2- Malissa Ellen Pennington b-December 05, 1861
d-February 08, 1952 in Johnson Co, Tennessee
s- (1)James Melvin Sluder b-May 23,1870
d-January25, 1950
s- (2)George Hines b-March 227 1856
d-March 15, 1911
3- Wiley G Hines b-April 09, 1881
3- James E Hines b-January 03, 1883
d-October 15, 1918
3- Dock Hines b-December 20, 1886
d-March 17, 1918
3- W. Marvin Hines b-April 03, 1891
d-March 21, 1977
3- Odis Hines b-October 20, 1893
d-August 30, 1918
3- Rosa Hines b-March 04, 1896
d-November 18, 1933
s- Henry Wright
3- William Lide Hines b-1899
3- Dohl Hines b-1902
s- Bessie Robinette
3- Merton Hines b-1903
d-1964
s- Hattie Blevins
2- Louansa Alice Pennington b-January 18, 1864
s- Jessie Ballard Jones
2- Zella Elizabeth Pennington b-March 05, 1868
d-May 24, 1899
s- William Huffman Jones b-October 1863 in Sturgill, Ashe County, North Carolina
d-Febuary 05, 1942 in Rock, Mercer County, West Virginia
3- Della Jones b-December 1884
3- Dora Jones b-February 1887 in Sturgills, Ashe County, North Carolina
3- William Oscar Jones b-June 09, 1889 in Sturgill, Ashe County, North Carolina
d-May 28, 1966 in Racine, West Virginia
s- Myrle M McBrayer b-December 04, 1892 in Ashland, Carter County, Kentucky
d-August 1989 in Boone Memorial Madison, West Virginia
3- Whitlow Reed Jones b-October 25, 1891 in Sturgill, Ashe County, North Carolina
d-December 02, 1949 in Freeman, Mercer County, West Virginia
3- Hasque Jones b-January 1893
3- Smith Jones b-January 1895 d-May 1986
3- Hattie Jones b-February 1897
3- Maavie L. Jones b-Mav 1900
2- Byram Boman Pennington b-June 26, 1873
2- Mattie Badora "Dora" Pennington b-April 16, 1880
d-January 16, 1884
Papa, as we called my grandpa, had a relative that we called Aunt Ruth. I remember her pretty well, because she spanked me with a small heated up Dutch skillet one time. I did something to make my sister scream…oh, well. I heard stories about Fult, Charlie, Marco and some of the others I cannot remember. Papa used to take me to Uncle Buck and Aunt Betty’s A&W back in the early/mid 1960’s and make the girls get me what ever I wanted. He’d give them a pinch on the way by. All the folks around town seemed to know him and called him “Penn” and sometimes “Penny”. He was quite a storyteller, jokester and a good cook. I can still picture him making a big pot of beans at the stove in their house in North Bend, Oregon. He had this white Panasonic transistor radio that sat on the square water heater next to the stove. The radio had a little lid on the top of it where you could put a couple of pennies or a paper clip. Once he chased me around the house with his false teeth! When I would spend the night, we’d have dinner and then I sit down and watch TV with Papa. He wore these quilted pajama bottoms and a sleeveless t-shirt. You could see where he’d been burned by the mustard gas in WWI around his neck and by his arms. He always made me smile. He and Vista had a 1967 Plymouth Fury III. He’d poke the roof and make the horn honk. It took me 30 years to figure that one out. He used to pull coins out of my ears, too. We lived there with my Dad and Grandma Vista after my folks divorced and Papa passed away in 1968 for about three years until my Dad remarried in 1971.
Aunt Betty’s husband, Uncle Buck, (Harry Walther), was a good sidekick for Papa. What a pair to draw to. I think that they just fed off each other. My Uncle Edsel Colvin (married to Aunt Lea) still tells stories about Papa and Uncle Buck. You can see the light in his eyes. Aunt Lea still tells stories, too. Aunt Betty and Aunt Lea are the only two kids left. Aunt Mary passed away about six months after my Dad. She had been fighting cancer for six years.
Well, I just thought I throw you my two cents about the folks I know about.
-From Stuart Pennington in November 2003.
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