Person:John Pennington (3)

!RESIDENCES:

 (1848-1860) Houlton, Aroostook Co, ME. 
 (1861-    ) Moncton, Westmorland Co, NB. 
 (-1871-   ) Southampton, York Co, NB. 
(-1879-1881) Glyndon, Clay Co, MN. 
 (1881-    ) Sanborn, Barnes Co, ND (then Dakota Territory). 

!NAME: Middle name Hudson or Hodgen? Known as Hod or Harold in New Brunswick. Information from Kaye Colpitts, Salisbury, N.B. Rick Crume's file #P 413

!NAME: Steeves family book; 1812-1964; ; p 586; (Rick Crume's file #P 526); NOTE: John is here called Harold Pennington.

!LAND: Index to deeds; 1808-1870; ; ; Aroostook Co Courthouse, Houlton, ME (Rick Crume's file #G 452).

!CENSUS: 1860 US Census, Houlton, Aroostook Co, ME; 1860; p 215; dwelling 179, family 179; National Archives, Wash, DC, Roll 434 (Rick Crume's file #G 137, P 045); NOTE: In household with George & Sarah A Pennington.

!CENSUS: 1861 Census, Parish of Moncton, Westmorland Co, New Brunswick; ; p 39; Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Roll M-559; Rick Crume's file #P 114.

!CENSUS: 1871 Canada census, Parish of Southampton, York Co, NB; 1871; ; Roll C699; Rick Crume's file #C 040, P 038.

!BIOGRAPHY: J. H. Pennington to build house in Glyndon, RED RIVER VALLEY NEWS, Glyndon, MN; 1879; microfilm dated 1879-1881; 25 Sep 1879, p 4, col 2; Clay County Museum, Moorhead, MN; Rick Crume's file # G 379.

!RESIDENCES: "Glyndon News Gleanings," RED RIVER VALLEY NEWS, Glyndon, MN; 1879; microfilm dated 1879-1881; 4 Dec 1879, p 4; Clay County Museum, Moorhead, MN; Rick Crume's file # G 379; NOTE: "New houses that are hurrying to completion in Glyndon... South Side residences of J. H. Pennington..."

!RESIDENCES: "Glyndon News Gleanings," RED RIVER VALLEY NEWS, Glyndon, MN; 1879; microfilm dated 1879-1881; 12 Dec 1879, p 4, col 1; Clay County Museum, Moorhead, MN; Rick Crume's file # G 379; NOTE: "The Penningtons have commenced living in their new house on Second street."

!BIOGRAPHY: "Building in 1879. Glyndon Steps Forward Over $30,000--- Handsome Amount and First-Class Kind," RED RIVER VALLEY NEWS, Glyndon, MN; 1880; microfilm dated 1879-1881; 9 Jan 1880, p 4, col 2; Clay County Museum, Moorhead, MN; Rick Crume's file # G 379; NOTE: "J. H. Pennington, Second street and Parke avenue, South Side... [$]600."

!CENSUS: 1880 US Census, Glyndon, Clay Co, MN; 1880; ; p 2; National Archives, Wash, DC (Rick Crume's file #P 128).

!RESIDENCES-OCCUPATION: "Glyndon News Gleanings," RED RIVER VALLEY NEWS, Glyndon, MN; 1881; microfilm dated 1879-1881; 21 Apr 1881, p 4, col 2; Clay County Museum, Moorhead, MN; Rick Crume's file # G 379; NOTE: "Mr. J. H. Pennington is engaging in a hotel enterprise at Sanborn, Barnes county, Dakota, about which point he is very enthusiastic. The building is going up and the family will remove thither about the middle of May."

CENSUS: Not found in 1900 on Ancestry.com or HQO on 1 Mar. 2005.

CENSUS: Not found in 1920 or 1930 census on Ancestry.com, 3 Jan. 2003.

CENSUS: Not found in 1910 or 1920 census on Genealogy.com, 2 Mar. 2003.

In the early 1900s Eugene O'Neill went off on a gold prospecting expedition in Honduras.

1. ↑ Colombia. Ministerio de Obras Públicas. Memoria del Ministerio de Obras Públicas al Congreso Nacional. (Google Books)
   p. 64.

   John H. Pennington el día 24 de Mayo, el cual está en el Diario Oficial número 9026.
   En este contrato se estipulaba el valor kilométrico de vía férrea en la cantidad de $20,000 en moneda corriente, 6 en $10,000 oro, á juicio del Gobierno, los cuales se pagarían en bonos que ganarían un interés del 6 por 100 annual,
   
   John H. Pennington, May 24, which is in the Official Daily issue 9026.
   This contract stipulates the railroad's kilometric value as $20,000 in today's currency, 6 in $10,000 gold, in the government's opinion, which would be paid in bonds that will earn 6 percent annual interest,

   You can view only this snippet, not the whole page, on Google Book Search.

2. ↑ Colpitts, Kaye, Wolfville, N.S., phone call from Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN, 23 Aug. 2005..
3. ↑ Colpitts, Kaye, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, e-mail to Rick Crume, 19 Jan. 2006.
4. ↑ Valley City Times. (Valley City, Dakota Territory)
   Thursday, August 25, 1881, page 4, column 3.

   SANBORN ITEMS. Mr. Pennington’s team ran away last Tuesday forenoon, but fortunately no damage ensued.

   Rick Crume's file P 1086.

5. ↑ Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals
   20 Sep 1893.

   S.S. Philadelphia. Port of departure: La Guaira, Venezuela. Date of arrival: Sept. 20, 1893.
   John H. Pennington, 41 years, male, Tourist, citizen - U.S.
   Beatriz Pennington, 22 years, female, occupation - none, citizen - U.S.
   William Caldwell, 12, male, occupation - none, citizen - U.S.
   Robert G. Caldwell, 10, male, occupation - none, citizen - U.S.
   Under "Transient, In Transit or intending protracted sojourn," all are recorded as "Permanent." Total number of pieces of baggage for the four persons: 7. Port of Embarkation: La Guayra.

   John H. Pennington, age 41, and Beatriz Pennington, age 22, arrived on the Ship Philadelphia departing from La Guaira, Venezuela and arriving in New York City on 20 Sept. 1893.

6. ↑ Deed of sale, James E. & Susan B. Briggs to John H. Pennington
   book 557, p. 406, 18 Jul 1895.

   18 July 1895. James E. Briggs and his wife Susan B. Briggs of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY to John H. Pennington of the city, county and state of New York. In consideration of $1 and other valuable considerations. Land in Rochester: the east half of lot 2 and the west part of lot 3 of Boyd's Subdivision, part of town lot 52, town of Brighton, now City of Rochester.

7. ↑ New York Times. (New York, NY)
   31 Aug. 1895, p. 8.

   W. J. WILLIS SEEKS A DIVORCE
   He Names as Corespondent [sic] J. H. Pennington and Sues for $25,000
   Buffalo, Aug. 30. - Two suits, one for divorce and the other for alienation of a wife's affections, have been begun, the first in this city and the second in Rochester, by William J. Willis. The defendant in the divorce case was born Miss Nellie Haines. The co-respondent is Col. J. H. Pennington, a Southerner, representing a South American syndicate, of which George Potter of Rochester is President
   Mr. and Mrs. Willis were married a year ago last July, with all the fashionable accessories. July 1 of this year Mrs. Willis, who was visiting at Alden, this county, met Frank Westcott of Monroe Avenue, Rochester, a dealer in paints and oils. Westcott suggested that Mrs. Wilis meet his friend, Col. Pennington, staying at the Tifft House in Buffalo.
   Col. J. H. Pennington is a fine, military-looking man. He has been for some time a familiar figure on the streets of Buffalo, his sombrero and portly presence attracting attention at once. He is believed to be wealthy.
   The appointment was made, and Col. Pennington and Mrs. Willis became acquainted. The husband became suspicious and shadowed his wife. The result is that Mrs. Willis has returned to her relatives and her husband has brought suit for divorce against his wife and for $25,000 damages against the Colonel.

8. ↑ John J. Finney vs. John H. Pennington. (Monroe County Court)
   lis pendens book 22, pages 448-449.

   The plaintiff's claim is for $2,248.02 with interest from Oct. 28, 1895. The property in question is the east half of lot 2 and the west part of lot 3, part of town lot 52 in the town of Brighton, now the city of Rochester, on the north side of Monroe Avenue. It's the same property James E. Briggs and wife conveyed to John H. Pennington, recorded in Monroe County deed book 557, page 406, dated 18 July 1895.

9. ↑ East Side Savings Bank of Rochester vs. John H. Pennington et al
   lis pendens book 24, page 391, 13 Feb 1896.

   John H. Pennington was one of eleven defendants charged with foreclosing on a mortgage dated 5 June 1890 and recorded in Monroe County mortgage book 320, page 362. (The other defendants were Daniel B. Hoyt, Kittie McKenzie Hoyt, his wife, William H. Briggs, Harriet K. Briggs, his wife, Erastus U. Ely, M. Grace Ely, his wife, James E. Briggs, Susan B. Briggs, his wife, John P. Thorp and John J. Finney.) The mortgaged property was lots 3 and 4 and the east half of lot 2, on the north side of Monroe Avenue, in town lot 52, formerly in the town of Brighton, now in Rochester.

10. ↑ Deed of sale, John H. Pennington to William H. Briggs
    book 580, p. 15, 11 Mar 1896.

    John H. Pennington of the city, county and state of New York to William H. Briggs of Rochester. For $1. Land in Rochester. "The easterly 20 feet of lot no. 2 and so much of the westerly part of lot no. 3 of Boyd's subdivision of town lot no. 52 of Brighton now in the City of Rochester... the house on said property numbered 412 Monroe Ave."

11. ↑ East Side Savings Bank of Rochester vs. Mr. & Mrs. John H. Pennington et al. (Monroe County Court)
    lis pendens book 25, page 107, 8 Jun 1896.

    The East Side Savings Bank vs. 13 defendants: Daniel B. Hoyt, Kittie McKenzie Hoyt, his wife, William H. Briggs, Harriet K. Briggs, his wife, Erastus U. Ely, M. Grace Ely, his wife, James E. Briggs, Susan E. Briggs, his wife, John P. Thorp, John H. Pennington, David J. Kirkpatrick, John J. Finney and Mrs. John H. Pennington. "Mrs. John H. Pennington, wife of the defendant John H. Pennington ... this name is used because the plaintiff is ignorant of the true name." The bank charged the defendants with foreclosing on a mortgage dated 5 June 1890 and recorded in Monroe County mortgage book 320, page 362. The mortgaged property was lots 3 and 4 and the east half of lot 2, on the north side of Monroe Avenue, in town lot 52, formerly in the town of Brighton, now in Rochester.

12.   Hernan Horna. Transport Modernization and Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth Century Colombia: Cisneros & friends. (Published 1992, Almqvist & Wiksell [distributor], Original from the University of California)
    p. 138.

    John H. Pennington is mentioned on page 138 in the chapter called "La Dorada Railroad." Images of this book are not available on Google Books.

13.   J. Fred Rippy. "Dawn of the Railway Era in Colombia". (The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov., 1943), pp. 650-663).
14.   Carlos Alberto Mejía Sanabria. Ferrocarriles colombianos en el siglo XIX. Inicio de una mentalidad moderna y tecnológica en el país. (Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República, 2005).

    LOS FERROCARRILES DEL SIGLO XIX
    La ferrovía de Cúcuta se construyó por empresarios de la Cía. del Ferrocarril de Cúcuta y Juan Nepomuceno González Vásquez, cofundador de la Sociedad Colombiana de Ingenieros. Iniciada en 1880 y finalizada en 1888 entre Puerto Villamizar y Cúcuta, con una longitud de 55 km., fue la única ruta internacional del país al conectarse a través de 16 km. con la orilla del río Táchira en 1897. El Ferrocarril de Girardot se contrató sucesivamente con Cisneros, Carlos Uribe, nuevamente Cisneros, un sindicato formado por el gobierno, luego The River Plate Loan and Agency Company Limited de Londres, John Pennington, Carlos Tanco, el gobierno, Samuel B. MacConnico, The Great Colombian Railway Company, José Manuel Goenaga, Juan B. Mainero y Truco, The Colombian National Railway Company Limited de Inglaterra, zapadores del ejército y, por último, el gobierno del general Rafael Reyes. Iniciado en 1895, fue concluído en 1908 con 132 km.

15.   United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Trade Promotion Series - Railways of South America. (no. 1, 1941)
    p. 47.

    ... with John H. Pennington, but declared the contract void on September 29, ...
    Government of Colombia for the exclusive right to construct and operate a ...

    Found on Google Books, 9 May 2007. Only a snipplet view was available.