James
R.
Pennington
Born about in Morgan County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Pennington
and Nancy (Sparks) Pennington
Brother of
William Henry Pennington, Fredrick B. Pennington, David Pennington, Clairborne Pennington, Hiram Pennington-Curtis, Sally Pennington, Rachel (Pennington) Jenkins, Levi Pennington, Jesse Pennington and Margaret (Pennington) Russell
Husband of
Nancy (Fairchild) Pennington
— married
28 Aug 1849 in Johnson County, Kentucky
Husband of
Rebecca Jane (McCarty) Pennington
— married
about 1872 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine Pennington, Abner Abraham Pennington, William H Pennington, Nathan G. Pennington, Martha Jane (Pennington) Wallin, Charlotte (Pennington) Wells, Virginia Pennington, Phoeba (Pennington) Holbrook, Ida (Pennington) McCarty, Abialum Pennington, Leander Pennington and Etta (Pennington) Ison
Died
at about age 94
in Red Bush, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA
Profile managers:
Stacey Jackson 
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Biography
Confederate Army during the Civil War from November 20, 1862 until June 30, 1965, served under Capt Fields.
During the 1910 census of Red Bush, Kentucky, James was reported as being 80 years of age and having been married twice for a total of 30 years. He was residng with his daughter Phoeba and his son in-law Loranzo Holbrook and family. At the age of 90 years James was still residing with with his son in-law Loranzo and daughter Phoeba and six children.
James died October 18, 1924 at Red Bush, Kentucky and was buried in the Holbrook family Cemetery, Elna, Johnson County, Kentucky.
James was born in 1829. He passed away in 1924.
Research Notes
According to profile managed by Patricia Pennington, he was born on December 12.
Sources
- 1910 U.S. Census, Red Bush, Johnson County, Kentucky
- 1920 U.S. Census, Red Bush, Johnson County, Kentucky
- Find A Grave Memorial
- Joseph. Wilson. PENNINGTON Jr.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6PN-KR1
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
Barbara (Pennington) Treichel
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A938670 [compare], Ancestry member btreiche
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~1.56%
John Pennington :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Diane Blevins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dimysmith1
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~1.56%
Stacey Jackson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UE4487357 [compare], Ancestry member StaceyF1989
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch YV8297741 [compare], yourDNAportal STA07554df4
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~0.78%
Pat (Johnson) Trimble :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Matt Ison :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Roy Ledford :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cheryl (Baumetz) Boyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A170670 [compare]
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~0.78%
Richard Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A050822 [compare], Ancestry member rickster_63
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~0.78%
Glenda Adkins :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Karen (Jones) Owens :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Jerry Southard :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Kellie Lunsford :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Gerald Jones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A843091 [compare], Ancestry member brown190861
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~0.39%
Dennis Lunsford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A125095 [compare]
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~0.39%
Malika Lyon :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Avola (Harper) Green :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TG4753403 [compare], Ancestry member elgin_green
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