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Chase County Obituaries
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Pennington, Samuel L SAMUEL L. PENNINGTON
Samuel L. Pennington was born at Osceola, Mo., August 28, 1875, and passed away at his home near Bazaar, Kans., July 24, 1935. He was 59 years, 10 months and 27 days of age.
His early life was spent in Missouri with his parents, Isaac N. and Nancy Ann Pennington, and on July 1, 1900, he was married to Leona M. Corbin. The following year they moved to Butler County, Kansas, which was their home for many years. Mrs. Pennington’s death occurred there in December 1921. They were the parents of two children, Mrs. Gladys Ream, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and R. Corbin Pennington of New York City.
In 1927 Mr. Pennington was married to Mrs. Pearl Yeager and Chase County has since been his home.
He joined the Methodist church when 12 years of age and has always lived in that faith, being an active worker in the Cottonwood Falls church where he was teacher of the men’s Bible class.
Sam, as he was known to his neighbors and friends, was a true friend, a good neighbor, and a devoted husband and father. His untimely death will leave a vacant place in the home and neighborhood which cannot be filled.
He leaves to mourn his departure from this life, his wife, Mrs. Pearl Pennington; his daughter Gladys; his son Corbin; two stepsons, James and George Yeager; one stepdaughter, Mrs. John Jeffrey; and one adopted son, Donnie.
Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Methodist church in Cottonwood Falls, the Rev. J. W. Hadley of the Strong City Methodist church being in charge. Interment was in the McCabe cemetery in Butler Co., Kansas near Eldorado.
From the News, July 31, 1935
The following news item appeared in a Chase Co. newspaper, on Wed., July 24, 1935:
LIGHTNING KILLS S. L. PENNINGTON
Sam L. Pennington, farmer and cattleman, was instantly killed about 1 o’clock this afternoon by lightning while plowing kafir corn on the Pennington farm between Bazaar and Matfield Green.
Mr. Pennington was working in a field with a tractor. He was 200 yards from the house. His wife, who was hanging out clothes at the house, was a witness to the tragedy. As the lightning struck, Mr. Pennington toppled from the tractor and the machine ran wild in a wide circle, finally stopping when the plows went too deep into the earth and stalled the engine.
Jacob Hinden, coroner, was called, and he went to the Pennington farm. He said Mr. Pennington had been instantly killed, and that his clothing and body were quite badly burned.
The thunder storm which came up soon after noon, covered a small area and resulted in about half an inch of rain in the Matfield Green vicinity. There was considerable sharp lightning flashes. Mrs. Pennington told Dr. Hinden that it seemed as if a cloud of smoke slowly drifted from the tractor after the lightning hit. Mrs. Pennington was almost hysterical after witnessing her husband’s death.
Funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon.
Mr. Pennington, who had lived in this county for the past eight or ten years, was one of the best known farmers of the Bazaar vicinity. He was active in the Methodist church where he was a teacher of the men’s Sunday school class.
From a Chase County, Kansas newspaper, Wed., July 24, 1935
by your Chase County Host, Lorna Marvin.
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