QUESTION: When was Jesse's marriage? What is Ida Melissa's last name? Were there two marriages--one by June 1917 and one later in 1923?
RESEARCH: Found records for Jesse E Pennington that verified several facts:
Birth: 27 May 1895, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana; parents JH Pennington and Lilly Watts (daughter of William Watts and step daughter of Lucinda Appleton Watts)
WWI Draft: June 1917; confirmed birth date and place. Indicated he was married
Grave Sites of Veterans: Death 1971, buried in Sante, Fe New Mexico
Wife: The veterans records had the name and date of his wife, Ida Melissa Pennington, born 2 Feb 1895 and died 21 Dec 1973
Family Tree on Ancestry.com indicated that her maiden name was Fairchild and they were married March 1923.
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