Colbery Emory Pennington

Colbery Emory was born on September 3rd, 1847 in ,,Tennessee.¹   Colbery Emory's father was Uriah Pennington and his mother was Frances Mary Plumlee. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Anthony W., William, Dekalb, Leroy, Luvenia, Nancy, Mary Or Polly, Martha Ann and Elizabeth.  He was the fourth youngest of the ten children.  He died at the age of 37 in March 1885 in ,Wayne, Illinois.¹