Polly Walling

Brief Life History of Polly

When Polly Walling was born in 1813, in Brown Cemetery, White, Tennessee, United States, her father, Joseph Elisha Walling, was 41 and her mother, Katherine Katie Anderson, was 28. She had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with Richard Pennington. She lived in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 5, Houston County, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 March 1895, in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Pennington
1809–1891
Polly Walling
1813–1895
Katherine Pennington
1835–1872
Edwin Gaines Pennington
1837–1927
James Lawson Pennington
1845–1928
Jane Pennington
1848–1930
Lucy Louisiana Jane Pennington
1850–1901
Susan Pennington
1850–
Henry Allen Pennington
1853–1925
Caledonia Pennington
1855–1918

Sources (6)

  • Polly Pennington in household of Rich Pennington, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Polly Walling Pennington, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Polly Walling in entry for Caldona Huff, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

German (Wälling): from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with walt ‘rule’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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