03/19/1815 - Born, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA [Father: Coleman Pendleton (1780-1862); Mother: Martha Patsy Gilbert (1789-1874)]
1835-1839 - Attended, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1838 - M.D. degree, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Macon, GA; preceptor: Dr. Dickson; thesis: "On the Etiology of Cholera Asphyxia"
11/27/1838 - Married, Sarah Jane Thomas (1818-1892)
11/06/1850 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, Sarah J., and three children; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
06/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J., and five children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendelton
00/00/1864 - As a citizen M. D., treated sick and wounded soldiers in Hancock Co., GA (C.S.A., A.G.O. 1126-S-64)
08/04/1870 - Mother, Martha, widow in Daviston, Tallapoosa Co., AL
08/18/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J. and five children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA
08/06/1874 - Mother, Martha, died in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, AL
01/26/1884 - Died at his home, 316 Whitehall St., , Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, of pneumonia. "Dr. Pendleton was sick only about a week, although he had been in feeble health for some time" (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #89641209; obituary: Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Jan. 28, 1884, p. 1, c. 1)
07/10/1892 - Widow, Sarah Jane, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #21639929)
Judy Wilson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/02/2024. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Diane Gravlee:
Dr. Pendleton is identified with the development of agricultural science. He originated the Pendleton
Formula for the manufacture of fertilizers and was the first to use animal matter as plant food. He also worked with his son, William, and they were the first to grind cotton seed cake into meal and use it as an ingredient in fertilizers. He was chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Department at the University of Georgia from 1872 to 1877.
1835-1839 - Attended, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1838 - M.D. degree, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Macon, GA; preceptor: Dr. Dickson; thesis: "On the Etiology of Cholera Asphyxia"
11/27/1838 - Married, Sarah Jane Thomas (1818-1892)
11/06/1850 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, Sarah J., and three children; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
06/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J., and five children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendelton
00/00/1864 - As a citizen M. D., treated sick and wounded soldiers in Hancock Co., GA (C.S.A., A.G.O. 1126-S-64)
08/04/1870 - Mother, Martha, widow in Daviston, Tallapoosa Co., AL
08/18/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J. and five children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA
08/06/1874 - Mother, Martha, died in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, AL
01/26/1884 - Died at his home, 316 Whitehall St., , Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, of pneumonia. "Dr. Pendleton was sick only about a week, although he had been in feeble health for some time" (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #89641209; obituary: Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Jan. 28, 1884, p. 1, c. 1)
07/10/1892 - Widow, Sarah Jane, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #21639929)
Judy Wilson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/02/2024. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Diane Gravlee:
Dr. Pendleton is identified with the development of agricultural science. He originated the Pendleton
Formula for the manufacture of fertilizers and was the first to use animal matter as plant food. He also worked with his son, William, and they were the first to grind cotton seed cake into meal and use it as an ingredient in fertilizers. He was chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Department at the University of Georgia from 1872 to 1877.
03/19/1815 - Born, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA [Father: Coleman Pendleton (1780-1862); Mother: Martha Patsy Gilbert (1789-1874)]
1835-1839 - Attended, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1838 - M.D. degree, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Macon, GA; preceptor: Dr. Dickson; thesis: "On the Etiology of Cholera Asphyxia"
11/27/1838 - Married, Sarah Jane Thomas (1818-1892)
11/06/1850 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, Sarah J., and three children; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
06/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J., and five children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendelton
00/00/1864 - As a citizen M. D., treated sick and wounded soldiers in Hancock Co., GA (C.S.A., A.G.O. 1126-S-64)
08/04/1870 - Mother, Martha, widow in Daviston, Tallapoosa Co., AL
08/18/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J. and five children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA
08/06/1874 - Mother, Martha, died in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, AL
01/26/1884 - Died at his home, 316 Whitehall St., , Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, of pneumonia. "Dr. Pendleton was sick only about a week, although he had been in feeble health for some time" (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #89641209; obituary: Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Jan. 28, 1884, p. 1, c. 1)
07/10/1892 - Widow, Sarah Jane, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #21639929)
Judy Wilson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/02/2024. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Diane Gravlee:
Dr. Pendleton is identified with the development of agricultural science. He originated the Pendleton
Formula for the manufacture of fertilizers and was the first to use animal matter as plant food. He also worked with his son, William, and they were the first to grind cotton seed cake into meal and use it as an ingredient in fertilizers. He was chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Department at the University of Georgia from 1872 to 1877.
1835-1839 - Attended, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1838 - M.D. degree, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Macon, GA; preceptor: Dr. Dickson; thesis: "On the Etiology of Cholera Asphyxia"
11/27/1838 - Married, Sarah Jane Thomas (1818-1892)
11/06/1850 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, Sarah J., and three children; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
06/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J., and five children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendelton
00/00/1864 - As a citizen M. D., treated sick and wounded soldiers in Hancock Co., GA (C.S.A., A.G.O. 1126-S-64)
08/04/1870 - Mother, Martha, widow in Daviston, Tallapoosa Co., AL
08/18/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA (lived with wife, S. J. and five children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as E. M. Pendleton)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA
08/06/1874 - Mother, Martha, died in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, AL
01/26/1884 - Died at his home, 316 Whitehall St., , Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, of pneumonia. "Dr. Pendleton was sick only about a week, although he had been in feeble health for some time" (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #89641209; obituary: Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Jan. 28, 1884, p. 1, c. 1)
07/10/1892 - Widow, Sarah Jane, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; FindaGrave #21639929)
Judy Wilson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/02/2024. Unpublished database.
The following was added by Diane Gravlee:
Dr. Pendleton is identified with the development of agricultural science. He originated the Pendleton
Formula for the manufacture of fertilizers and was the first to use animal matter as plant food. He also worked with his son, William, and they were the first to grind cotton seed cake into meal and use it as an ingredient in fertilizers. He was chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Department at the University of Georgia from 1872 to 1877.
Gravesite Details
Aged 68 years. DOB is approximate - unmarked grave.
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