Emma Pennington: Felony

Emma Pennington was born Emma Jackson Jul 1879 in California to Carter Jackson (1817-1897) & Elizabeth (1835-).

I found little information about Emma, I do know she was a very sad lady.





Inmate #18903 San Quentin Prison (California)
Rec: 3 Mar 1901
Term: 1 1/2 yrs
Crime: Felony



I saw her sad eyes and almost cried, she was in alot of emotional pain when this photo was taken. 




She was also Inmate #24881 San Quentin
Rec: 25 Feb 1917
Crime: Manslaughter
Term: 10 yrs
Discharged: 27 Aug 1917
As Emma Ward










(Carousel means drinking binge)

She shot him in the groin, that says he was trying something she wasn't going to partake in. I would of shot him too.
 Here is where the murder occurred and what it looks like today.


This is after her release from the above events.









Her Father Carter Jackson died 



She was the youngest of  9 children.

Henry Jackson 1857-
David Jackson 1860-
Barbara Jackson 1862-
Molinde Jackson 1864-
Louis Jackson 1867-1892 lived to be 24 years old. He died of phthisis pulmonalis (Tuberculosis).
Louisa Jackson 1870-1957
Isaac Jackson 1875-1883 died of Typhoid Fever
Annie Jackson 1877-1928



One Of Emma's Husband's

Edward Pennington














Edward Pennington died 21 Oct 1911 in Folsom Prison, Folsom, Sacramento, California

Emma Died as Emma Dodge on 13 Nov 1947 in California. Her husband Samuel D Dodge died 23 May 1942 in Sacramento, CA.

I found Emma married to Edward Ward in a 1917 city directory living in Sacramento, CA.

I made her a tree on Ancestry. I feel bad for her, she was in so much pain, I wish I could talk to her and find out why and what her life had been like before all this. 




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