Next morning he and his teamster pursued the Indians, but were ambushed in the hills west of Tucson and Jim was killed.
He was buried first in Tucson, afterward at the Sopori Ranch, where a wooden headboard still marks his grave.
Source: The Penningtons, Pioneers Of Early Arizona: A Historical Sketch (1919) by: Robert Humphrey Forbes
Next morning he and his teamster pursued the Indians, but were ambushed in the hills west of Tucson and Jim was killed.
He was buried first in Tucson, afterward at the Sopori Ranch, where a wooden headboard still marks his grave.
Source: The Penningtons, Pioneers Of Early Arizona: A Historical Sketch (1919) by: Robert Humphrey Forbes
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The old wooden marker is long gone, and it looks like the "new" headstone has been in place for a long time. Thanks
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Laura Ellen Pennington Barnett
1835–1869
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Larcena Pennington Page
1837–1913
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Caroline Martha "Cas" Pennington Nichols
1838–1921
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John Parker Pennington Sr
1840–1904
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Ann Pennington
1843–1867
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Margaret Dennison Pennington
1844–1872
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Amanda Jane Pennington Crumpton
1846–1919
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Elias Green Pennington Jr
1848–1869
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Mary Frances Pennington Randolph
1852–1935
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Sarah Josephine Elizabeth Pennington Gordon
1854–1935
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