"Lincoln Hall".
About ten miles Northwest of Harrisonburg, Virginia.
In early or middle 1830’s—prior to 1835.
Abraham Lincoln partly by inheritance from father 1822.
Abraham Lincoln purchase of other heirs, 1849.
Richard S. Maupin and Mary E. Maupin by inheritance 1851.
Mary E. Maupin, her husbands and her own inheritance, 1856.
Derrick Pennybacker in trust for Mary E. Maupin, 1865.
Sallie Maupin Lincoln, April 16, 1896.
Kate A. Pennybacker, from Sallie Maupin Lincoln, January 1, 1910.
"Lincoln Hall" is L shaped fronting the east. It is brick, two stories and has very heavy walls. The hall runs through the house from the east entrance. The rooms are large with high ceilings. There are also fireplaces.
See form 3686, attached.
6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
Miss Kate A. Pennybacker was the daughter of the late John D. and Mary E. Pennybacker, nee Maupin. Her sister, Mary Lee Pennybacker, passed away some years ago. Her mother before her marriage to Richard S. Maupin was Mary E. Lincoln, daughter of Abraham Lincoln whose father was Jacob Lincoln who was the son of "Virginia John: Lincoln, the emigrant.
"Lincoln Hall" is a fine old brick dwelling and located only a mile or so from the old Lincoln Homestead. It was one of the several places embraced in the Lincoln Plantations and is still, today, a delightful old place in which to visit.
John D. Pennybacker, the father of Misses Kate A. and Mary Lee Pennybacker, married Mary E. Maupin nee Lincoln, about 1865. He was one of the business men of the community; was instrumental in and one of the commissioners in the organization of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Savings Bank in 1860 and in 1866 he opened a classical school, which institutions had been of necessity, sadly neglected during the years of 1861 to 1865. From 1859 to 1863 he was a member of the State Senate of Virginia and was generally prominent in the affairs of the community.
The Pennybackers saw active service in the confederate Army, both as privates and as Company officers. Derrick and Joseph S. were lieutenants in Co. B. 7th Virginia Regiment of Cavalry; John S. Isaac and Albert were privates in the ranks.
Isaac Samuels Pennybacker, (1805—1847) one of Northern Virginia’s distinguished sons, was born at Pine Forge, Shenandoah County, Virginia, September 3, 1805. From 1837 to 1839 he was a representative in Congress from the then 16th district. Later he was judge of the U.S. district Court and a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. From 1845 until his death January 12, 1847, he was United States Senator from Virginia. It is said he was offered the Attorney-Generalship of the United States by President Van Buren.
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Senator Pennybacker took an active part in Politics and in all public questions and in the councils of his party, the Democratic Party being the one with which he affiliated. He favored the revision of the State Constitution in 1829-30. He was active also in the discussion of the Nullification Ordinance as passed by the State of South Carolina.
Nullification met with scant favor in Rockingham, tho it excited warm debate in the meeting held for its discussion. The report of the committee on resolutions condemning the Ordinance was not adopted without the offering of a substitute set by Senator Pennybacker and others. The resolutions were carried by a large majority, tho possibly not without some modification. One of the finest provisions of our Constitution is the right of free and exhaustive discussion.
Senator Pennybacker’s wife was Sarah A. Dyer of Pendleton County, Virginia. She died in Franklin, West Virginia, June 1891, aged seventy-five years.
His sons, John D. (father of Miss Kate and Miss Mary Lee Pennybacker), and J.E. Pennybacker were both men of prominence, the former as before stated, serving in the State Senate; and both ringing the welkin in many a hard fought political campaign, neither giving nor asking quarter.
Photograph.
Rockingham County Court Records.
History of Rockingham County by J.W. Wayland.
Personal Visit.
September 16, 1936 Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA