Benjamin C. Pennington III (abt. 1842)

Born about 1842 in Mississippi, United States

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1850 Census. Benjamin age 39 b. in SC was living in Fayette County, Alabama along with his wife, Sarah Penington age 38 b. in TN along with nine of their children: Levi age 17 b. AL; Martha J., age 16 b. in AL; Linda E. age 15 b. AL; Joseph age 13 b. AL; Elijah age 10 b. AL; Benjamin age 8 b. MS; Avelin age 5 b. in MS; Jasper age 2 b. in AL; and Newton, age 2 b. in AL.
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Note: I'm not sure if Jasper and Newton were twins or were born so close they were the same age for awhile. Also, why were Benjamin and Avelin born in MS and none of the other children were. Did they move there briefly and then come back or do they belong to one of the other Pennington..
Note: Amos and his wife lived close by.

1860 Census. Benjamin was living with Sarah along with six children in the home in the Western Division, Fayette, Alabama. The six children were: Benjamin, Eleander; Jasper, Newton, John and William. Jasper and Newton do appear to be twins since this is the second Censu I've found where they are the same age. Looks like from this Census, that John and William are in fact their children.

Note: I had not found the 1860 Census when I made the notation abt John and William in the 1870 Census. But now, Eleander was not in the 1860 Census nor the 1870 Census so I'm thinking that might be a middle name. She had probably already moved out in the 1870 Census. Not sure why she's not in the 1860 Census.^[2]

1870 Census. Ben C. was living with his spouse, Nancy, along with one son, Columbus age 1 b. in Alabama. This Census does show that Ben was born in Mississippi and Nancy was born in Tennessee and their son was born in Alabama. They were living next door to Benjamin and Sarah. There is a difference in the birth year. This Census shows he was born in 1846.^[3]

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1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP1-543 : 12 April 2016), Benjamin Penington, Fayette county, Fayette, Alabama, United States; citing family 229, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDG-6ZJ : 13 December 2017), Ben Pennington, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6767-M1Z?cc=1438024&wc=9229-Y4M%3A518661001%2C519703101%2C519661901 : 6 June 2019), Alabama > Sanford > Township 15 Range 16 > image 12 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).