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  • ID: I11416
  • Name: Lewis Wallace JENNINGS
  • Sex: M
  • Census: J552 OH, IA, WA
  • Birth: 22 MAR 1841 in Rollersville, Sandusky, OH 1 2 3
  • Note: Also given DOB of 1844. 1870 census gives DOB as 1835. 1900 gives 03/1844.
  • Death: abt 1915 3
  • Burial: Highland Cemetery, Colville, Stevens, WA
  • Military: Co. H, 26th IA Infantry
  • Occupation: Farmer, Hotel owner
  • Note:
    Parents - General Lewis & Lorhama Hollaway Jennings.
    William Jennings Bryan is a nephew to Lewis' father.
    Info on this line from Diana M. Jennings, djenn_2@yahoo.com.

    1870 CENSUS - Eden, Decatur, IA roll 386 p 262 fam 59. His father with them.
    1880 CENSUS - Dist 1, Whitman, WA roll 1398 p 333B fam 371.
    1900 CENSUS - Harvey, Stevens, WA roll 1752 p 15B fam 323; married 36, 12 kids 10 living.
  • Note:
    > Lewis Jennings was the youngest of thirteen children and remained with his father until July 16, 1862, when he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-sixth Iowa Infantry, being sworn in at Clinton. He was with Sherman and was soon taken sick and sent hom e on a furlough. When able to do guard duty he was left to guard Davenport, Iowa. At Vicksburg, he was taken captive and in the fall of 1863, at the Black river in Mississippi, he was discharged on account of disability.
    > Mr. and Mrs. Jennings were married in Sandusky and then farmed in Iowa until 1876. In that year came a trip via San Francisco and Portland to Colfax, Washington.
    > In Whitman county, Mr. Jennings farmed and faced the Indians, refusing to leave his home when the others flocked to town. He continued there with good success until 1900, when he sold and removed to his present abode. Mr. Jenningshas the distinc tion of building the first hotel in Pullman, the same being where the Artesian house now stands. Mr. Jennings is a member of the I.O.O.F. and has passed the chairs.
  • Note:
    ARTICLE - Read Lewis Jennings' biography.
    ARTICLE - Read Lewis Jennings' biography.
    PICTURES - View pictures of Lewis Jennigs.




    Marriage 1 Margaret INMAN b: 18 FEB 1845 in OH
    • Married: 22 FEB 1864 in Scott Twp., Sandusky, OH 2
    Children
    1. Has No Children William L. JENNINGS b: 24 APR 1865 in OH
    2. Has Children Francis Marion JENNINGS b: 24 DEC 1866 in IA
    3. Has Children Albert D. JENNINGS b: 01 MAY 1868 in IA
    4. Has Children Ada May JENNINGS b: 10 NOV 1869 in IA
    5. Has Children Mary Bell JENNINGS b: 05 FEB 1871 in IA
    6. Has No Children Robert Lee JENNINGS b: 15 NOV 1873 in IA
    7. Has No Children Amanda JENNINGS b: 31 MAR 1876 in IA
    8. Has No Children George W. JENNINGS b: 20 JUL 1877 in Whitman Co., WA
    9. Has Children Lulu JENNINGS b: 10 AUG 1879 in Whitman Co., WA
    10. Has No Children Andrew Jackson JENNINGS b: 10 AUG 1877 in Colfax, Whitman, WA
    11. Has No Children James Manley JENNINGS b: 05 JUN 1883 in Whitman Co., WA
    12. Has No Children Charles JENNINGS b: 05 OCT 1884 in Colfax, Whitman, WA

    Sources:
    1. Title: Census records.
    2. Author: Lewis Wallace Jennings
      Title: "History of North Washington"
    3. Title: Photo of headstone.
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