Hello all,
I am new to this list and a novice researcher so please bear with me and
correct where you need to.
I am a descendant of Zachariah Wells, Sr. through his son William T. Wells
and Susannah Ward. William Ward's son, Jeremiah, married Mary Polly Day and
they had the following children: Mary (1834), Nancy (1835), Joseph (1837)
Lettita (1839) and William (1845). Nancy Wells married William Sumpter
(born in Tennessee) on 9-11-1856 in Letcher Co. KY. who was a son of
William Sumpter, Sr and Sarah?.
Nancy and William had the following children: Lewis (1857), Laticia (I
have conflicting dates on her date of birth--An annotated Census done by
Wilma Parker Johnson for 1870 gives 7-29-1859. The 1900 Wise Co. Va census
shows her listed in Hugh Pennington's household and gives her date of birth
as July 1858.), Jerry (1861), Sarah (1863), John (1865), William (1867) and
Polly (1869). The dates of birth of Nancy and William's children are taken
from the 1870 annotated census of Letcher Co. The notes added on the side
do not agree with the age given at the time of the census.
Here are some of the notes which should be checked out for accuracy:
Lewis Sumpter born 8/12/1857 married Nancy Calhoun on 6-18-1878
Letisha Sumpter born 7/29/1859
Jerry Sumpter died 2/1880, consumption
Sarah Sumpter married 4/27/1881 married Moses Maggard son of John
John Sumpter married 11/17/1887 Martha Maggard daughter of David Maggard
No notes on William and Polly
Laticia married a Flanary man first, possibly John Flanary, and had
children Walter (Feb 1882), John (Oct 1883), and Lucinda (Jan 1888). I
have no idea what became of her first husband. She later married Hugh
Pennington (son of James Washington Pennington and grandson of William and
Abigail Pennington) sometime around April or May of 1888. He was married
previously to Rebecca Jane Stidham daughter of Calvin Stidham of Letcher
Co. Ky. Hugh and Rebecca had the following children:
James M. (May 1873 KY)
William (June 1874 VA)
Martha (May 1876 VA) married James Wilson 1/10/1895 Wise, VA
Troy or Tray (Aug 1878 VA)
George W. (June 1883 VA)
Robert S. (May 1886 VA)
L. E.(female) (Nov 1890 VA)
Hugh and Laticia had the following:
Henry Calvin (2 Feb 1899)
Joseph Patrick (1901 VA)
Nancy (1904) died in her 20's of the flu
My grandfather was Henry Calvin Pennington. He married Dora Caudill
daughter of Watson Caudill (decendant of Stephen Caudill and Sarah Adams)
and Elizabeth Berry and they had the following children all born in Letcher
Co. Ky:
Margie m Chester Adams
Mazie m Ellis Adams brother of Chester
Merrill William m Lelah Brown
Murphy m Josephine ?
James Earl died as a toddler
Palmer Lee m Lola Mae ?
Pearl m Charles Noble
Dorothy m Marshel Tacket (my parents)
Bobby Perry m Della Howard
Hugh Watson m Mary Sergent
Linda Joyce m Dennis Hall
Billy Ray m Gwen Gibson
That's my folks! I'm still digging up information and probably will be for
some time to come. If anybody recognizes my family members and has
information I don't have, let me know. I have the Caudill line and
Pennington line as far back as the 1750's and 60's. I know nothing about
the Berry line.
I would like to find out more about the Flanary's even though they are not
in my direct line.
Kenneth, since some of the Sumpters married Maggards do you have anything
on the Sumpter line?
Lucille Tacket Graves
lucy(a)3wave.com