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From her Widow's Pension Application, Pension Certificate Number292,798, for Sarah (Sallie) Penney: 19 August 1890. Her statement isthat she was married to Miles P. Penney on 20 August 1852 by Daniel S.Jones at "My Sister's" (?) Jeffeson Gann's Home. Another statement byElisha Gann (Sallie's first cousin), age 63, states that he waspersonally present when the rites of matrimony were solemnized betweenthem and an eyewitness to the ceremony. He was chosen and acted in thecapacity of one of the waiters of the occasion, and that they weremarried at Jefferson Gann's. Other statements by A. H. Levi and JacobBarnes, who were 55 and 75 years of age, state that Sallie has no meansof support through he daily labor, and that her husband Miles P. Penneywas no doubt accidentally drowned on 25 December 1877 while crossingClifts Mill Dam in a boat. Later statements in this file by John JosephPenney youngest son of Miles and Sallie Penney attests to the death ofhis mother on 27 January, 1910. Sallie also states that her husband's(MILES) first wife is dead.
Sallie died on 27 January 1910 and should be buried next to Miles atthe Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, but thereis no marker. Evan Penney says that she is buried on the right ofChristopher Columbus Penney, again there is no marker.
Sallie's brother Russell Gann was married to Caroline M. Becknell, afull blooded Cherokee.

Sarah married Miles Pinckney Penney on 20 Aug 1852 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Miles was born in in Virginia; died on 25 Dec 1877 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Christopher Columbus Penney was born on 17 Oct 1854 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 2 Apr 1937 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 4 Apr 1937 in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
2. William P. Penney was born in in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 30 Apr 1918 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
3. Sarah Elizabeth Penney was born in in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
4. James Thomas Penney was born in in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
5. Margaret Penney was born on 2 Nov 1869 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 15 Oct 1939 in Alabama.
6. Joseph Joe Penney was born on 26 Jul 1873 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 11 Dec 1954 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in East Soddy Community Church Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
7. John P. Penney was born on 23 Mar 1877 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 27 Jan 1962 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 29 Jan 1962 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Alfred married Susanna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]