Stories, pictures & history of the Pannills, Goodrums, Cherrys & their relations
Mary Goodrum Pannill at 100
By William Pannill
July 13, 2016, would have been my mother’s 100th birthday. She was a remarkable woman with a difficult life and deserves to live in memory. Mary Ellen Goodrum was born this day in 1916 in Cl…
For generations to come, Mary’s story will be passed down. Her family will know more than her dates of birth and death. We must preserve these stories of hardship, survival, and triumph. I find myself reflecting on my own life and how it will be remembered. I pray we will all make the effort to record and preserve our stories for our families, whether we think them important or not. Thank you for this tribute, and I confess I would like to know more. My ambition is to find out something about William Pannill’s connection to Oxford, North Carolina.
I have not done much work on William Pannill IV in Ancestry, but I believe he left Orange, Virginia, as one of many children of his parents and moved to North Carolina. I have found a couple of references to his grant of land to help establish the University of North Carolina. His son William Pannill V served in the War of 1812 and moved back to Petersburg, Virginia, and I have written about him several times. I hope my family will preserve these stories. Better get busy.
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For generations to come, Mary’s story will be passed down. Her family will know more than her dates of birth and death. We must preserve these stories of hardship, survival, and triumph. I find myself reflecting on my own life and how it will be remembered. I pray we will all make the effort to record and preserve our stories for our families, whether we think them important or not. Thank you for this tribute, and I confess I would like to know more. My ambition is to find out something about William Pannill’s connection to Oxford, North Carolina.
I have not done much work on William Pannill IV in Ancestry, but I believe he left Orange, Virginia, as one of many children of his parents and moved to North Carolina. I have found a couple of references to his grant of land to help establish the University of North Carolina. His son William Pannill V served in the War of 1812 and moved back to Petersburg, Virginia, and I have written about him several times. I hope my family will preserve these stories. Better get busy.
I am a direct descendant of William Pannill. I would love to have any information that you may have.