Living

Clarence married Elvia Virginia White. Elvia (daughter of John Madison White and Katie Morris) was born on 25 Jan 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 31 Oct 1997 in Harris County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Erie on the 1920 census transcription.

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, originally created by Sandra Betram Meier, and maintained by Keith Kuhn:

Elvia Pennington, 83, of Webster died Friday, October 31, 1997, at Lakeview Nursing Home in Webster.

Funeral services were held Monday, November 3, at E.E. Stringer Funeral Home in Buna with burial at Antioch Cemetery in Buna.

A native of Pineland and former resident of Buna, she lived in Webster six years.

Survivors include her sons, Glenn Pennington of Houston, Engene Pennington of Buna; daughters, Bobbie Jean Parish of Houston, Faye Hill of Buna and Madie Kuhn of Webster; sister, Floyce Rouse of Orange; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Copied from the Obituary Collection in Buna Public Library, Vol. 1 1986 - 1999.

Notes:

Did he also marry Julia Smith, a daughter of Kit SMITH and Mary Jesse Alma SCRUGGS? He was shown as married twice on the 1910 Federal Census.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 25 and 26 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 6B
107-107
Pennington, John Head M W 41 M2 10 Ark Ark SC Retail Merchant General Store
Pennington, Minnie Wf F W 32 m1 10 5/4 Tx Miss Tx
Pennington, Lela Dtr F W 8 S Tx Ark Tx
Pennington, Etta Dtr F W 6 S Tx Ark Tx
Pennington, Aaron Son M W 5 S Tx Ark Tx
Pennington, Carroll Son M W 4 S Tx Ark Tx

John married Arminda "Minnie" Jane McDaniel about 1900. Arminda (daughter of Alexander "Alex" C. McDaniel and Nancy Emma Jane Scruggs) was born on 26 Oct 1877 in Texas; died about 1938; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

First name also shown as Areminda and Ariminda.

Notes:

Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS "he was known as the Daniel Boone of his day, never tiring of being in the woods. He hunted wild game at every opportunity, and never was his larder empty of venison, turkey and squirrel. A nephew, A.V. White recalls seeing John and his brother-in-law, George Morris, coming home with two large turkey gobblers, with their feet tied together and a pole between their legs and their heads dragging.

He loves to tell tall tales and was known as somewhat of a joker. He tells of the time his uncle, Jack White, shot a deer and thinking it was dead, ran up and grabbed it by the horns. The deer came up stomping and kicking Jack with its sharp hoofs. "Jacks feet were in pretty bad condition" chuckled John "but he was always getting in trouble. Once he caught a fawn and tied it to a tree with his shirt. When Jack got ready to go home home, it had broken loose and fled, taking Jack's shirt along." A dead pan joker, John White had such a reputation for tall tales that Andrew Lott told a newcomer Tom Pulliam, who started to repeat something John said, "anyone repeating anything John White says has to shell a a half a bushel of peanuts. Once when someone was bragging about his corn harvest, Johh said "Oh that's nothing. I had to haul half of mine into have room to windrow the rest."

The Whites have lived all their married life on their farm in the Pinehill community where they raised their children and where they now have retired in their pleasant little house surrounded by tall pines and beautiful scenery.

There are 23 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren (circa 1964).

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDBJ-C8Q
Name: John Madison White
Death Date: 28 Dec 1964
Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 84 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1880
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: A.V. Vardenon White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Era Edna Davidson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 29 Dec 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117697
Digital Film Number: 4028381
Image Number: 1099
Reference Number: cn 83352
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

John married Katie Morris on 24 Oct 1907 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Katie (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Morris and Sarah Virginia Howard) was born on 2 Feb 1885 in Texas; died on 20 Jun 1969 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Katie is descended from Gideon Morris, founder of Morristown, Tennessee in the 1700s and from Shadrach Morris, who donated 200 acres, same amount as his ancestor, to found Sabinetown in the early 1800s. Katie is the daughter of Ben and Sarah Virginia Howard Morris, who reared their family on the banks of the Sabine River--both sides." (White and Toole)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDVL-MJR
Name: Katie Morris White
Death Date: 20 Jun 1969
Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 84 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Feb 1885
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ben Morris
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Virginia Howard
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Pinehill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Spring Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 20 Jun 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137445
Digital Film Number: 4029609
Image Number: 2615
Reference Number: cn 43038
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
"On the 24th of October, 1907, John White borrowed a buggy from George Oliphint, gathered up Miss Katie Morris and sallied down to Hemphill where they were married by Judge Henry Maund, the county judge."

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 28 July 1870
Page 15 Stamped 14
433-433
McDaniel, Sarah 35 F W Farmer 600 400 Mississippi [Second Wife and Widow]
McDaniel, L P 28 M W Farmer SC
McDaniel, Simon S 21 M W Miss
McDaniel, Alexander 15 m W Tx
McDaniel, Rachel C 12 F W Tx
McDaniel, Marry Jane 9 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84, JP 1
Enumerated 5 and 6 July 1880
Page 23 SD 1 ED 84 Stamped 219
201-210
McDaniel, Alex W M 25 Farmer Tx SC SC
McDaniel, Jane W F 23 Wf Tx Tx Miss
McDaniel, Arminde W F 2 Dtr Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Oliphe W F 7/12 Oct Dtr Tx Tx Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 20 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheets 8B and 9A
137-141
Wm and Mary Harper family
138-142
McDaniel, Alex Head W M Apr 1855 45 M 22 Tx SC SC Farmer
McDaniel, Jane Wf W F Sept 1857 42 M 22 9/9 Tx Miss Miss
McDaniel, Hamp Son W M Feb 1881 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Wesley Son W M Dec 1882 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Tim Son W M Jan 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Clay Son W M July 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Jack Son W M Apr 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Gracie Dtr W F Dec 1894 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Harvey Son W M Feb 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Alexander married Nancy Emma Jane Scruggs on 13 Dec 1876 in Sabine County, Texas. Nancy (daughter of Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Jr. and Gracie Berintha Harper) was born on 25 Sep 1857 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Jan 1944 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Little Flock Cemetery, Toro, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living with her son Jackson, in Negreet, LA as of the 1930 census. In 1940, she was living with son Wesley, on Fairdale Road in Sabine County.

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

Civil War Veteren. Company F, 11th Texas Regiment, CSA.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Prect No. 1
Page 23 SD 1 ED 84 Stamped 219
5 and 6 July 1880
202-211 Henry and Laura Carlton
203-212 Wm and Nancy Strickland
204-213
White, Vardeman W M 36 Farmer (La-Crossed thru) Miss Ala Ala
Whie, Atna W F 32 Wf Ala Tenn Va
White, Thomas J W M 6 Son Tx Tx Tx
White, Attalia W F 4 Dtr Tx Tx Tx
White, Martha W F 3 Dt Tx Tx Tx
White, Nora A W F (sic) 4/12 Jan Dau (sic) Tx Tx Tx

Amazia married Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson. Ary (daughter of William Madison Davidson and Martha Claiborne Goodrich) was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Alabama; died on 24 Nov 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as "Alma" on the 1880 census transcription. In 1910, she was living with her son and daughter-in-law, John M. and Kate White, in JP 1 of Sabine County, Texas. Her older brother, Jefferson Oliver Davidson, was living with the family as well.

Notes:

He applied for a Civil War pension, but his application was rejected. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 79).

Benjamin married Sarah Virginia Howard. Sarah was born on 15 Jul 1850; died on 20 Oct 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]