Married in 1882 to Charles Gordon Jennings.
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Emporia Gazette, Wednesday, May 20, 1914; 8, c. 4
The Funeral of Mrs. Jennings.
The funeral of Mrs. C. G. Jennings, who died at her home, 829 Neosho Street, yesterday morning was held at the house this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. W.C. Templeton, of the First Presbyterian Church, conducted the services. Mrs. F. A. Meckel sang two selections, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and Nearer My God to Thee." The pall-bearers were A. G. Randolph, G. W. Hurley, N. B. Haynes, A. T. Porter, Pelagius Williams and John Swearingen. Interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Jennings' maiden name was Mary Granger Burnett (Burnet). She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, April 25, 1852. She moved with her parents to Blairstown, Iowa, in 1854. She grew to womanhood there, and was married to Charles G. Jennings, November 9, 1871. In 1881, the family moved to Shelbyville, Ind., and six years later to Kelly's Ferry, Tenn., coming to Emporia from that place in November 1890. Mrs. Jennings was a faithful church and Sunday School worker, and a conscientious Christian all her life. When a young woman she united with the Methodist Church in Blairstown but transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church soon after her marriage. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Emporia, and a charter member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, Lyon County Council No. 212. She was also a past vice-president of that order, which she joined January 21, 1895.
Mrs. Jennings is survived by her husband and four sons. The sons are Gordon B. Jennnings, Fort Scott; Russel S. Jennings, of Illwaco (Ilwaco), Wash., Isaac B. Jennings, Des Moines, Iowa, and Glandon Jennings, all of whom are in Emporia. She is also survived by one brother, Edward G. Burnett (Burnet), of Boise, Idaho, and five sisters, Mrs. Kittie B. Webster, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Julia Ferguson, Shenandoah, Iowa; Mrs. George P.Hall, Emmett, Idaho; Mrs. Edith Preston and Miss Lizzle Burnett (Burnet), of Mexico, Mo. Miss Burnett has been manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Mexico, for the past thirty years. Mrs. Preston has been in Emporia for the past three weeks and is the only sister that attended the funeral.
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Emporia Gazette, Wednesday, May 20, 1914; 8, c. 4
The Funeral of Mrs. Jennings.
The funeral of Mrs. C. G. Jennings, who died at her home, 829 Neosho Street, yesterday morning was held at the house this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. W.C. Templeton, of the First Presbyterian Church, conducted the services. Mrs. F. A. Meckel sang two selections, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and Nearer My God to Thee." The pall-bearers were A. G. Randolph, G. W. Hurley, N. B. Haynes, A. T. Porter, Pelagius Williams and John Swearingen. Interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Jennings' maiden name was Mary Granger Burnett (Burnet). She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, April 25, 1852. She moved with her parents to Blairstown, Iowa, in 1854. She grew to womanhood there, and was married to Charles G. Jennings, November 9, 1871. In 1881, the family moved to Shelbyville, Ind., and six years later to Kelly's Ferry, Tenn., coming to Emporia from that place in November 1890. Mrs. Jennings was a faithful church and Sunday School worker, and a conscientious Christian all her life. When a young woman she united with the Methodist Church in Blairstown but transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church soon after her marriage. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Emporia, and a charter member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, Lyon County Council No. 212. She was also a past vice-president of that order, which she joined January 21, 1895.
Mrs. Jennings is survived by her husband and four sons. The sons are Gordon B. Jennnings, Fort Scott; Russel S. Jennings, of Illwaco (Ilwaco), Wash., Isaac B. Jennings, Des Moines, Iowa, and Glandon Jennings, all of whom are in Emporia. She is also survived by one brother, Edward G. Burnett (Burnet), of Boise, Idaho, and five sisters, Mrs. Kittie B. Webster, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Julia Ferguson, Shenandoah, Iowa; Mrs. George P.Hall, Emmett, Idaho; Mrs. Edith Preston and Miss Lizzle Burnett (Burnet), of Mexico, Mo. Miss Burnett has been manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Mexico, for the past thirty years. Mrs. Preston has been in Emporia for the past three weeks and is the only sister that attended the funeral.
Married in 1882 to Charles Gordon Jennings.
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Emporia Gazette, Wednesday, May 20, 1914; 8, c. 4
The Funeral of Mrs. Jennings.
The funeral of Mrs. C. G. Jennings, who died at her home, 829 Neosho Street, yesterday morning was held at the house this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. W.C. Templeton, of the First Presbyterian Church, conducted the services. Mrs. F. A. Meckel sang two selections, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and Nearer My God to Thee." The pall-bearers were A. G. Randolph, G. W. Hurley, N. B. Haynes, A. T. Porter, Pelagius Williams and John Swearingen. Interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Jennings' maiden name was Mary Granger Burnett (Burnet). She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, April 25, 1852. She moved with her parents to Blairstown, Iowa, in 1854. She grew to womanhood there, and was married to Charles G. Jennings, November 9, 1871. In 1881, the family moved to Shelbyville, Ind., and six years later to Kelly's Ferry, Tenn., coming to Emporia from that place in November 1890. Mrs. Jennings was a faithful church and Sunday School worker, and a conscientious Christian all her life. When a young woman she united with the Methodist Church in Blairstown but transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church soon after her marriage. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Emporia, and a charter member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, Lyon County Council No. 212. She was also a past vice-president of that order, which she joined January 21, 1895.
Mrs. Jennings is survived by her husband and four sons. The sons are Gordon B. Jennnings, Fort Scott; Russel S. Jennings, of Illwaco (Ilwaco), Wash., Isaac B. Jennings, Des Moines, Iowa, and Glandon Jennings, all of whom are in Emporia. She is also survived by one brother, Edward G. Burnett (Burnet), of Boise, Idaho, and five sisters, Mrs. Kittie B. Webster, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Julia Ferguson, Shenandoah, Iowa; Mrs. George P.Hall, Emmett, Idaho; Mrs. Edith Preston and Miss Lizzle Burnett (Burnet), of Mexico, Mo. Miss Burnett has been manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Mexico, for the past thirty years. Mrs. Preston has been in Emporia for the past three weeks and is the only sister that attended the funeral.
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Emporia Gazette, Wednesday, May 20, 1914; 8, c. 4
The Funeral of Mrs. Jennings.
The funeral of Mrs. C. G. Jennings, who died at her home, 829 Neosho Street, yesterday morning was held at the house this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. W.C. Templeton, of the First Presbyterian Church, conducted the services. Mrs. F. A. Meckel sang two selections, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and Nearer My God to Thee." The pall-bearers were A. G. Randolph, G. W. Hurley, N. B. Haynes, A. T. Porter, Pelagius Williams and John Swearingen. Interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Jennings' maiden name was Mary Granger Burnett (Burnet). She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, April 25, 1852. She moved with her parents to Blairstown, Iowa, in 1854. She grew to womanhood there, and was married to Charles G. Jennings, November 9, 1871. In 1881, the family moved to Shelbyville, Ind., and six years later to Kelly's Ferry, Tenn., coming to Emporia from that place in November 1890. Mrs. Jennings was a faithful church and Sunday School worker, and a conscientious Christian all her life. When a young woman she united with the Methodist Church in Blairstown but transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church soon after her marriage. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Emporia, and a charter member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, Lyon County Council No. 212. She was also a past vice-president of that order, which she joined January 21, 1895.
Mrs. Jennings is survived by her husband and four sons. The sons are Gordon B. Jennnings, Fort Scott; Russel S. Jennings, of Illwaco (Ilwaco), Wash., Isaac B. Jennings, Des Moines, Iowa, and Glandon Jennings, all of whom are in Emporia. She is also survived by one brother, Edward G. Burnett (Burnet), of Boise, Idaho, and five sisters, Mrs. Kittie B. Webster, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Julia Ferguson, Shenandoah, Iowa; Mrs. George P.Hall, Emmett, Idaho; Mrs. Edith Preston and Miss Lizzle Burnett (Burnet), of Mexico, Mo. Miss Burnett has been manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Mexico, for the past thirty years. Mrs. Preston has been in Emporia for the past three weeks and is the only sister that attended the funeral.
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