Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Edward Arline PENNOCK
Found in Logan Co., Okla. History Book. Volume one. When Edward and Malinda came to Okla. in 1889, it was too late for them to homestead land. They found a place just North of the Cimarron River, South of the Cresent, and a little West, now the twin lakes. This had blue stem grass as high as the horses backs and also two small ponds. A man from Indiana had homesteaded there, but decided to move on. He sold his rights to Edward and Malinda and they proved up on the claim. Edward thought that if the land could raise such tall blue stem grass, it could produce good crops. He worked with his
team, plowing up small plots of ground and only to find blow sand. His crops failed. Edward traded his river land for land owned by John Fisher at Columbia, Southwest of Lovell, Okla. The family stayed at this location a short time. They moved to Lovell when the Railroad was finished and a town developed in 1904. The Pennock family is supposed to have been the 4th family to move to Lovell. Edward opened the first blacksmith shop located just south of the town well and a short distance east. Their home was near the shop. Later they moved to a home which was the last house on the south end of Main Street. Edward's blacksmiths shop kept him busy, but he also dealt with Real Estate and
Insurance. Edward traded his farm in Columbia for a farm 2 miles south, 2 miles west and 1/2 mile north. His son, Earl later owned this farm and 80 acres on the south. When the Miss Indian Territory and Mr. Oklahoma Statehood Wedding took place at the Carnegie Library in Guthrie, on the morning of Nov. 6, 1907, the Pennock family dressed in their best clothes, packed a picnic lunch of cheese,
crackers, and peanut butter sandwiches and waited at the depot at Lovell to catch the train to Guthrie. Everyone in Lovell closed their business, boarded on an already crowded train and headed for Guthrie. When the excitement was over, and the train left for Guthrie, Mr. Pennock realized his pocket had been picked. He yelled out his misfortune, only to discover that most of the men had lost their billfolds, a disappointment to all. The Pennock family moved to Guthrie in 1910, selling their home to the Wareing family and the blacksmith shop to Carson Lambert.
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