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The Pemberton Post News of the Pemberton Family World Wide

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In this Post –

Featured: Register Report for George M. Pemberton, by Dixie Ann Pemberton, V.P. PFWW Other Articles: Dr. Henry Pemberton & Sir Isaac Newton Dr. Henry Pemberton & Benjamin Franklin St. John’s Parish Pembertons: Virginia & Barbados Jeremiah Pemberton, American Loyalist Pemberton Pedigrees Book Republishing Featured Member: Christopher Pemberton Appendix: Register Report for George M. Pemberton

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Register Report for George M. Pemberton By: Dixie Ann Pemberton

With Family Tree Maker one can print a Register Report for anyone in their Family Tree File. I created two files, one for George IV, and another for George M. Pemberton, Sr. But it is in a PDF file, so for a fee, Adobe, Inc., made each into a Word document. These needed to be edited to remove living relatives that ask not to be included. Also, to remove email addresses, many, no longer valid. Of the two, the one I selected for this issue of our PEMBERTON POST is that of George M. Pemberton, Sr., pictured here. My grandfather, Thomas Mason Pemberton (03 May 1870-19 Apr 1963) was the son of George M. Pemberton, Sr., and Sarah Ellen Pemberton. Sarah was the first cousin once removed, of George M. Pemberton, Sr. She was the granddaughter of George Pemberton IV, and he was a brother to Jesse B. Pemberton, George M. Pemberton, Sr.’s father. He is the one who began in 1843 to write about his life. Different years, he used different inks, some blue and badly faded, and difficult to

read. These folios are bound in leather, called THE SCRAPBOOK. This volume contains the Minutes of the Walnut Baptist Church from its founding. Another section is devoted to GMP’s writings, and in a separate part, those of his son. One can also find things added by my grandparents: pasted obituaries, wedding announcements as well as hand prints of children. The entries are not sequential. But are interesting for what they do include. One is a section GMP entitled: History of our Relations. Another is GMP’s memory of his Grandfather George Pemberton III (1718 -1827). In 1993 I began to research using the web and contacted Daniel Buckley, who had worked with Ernest Pemberton, on the origins of our Pemberton line. They, like Jackson Pemberton, descend from Isaiah Pemberton, and we, from George Pemberton, III, his brother. Both are the sons of George Pemberton, who emigrated to Virginia in 1710. Dan and I worked daily for three years to verify what THE SCRAPBOOK contained on genealogy. Dan and Ernie both were in contact with many others, and together, we made discoveries. We all concluded the History of our Relations section in the THE SCRAPBOOK was accurate for with Dan, nothing could be assumed. He had to have facts. The PFWW is indebted to his widow Dannie Patricia Little Buckley, who has graciously made access to Daniel’s genealogy research available. The full text of the Register Report for George M. Pemberton is published below as an appendix to this Pemberton Post. It is also being published simultaneously on the PFWW website here.

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Dr. Henry Pemberton & Sir Isaac Newton

Pemberton, Henry (1694–1771),

physician and mathematician, was born in London, the third son of Edward Pemberton and his wife, Elizabeth. Henry's father, a wealthy fruiterer, intended his son to become a physician; it was mathematics, though, which became his serious avocation. He also made contributions to the appreciation of contemporary poetry, and cultivated a degree of musical appreciation.

Pemberton's delicate health caused him to be

sent to a country grammar school in Guildford,

Surrey, where he first felt an attraction to mathematics. Having returned to London, he read classics with John Ward (later professor of rhetoric at Gresham College), but also devoted much time to the study of Apollonius of Perga's Conics. Despite these inclinations to antique studies, he was set to study medicine, and followed a common route of the day to Leiden, where he came under the influence of Herman Boerhaave. Pemberton next went to Paris to improve his knowledge of anatomy. James Wilson, Pemberton's contemporary biographer, maintained that Pemberton's mechanical dexterity helped him to become competent in dissection and surgery. While in Paris, Pemberton formed several scientific friendships, some of which led to his acquiring, at a sale there, a portion of the library of the mathematician Abbé Galois. After returning to London, Pemberton attended St Thomas's Hospital to learn ‘London physic’, but never practised medicine regularly. In 1719 he again visited Leiden and graduated MD; by now he was a friend of Boerhaave, at whose house he lodged. In the same year Pemberton published Dissertatio de facultate oculi and On the Power whence the Eye may Discern Objects Distinctly at Distances; the latter was a work showing how certain results of Roger Cotes, hitherto found using ratios and logarithms, could be obtained using a circle and parabola. Pemberton became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1720.

About the same time Pemberton showed to

John Keill certain new mathematical solutions he had obtained. Keill brought them to Sir Isaac Newton's attention, but the latter declined to take

notice of them, believing that Pemberton was then connected with the circulation of untruths about him. However, Pemberton came to be on intimate terms with Richard Mead, Newton's physician; he

helped Mead to write the eighth edition of his treatise on the plague, and, in 1724, to edit W. Cowper's Myotomia reformata (on muscles). At this time an Italian, M. Poleni, produced a paper about the force generated by a moving body on impact, which Pemberton refuted as erroneous. Pemberton's treatment of the problem was passed to Newton and this, together with Newton's own refutation of Poleni's thesis, was published in the Philosophical Transactions in 1772 [Ed.: 1727?]. Intercourse between Newton and Pemberton thus became established and Pemberton was invited to superintend the editing of the third edition of the Principia mathematica, which appeared in 1726. Pemberton was then about thirty years old and was rightly flattered to get the opportunity to work so closely with the great eighty-year-old Newton. However, Newton often ignored Pemberton's

editorial suggestions. Pemberton wrote A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy (1728), which he had partly read to the dying Newton. It made no great mark but could at least be recommended as being propaedeutic.

In 1728 Pemberton was elected Gresham

professor of physic, and his Scheme for a Course of Chymistry to be Performed at Gresham College appeared in 1731. A set of lectures based on his course was published in 1771 and a second set on physiology in 1779; in both cases the editor was James Wilson.

Pemberton was said to have spent seven years

(1739–46) preparing the fifth London Pharmacopoeia for the Royal College of Physicians, which edition proved he was well acquainted with pharmacy. It appeared in 1746 as Translation and Improvement of the London Dispensary, for which he was rewarded by 100 guineas and the gift of the volume's copyright.

Pemberton also encouraged a number of

younger scholars. These included the young scientist–engineer Benjamin Robins, who was introduced to Pemberton on leaving school. Both Pemberton and Robins were also close friends of James Wilson. The poet Richard Glover also came under Pemberton's wing on leaving school. In 1738 he wrote Leonidas, an epic on which Pemberton made some acclaimed observations. Pemberton also wrote an Account of the Ancient Ode which prefaced Gilbert West's Translations of Pindar (1748).

Wilson's preface to Pemberton's Course on

Chemistry (1771) is a substantial, detailed biography of Pemberton by one who knew him extremely well, describing in it his character as delicate, pleasant, and cultured.

Pemberton died in Cannon Street, London, on

9 March 1771, seemingly after a second attack of jaundice, and was buried in Bunhill Fields, London. He left a considerable fortune to Henry Mills, his niece's husband.

Many articles written by Pemberton

remained unpublished at his death, notably ‘A short history of trigonometry’. W. Johnson Sources: J. Wilson, preface, in H. Pemberton, A course of chemistry (1771) · C. Hutton, A philosophical and mathematical dictionary, new edn, 2 vols. (1815) · A. R. Hall, Newton and his editors (1973) · DNB · GM, 1st ser., 41 (1771), 143 · R. V. Wallis and P. J. Wallis, eds., Biobibliography of British mathematics and its applications, 2 (1986) · The record of the Royal Society of London, 4th edn (1940)

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Dr. Henry Pemberton & Benjamin Franklin In Franklin, Benjamin (1994-07-01), The

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (p. 39). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition, we read:

My pamphlet by some means falling into the hands of one Lyons, a surgeon, author of a book entitled

"The Infallibility of Human Judgment," it occasioned an acquaintance between us. He took great notice of me, called on me often to converse on those subjects, carried me to the Horns,

a pale alehouse in ---- Lane, Cheapside, and introduced me to Dr. Mandeville, author of the "Fable of the Bees," who had a club there, of which he was the soul, being a most facetious, entertaining companion. Lyons, too, introduced me to Dr. Pemberton, at Batson's Coffee-house, who promis'd to give me an opportunity, some time or other, of seeing Sir Isaac Newton, of which I was extreamely desirous; but this never happened.

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St. John’s Parish Pembertons in the Virginia Colony and in Barbados

By: Earnest L. Pemberton A review was made of documents obtained

during visits to New Kent and King William Counties, Virginia in October, 1976 and a visit to Barbados in December, 1982. The objective of this review was to clarify the existence and location of St. John’s Parish and to identify the St. John’s Parish associated with John Pemberton and his son George Pemberton. This is not the George Pemberton identified by Dixie Ann Pemberton in her “A Pemberton Family Scrapbook” which she wrote in “The Pemberton Post” dated July 9, 2012.

A summary of this review is as follows: 1. A St. John’s Parish existed in both New

Kent County, Virginia and in the Barbados. a. The St. John’s Parish In New Kent County

was formed in 1680 within the Pamunkey Neck of Virginia as identified in the pamphlet, “Historical Sketch of New Kent County, Virginia” published in 1954 for the 300th Anniversary Celebration.

b. The St. John’s Parish in Barbados was carved out of St. Michael in 1640-1641 as stated in a “Google” search.

2. The book edited by John Camden Hotten,

“Emigrants to America 1600-1700, ” on page 508 identifies children baptized in Parish of St. John’s in 1679. The Index shows page 508 as the only listing of a Pemberton in the book:

August 9 –John, sonne of James Pemberton August 28 – William and Charles, sonns of

Mr. James Pemberton a. Several pages preceding page 508 of the

Hotten book gives information from Barbados. b. While on my trip to Barbados in

December, 1982 a search of Census for 1679 showed the following:

i. Baptisms: 1679, Parish of St. John August 9 – John, sonne of James Pemberton August 28 – William and Charles, sons of

Mr. James Pemberton ii. Burials August 11 – John, sonn of James Pemberton iii. Census Lists James Pemberton as having 17 negroes

and 25 acres of land iv. Records of Army shows James Pemberton

having drum and man. c. Based on the 1679 Barbados Census

records which were identical to the data shown on page 508 of the Hotten book, the Hotten book data is most likely for the St. John’s Parish in Barbados.

3. In my copy of the deed of January 20,

1702, Richard Littlepage of New Kent Couty, VA firmly made over to George Pemberton 184 acres of land in “Pamunkey Neck” now King William County. As indicated in the deed this was the land John Pemberton (deceased) and father of George Pemberton, had bought from Richard Littlepage Sr. from the estate of Samuel Austeen.

a. I support an assumption found in my Dan

Buckley files that the January 20, 1702 deed from Richard Littlepage to George Pemberton for the 184 acres of land bought by his father John Pemberton was made because George was a minor prior to that time.

b. There were at least three John Pemberton’s

in Barbados during the period from 1701 to 1703;

(1) John the son of James Pemberton identified as son and executor in the will of James Pemberton in August 7, 1701, (2)John buried on May 29, 1705 as the son of Capt. John Pemberton, and (3)Capt. John Pemberton.

c. It appears unlikely that a John Pemberton

from Barbados would be the John Pemberton who bought 184 acres of land in King William County, Virginia from Richard Littlepage Sr. from the estate of Samuel Austeen.

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Jeremiah Pemberton, American Loyalist

By Stefan Bielinski: Jeremiah Pemberton was born in May 1754.

He was the son of William and Sarah Drury Pemberton. He was christened at St. Peter's church where his parents were members. He grew up in a moderate sized family in the Southside home of a prominent riverman and British sympathizer.

By 1776, he had married Susanna Bradt.

Their son "Adam" was baptized at the Albany Dutch church on January first. Other children followed. Jeremiah had been named for his newcomer grandfather who married an Albany Bradt in 1723.

According to later documents, at the

beginning of the war he was living on a farm owned by his father. In September 1776, he voluntarily appeared before the Albany Committee, took the oath of allegience, signed the test, and was discharged. However, two months later, he was identified as "disaffected" and was ordered to be taken into custody and sent to the New York Convention under guard. At that time, he was identified as a Tory from the "Hellebergh" section of Rensselaerswyck. By then, his father had been confined and exiled from Albany.

His status and whereabouts for the next year

are unclear until October 1777 when General Burgoyne asked him to deliver a dispatch to General Clinton in the lower Hudson Valley. Having difficulty finding Clinton while avoiding detection, he went into hiding in the woods. He finally reached New York in March.

Jeremiah Pemberton claimed he was twice a

prisoner of war in New York and that he commanded a company in defense of the Bergen [New Jersey] blockhouse. He also claimed to be an ensign in "Jessup's Regiment of Loyal Americans.

In October 1782, his name (with two women

and three older children) appeared on a list of those who had arrived at Annapolis, Nova Scotia on a ship from New York.

Afterwards, his Albany property is said to

have been confiscated. At that time, Jeremiah was identified as a cordwainer.

In March 1786, from Annapolis, Nova Scotia

he submitted a claim for lost livestock and property. He stated that he was living in Nova Scotia, tried to improve land granted by "the King," but "never having been accustomed to labor, [his] prospects are deplorable." He stated that he had a wife and several children and that they were"in want." His claim was rejected by the British. However, in that year a Jeremiah Pemberton was one of the commissioners who were examining such claims. Nova Scotia Chief Justice Jeremiah Pemberton perhaps was different individual.

Albany native and American Loyalist

Jeremiah Pemberton died sometime thereafter. [Ed. Note: This article is reprinted with

permission of Trevor Pemberton, a new member of the PFWW. The same article can be seen here with extensive links to source and related material.]

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Pemberton Pedigrees Book Republishing Christopher Pemberton, our Featured

Member this issue, is working on the enhancement of the images of the book. He is over half way through but has had a major increase in his responsibilities at his employment. He needs some help. Please read about him and the book below. If you have expertise in Photoshop and would like to assist in bringing this most important Pemberton book back “into circulation”, please join the Pemberton Pedigrees Group on the PFWW website.

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Featured Member: Christopher Pemberton Pemberton Pedigrees book republication

worker. Chris lives in Redditch, England, and has processed over half the book, converting unclear letters on a gray background to sharp characters on white. If any reader has skill in PhotoShop and would like to assist, please login to our website, and join the Pemberton Pedigrees group.

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Register Report for George M. Pemberton

Generation 1 1. George M. Pemberton-1. He was born on 23 Jan 1810 in Caldwell County, KY. He died on

10 Nov 1878 in Sedalia, Mo. Burial 1978 in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

Notes for George M. Pemberton: General Notes: George M. Pemberton, who was the eldest son of Jesse B. and Tabitha Pemberton, was born in Caldwell County KY, March 5, 1810. He was one of the leading stock dealers of his township (Pettis Co. MO), and contributed largely to the development and prosperity of the county. He was also at one time an extensive land owner, having owned in connection with his brother, Dr. Thomas B. Pemberton, nearly 4,000 acres. He died November 10, 1878. He had been a member of the Regular Baptist Church for many years, and was a good neighbor, widely known and respected. (Quoted from page 977 of the "HISTORY OF ELK FORK TOWNSHIP,"1882)

He came to Missouri in company with his brother, Dr. Thomas B, in 1836, and was married in 1839 to Miss Melissa M. Pemberton, daughter of Judge Pemberton, by whom he raised a family of eight children. Mrs. Pemberton died in 1859 with typhoid fever, and also near the same time, two of the eldest sons and one daughter died. In 1860 George M. married Miss Sarah E. Pemberton, sister of his first wife, by whom he had four children. (History of Elkfork Township).

GMP Sr.'s scrapbook gives birthdays and death dates, lists who married whom, but wedding dates are not always included.

In it he writes: My first wife Melissa Mildred, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Pemberton had 8 children and 5 sons and names them. He continues My second wife Sarah Pemberton, a sister to my first wife, had 4 children and 2 sons, and names them.

George M.'s first trip to Missouri by horseback was in October 1832 and he selected a location for his homestead before returning by horseback to KY. The following year he returned to Pettis County, driving through from KY with an ox team and wagon. He entered land here from the government at a cost of $1.25 per acre. But it was not until May 7, 1836 that he moved to Pettis County, Mo. He became quite an extensive land owner, about 800 acres. He raised stock extensively and prospered.

George M. moved to the farm that he bought of his brother Thomas B., known as the brick house farm on the 28th day of April, 1865.

His Obituary

...Died at his residence in Pettis County on the 10th of typhoid fever....

The deceased was born in Caldwell County, KY, March 5th, 1810, and moved to Pettis County in 1836, together with his father, Jesse B. Pemberton, and his only brother, Dr. Thomas Pemberton, who now survives him...

It goes on to give his wives and children s names, and some instances in his long and checkered career, including his capture by the Sioux Indians, and his escape and being lost in the wilderness for 40 days....

Illness and Death in the Family (from the Scrapbook)

This is a typed copy of p.38 of the Scrapbook, labeled Vol. I by George M. Pemberton,

SR. Death in My family

In the winter of 1859 had ten cases of Typhoid first in my family at one time Four of which proved Page 1


Generation 1 (con't) fatal. My son Thomas departed on the 4th day of February. My son Jesse departed on the 24th of the same month. Melissa my companion departed on the 4th of April. (of child-bed fever) Negro boy Henry departed April 10th. Negro girl Sarah departed February 21. My daughter Mariam Buena was sick near seven weeks, was given out by all the Doctors that saw her. Had her clothes prepared to bury her in. expected her to die every day for seven days. It pleased God to restore her. My daughter Elizabeth was sick three weeks. She was the lightest case out of the ten though she was quite sick. Negroes Darkey and Vina had long spell was given out by the doctors. Jeff was quite sick. Also Dr. Smith attended Thomas and Mariam, Dr. C.C.Campbell attended Jesse, also my wife Melissa. Dr. Wm Snody attended Jeff, attended Vina, Darkey & Sarah Melissa Mildred Pemberton is the daughter of Jesse M. Pemberton and Elizabeth Rucker [1]. She was born on 06 Jun 1818 in Caldwell County, KY. Burial 1859 in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO. She died 1859 in Sedalia, Mo [1]. Residence in Pettis Co, Mo, she & sister both married George Pemberton & were daughters of Judge Pemberton. Notes for Melissa Mildred Pemberton: General Notes:

Miss Melissa M. Pemberton, daughter of Judge Pemberton, bore eight children with her husband George M. Pemberton. She died of typhoid fever in 1859 as did two of the eldest sons and one daughter. Her husband then married her sister a year later, namely, Sarah E. Pemberton. George M. Pemberton and Melissa Mildred Pemberton. They were married on 15 Aug 1839 in Sedalia, Mo [1]. They had 8 children. 4. i. Warren Goodloe Pemberton [1]. He was born on 15 Aug 1845 in Pettis Co., MO. He died

1929 in Midland, Texas. 5. ii. George Middleton Pemberton [1]. He was born on 14 Oct 1856. He died on 18 Jun

1919 in Pettis Co., MO [1]. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Pettis Co., MO. 6. iii. Brooks Gordon Pemberton [1]. He was born on 02 Mar 1859 in Kentucky. He died on

04 Oct 1921 in Midland, Texas. 7. iv. Mariam Buena Pemberton [1]. She was born on 28 May 1849 in Sedalia,

Missouri. She died in Littleton, CO. 8. v. Lucinda Bathena Pemberton [1]. She was born on 27 Jul 1851 in Pettis Co., MO. She

married Monroe Garton. They were married on 31 Oct 1873 in Pettis County. She died in Pettis Co., MO.

vi. Elizabeth Tabitha Pemberton [1]. She was born on 17 Oct 1853 in

Sedalia, Missouri. She died on 19 Feb 1864 in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. Burial in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

vii. Thomas Fitzhugh Pemberton [1]. He was born on 09 May 1840 [1]. He died 1859

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Generation 1 (con't)

viii. Jesse Brooks Pemberton [1]. He was born on 11 Jun 1842 in Pettis Co., MO [1]. He died in Pettis Co., MO [1]. Burial in (tomb stone illegible) Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

Sarah Ellen Pemberton is the daughter of Jesse M. Pemberton and Elizabeth Rucker [1]. She was born on 24 Jan 1827 in KY. She died on 11 Nov 1900 in Pettis Co., Sedalia, Mo [1]. Burial in Rabourn (Pemberton) Cemetery, Pettis Co., Sedalia, Mo [1]. Notes for Sarah Ellen Pemberton: General Notes: Melissa M. Pemberton and Sarah E. Pemberton were sisters, and both married George M. Pemberton, a first cousin once removed. They were daughters of Judge Pemberton. Melissa bore eight children but died of typhoid. Sarah married January 24, 1860 and bore four children. Thomas Mason Pemberton, born 1870, moved his wife and family from Sedalia, MO, to Phoenix, AZ in the 1920's. Sarah's obit says she "moved with her father, Judge Jesse Pemberton, from the state of KY to MO in 1833 and her residence has been continuously in this state...." "She joined the Primitive Baptist Church in 1869 and has ever exemplified a true Christian life... "who has been an invalid for the past six years, confined to her bed nearly all of that time, died ...at the home of her daughter...her son-in-law, Jos. H. Teague, and was buried from the residence...Rev.J.A.Teague conducting the funeral services. "She was interred at the Pemberton burying ground November 22... Written by: By her son-in-law, Joseph A. Teague George M. Pemberton and Sarah Ellen Pemberton. They were married on 24 Jan 1860 in Sedalia, Mo [1]. They had 4 children.

i. Jesse Lee Pemberton [1]. He was born on 26 Aug 1864 in Sedalia, Missouri. He died on 24 Apr 1889 in Sedalia, Missouri (died single). Burial in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

ii. Dixie Ellen Pemberton [1]. She was born on 04 Sep 1866 in Sedalia,

Missouri. She died on 29 Mar 1892 in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. Burial in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

2. iii. Matilda Caroline Pemberton [1]. She was born on 26 May 1861 in Sedalia,

Missouri [1]. She married Joseph H. Teague. They were married on 18 Oct 1881. She died on 25 Aug 1937 in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. Burial in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

3. iv. Thomas Mason Pemberton [1]. He was born on 03 May 1870 in Sedalia, Missouri [1].

He married Constance Taylor. They were married on 15 Apr 1903. He died on 19 Apr 1963 in Phoenix, AZ [1]. Burial in Phoenix, AZ.

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Generation 2 (con't) 2. Matilda Caroline Pemberton-2 (George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. She was born on 26 May 1861 in

Sedalia, Missouri [1]. She died on 25 Aug 1937 in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. Burial in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

Joseph H. Teague [1]. He was born on 27 Jul 1847 [1]. He died on 17 Apr 1912 in La Monte, Missouri [1]. Burial in Rabourn Cemetery, Pettis County, MO.

Notes for Joseph H. Teague: General Notes: "Joseph H. Teague, husband of Carrie Pemberton Teague, died in La Monte Missouri April 17, 1912, after an illness of 7 months. He left his widow and two daughters, Mrs. George T. Lively and Mrs. Lloyd Ryan.

Joseph H. Teague and Matilda Caroline Pemberton. They were married on 18 Oct 1881. They had 3 children.

9. i. Flora Middleton Teague [1]. She was born on 31 May 1883. She married George

Thomas Lively. They were married on 18 Feb 1903 in Sedalia, Missouri.

ii. Onah James Teague [1]. He was born on 30 Aug 1886.

iii. Leona Teague [1]. She died Jan 1958 [1]. 3. Thomas Mason Pemberton-2 (George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. He was born on 03 May 1870

in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. He died on 19 Apr 1963 in Phoenix, AZ [1]. Burial in Phoenix, AZ. (He married twice.)

Constance Taylor [1]. She was born on 17 Sep 1879 in Slater, Missouri [1]. She died in Phoenix, AZ. Burial in Phoenix, AZ. (Second wife.)

Thomas Mason Pemberton and Constance Taylor. They were married on 15 Apr 1903. They had 3 children.

10. i. Gordon Taylor Pemberton [1]. He was born on 28 Jul 1904 in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. He

married Kathleen Mary Wurth. They were married Aug 1927 in Phoenix, Arizona. He died on 28 Jul 1975 in Phoenix, AZ [1]. Burial Aug 1975 in St. Francis Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona [1].

11. ii. Dixie Virginia Pemberton [1]. She was born on 30 Sep 1905 in Sedalia, Mo [1]. She

married Willis P. Clarke. They were married 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona [1]. Burial 1978 in California [1]. She died 1978 in California [1].

Iii. Cecelia Ellen Pemberton [1]. She was born on 22 Sep 1912 in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. She died on 14 J an. 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona [1]. Burial on 18 Jan 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona [1]. She married Paul Marks. They were married in Phoenix, Arizona.

Emma Elsea [1]. She died on 23 Sep 1899 [1].

Thomas Mason Pemberton and Emma Elsea. They were married 1893. They had 1 child.

i. Verah Alta Pemberton [1]. She was born 1895 [1]. She died 1898 [1]. Page 4


Generation 2 (con't) 4. Warren Goodloe Pemberton-2 (George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. He was born on 15 Aug 1845

in Pettis Co., MO. He died 1929 in Midland, Texas.

Notes for Warren Goodloe Pemberton: General Notes: Cattleman in Midland; moved to Fort Worth. See Newspaper clipping of his death.

"Mr. Warren C. Pemberton, in company with his two first cousins, George A. Pemberton of Denver and J.T.Pemberton of Fort Worth, drove a herd of cattle from Missouri to TX in 1879. The three settled in what is now Runnels County which they helped organize.

“Five years later, Warren moved to Midland where he engaged in the cattle business for a number of years. He served as tax assessor for Runnels County for 18 years and was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and of the Primitive Baptist Church."

George Allen Pemberton and Jesse Thomas Pemberton were sons of Jesse Middleton Pemberton and Mary Lenox.

Pembertons - don't know if related - had been in TX for some time. See land records below.

Ancestry.com -Texas Land Title Abstracts Database: Texas Land Title Abstracts May 11, 2004 8:07 AM Grantee Certificate Patentee Patent Date Acres Adjoining County

Thomas Harlow1169 Thomas Pemberton 25 Jun 1853 640 Callahan Gideon Pemberton (dec'd)726 Hrs. of Gideon Pemberton 16 Jan 1861 448 Gideon Pemberton726 Hrs. of Gideon Pemberton 16 Jan 1861 192

W. G. Matthews19/499 R. H. Pemberton 27 Apr 1863 160 Kindred Pemberton Kindred Pemberton 05 Sep 1912 80 Sam. C. Pemberton984 Sam C. Pemberton 12 Sep 1934 481.8 J. Q. Pemberton J. Q. Pemberton 20 Nov 1902 53 Geo. A. Pemberton37/4188 Geo. A. Pemberton 04 Feb 1929 669 Mary J. Pemberton Mary J. Pemberton 14 Apr 1886 108 John J. Pemberton258 John J. Pemberton 05 Oct 1850 4428.40 John J. Pemberton258 John J. Pemberton 05 Oct 1850 177.10 John J. Pemberton875 John J. Pemberton 03 Dec 1850 420 John J. Pemberton875 John J. Pemberton 10 Oct 1850 220

May Moseley [was born 1845 [1]. She died in Midland, Texas.

Warren Goodloe Pemberton and May Moseley. They had 5 children.

i. Mariam Pemberton [1].

ii. Annie B. Pemberton [1]. She married Unknown. They were married May 1920.

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iii. Euphie Pemberton [1].

iv. Lucinda Pemberton [1].

v. Minnie Warren Pemberton [1]. 5. George Middleton Pemberton-2 (George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. He was born on 14 Oct 1856.

He died on 18 Jun 1919 in Pettis Co., MO [1]. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Pettis Co., MO.

Notes for George Middleton Pemberton: General Notes: From a newspaper clipping in the Scrapbook:

" The will of the late George M. Pemberton was admitted to the probate court Monday. To his wife, Grace B. Pemberton, he left his home, 619 West Seventh Street, with all its contents, during her life time. At her death the place is to be sold and the proceeds divided equally between his two brothers, Warren G. and Brooks G. Pemberton of Midland TX, and his two sisters Marilyn B. Rucker, of Aspen CO, and Matilda C. Teague, of Sedalia. If Mrs. Rucker should not be living at the time of the execution of the will, her shares to be divided among her three heirs.

All per personal property and household goods, except articles herein mentioned are to be divided equally between his sister-in law, Mrs. T. M. Pemberton and niece, Mrs. George Lively, of Sedalia.....

This explains how "Uncle George's Scrapbook" passed from George M., Sr., to his oldest son, George M., Jr, then to George M., Sr., youngest son, Thomas Mason, to TM's daughter Cecelia, and finally to TM's grandson, Gordon Lee, in 2001.

Grace Walters [1]. She was born 1853 in Caldwell County, KY [1]. She died on 28 Nov 1938 in Independence, MO. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Pettis Co., MO.

Notes for Grace Walters: General Notes: Her obit:

"Mrs. Grace Pemberton, wife of the late George Middleton Pemberton (son of G. M. Pemberton, Sr.), passed away at Independence, KS,....Born in Kentucky...she came to MO at an early age. In 1884, she married George Pemberton, who died in Sedalia in 1919. Their only son, Oren, passed away in 1918. Following the death of her husband she moved to Coffeyville, KS, and later to Independence....

...The body was brought to Sedalia by a nephew, Noel D. Walters, and placed in Crown Hill Cemetery, between that of her husband and son...

George Middleton Pemberton, Jr. and Grace Walters. They had 1 child.

i. Oren Wilson Pemberton [1]. He was born 1886 [1]. He died on 28 Oct 1918

in Prescott, AZ [1]. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Pettis Co., MO.

Notes for Oren Wilson Pemberton: General Notes: Oren W. Pemberton was the only child of George and Grace. He died in Prescott, AZ due to pneumonia following an attack of influenza.

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Generation 2 (con't) 6. Brooks Gordon Pemberton-2 (George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. He was born on 02 Mar 1859

in Kentucky. He died on 04 Oct 1921 in Midland, Texas.

Notes for Brooks Gordon Pemberton: General Notes: He was 62 at the time of his death. He had been in Midland 23 years. Funeral was at the Baptist Church.

His Obituary: ...He sustained a minor operation, and seemed to recover thoroughly from that, but a complication of stomach trouble set in, which brought about the end. ......He was born in Missouri....had been in Midland 23 years...present were his wife, son, daughter, brother W.G. Pemberton, cousin, T.B.Cooper and other relatives, the latter coming from Fr.Worth....

From the scrapbook: "...departed this life October 4, 1921 @ 10 o'clock AM. He leaves a widow, a son, and daughter, Mrs. Fred J. Middleton and Dr. LB Pemberton.

Sallie B. Austin [1]. She was born in Virginia. She died in Midland, Texas.

Brooks Gordon Pemberton and Sallie B. Austin. They had 2 children.

i. Leonard Ogle Pemberton [1]. He was born in Missouri.

12. ii. Gracie Allene Pemberton [1]. She married Fred Middleton. They were married Nov 1919.

7. Mariam Buena Pemberton-2 (George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. She was born on 28 May 1849

in Sedalia, Missouri. She died in Littleton, CO.

Notes for Mariam Buena Pemberton: General Notes: Newspaper article on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary: Miss Marian B. Pemberton, one of Missouri's fairest daughters, to the altar of holy matrimony arranged in the parlor of her father's plantation home near Sedalia, Missouri."

Her husband, Tom Rucker, was a relative of her mother, Elizabeth Rucker.

Thomas Allen Rucker [1]. He died in Littleton, CO.

Thomas Allen Rucker and Mariam Buena Pemberton. They had 3 children.

i. Willis George Rucker [1]. He was born on 18 Oct 1868. He died 1904 in Aspen, CO.

ii. Thomas Pemberton Rucker [1]. He was born on 08 Aug 1870. He died in UCLA Hospital, LA, CA.

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13. iii. Atterson Warren Rucker. He was born on 24 Jul 1874. He was also known as Addie. He died in Denver, CO.

8. Lucinda Bathena Pemberton-2 (George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. She was born on 27 Jul 1851

in Pettis Co., MO. She died in Pettis Co., MO.

Monroe Garton [1]. He was born on 03 Nov 1848 in Pettis Co., MO. He died on 23 Oct 1902 in Pulsie, I.T. [1]. Burial in LaMonte, MO.

Notes for Monroe Garton: General Notes:

Monroe Gorton: Farmer and stock dealer. Prominent among the young men of this township, may be mentioned by the name of Mr. Garton. He was born in Pettis Co. Mo., Nov. 3, 1848. Receiving a common school education, he set out early in life for himself, engaging in farming, in which he has been quite successful. In Oct. 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda B. Pemberton, daughter of George M. Pemberton, Esq. She is a native of Pettis Co. Mo., and a lady of culture and refinement. By this union they have one son, Wm. E. Garton. In 1873 Mr. Garton moved to his present farm which at that time contained 160 acres, given him, by his father.

Monroe Garton and Lucinda Bathena Pemberton. They were married on 31 Oct 1873 in Pettis County. They had 1 child.

i. William E. Garton [1]. He was also known as Willie.

Notes for William E. Garton: General Notes:

From the 1880 History of Pettis County:

Wm. E. Garton moved to his present farm in 1873, which at that time contained 160 acres, given him, by his father, Monroe Garton. He has been very active and industrious, and his landed estate now numbers 1,290 acres, all under fence and cultivation, He has been one among the successful cattle and hog dealers of Lamonte Township. He has always endeavored to feed all the corn on his premises. Latterly he is turning his attention to the raising of wheat, his land being first class for the growing of this product. Seven hundred acres of his land lies in Vernon Co. Mo., on which his herds of cattle graze. Mr. Garton is a man possessed of more than ordinary executive ability, and as a financier he has few equals. He is a good neighbor, is widely known and much respected. He is a prominent member of the M.E. church.

An onionskin sheet of type found in "Uncle George's Scrapbook" : "Lucinda B. Garton, died in Pettis County, MO, several years ago, leaving William E. Garton as her only child. He died in Pettis Co., MO, without having ever married, leaving a will providing that all of his property to go to Lizzie Hayden, wife of William Hayden...Sedalia, Mo."

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Generation 3 9. Flora Middleton Teague-3 (Matilda Caroline Pemberton-2, George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. She

was born on 31 May 1883.

George Thomas Lively [1]. He was born on 29 Mar 1880. He died on 11 Dec 1955 [1].

George Thomas Lively and Flora Middleton Teague. They were married on 18 Feb 1903 in Sedalia, Missouri. They had 3 children.

15. i. Hazel Dixie Lively [1]. She was born on 31 May 1904. She married J. B.

Poundstone. They were married on 05 Apr 1924.

ii. Lyle Harrison Lively [1]. He was born on 10 Dec 1911.

iii. Floyd Lee Lively [1]. She was born on 26 Feb 1915. 10. Gordon Taylor Pemberton-3 (Thomas Mason Pemberton-2, George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. He

was born on 28 Jul 1904 in Sedalia, Missouri [1]. He died on 28 Jul 1975 in Phoenix, AZ [1]. Burial Aug 1975 in St. Francis Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona [1].

Kathleen Mary Wurth is the daughter of Felix F. Wurth and Mary Christine Miller [1]. She was born on 23 Oct 1909 in St. John's Parish, Paducah, Kentucky [1]. Burial Mar 2001 in St. Francis Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona. She died on 26 Mar 2001 in Phoenix, AZ. Confirmation in St. Mary's Parish, Phoenix, AZ [1].

Notes for Kathleen Mary Wurth: General Notes: From her Obituary: A BELLE IS SILENCED!

Kathleen Wurth Pemberton, a Belle of St. Mary's, died March 26. Her class of 1927 included 15 women who began grade school together, and stayed life-long friends.

Born October 23, 1909, she came from KY to AZ with her parents, prior to AZ's statehood. Her 3 sisters and 2 brothers were born in the Wurth's home on 4th St. and Roosevelt. Sisters Angela Wurth Ronan and Elizabeth Wurth Scott Garthe, and her brother, Father Mary Philip, OCD, survived her.

She married Gordon Taylor Pemberton, and in 1928, the family moved to Tolleson and the Roosevelt Irrigation District. A testimony to our parents' strong belief in education meant a commute of 20 miles round trip, twice daily, for more than 36 years! With Gordon's death in 1975, Kathleen initiated a new life in a new home on 12th St., in Phoenix. She truly came to love her neighborhood, and new friends. They had eleven children. Grand-children number 32; great grandchildren, 54; and 5 great-great grandchildren.

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Register Report for George M. Pemberton 11. Dixie Virginia Pemberton-3 (Thomas Mason Pemberton-2, George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. She was

born on 30 Sep 1905 in Sedalia, Mo [1]. Burial 1978 in California [1]. She died 1978 in California [1].

Willis P. Clarke [1]. He was born in Canada [1]. He died in California [1]. Burial in California [1].

Willis P. Clarke and Dixie Virginia Pemberton. They were married 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona [1]. They had 2 children, twin boys.

23. i. Richard Clarke [1]. He was born 1947 [1].

ii. Robert Clarke [1]. He was born 1947 [1].

12. Gracie Allene Pemberton-3 (Brooks Gordon Pemberton-2, George M. Pemberton-1) [1].

Fred Middleton.

Fred Middleton and Gracie Allene Pemberton. They were married Nov 1919. They had 1 child.

i. Leonard. 13. Thomas Pemberton Rucker-3 (Mariam Buena Pemberton-2, George M. Pemberton-1) [1]. He

was born on 08 Aug 1870. He died in UCLA Hospital, LA, CA.

Adelaide Grissum [1].

Thomas Pemberton Rucker and Adelaide Grissum. They had 1 child.

i. Allen Pemberton Rucker [1]. She was born on 25 Dec 1900 in Aspen, CO. 14. Atterson Warren Rucker-3 (Mariam Buena Pemberton-2, George M. Pemberton-1). He was

born on 24 Jul 1874. He was also known as Addie. He died in Denver, CO.

Frances W. Clark. She was born on 26 Mar 1875 in Fort Scott, KS. She died Dec 1949 in At home, Denver, Co. Burial Dec 1949 in Denver, CO.

Atterson Warren Rucker and Frances W. Clark. They had 1 child.

i. Antoinette Mariam Rucker [1].

15. Hazel Dixie Lively-4 (Flora Middleton Teague-3, Matilda Caroline Pemberton-2, George

M. Pemberton-1) [1]. She was born on 31 May 1904.

Notes for Hazel Dixie Lively: General Notes: From: Dixie Ann Pemberton Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:47 AM To: Mary Con Collier Hi, Mary:

Do you remember Buddy and his visit? I do. Isn't it a small world...You can send Buddy a note through his daughter Rhonda. See note below for Email address.... Love you....Dixie Ann

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-----Original Message----- From: Rhonda Mefford Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:42 AM To: Dixie Ann Pemberton Hello Dixie,

Boy, this world gets smaller all the time. I was talking to my dad Melvin Poundstone, he was called Buddy as a child. He remembers going to AZ when he was 15 yrs. old with his mother Hazel Dixie (Lively) Poundstone and remembers an Uncle Mason and Aunt Conn. His memory is not that good now, But he remembers maybe an aunt or cousin who was a nun stopping at Sacred Heart in Sedalia. He later found out that she was married and he thought a school administrator. He remembers his gr-grandma Matilda "Carrie" Teague she was born in 1861 and died in 1957 while he was away in Korea. She was the daughter of George and Melissa’s son Thomas Fitzhugh and Sarah( ?) Do you know who Angeline May Daughter of D&L? She is buried near Dixie Elsea and she died May, 1868?

Dixie Ann Pemberton

Hello, Rhonda:

Isn't this internet grand! How nice to meet you. The more cousins, the better life seems....Dan is doing a great coordinating…..

You must still be in Pettis County. At the library, look in Pettis County History, 1882 and 1919. Those are two volumes we have out here and belong to my older brother, the first born. Both books have a lot of our early history.

George M., Sr. married two sisters, Melissa and Sarah, sisters and granddaughters of his Uncle George IVth. The IV was brother to Jesse B. Pemberton (George M. Sr.'s father) and the two, sons of George III (1717-1827). His father George II left Cheshire, England for King Wm parish in 1710. His father was George Pemberton I. (The numbers I use to keep the Georges straight in my mind.)

My grandfather Thomas Mason Pemberton was a son of George M. Sr. and Sarah.

Their other son died single in 1889. His two sisters were Dixie and Carrie. Dixie and Thomas married another brother and sister, Emma and Fred Elsea. Emma and her child died in the 3rd year of their marriage. Thomas Mason married my grandmother some years later. His other sister was Matilda C., called Carrie, who married J.H. Teague.

My paternal grands followed my father west in the late 1920s. Here in AZ were Constance's brothers and sisters with families were established by the time they arrived.

Some children of George M, SR and George IV moved to Texas, Colorado, Montana, at least those are the places from which my grandparents have newspaper clippings on family relatives they kept in touch with...

My best to you....Let me hear from you again...

-----Original Message----- From: rhonda mefford Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 5:42 PM

Hello, Dixie Ann Pemberton

My name is Rhonda Mefford, gr.gr.gr.gr. Granddaughter of George M. and Melissa Pemberton.

[They had 8 children. Which line to you go back to? I hope we can share info. I was beginning to think I was the only descendant left in this particular line. I e-mailed Dan Buckley and he said he was just starting to research this line and e-mailed me some of your information. It is incredible, there is so much that I didn’t know and now a lot of the pieces fit in with what I did know. I live just a few miles from where a lot of

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the old Pembertons are buried including George M., Melissa, and Sarah. I hope we can help each other.

Rhonda J. B. Poundstone [1].

J. B. Poundstone and Hazel Dixie Lively. They

were married on 05 Apr 1924. They had 2 children.

i. Donald Gene Poundstone [1].

ii. Melvin Dale Poundstone [1].

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