Crenshaw County AlArchives Biographies.....Pendrey, James P. 1831 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    JAMES P. PENDREY, a prominent farmer and merchant of Leon, was born in
Jefferson county, Ga., in 1831. He was a son of John and Mary (Fleeting)
Pendrey, both born in Jefferson county, he about 1786, and she a few years
later. When James P. Pendrey was about eight years old, they moved to Stewart
county, where Mrs. Pendrey died, about 1840, aged about fifty years. Mr. Pendrey
died in 1849, aged sixty-three. Both of these people belonged to the
Presbyterian church from their youth. Mr. Pendrey was a prosperous planter, but
being left an orphan early in life, had but limited opportunities for securing
an education; being a great reader, he acquired a great deal of useful
information, in fact, he was a self-made man. His parents came from Ireland to
this country prior to the Revolutionary war and died in Georgia. James P. Pendry
was one of a family of fifteen children, only four of the sons and five of the
daughters reaching maturity. He is the only son who has lived in Alabama, and is
the only son now living. There is now but one of the daughters living. While he
was in his minority he attended school but nine months in all, and at different
times, so that his time thus spent was but little better than frittered away. At
eighteen, on the death of his father, he began life for himself as a farm hand
for a few years, in Stewart county, Ga. After about three years, he purchased a
farm and lived upon it until 1865, when he and his single sister removed to
Covington county, now Crenshaw county, and engaged in farming. In 1857, he
married Sarah, daughter of Fortunatus and Linnie Webb, who came from Georgia to
Coosa county, and later, to what is now Crenshaw county, where they both died.
Mrs. Pendrey was born in Harris county, Ga.; was a member of the Missionary
Baptist church, and died in 1862. She had one son and two daughters, the son
only, now living, Dr. John F. Pendrey, physician and merchant, of Rose Hill, In
September, 1865, Mr. Pendrey married Louisiana, sister of his first wife, who
was born and educated at Columbus, Ga. Since 1855, he has been living within a
few miles of his present farm, and since 1872 where he now resides. Prior to
1872, he carried on farming exclusively, and since that time he has been engaged
in both farming and merchandising. From 1858 to 1862, he held the office of
justice of the peace. In February, 1862, he joined company A, Sixth Alabama
cavalry, as a private, and, though offered a commission, declined to accept it.
He started for Corinth, Miss., but was turned back by command and fought at Pine
Barren; was soon afterward ordered to the Tennessee army, and was with Hood on
his retreat from Tennessee. Afterward, he was under Gen. Forrest, and
surrendered with him at Meridian, Miss. Mr. Pendrey is one of the largest land
owners in the county, owning some 3,500 acres of pine-timbered land.  He
inherited $450 from his father's estate, which he lost by locating in an
unhealthy locality, hence, all the property he now has, has been acquired
through his own exertions. Mr. Pendrey has always been a great reader, and is
one of the best informed men in the county. He is a thorough-going business man
and has met with phenomenal success. He became a Mason at Rose Hill, in 1859,
but has not taken active part since the war. He has been postmaster at Leon for
eighteen years; though he is not a politician, his views on politics are well
known, and he always does his part toward the success of his party.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 789-791
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI



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