Pennington, Hannah Elizabeth

1849 - 1902  (52 years)

• Name	Pennington, Hannah Elizabeth
  Nickname	Lillie
  Born	17 Nov 1849	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	1880 US Census says she was born in 1850. 1900 US Census says she was born November 1849. Alexander Campbell's Bible says she was born November 17, 1848. Gravestone in Hollywood Forever Cemetery says 1849. Take your pick!
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware   [5]
  Census	21 Jun 1860	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania   [6]
  	Address: Ward 13
  	House 423, Family 485. Head of family is Highland Pennington, age 83; real estate valued at $5000 and personal estate at $25000. With him are his wife Elizabeth M (70), Wm. R (37, accountant, personal estate valued at $3000), Mary J (38), Geo. B, (25, accountant, bn. Delaware); Wm. H. (13, bn. Delaware); Sillie (sic) Lillie (female, 10, bn Delaware); Ellen Morris, (32, bn Ireland, domestic); Jane Marn (20, bn Ireland, domestic).
  Lived In	Abt Oct 1860	Wilmington, Will County, Illinois   [7]
  	[this move was after the June, 1860 US Census showed the family in Philadelphia] Before the Civil War she emigrated with her parents and two older brothers, Thomas Clark Pennington and William Hyland Pennington to what was then the far west, and settled in a little town called Wilmington, Illinois. Here she spent the remainder of a happy, healthy childhood, went to school, studied music, joined in her brothers' games, was a beautiful whistler, and as she sometimes said was called a tomboy.
  Education	1867	Evanston, Cook County, Illinois   [7]
  	Address: Evanston Female Seminary
  	She attended a girls' “seminary” at Evanston, which was afterwards incorporated into Northwestern University when the latter became coeducational.
  Census	7 Jun 1900	San Jose Township, Los Angeles County, California   [8]
  	Name: Hannah E Campbell [Hannah E Pennington]  Age: 50 Birth Date: Nov 1849 Birthplace: Delaware Home in 1900: San Jose, Los Angeles, California Sheet Number: 2 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 46 Family Number: 46 Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Head Marital status: Married Marriage Year: 1870 Father's name: William R Pennington Father's Birthplace: Maryland Mother's name: Mary C Pennington Mother's Birthplace: Delaware Mother: Number of Living Children: 5 Mother: How Many Children: 6 Occupation: Fruit Grower Months Not Employed: 0 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: O Home Free or Mortgaged: F Farm or House: F Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Hannah E Campbell 50 Alma T Campbell 27 Mary P Campbell 23 Cora B Campbell 21 Elizabeth R Campbell 19 William R Pennington 77 Mary C Pennington 76 Elizabeth P Campbell 52 Ernest F Bent 17
  Died	31 Oct 1902	Patton, San Bernardino County, California   [4, 7]
  	Cause: of pneumonia
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] Mother died at Patton on October 31, 1902, of pneumonia after an illness of one week.
  Buried	3 Nov 1902	Ontario, San Bernardino County, California   [9]
  	Address: Bellevue Cemetery
  	[January 14, 2004 - John McCall phoned Bellevue Memorial Park, 1240 "G" Street, Ontario, California, 91762. (909) 986-1201. Hannah Elizabeth Pennington Campbell was buried there, and was removed Nov. 13, 1905 to the Hollywood Cemetery. Clerk has no Records for MB, Wm. Pennington or Mary Pennington.]
  Burial	13 Nov 1905	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California   [4, 10]
  	Address: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
  	Hannah Pennington was first buried in Bellvue Memorial Park, Ontario, California and later removed to Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
  Name	Hannah Elizabeth Pennington  [2, 11]
  Name	Lillie
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  Person ID	I62	Tree_1
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Penington, William Robert,   b. 10 Oct 1822, Cecilton, Cecil County, Maryland ,   d. 31 Oct 1908, Ontario, San Bernardino County, California  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Clark, Mary Jackson,   b. 14 Nov 1823, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware ,   d. 28 Dec 1914, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 91 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1843	Baltimore County, Maryland   [12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Census	2 Sep 1850	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware   [5]
  	He was a merchant
  Census	21 Jun 1860	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania   [6]
  	Address: Ward 13
  	House 423, Family 485. Head of family is Highland Pennington, age 83; real estate valued at $5000 and personal estate at $25000. With him are his wife Elizabeth M (70), Wm. R (37, accountant, personal estate valued at $3000), Mary J (38), Geo. B, (25, accountant, bn. Delaware); Wm. H. (13, bn. Delaware); Sillie (sic) Lillie (female, 10, bn Delaware); Ellen Morris, (32, bn Ireland, domestic); Jane Marn (20, bn Ireland, domestic).
  Census	20 Jul 1870	Wilmington, Will County, Illinois   [17]
  	He is a druggist representative; real estate valued at $25000 and personal estate of $7000. Mary, born in Delaware, is keeping house.
  Census	1880	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [18]
  	Address: 368 Eastern Avenue
  	In household of Merritt Bates Campbell.
  Census	14 Sep 1892	Claremont, Los Angeles County, California   [19]
  	Address: Lordsburg
  	He is described as 6 feet tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and gray hair. He is retired and was born in Maryland.
  Census	7 Jun 1900	San Jose Township, Los Angeles County, California   [8]
  Residence	1902	Ontario, San Bernardino County, California   [20]
  	Index to Voters, San Bernardino County, California, 1902 Ontario, Precinct One, Voter 181, William Robert Pennington, age 80 Ancestry.com, http://interactive.ancestry.com/1249/SanBernardinoCounty_1-0045/3862422180?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dCAvoter%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26gss%3dms_r_db%26gsfn%3dWilliam%2bR%26gsfn_x%3dNIC%26gsln%3dPennington%26gsln_x%3dNS_NP%26uidh%3dnd5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=451,915,567,938;483,1318,600,1340;326,1658,490,1678;513,1654,630,1675;432,2193,549,2215;505,2293,621,2315#?imageId=SanBernardinoCounty_1-0045
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Campbell, Dr. Merritt Bates,   b. 29 Nov 1843, Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont ,   d. 1 Dec 1911, Heber, Imperial County, California  (Age 68 years)
  Married	16 Jun 1869	Wilmington, Will County, Illinois   [7, 21, 22, 23]
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] ...the restless pioneer spirit soon drove him westward, and his journey ended at Wilmington Illinois, a thriving country town. Here he met and married Hannah Elizabeth Pennington, a girl of nineteen, who was a helpmeet indeed, and whose alert mind and ready sympathies shared his ideals and aspirations and rejoiced in his achievements... ...On June 16, 1869, she married Merritt Bates Campbell. The day was ushered in by a heavy frost, following several weeks of warm weather, and stoves were brought out and set up for the occasion. The wedding trip of this young couple took them as far as Bloomington and Springfield where they were caught in a heavy rain and father went to purchase an umbrella. Although characterized all his later life by extremely good and accurate taste, he was in his youth slightly color blind, and returned not with the green umbrella, which was wanted, but a beautiful blue one. And for the three days of their honeymoon they plodded around under this brilliant canopy. Their first meal in their own home was spread on a little drop leaf table, one of the pieces that father purchased at "secondhand" when he furnished the one room in which he slept and doctored his patients for three years.
  Census	22 Jul 1870	Wilmington, Will County, Illinois   [24]
  	Living with his wife, Lillie; also boarders: Mary McCabe, 19, a domestic servant born in Ireland; Charles Barton, 14, "does chores" born in Illinois; James Relark (?), age 27, a saloon keeper, born in Ireland.
  Census	15 Jun 1880	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [11]
  	Address: 368 Eastern Avenue
  	Household includes John Campbell, age 26, a single cousin who is a physician. He was born in Ohio and both his parents were born in New England. Name: Merret B. Campbell Age: 36 Birth Date: Abt 1844 Birthplace: Vermont Home in 1880: Joliet, Will, Illinois, USA Street: Easterer Avenue House Number: 5 Dwelling Number: 368 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital status: Married Spouse's name: Hannah Campbell Father's Birthplace: Vermont Mother's Birthplace: Vermont Occupation: Physician Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Merret B. Campbell 36 Hannah Campbell 30 Robert Campbell 10 Alma Campbell 7 Mary Campbell 3 Cora Campbell 1 William R. Pennington 57 Mary Pennington 56 John Campbell 26
  Residence	1881	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [25]
  	Address: 46 Eastern Avenue
  Residence	1889–1890	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [25]
  	Address: 319 Van Buren Avenue
  	Joliet City Directory, 1889-1890. Joliet, IL: W. F. Curtis and Co., 1890 Name: Merritt B. Campbell Residence Year: 1889, 1890 Residence Place: Joliet, Illinois, USA Residence Address: 319 Van Buren Business Address: 406 Eastern avenue N. Occupation: Physician And Surgeon
  Residence	14 Oct 1892	Claremont, Los Angeles County, California   [26]
  	Address: Lordsburg
  	Described as 5' 8", light complexion, blue eyes and dark hair; a physician, born in Vermont.
  Children	1. Campbell, Dr. Robert Alexander,   b. 9 Jun 1870, Wilmington, Will County, Illinois ,   d. 23 Jun 1960, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 90 years)   2. Campbell, Alma Tracy,   b. 21 Sep 1872, Wilmington, Will County, Illinois ,   d. 13 May 1938, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 65 years)   3. Campbell, Charles Merritt,   b. 30 Aug 1875, Joliet, Will County, Illinois ,   d. Oct 1875, Joliet, Will County, Illinois  (Age 0 years)   4. Campbell, Mary Pennington,   b. 28 Oct 1876, Joliet, Will County, Illinois ,   d. 16 Sep 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 81 years)   5. Campbell, Cora Belle,   b. 18 Nov 1878, Joliet, Will County, Illinois ,   d. 3 Aug 1966, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 87 years)   6. Campbell, Elizabeth Rice,   b. Jan 1881, Joliet, Will County, Illinois ,   d. 25 Jan 1962, Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, California  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2022
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Nov 1849 - Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware Census - 1850 - Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware Census - Address: Ward 13 - 21 Jun 1860 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Lived In - Abt Oct 1860 - Wilmington, Will County, Illinois Education - Address: Evanston Female Seminary - 1867 - Evanston, Cook County, Illinois Married - 16 Jun 1869 - Wilmington, Will County, Illinois Census - 22 Jul 1870 - Wilmington, Will County, Illinois Census - Address: 368 Eastern Avenue - 15 Jun 1880 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Residence - Address: 46 Eastern Avenue - 1881 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Residence - Address: 319 Van Buren Avenue - 1889–1890 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Residence - Address: Lordsburg - 14 Oct 1892 - Claremont, Los Angeles County, California Census - 7 Jun 1900 - San Jose Township, Los Angeles County, California Died - Cause: of pneumonia - 31 Oct 1902 - Patton, San Bernardino County, California Buried - Address: Bellevue Cemetery - 3 Nov 1902 - Ontario, San Bernardino County, California Burial - Address: Hollywood Forever Cemetery - 13 Nov 1905 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Campbell, Hannah Elizabeth Pennington, 1849-1902 about 1867
  		Campbell house - Claremont 1333 Mountain Avenue

  
  

  Headstones

  Campbell, Hannah Eliz (Pennington) 1849-1902 Hollywood Forever Cemetery

  
  

• Notes

  Ontario Report, Ontario, CA - Nov. 8, 1902, pg.. 7 (Sat. edition) The Death Of Mrs. Campbell The death of Mrs. Hannah E. Campbell, wife of Dr. M. B. Campbell, medical superintendent of the State Hospital at Highland and mother of Dr. Robert A. Campbell died at the superintendent's cottage near the hospital at 6:30 Friday evening last week. The remains were interred at Bellevue cemetery, Ontario, Sunday afternoon, after services in the cemetery. A sad feature of the death of Mrs. Campbell was that during the long service of her husband as medical superintendent she had made her home at Claremont, because of an absence of a superintendent's home near the hospital. That home had just been provided by the State and Dr. and Mrs. Campbell rejoiced at the opportunity for enjoying home life together again. During her illness, Dr. R. A. Campbell spent a large portion of his time with his mother. A friend of Mrs. Campbell pays the following tribute to her memory: "The death of Hannah Elizabeth Campbell, wife of Dr. M. B. Campbell, the well known superintendent of the CA State Hospital for the Insane, comes as a great shock to a large circle of friends and acquaintances. While apparently in excellent health, Mrs. Campbell was suddenly prostrated by a violent attack of pneumonia which, in spite of all that medical skill could do, after eight days came to its fatal termination, Friday, October 31st. Coming to CA from Joliet, Ills. the family had lived for eleven years at Claremont, but had recently removed to Patton, where the State had built a comfortable cottage for the family of the Superintendent of the Asylum. Besides her husband, there are left of the immediate family the aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pennington, now living in Ontario and five children, Dr. Robert Campbell, (next two lines illegible) are with their father at Patton and Miss Cora, a teacher at Redlands. Mrs. Campbell was a woman of rare Christian character and the home was a center of delightful and ennobling influences reaching out into all the life of the college, the church and the community. Her children rose up and call her blessed and the whole community in which she lived will long cherish and revere her memory." Card Of Thanks We are deeply grateful to many friends in Ontario and elsewhere for kindly (word illegible) and expressions of sympathy attending the demise of Mrs. Hannah E. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Campbell [The microfilm this article was taken from was a very bad copy and some of it was not readable as noted above.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1654] 1880 US Census - IL: Will County, Year: 1880; Census Place: Joliet, Will, Illinois; Roll: 260; Family History Film: 1254260; Page: 143B; Enumeration District: 197; Image: 0296. [S815] California Death Index, 1905 -1939. [S1631] 1850 US Census - DE: New Castle County, Page: 143A; Image: 553; M432_53. [S653] Campbell, Hannah Elizabeth (1849-1902) - FindaGrave #85769089, Hannah Elizabeth Campbell; 1849–1903; 85769089. [S1631] 1850 US Census - DE: New Castle County, Wilmington; pg. 142B; William Robert Pennington household; viewed; 20 August 2016. [S739] 1860 US Census - PA: Philadelphia County, Ward 13, Philadelphia; pg. 878; Dwelling 423; family 425; Pennington household; 8 January 2015. [S43] Letter from Alma Tracy Campbell, 1935. [S1659] 1900 US Census - CA: Los Angeles County, San Jose Township; 126; sheet 2B; dwelling & family 46; Hannah E. Campbell household; 19 September 2017. [S1445] Campbell Pennington - Bellevue Cemetery, Ontario CA - re burial of Hannah, Your Inquiry; response to question; 2005; JBM. [S48] Campbell, Hannah E., gravestone. [S1654] 1880 US Census - IL: Will County, 1st Ward, Joliet; 4; pg. 42; dwelling 368; Merritt Campbell household; 12 May 2015. [S509] Pennington Ancestral Chart (Family Tree). [S321] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [Ancestry], 4 May 2011 (Reliability: 3). [S829] Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899. [S321] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [Ancestry]. [S321] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [Ancestry], 4 May 2011. [S514] 1870 US Census - IL: Will County, Roll M593_292; pg. 535B; Image 537; Penington household; 12 September 2011. [S1654] 1880 US Census - IL: Will County, Penington household; 11 September 2011. [S1159] California Great Registers, 1866-1910 (FS), abstracted; 14 November 2018; elector #19972, pg. 336. [S816] California Voter Registers, 1866-1898, Ontario, Precinct One (npn). [S810] Campbell, Alexander - Family Bible. [S853] 1900 US Census - CA: San Bernardino County, Highland; 253; pg. 1A; MB Campbell; 11 October 2011. [S1210] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, viewed; 8 April 2004; Will County License 00003686. [S514] 1870 US Census - IL: Will County, City of Wilmington; p. 43; dwelling 357, family 366; MB Campbell; 5 October 2016. [S814] U.S. City Directories 1821-1989 (Ancestry.com). [S1159] California Great Registers, 1866-1910 (FS), abstracted; 14 November 2018; elector #26024, pg. 439.