Born in Rushford, Allegany, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Pennock Sr
and Lucy (Benjamin) Pennock
Sister of
Ira J Pennock, Mary (Pennock) Babcock, Clarissa (Pennock) Tolles, Mary Elizabeth (Pennock) Chandler, Leonard W Pennock and Asa B Pennock
Wife of
Alexander W Minar
— married
3 May 1846 in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Gunplain Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States
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Biography
The daughter of Daniel Pennock Sr and Lucy (Benjamin) Pennock, Caroline Pennock was born in Rushford Township, New York[citation needed] in 1827. She migrated with her family migrated to Michigan shortly after statehood was granted.[citation needed]
Caroline married Alexander W Minar, the son of William Minar and Ann L. Welson, his second wife, marrying in Cooper Township, Michigan in Kalamazoo County, on May 3, 1846,[1] having five known children together:
- Willis Minar (1850-1915)
- Willard Alexander Minar (1850-1922)
- Frank William Minar (1856-1913)
- Clarissa Belle Minar (1862-1944)
- Edgar E. Minar (1868-1948)
They made their home in Cooper Township, Michigan, in Kalamazoo County, where her husband worked as a clothier.[2] By 1860, they had moved to Gun Plain Township, Michigan, in Allegan County, farming.[3][4][5]
Widowed in 1891, Caroline Minar passed away in Gun Plain Township, Michigan[6] at the age of 70 and is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell Township, Michigan.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV8-5TR : 17 January 2020), Caroline Pennock in entry for Alexander W. Minar, 1846.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8F-9B9 : Mon Oct 02 22:40:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander Miner and Caroline Miner, 1850.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDF-T5R : Wed Oct 04 21:16:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander W Meyers and Caroline Meyers, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHH4-D67 : Thu Oct 05 05:51:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander W Miner and Caroline Miner, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9L-T72 : 19 February 2021), Caroline Miner in household of Alexander W Miner, Gun Plains, Allegan, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 442D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,570.
- ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTV-BL7 : 23 February 2021), Caroline Minar, 1898.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158106189/caroline_eliza-minar: accessed February 11, 2024), memorial page for Caroline Eliza Pennock Minar. Hillside Cemetery, Plainwell, Allegan County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Diggin for one (contributor 47181095). Find A Grave: Memorial #158106189
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