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Mary Pennington Collection

MS 2006-2

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Title: Mary Pennington Collection

Collection Number: MS 2006-2

Scope and Content: This collection contains an album of officers in Company C, 12th Michigan Infantry, as well as a poster of Company C and Company D of the 12th Michigan Infantry.

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Author: Pennington, Mary

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Language: english

Type of Resource: still image

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Genre: digital photographs

Extent: 54 files, 655 MB

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Technical Access Note: Researchers will need an image viewer to access these files.

Subject: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Subject: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories--Michigan.

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Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

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Description: Mary Marie Pennington was born October 16, 1907, to John H. Pennington and Eva (Shumway) Pennington in Pewamo, Michigan. When she was 11, the family moved to East Lansing, Michigan. She attended East Lansing High School and graduated from Michigan State College in 1931 with a Master's Degree in Home Economics. Mary began her teaching career in New Mexico. She moved back to Michigan in 1942, and taught at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte. During the 1930s, Mary and her mother became heavily involved in the "I Am" religious movement. Both women attended study groups in East Lansing, and Mary often visited the headquarters in Chicago. Throughout her life, Mary continued her association with the group and was also active in the Michigan State University community. She served as president of the Spartan Alumni Travel group for ten years and opened her home to international students attending MSU. Mary Pennington died October 14, 2005. Mary's father, John Hiram Pennington, was born October 17, 1870, in Pewamo, Michigan. He graduated from Pewamo High School in 1889. On April 10, 1894, he married Eva (Shumway) Pennington, daughter of David H Shumway and Henrietta (Rogers) Shumway. John H. Pennington served as a director of the East Lansing State Bank for 30 years and founded the East Lansing Coal Company. He was a member of the People's Church in East Lansing and the East Lansing Lodge, 480 F. & A.M. He died February 22, 1961. In addition to Mary, the couple had one son, Ray, and a second daughter, Beatrice (Pennington) Asher. A veteran of World War I, Ray Pennington, was born January 26, 1895. He attended Michigan Agricultural College and earned a degree in Engineering. On June 6, 1917, he married Clara Louise Smith in East Lansing. Beatrice E. (Pennington) Asher was born January 23, 1900. In 1946, she opened her East Lansing home to returning veterans and became the namesake of the Asher House Foundation, an organization for Christian Science college students. Ray Pennington died in 1953. Beatrice (Pennington) Asher died in 1993

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