Emma Elizabeth Pennington

Brief Life History of Emma Elizabeth

When Emma Elizabeth Pennington was born on 30 August 1868, in Newton, Newton, Mississippi, United States, her father, Eli M. Pennington, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth M. Day, was 30. She married James Abraham Ledlow on 10 December 1890. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Gregg, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 4, Harrison, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 12 April 1933, in Longview, Gregg, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Decatur, Newton, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Abraham Ledlow
1867–1940
Emma Elizabeth Pennington
1868–1933
Marriage: 10 December 1890
Velma Viola Ledlow
1892–1974
Gertrude Lee Ledlow
1893–1984
Bessie Louisa Ledlow
1894–1973
Oscar James Ledlow
1896–1965
Midas Elbie Ledlow
1901–1973
Allie Grace Ledlow
1902–
Robert Luther Ledlow
1906–1969
Ruby Harlem Ledlow
1906–2001

Sources (13)

  • Emma Ledlow in household of J A Ledlow, "United States Census, 1930"
  • E. E. Pennington, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • Emma Elizabeth Ludlow, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870

Historical Boundaries: 1870: Upshur, Texas, United States 1873: Gregg, Texas, United States. [Spreads across Gregg and Harrison counties]

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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