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Leon Addison Pennock

Male 1889 - 1972  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Leon Addison Pennock was born on 4 Oct 1889 in Barry County, Michigan, USA (son of Addison J. Pennock and Clarissa A. Reed); died on 26 Aug 1972 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, USA.

    Leon married Helen N. Starring on 26 Jun 1918 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Helen was born on 19 Dec 1899 in Michigan, USA; died on 27 Feb 1957; was buried in East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Garner A. Pennock was born on 5 Aug 1919 in Pleasant Lake Township, Michigan, USA; died on 22 May 2013 in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA; was buried in East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, USA.
    2. Naomi A. Pennock was born on 14 May 1922 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; died on 16 Jul 1968 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Addison J. PennockAddison J. Pennock was born on 23 Apr 1859 in Barry Township, Michigan, USA (son of Asa B. Pennock and Elvira Rice); died on 10 Jul 1942 in Hastings, Michigan, USA; was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, United States.

    Addison married Clarissa A. Reed in 1884. Clarissa was born on 15 Mar 1863 in Barry County, Michigan, USA; died on 4 May 1934 in Barry Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Clarissa A. Reed was born on 15 Mar 1863 in Barry County, Michigan, USA; died on 4 May 1934 in Barry Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, United States.
    Children:
    1. Bertha Elvira Pennock was born in Oct 1884 in Barry County, Michigan, USA; died on 19 Jun 1948 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, United States.
    2. Grace E. Pennock was born on 9 Sep 1886 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; died on 10 Aug 1911 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA; was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, United States.
    3. Asa Cleo Pennock was born on 21 Jan 1888 in Michigan, USA; died on 3 May 1973 in Alamo, Michigan, USA; was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, United States.
    4. 1. Leon Addison Pennock was born on 4 Oct 1889 in Barry County, Michigan, USA; died on 26 Aug 1972 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Asa B. PennockAsa B. Pennock was born on 1 Jul 1830 in Allegany County, New York, USA (son of Daniel Pennock and Lucy Benjamin); died on 23 Jul 1911 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in North Hickory Cemetery, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, United States.

    Notes:

    PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM: EATON AND BARRY COUNTIES MICHIGAN 1891; Page 755
    ASA B. PENNOCK. This old settler and prominent citizen of Barry County, is widely and favorably known for the part he has borne in the agricultural affairs of this section, and his connection with other interests. He owns three hundred and ninety-four acres of land in Barry Township, and considerable valuable property in the town of Hastings, as well as a home in Hickory Corners, and may well be considered a prosperous man.
    The parents of our subject were Daniel and Lucy (Benjamin) Pennock, natives of Vermont, who for some years made their home in New York and died there early in the '30's. The father was a carpenter, a reliable workman, and they were numbered among the useful and respected members of society. Their son, Asa B., was born in Allegany County, N. Y., July 30, 1830, and was the youngest of eight children. Upon the death of his parents he was taken into the family of Isaac Tolles, whom he accompanied to Michigan about 1842. A settlement was made in Barry Township, Barry County, within the bounds of which there were but a few homes established. Young Pennock remained with his benefactor until he was nineteen years old, and then began working as a farm hand at $11 per months.
    After spending four years at work by the month Mr. Pennock bargained for eighty acres of land, and indebtedness on which he paid off by doing various jobs, among them being rail-splitting at fifty cents per
    hundred, taking store bills for his pay. He worked in this way four or five years and in 1855 began work on the land he had bought. It was heavily timbered and in a wild condition. A half-roof log shanty was built, into which Mr. Pennock removed with his young bride, and together they built up a home of comfort and even luxury. In place of the log shanty now stands a large, handsome frame house, and many barns and other outbuildings are conveniently disposed about it.
    For many years Mr. Pennock bought and sold stock, and was one of the most prominent dealers in this section. During the war he delt extensively in cattle, and has since handled horses largely. For nearly two years he was engaged in the mercantile business at Hickory Corners, and for a quarter of a century he has been an auctioneer and during the time has presided at nearly three hundred public sales. He is a No. 1 auctioneer, having the ready wit, which keeps up the life of a sale and disposes of goods to advantage by increasing the good humor of the buyers and pointing out to them the merits of the carious articles. Mr. Pennock started out in life with a pair of yearling steers, which he received from the man who reared him, and the success which he has earned by industry, perseverance and thrift is rejoiced in by all that know him. During his pioneer days he manufactured oak staves, which he hauled to Battle Creek with an ox-team, selling them there for $3 per thousand. He also drew the lumber for his barn from the pineries, twenty miles northwest of his place, with oxen.
    In 1855 Mr. Pennock was married to Miss Elvira Rose, an estimable and capable woman, who was born in Vermont in 1826. To them have been born a son and daughter; Ellen, wife of Alonzo Cadwallader, a lawyer in Ha Hastings; and Anson, a farmer in Barry Township. Mr. Pennock has been Township Supervisor, and is now President of the Barry County Agricultural Society. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party, and his sympathy and support to every movement which he believes wise and beneficial.
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    Asa married Elvira Rice in 1855 in Barry County, Michigan, USA. Elvira was born on 16 Jan 1826 in Vermont, USA; died on 24 Nov 1908 in Rutland Charter Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in North Hickory Cemetery, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elvira RiceElvira Rice was born on 16 Jan 1826 in Vermont, USA; died on 24 Nov 1908 in Rutland Charter Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in North Hickory Cemetery, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, United States.
    Children:
    1. Ella Lucy Pennock was born on 27 Jul 1856 in Barry County, Michigan, USA; died on 23 Jun 1941 in Hickory Corners, Michigan, USA; was buried in East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, USA.
    2. 2. Addison J. Pennock was born on 23 Apr 1859 in Barry Township, Michigan, USA; died on 10 Jul 1942 in Hastings, Michigan, USA; was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel Pennock was born on 24 Aug 1787 in Rushford, New York, USA (son of Ira Pennock and Molly Polly Trowbridge); died in May 1836 in New York, USA.

    Daniel married Lucy Benjamin. Lucy (daughter of Josiah Benjamin and Lucy Banning) was born on 22 Apr 1792 in Woodstock, New York, USA; died on 17 Jan 1833 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lucy Benjamin was born on 22 Apr 1792 in Woodstock, New York, USA (daughter of Josiah Benjamin and Lucy Banning); died on 17 Jan 1833 in New York, USA.
    Children:
    1. Ira Pennock was born on 24 May 1810 in Vermont, USA.
    2. Mahalia Pennock was born on 26 Sep 1812.
    3. Mary Pennock was born in 1815.
    4. Clarissa Pennock was born in 1817 in Vermont, USA; died on 19 Oct 1852 in Barry County, Michigan, USA; was buried in North Hickory Cemetery, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, United States.
    5. Elizabeth Mary Pennock was born on 5 Aug 1820 in New York, USA; died on 28 Jul 1909 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA; was buried in East Cooper Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA.
    6. Leonard W. Pennock was born in Nov 1823 in New York, USA; died on 17 Jun 1873 in Allegan County, Michigan, USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, United States.
    7. Daniel Pennock was born on 11 May 1825.
    8. Caroline Eliza Pennock was born on 1 Oct 1827 in New York, USA; died on 18 Mar 1898 in Gun Plain Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Plainwell, Allegan County, Michigan, United States.
    9. 4. Asa B. Pennock was born on 1 Jul 1830 in Allegany County, New York, USA; died on 23 Jul 1911 in Delton Township, Michigan, USA; was buried in North Hickory Cemetery, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, United States.