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Alfred N. JENNINGS

Alfred N. JENNINGS

Male 1838 - 1884  (46 years)

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  • Name Alfred N. JENNINGS 
    Born 28 Jan 1838  Somerset Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military
    • Alfred Jennings registered for the Civil War draft on July 1 1863 in Doddridge County. In Feb 1865, John William Wyatt enlisted as a Substitute Volunteer for Alfred Jennings, Esquire, of Doddridge County, for which he was paid $300 by the Jennings family.
    Census 1850  Somerset Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1860  West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [3, 4] 
    merchant, proprietor of U.S. Hotel in West Union until 1875 
    Died 30 May 1884  [1] 
    Buried (OLD SECTION)  Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I57669  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2018 

    Father Moses JENNINGS,   b. 27 May 1817, Somerset Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1876, Moberly, Randolph Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Rhoda Ann HARTZELL,   b. 30 Jun 1820, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1886  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F23862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Virginia F. RANDOLPH,   b. 1 Jun 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1917, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 5 Jun 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp, West Union Post Office), enumerated on Jun 9 1870:
      Alfred Jennings, 32, farmer; Virginia, 30; Hannah F. Randolph, 68; Laverna Knight, 22, housekeeper; Elias Jeffrey, 22, farm hand. All born in Virginia except Alfred, born Pennsylvania.
      (NOTE: The adjacent household was that of Amos Bee, son of Doddrige County legend Ephraim Bee and second cousin (on his mother's side) of Alfred's wife Virginia F. Randolph.)

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Alfred Jennings, 46, merchant; wife Virginia, 38; dau Cora, 18 (sic); son Chas, 16 (sic).
      (NOTE: Ages of children Cora and Charles are clearly incorrect. They should have been entered as 8 and 6, as other records show that they were born in 1871 and 1874 respectively. No street name, house number, or other indication of exact location was given in this census. Neighbors on one side were the family of merchant Joseph Cheuvront, and on the other side the family of merchant J. B. Markey, and then the family of merchant B. H. Maulsby. Given the four consecutive merchants, it is likely that these were storefronts with living quarters in downtown West Union. Furthermore, land records show that property purchased by Alfred Jennings in 1865, referred to as the Gallahue Store House, was sold by him or his estate in 1884 and was then acquired in 1888 by G. W. Twyford, proprietor of the prominent Twyford Store on Main Street, West Union, at the corner of Cottage Avenue.)

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Virginia Jennings, 58, b. Jun 1841, farmer, divorced, mother of 2 children (1 still living).

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 12 1910:
      Virginia Jennings, 69, widowed, occupation "own income", mother of 2 children (1 still living); son Charles P, 35, single, no occupation.
    Children 
     1. Cora R. JENNINGS,   b. 29 Aug 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1883  (Age 11 years)
     2. Charles Preston JENNINGS,   b. 16 May 1874, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954, Osceola Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F23861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 130 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790842&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S1897] West Union Record.

    5. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 130 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790842&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Alford Jennings, 22. b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union Va, son of Moses & Rhoda A. Jennings, occupation merchant; and Virginia F. Randolph, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel P. F. & Hannah Randolph. Married Jun 5 1860 in Doddridge County, ceremony by John Conwell. (Note: The preceding entry in the handwritten ledge-style marriage register was for the groom's brother, married the same day in West Union by J. S. Hall: Hiram Jennings, 20, b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union, merchant; and Emily Davis, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John S. & Esther Davis. The two brothers' wives were first cousins to each other, as they were both granddaughters of Nathan Davis Jr, a founding father of West Union.)