Lillie Mae Pennington

Female14 October 1883–31 October 1929

Brief Life History of Lillie Mae

When Lillie Mae Pennington was born on 14 October 1883, in Tennessee, United States, her father, David Newton Pennington, was 28 and her mother, Mary A Pennington, was 23. She married John Frank Blue on 6 October 1909, in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 31 October 1929, in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Henryville Cemetery, Henryville, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Frank Blue
1875–1952
Lillie Mae Pennington
1883–1929
Marriage: 6 October 1909
Lillian Blue
1910–1929
Mary Tom Blue
1913–
Margaret Aileen Blue
1911–1930
David N Blue
1916–
Marshall Taylor Blue
1917–2001
Norma Nell Blue
1927–1987

Sources (11)

  • Lillie Mae Pennington, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Lilly Blue, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • Lillie Blue in entry for Lillian Blue, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 October 1909Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 3

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

    Age 3

    The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 13

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly Lancashire and Cumbria):

    habitational name from Pennington in Furness (Lancashire), which derives from Old English pening ‘penny’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, or from Pennington in Leigh (Lancashire), which probably derives from the Old English personal name Pinna + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English tūn.

    habitational name from Pennington (Hampshire), or from Penton Grafton or Penton Mewsey (both Hampshire); see Penton . All have the same etymology as Pennington in Furness; see 1 above.

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

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