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Note: !BIRTH: Nov. 11, 1828 probably Baltimore, Baltimore Co. Md., (con- firmed by newspaper item copied below). His father was in the quarry business in Port Deposit (not listed 1961 atlas) and also construction of Gosport Navy Yard (also not in above atlas) as well as public building in Washington DC, but, apparently maintained his Baltimore residence. !PARENTS' FAMILY MRIN: #17 Captain Charles PENDERGAST-129/Rosanna O'BRIEN-130 !MARRIAGE: To Louise L. LYNCH-15 Salina, Onondaga, New York 5 Nov 1856. From the Onondaga Public Library, Local History/Special Collections listing "Persons-Prominent - Lynch, James - 1856, Nov. 7 - Marriage "In this city, on the 5th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Hackett, of St. John's Catholic Church, Mr. Charles H. Pendergast, Baltimore, to Louise J.(sic), daugh- ter of James Lynch, Esq., of Syracuse. (P.2,C.6. Nov. 7, 1856 S.D.C.) !EDUCATION: Student records at Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg MD show that Charles PENDERGAST whose father was Charles en- tered the college 15 AUG 1842 and withdrew 15 FEB 1843. !DEATH: March 5, 1898 at his home on 63 West 96th Street., New York City. !BURIAL: On Pendergast lots Section H, #543/544 at New Cathedral Cemetery Old Frederick Road, Baltimore, Baltimore Co. Mary- land 21219 . When this compiler visited the cemetery in 1982, he found the headstones had toppled from their bases. He had them repaired and had the inscriptions reported by the Director of the cemetery. (Correspondence and bills will be found in the compiler's ancestral file folder 4-14/4-15.) Inscription: CHAS. H. PENDERGAST BELOVED HUSBAND OF LOUISE L. PENDERGAST BORN NOVEMBER 11, 1828 DIED MARCH 5, 1898. Letter from cemetery dated May 28, 1996 is filed in compiler's ahnentafel file #28 - Captain Charles Pendergast, g-great grandfather of this compiler). In the compiler's ahnentafel #28 folder is cemetery diagram of lots with notations as follows: Date Name Lot Grave Remarks Mar 8, 1898 Charles H. Pendergast 544 5 Apr 2, 1917 Michael P. Caughy " 1 Jul 10, 1920 Louise L. Pendergast " 6 Jan 3, 1929 Mary P. Caughy " 2 May 31, 1960 Ella Coleman Burleson " 7 !RESIDENCES: Baltimore, Baltimore Co. MD; California 1849; New York City Data from Baltimore City Directory page 394 (year is missing from photocopy in compiler's great grandparent's file fold- er, Louise L. Lynch RIN15/Charles H. PENDERGAST RIN14 - #4- 14/4-15). However, since Charles PENDERGAST is listed, it had to be prior to 1867, the year of his death (probably 1860 since the shipping firm of Pendergast, Fenwick & Co. was founded in New York in 1861): PENDERGAST, Anthony laborer rear 604 Light PENDERGAST Bros. & Co. (Jas. F. and Chas. H. PENDERGAST) ship'g merchs, 77 Smith's whf PENDERGAST, Charles, 27 n Calvert PENDERGAST, Chas. H. (P.,Bros.&Co.) 26 w Eager PENDERGAST, Mrs. Hester, tavern, 54 York PENDERGAST, Jas. F. (P.,Bros.&Co.) 33 w Eager PENDERGAST, Michael laborer 211 Vine PENDERGAST, Thomas huckster 14 Front n of Foundry (Smith's wharf was located at the foot of Gay Street fronting on Pratt St. Records at the Baltimore Library show that in 1759 Smith's wharf was purchased by Messrs John SMITH and William BUCHANAN from Thomas HARRISON.) SHIPPING: The following are the ships owned by the Pendergasts: Pendergast Brothers (sometime & Brother) 1854 - Bark - Fame 1856 - Brtn(Brig) - Hurricane Bird 1857 - Brig(Brtn) - Tal(l)ulah 1859 - Bark - Campanero 1859 - Bark - Adelaide Pendergast (Note: Dictionary definitions: Bark - 3 masted sailing ship Brig - short for Brigantine - 2 masted square rigged vessel Pendergast, Charles 1850 - Sch - Ionia (with Jas. R. Stevens) 1850 - Ship - Jonas 1851 - Sch - Alice 1856 - Brig(Bark) - West Indian 1858 - Brig _ _ _ 1858 - Bark _ _ _ 1860 - Brtn - Mary !SOURCE(1): The following were copied from newspaper clippings in a scrapbook belonging to Florence Marie PENDERGAST RIN 7, grandmother of the compiler and daughter of Charles Henry PENDERGAST. (Scrapbook is in RIN 7 file folder of the com- piler): Clipping 1: PENDERGAST - On March 5, at his residence, 63 West 96th st. of paralysis. Charles H. PENDERGAST, age 69 years. Requiem Mass at Church of the Holy Name, 96th St. and Amsterdam av., on Monday, March 7, at nine A.M. Interment in Baltimore. Baltimore and Syracuse papers, please copy. Clipping 2: CHARLES H. PENDERGAST Charles H. PENDERGAST died yesterday at his home, No. 63 West Ninety-sixth street. He was born in Baltimore in 1828. In 1849 he went to California. He returned East in 1856, and, with his brother, the late James F. PENDERGAST, formed the shipping firm of PENDERGAST BROTHERS & CO., of New York and Baltimore. Of late years his health failed to such an extent that he was compelled to give up active business. His widow and one daughter survive him. Clipping 3: Mr. Charles H. PENDERGAST, who died in New York, March 5, was for years active in the management of the shipping firm of PENDERGAST BROTHERS & CO. Mr. PENDERGAST was born in Baltimore seventy years ago, and was a brother of Jerome A. PENDERGAST, 211 Smith's wharf, the only survivor of the four brothers who many years ago were extensively engaged in the coastwise and South American shipping trade. In 1849 Cha- rles H. PENDERGAST was one of the pioneers from Baltimore to California gold fields who met with success. His body was brought to this city and interred in the new Cathedral cemetery. Clipping 4: CHARLES H. PENDERGAST Mr. Charles H. PENDERGAST, who died in New York Saturday, and whose death was announced in THE SUN, was for years active in the management of the shipping firm of PENDERGAST & BROS. & CO., of this city. Mr. PENDERGAST was born in Baltimore seventy years ago, and was a brother of Jerome A. PENDERGAST, 211 Smith's wharf, the only survivor of the four brothers who many years ago were extensively engaged in the coastwise and South American shipping trade. In 1849, Charles H. PENDERGAST was one of the pioneers from Baltimore to the California gold fields who met with success. On his return to Baltimore, he established the firm of PENDERGAST BROS. & CO. In 1861, in company with his brother James PENDERGAST, he went to New York and continued business there. The name of the firm in this city was changed to PENDERGAST, FENWICK & CO., with Jerome A. PENDERGAST as the senior member. After the death of two of his brothers, Charles H. PENDERGAST retired from active business and took up his residence on Seventy-third street near Central Park, New York. Seven weeks ago he was stricken with paralysis, from which he did not recover. The body will be brought to Baltimore for interment in the new Cathedral Cemetery. Handwritten note on page 15 with above clippings: "Our darling died March 5, 1898 'May his soul rest in peace, Amen'"
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