Family Group Sheet


Name David Jennings Sr.
Birth 30 Mar 1842, Kentucky
Death 8 Oct 1927, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Jennings Cem., Oak Grove Rd., Rowan Co.
Father John Jennings (1820-)
Mother Rachel Fannin (1826-1904)
Marriage 31 Oct 1867, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Mary "Polly" Kidd
Birth 23 May 1847, Kentucky
Death 8 Feb 1937, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Jennings Cem., Oak Grove Rd., Rowan Co.
Father Edmund Kidd (~1815-)
Mother Amanda Ramey (~1822-)
Children
1 M Thomas Jennings
Birth 1870, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death 1915
Spouse Rebecca Hall
Spouse Lucy McDaniel
2 M Harrison ("Harry") Jennings
Birth 27 Aug 1872, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 9 Feb 1943, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Maudie B. Day
3 F Amanda Jennings
Birth abt 1875, Kentucky
Death 13 Feb 1921, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Isaac Thornsberry
4 F Anna Jennings
Birth Aug 1877, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse George Dillon
5 M John Milt Jennings
Birth 1880, Kentucky
Death 1946, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Sarah E. Slusher, 1C3R
6 F Delilah Jennings
Birth Nov 1881, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Harrison Ramey
7 F Caroline Jennings
Birth Sep 1884, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Grover Cleveland Ramey
8 M David L. Jennings Jr.
Birth 6 Mar 1887, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 7 Sep 1984, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Rosa A. Mabry
9 M Aaron Jennings
Birth 8 Jan 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death Sep 1974, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Zona Petitt, 1C2R
Notes for David Jennings Sr.
Dates of birth and death for David and Polly are from their gravestones. There is some conflict with the census records.
Census
1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 87 (Blair's Mill), p. 21 (handwritten), 540A (stamped/microfilm), lists as family #176 (next door to his parents):
Jennings, David, 37, farmer; Mary, 32, wife; Thomas, 11, son; Harrison, 8, son; Amanda, 6, dau; Annie, 4, dau; John, 1, son. Birthplaces for Mary are listed as Ky Tenn Ky, for all others as Ky Ky Ky, but they should be reversed for David and Mary, because his father was born in Tennessee and hers was not.

1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hoggtown precinct, p. 246A, lists as family #267:
Jennings, David, farmer, 57, b. Mar 1843, Ky Tn Ky; Mary, wife, 52, b. 1848 (month blank), Ky Ky Ky, married 33 years, 9 children, 9 living; Harison, son, 27, b. Aug 1872; Anna, dau, 23, b. Aug 1877; John M., son, 21, b. Mar 1879; Della, dau, 18, b. Nov 1881; Carroline, dau, 15, b. Sep 1884; Dave, son, 14, b. Mar 1886; Harry, son, 10, b. Jan 1890. (The younger son was really Aaron, which the family pronounced like "Ern".)

1910 census of Rowan Co., KY, Hoggtown prec., lists on page 15A, family #254 (next door to David Jennings Jr.):
Jennings, David, 67, farmer, KY TN KY; (w) Polly, 61, KY KY KY; married 41 years, 9 children, 8 living; (s) Aron, 20; (gr-d) Mary E., 16.
Notes for David & Mary "Polly" (Family)
Morgan Co. marriage records list marriage of David Jennings and Mary Kidd on 31 Oct 1867, at Edmund Kidd's by William Mynhier, witnesses Joseph Perry and Asa Nickell.
Last Modified 2 Apr 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh