Re: Effie Pennington & Joel Connely Short Biography
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Effie Pennington & Joel Connely Short Biography
Kelly Roley 12/19/01
I forgot to mention that there is a short bio for Charles Pennington.
Some excerpts:
"Charles Pennington, supposedly the son of James and Jane (Palmer) Pennington, was born June 6, 1758 in New Britian, Bucks County, PA.
He married (1) before 1782 to Cassandra Swartzlander, daughter of Philip and Maria Agnes (Trest) Swartzlander. She was born July 17,1758 in New Britain, Bucks County, PA.
They had 2 known children; John, born September 6, 1782, who married Nancy Harris and lived in Sparta, Tenn. and Effie, born December 31, 1787, who married Joel Connely."NOTE HER DATE OF BIRTH CONFLICTS.
"After Cassandra's death on October 23, 1834 in Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, Charles married May 6, 1837 in Coles County to widow Mrs. Rachel Sturdevant.
Charles was a wagoner in the American Revolutionary War serving from Pennsylvania.He enlisted in the service three times for three months at a time.He was denied a pension as he didn't serve enough at one time.
He was a Baptist preacher, one of the first in Coles County.He and his family lived in Pennsylvania, on into Rowan County, North Carolina, Grayson County, Virginia, Tennessee, Lawrence County, Indiana, and finally settling in Coles County Illinois about 1833.He performed a lot of marriages in Coles and Clark Counties, around Westfield, where he lived.
Charles died September 5, 1845.He and Cassandra are buried in the Otterbein Cemetery, Hutton Township.Many of their descendants live in the Clark County area."
Just for clarification::
Otterbein Cemetery, Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois
Pennington
Rev. Charles (age 87y 3m)9/5/1845
Cassandra (age 76y 4m 8d) (wife of C.) 10/25/1834
Connely
Joel (age 65y 2m 29d)6/8/1853
Effy (age 87y 9m 26d) (wife of Joel)10/14/1875
Sinthy (age 4y 10m 8d) (dau of Joel & Effy)2/15/1837
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