George Henry Pennington1

b. circa 1868
BirthCircacirca 1868 George Henry Pennington was born in Clay County, Illinois, circa 1868.1 
Marriage30 Oct 1890 He married Jennie Hale, daughter of George Hale and Margaret Lavinia Buchanan, on 30 Oct 1890 in Wayne County, Illinois.1 
Cens-190013 Jun 1900 George and Jennie spent their married lives in Wayne County, Illinois. The 1900 federal census recorded them farming in Arrington township. There were three daughters with them: Maude, age six, and two younger girls whose names were not readable on the census record.2 
Cens-192013 Jan 1920  By 1920 they had settled in the town of Fairfield where George was working as a laborer for the city.3 

Family

Jennie Hale b. 1874, d. 1936
Child
Last Edited18 Dec 2005

Citations

  1. [S1066] Betty Ann Beeson, Wayne Co., Illinois Marriages, Part II, p. 8. Record reported as: Geo Henry Pennington, 22, b. Clay Co., ILL, father: B.D. Pennington, mother: Caroline Withrow, AND Jennie Hale, 17, b. Wayne Co., father: Geo Hale, mother: Margret S. Buchanan, marr 30 Oct. 1890.
  2. [S1011] George Pennington household, 1900 U.S. cens., Wayne Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Arrington township, ED 92, sheet 10A (10 stamped), dwelling 182, family 183, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 19 of 41. Enumeration reports: George Pennington, 30, b. Apr. 1870, marr 9 yrs, b. IL, farmer; Jennie, 26, b. Jan. or June 1874 IL, marr 9 yrs, mother of 3 children, all living, father b. TN, mother b. VA; Maude E., 8, b. Jan. 1892; ___ dau, 6, b. Oct. ___; ____, dau, 4, b. Jul ____; all children b. IL; all parents b. IL.
  3. [S1136] George H. Pennington household, 1920 U.S. cens., Wayne Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Fairfield city, ED 148, sheet 12B, dwelling 263, family 271, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004. Enumeration includes: George H. Pennington, 50, marr, b. IL, laborer for city; Jessie, wife, 45, b. IL.
  4. [S1069] Betty Ann Beeson, Wayne Co., Illinois Birth Recds, 1889-1905, M-Z, p. 32. Record reported as: Maude Ethel Pennington (1st child) b. 21 Jan. 1902 Wayne Co.., IL; father: Geo Pennington, 23, b. IL; mother: Jennie Hale, 17, b. IL. Note: Maude appears on the 1900 census and her year of birth is listed as 1892 which is consistent with the ages given for her parents on this birth record. The 1902 year of birth appears to be transcription error.