Abner B. Pennington (1837 - 1929)

Born 17 Nov 1837 in Fayette County, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucinda (Gilmore) Pennington — married 4 Apr 1866 in Fayette County, Alabama

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1929 at age 91 in Vernon, Lamar, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Birth date source; Abner Pennington Civil War Military Pension forms (two different times on two different dates Abner gave his birth date as 17 Nov. 1837

26 Nov 1912 'Declaration for Pension' form by Abner PENNINGTON resident of Vernon, Lamar Co., AL, age 75, born 17 Nov 1837 in Fayette, Fayette Co., AL. Signed Abner PENNINGTON

6 Apr 1915 'Declaration for Pension' form by Abner PENNINGTON born Fayette Co., AL on 17 Nov 1837, P.O. address at enlistment was Morton's Mill, Fayette Co., AL, wife is Marget Ann Mahaley REED by Rev. D. G. W. HOLLIS Lamar Co., AL on Mar 1898. I have been married twice, former wife's name was Lucinda married on Mar 1866, she died on Sep 1872. My present wife was not previously married. Son's name is Sampson Monroe PENNINGTON born 22 Sep 1867. Signed Abner PENNINGTON -- AL Death Certificate File No. 18554 (Very difficult to read)

Abner PENNINGTON, residence: Vernon, R.F.D. #1, Lamar Co., AL, Male, White, Widow, Spouse: Haley PENNINGTON, Farmer, aged 92 yrs, 4 mos. &1 day, Father: _____ Pennington b: SC, Informant: _________Pennington, died July 18, 1929 at his home in Vernon, Lamar Co., AL, Burial: Furnace Cem., Can not read cause of death or anything else. Document source: Nancy Markey, 8/22/2007Find A Grave: Memorial #14515631

[Dates provided by Victoria Franklin.]

Death

Abner died at the ripe old age of 92 years. He died in July 1929 in Vernon, Lamar, Alabama. His spouse was listed as Haley Pennington. This record shows that he was born in 1837 to William Pennington.^[1]

U.S. Headstone Application for U.S. Military Veterans:^[2]He was buried in Furnace Hill Cemetery in Vernon, Alabama. His rank was a Private in Captain Joseph Ford's Company H., 1st Reg. of Alabama Calvary. Discharged at Rome, GA on Oct 24, 1864. They requested the headstone be mailed to S. M. Pennington in Sulligent, Lamar, Alabama.

Timeline

Marriages

Possible Spouses: 1st Lucinda Gilmore b. in Alabama m. Apr 4, 1866 in Fayette County, Alabama and 2nd to Margaret Ann Reed b. May 1855 in Alabama m. Mar 1888 in Lamar County, Alabama and possibly 3rd to Haley 1 Note: found where this is Margaret Ann Mahley Reed (Haley).

Abner Pennington and Margaret M. Reed were married on January 13, 1889 in Lamar, Alabama. Margaret was 19 and born in 1870.^[3]

Census

1870 Census. Abner was living at home with his spouse, Lucinda, in Sanford, Alabama. They were living next door to Francis and Nancy Pennington and Jesse Pennington and Mary lived a couple of doors down from them. Abner was 31 and Lucinda was 28. They had one child: Sampson Pennington, age 2. They were all born in Alabama.^[4]

1880 Census. Abner was living in Lamar, Alabama. His son, Samson, age 13 was living with him along with his niece, Clarendy Burgis, age 18. They were all born in Alabama. It appears, since Lucinda was no longer in the household that she had died sometime before 1880.^[5]

Notes

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Records

Birth date source; Abner Pennington Civil War Military Pension forms (two different times on two different dates Abner gave his birth date as 17 Nov. 1837

26 Nov 1912 'Declaration for Pension' form by Abner PENNINGTON resident of Vernon, Lamar Co., AL, age 75, born 17 Nov 1837 in Fayette, Fayette Co., AL. Signed Abner PENNINGTON

6 Apr 1915 'Declaration for Pension' form by Abner PENNINGTON born Fayette Co., AL on 17 Nov 1837, P.O. address at enlistment was Morton's Mill, Fayette Co., AL, wife is Marget Ann Mahaley REED by Rev. D. G. W. HOLLIS Lamar Co., AL on Mar 1898. I have been married twice, former wife's name was Lucinda married on Mar 1866, she died on Sep 1872. My present wife was not previously married. Son's name is Sampson Monroe PENNINGTON born 22 Sep 1867. Signed Abner PENNINGTON -- AL Death Certificate File No. 18554 (Very difficult to read)

Abner PENNINGTON, residence: Vernon, R.F.D. #1, Lamar Co., AL, Male, White, Widow, Spouse: Haley PENNINGTON, Farmer, aged 92 yrs, 4 mos. &1 day, Father: _____ Pennington b: SC, Informant: _________Pennington, died July 18, 1929 at his home in Vernon, Lamar Co., AL, Burial: Furnace Cem., Can not read cause of death or anything else. Document source: Nancy Markey, 8/22/2007

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKQF-FBF : 15 February 2018), Abner Penington, Jul 1929; citing reference file 18554, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,468.
2. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZ6-DT3 : 12 March 2018), Abner Pennington.
3. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQHS-H4B : 15 October 2017), Abner Pennington and Margaret M. Reed, 13 Jan 1889; citing Lamar, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,711,238
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHK1-7S5 : 12 April 2016), Abner Pennington, Alabama, United States; citing p. 5, family 29, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,538.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JG-R8M : 26 August 2017), Samson Penington in household of Abner Penington, Beat 1, Lamar, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 132, sheet 607B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0017; FHL microfilm 1,254,017.