Bio of PANNETT, Headley (b.1836) Wright Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Hanson Submitted: April 2004 ========================================================================= 1054 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY Headley Pannett, pioneer and veteran of the Civil war, now living in retirement in Howard Lake, was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, August 1, 1836, son of John and Margaret (Wiley) Pannett. John was a miller by trade. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and was one of a large family, though he and his brother, George, who settled in Virginia, were the only ones who came to the United States. It was in 1814 that they arrived. John Pannett devoted the remainder of his life to milling in Maryland. He married Margaret Wiley, born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Mary (Young) Wiley, the former a native of the north of Ireland, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania. John and Margaret Pannett had nine children: William, Mary Ann (died at the age of eleven), Maria, Margaret, Headley, John, Louisa, Mary Jane and George R. Headley Pannett was reared in Maryland, and had but few school advantages. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Coiupany A, Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the Third division of the Fifth Army Corps. He participated in thirteen general engagements, and was wounded at Antietam, and at Fredericksburg. Among the major battles in which he fought may be mentioned Drainsville, Mechanics- 1055 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY ville, Gaines Mills, Peach Orchard, Charles City Crossroads, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Pun, and Gettysburg. He was discharged from the Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C., for general disability, after which he returned to his home in Maryland, and became driver on a government wagon. April 17, 1865, he arrived at St. Anthony, now a part of Minneapolis. From there he came to Wright county, and secured eighty acres in section 18, Woodland township. The tract was covered with woods, no clearing had been made and no roads had been built to it. Two Indian ladders that had been used in getting honey from a tree were the only evidences of previous human occupancy. He erected a log house and barn, and started farming in the wilderness. He bought two steers, and broke them to work. Then he bought a cow. From this humble beginning he has achieved success. His mother came to the county with him and they lived together until her death in 1879. He was then alone until his marriage in 1884. In the meantime he had cleared up the place, and in 1879 he had erected a modern home. He continued to carry on general farming and stockraising until 1893, when he retired and moved to Howard Lake, where he now resides. He purchased eight town lots all in one block, and on this tract erected a house and barn. Mr. Pannett has been a member of the Christian church for the past thirty years. His wife is also a member of the same body. He has been surgeon of Goodsell Post, No. 86, G.A.R., for the past six years. Mr. Pannett was married in 1884, to Minnie Schultz, born in Prussia, Germany, February 22, 1860. They have no children.