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The Three Last Confederates in Santarem, Para, Brazil  (1940)

The two ladies pictured are Sarah “Sallie” Vaughan (Left)  and her sister, Martha “Mattie” Amelia Vaughan, (Right) both daughters of James H. Vaughan and Elizabeth Britt, originally of Wilson County, Tennessee. 

The gentleman in the middle is David Riker, born in Charleston, South Carolina

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Sarah was married to Fountain Elliott Pitts, son of Dr. Josiah Britt and Martha E. Butt (Britt?)

Mattie was married to Joao Mechado

This was taken in front of the Baptist church in the city of Santarem, state of Para, Brazil.

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The Jennings - Vaughan family was part of the Colony started by Lansford Hastings.  Hastings agents had procured sixxty leagues of land near Satarem,  Hastings' agents had procured sixty leagues of land near Santarem. , and on July 12, 1867 , a total of 109 colonists boarded the steamer Red Gauntlet bond for Brazil.  However, upon arrival at their first port of call, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, problems emerged when adequate money was not available to pay the crew.  According to one account, the United States  consul at St. Thomas refused to allow Red Gauntlet to continue, ordering the vessel sold to pay wages.  As a result, the colonists were stranded until Hastings made arrangements with the Brazilian government for transportation to the colony site at Santarem.  Although Hastings died died during this voyage or on a subsequent voyage, the colony remained in place, even though life there was condemned by some as being very harsh. In 1940 , however, one writer was able to locate three of the Hasting's immigrants (See above)

JENNINGS

The Jennings Family

We will begin with Elizabeth Britt.  Elizabeth was the matriarch of the Jennings - Vaughan families in The Santarem, Brazil area.  She was married three times. 

Elizabeth first married John R. Wilson of whom we have no records.  This union produced no children.

Her second husband was George Clement Jennings, born January 11, 1821 in Wilson County Ten-nessee, by whom she had at least six children.  They were married November 1, 1843 in Wilson County. William Clement Jennings died in 1852 probably in Tennessee at the young age of 31.  During their nine years of marriage, they had four sons whose names were translated into Portuguese:

 

1.   Guilherme (William)) Jennings

2.  Jorge (George Clement) Jennings

3.  Fountain Jennings

4.  Diogo (James Baird) Jennings

1st child of  George Clement "Clem" Jennings & Elizabeth Britt  

1.                                                    Guilherme (William) Jennings

Guilherme (William), was the oldest son of Mrs. Eliza. He married in Santarem the daughter of a portuguese man named Lima, by the name of Maria Lima (nickname Mariquinha). William lived close to the shores of the Amazon River. His mother, the step father, and his youngest siblings went to visit him at one occasion and to stay with him. The boat where the family was traveling sunk and they lost all of their documents and possessions. Fortunately, at this exact moment, a canoe full of black slaves appeared. They were saved by these slaves, saving all from drowning. It is interesting to see the hand of destiny, for the southerners fled their country motivated by racial discrimination.  By Divine providence, slaves were the ones that saved them from certain death. Even little Hardieth was saved, when she was floating in the river wrapped in a blanket, the customary way the american mothers covered their babies. (According to one of the letters in possession of Mrs. Casey or Sue Howell the story is different).

Using some of his money, William built a shop to build steam boats, it was situated in the place where the Municipal Market in Santarem now sits. William was one of the first pioneers to use this art in the city. He did very well, accumulating a small fortune. He traveled to the United States many times because of his business. He had three steam boats: Perereca, Williams, and the Colony which regularly plowed the lower Amazon River.

 

William was a prominent businessman and an esteemed  member of the community of Santarem. In  1895, during the festivities of the Proclamation of the Republic, William was honored when the American Colony was honored by his presence. Mr. Jennings, responded to the honor that was bestowed upon him, and he gave a speech about the "liberty that he found in this new land and the one that he knew from his homeland, the violence and persecutions that brought pain in his soul, for in truth, he was one of its victims . . ." .

Eventually, Guilherme (William) moved back to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York. He built a factory for making razor blades (shaving) that got to be known worldwide as "Williams," named after him. After his death, his widow returned to Santarem. Their three children, Euclides, Zulmira, and

Arlindo, stayed in the United States with their families.  It is not known when Maria passed away

Children By William and Maria:

1.  Euclides

2.  Zulmira

3.  Arlindo

1.       Euclides (Euclid)  Jennings

Euclides was born in Santarém, Para, Brazil  about  1878 and died on April 20, 1934 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. At the age of eighteen he sailed on the Grangense from Manuas, Brazil with his parents and two younger siblings on October 15, 1894 with a stopover in Barbados.  He apparently was back and forth to Brazil as he married Bernadina Amorim in Brazil.  In 1906 we find him and his wife saling to New York aboard the Terrence along with their three year old son Armenio.  Euclid took in the children of his deceased younger sister, Zulmira whose husband had abandoned.  He sued in court for board and lodging in the amount of $2,120.  He died in Brooklyn on April 20, 1934 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.  It is uncertain when his wife, Bernadia died or where she is buried.  Euclides and Bernadina look to have had four children:

1.  Armenio Jennings  - Brazil,  Born about 1903

     No further information.

2.  Albert Francis Jennings

     No further information

3.  Virginia Jennings - Brooklyn, New York, Born  on November 18 1906 and died on March 27, 1998   in Asheville, North Carolina.  She was married to Waldo W. Hart and by him had one son, William.  Virginia and Waldo were divorced prior to 1940.  She retired from the Naval Supply Center in Bayonne, New Jersey as a physical accounting clerk with over twenty years of service. She moved to  Asheville from Cape Cana-veral, where her sister lived, in 1984.  She was buried in   Brevard Memorial Park in Cocoa, Florida.

Children:

      1.  William W. Hart   married Pearl (         )  They had two children :  Daniel and Denise

4.  Helen Mary Jennings - Born  August 28, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York and died February 11, 1998   at  her home.  She was employed as a secretary for the govern-ment for many tears.  On October 18, 1947 she married Delbert Marion Pendergraft in Montgomery, Alabama.  He was retired from  the U.S. Air Force and had served in World War II.  Helen and Delbert were living in Cape Canaveral at the time of his death.  Helen had come to Brevard County, Florida in 1962.  Delbert  as born in Hollis, Oklahoma in 1920, the son of James Lee and Cora Viola Tucker Pendergraft.  He died at the age of 43 on December 18, 1962 and was buried at Florida Memorial Gardens.  Delbert and Helen would have four  children:

     1   Lee Pendergraft

     2.  Joan Pendergraft married to James E. Cromer

     3.  Marie Pendergraft married to Paul J. Kelly

     4.  Patricia Lynn Pendergraft

     After the death of Delbert, Helen would marry the second time  to Orin Knorr Goulding.  Orin was a widower, having lost his wife Eva Y. Pinette on October 5, 1967.  She died at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Mary-land and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Florence, South Carolina.  Orin died in 2008 and is buried next to his first wife, Eva up in Florence.  Helen and Orin had no children.  Helen died on February 11, 1998 at her home in Port St. John,   Florida and is buried at Florida Memorial Gardens next to her first husband, Delbert.

Helen Jennings Pendergraft Goulding Obit
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2.              Zulmira Jennings

Zulmira was born on October 19, 1880 in Brazil and died at age 39 on July 3, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York.  She was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery located in Brooklyn

In the 1910 Census and living in Brooklyn, Zulmira is listed as living with her father and her four children.  She is listed as married and her last name is stated as Chaves and and that her children were born in Brazil with the father being of Portuguese extraction.  No mention of him on the census.  Her mother is not listed on the census either  She was engaged in the export trade.  

Zulmira had five children by Elpido Chaves.   It does appear that Epidio deserted the family and upon Zulmira's early death in 1920, the children were raised by Euclide. There was a lawsuit against him for child support served in 1922. The first four children were born in Brazil, probably Manaus.  The last child, Lucy was born in New York. On August 13, 1907 Zulmira and her four children sailed aboard the USS Grangense from Brazil with a stopover in Barbados.  They arrived in New York on The 26th of August and apparently moved in with her father, William, as shown by the 1910 Fed-eral Census.

Children were:

1.  Zulmirina was born in Brazil November 3, 1898, and died December 31, 1918 • Brooklyn, Kings,w York.  She had married  Pedro Paulo De  Noronha on January 10, 1918 in Manhattan but was   deceased by the end of the year.  Pedro was born in Portugal Mar 17, 1894 and con-tinued to live  with his in-law family after his wife's death.

2. Almir was burn in Brazil  September 4, 1900    and died on  July 12, 1976 in Brooklyn, Kings County New York. On February 1, 1921, he married Giovianni (Jennie) Bongiorno the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bon-giorno of Flatbush.   She was the daughter of Italian immigrants and was born on Nov-ember 22, 1900 in New York . The best man was Almir's cousin, Armenio Jennings. Jennie died  young at age 35 on October 13, 1935 in  Brook-lyn and Almir died on July 7, 1976 also in Brook-lyn.  Almir and Jennie had three sons:

           1. Phillip

           2. Paul

           3. Richard.   Born 1922

 

3.  Lurlina Maria  -Born in Brazil on April 10, 1904 and died on March 7 1989.  On July 1, 1943, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.  No further information

4.  Lila -Born in Brazil

No further information

5.  Lucy  -Born in New York

No further information

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Holy Cross Cemetery

Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA

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3.                                                         Arlindo Jennings

Arlindo was born about 1881 in Brazil.  Not much is known about him.  We do know that he traveled back and forth to Brazil on commercial business.

2nd child of  George Clement "Clem" Jennings & Elizabeth Britt  

2.                                               Jorge (George Clement) Jennings

George Clement Jennings, was born August 15, 1851 in Silver Springs, Wilson County, Tennessee and died in Santram, Para, Brazil.

He married one of the sisters of his sister-in-law (William's wife), Adriana Lima, in 1879. They had two children, a daughter, Almerinda  and a son, Adriano (Adrian). After awhile, George Clement became a widower, and later, he married the sister of his first wife, Antonia Lima. With his second wife he had four children: Raimundo (Raymond), Alvina,  Hilario (Hilariao means a big Hilario, this name is like Hillary but it is a man's name), and Consuelo( a girl). Raimundo and Hilariao are dead, but the two daughters, which are very old now, reside in Belem, Para (Belem is the capital of the state of Para, this state is right next to the Amazon state).

George Clement had two steam boats, "Chata" (which can mean flat or it can mean a woman that is boring, drags, etc.) and "Sereia" (which means a mermaid). When he was doing well financially, he purchased a boat from the USA which was big and comfortable. After the first trip, when it was transporting a shipment of rubber (latex), the boat got stuck and sunk. Fortunately, no one drowned, only the shipment and the boat were lost.

George Clement had inherited from his mother-in-law some land by the Amazon basin. His residence in Santarem was located at Benjamin Constant street.

All of the children of George Clement converted to the protestant religion after becoming adults, even though they were raised by their mothers to be Catholics.

Children By Adriana Lima

1.  Almerinda Jennings

2.  Adeiano (Adrian) Jennings

Children By Antonia Lima

1.  Raimundo (Raymond) Jennings

2.  Alvina

3   Hilario

4.  Consuelo

Jorge Jennings and Antonia (sitting) with un-named family members

CHILDREN - NO FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Children By Adriana Lima

1.  Almerinda Jennings

2.  Adeiano (Adrian) Jennings

Children By Antonia Lima

1.  Raimundo (Raymond) Jennings

2.  Alvina

3   Hilario

4.  Consuelo

3rd child of  George Clement "Clem" Jennings & Elizabeth Britt  

3.                                 Fountain Edward Pitts (Alfonso) Jennings

F.E.P Jennings was born in Wilson County, Tennessee May 10, 1846 and died  about 1900 in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas.  On December 21, 1865 in Wilson County he married Mary Susan "Aunt Tup" Ellis, born March 18, 1848 in Wilson County. and died November 23, 1928 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 

 

It is unclear whether the entire Jennings - Vaughan family left Tennessee for Hill County Texas shortly after this marriage.  F.E.P and Mary Susan had their first son in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas on January 28, 1867, just six months prior to the extended Jennings - Vaughn family going to Brazil. Hill County was a hotbed of emmigration with a contingent leaving to start the colony of "New Texas"  down near Sao Paulo.  F.E.P. was a religious man, being a circuit preacher. 

 

He and his family apparently did not much like Brazil as he stayed but a short time before returning to his homeland .  We find the family in Arkansas where his second son was born on April, 5, 1869.  He died prior to the 1900 Census supposedly in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

The marriage of FEP Jennings and Mary Ellis (Jennings) produced 9 children: 

1.  Samuel Clemens Jennings

2.   James Elliot Jennings

3.   Ada Elizabeth(

4.   William A. Jennings

5.   Jesse Jerome Jennings 

6.   John Wesley Jennings 

7.   Fountain Richard Jennings 

8.   Marvin E. Jennings

9.   Benjamin Jennings 

John W. Jennings

Confederate Veteran

 - Volume 28 - Page 278 - 1920

Proud of His Father's Record. — John W. Jennings, of Chicago, Ill., in sending renewal of his subscription to the Veteran, writes:

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Rev. Fountain Edward Pitts Jennings

Photo credit: This photo is located at C.C. Giers National Portrait Gallery of   Nashville Tennessee.

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Rev. Fountain Edward Pitts Jennings

Photo 2 (As a younger gent.)

Photo credit: This photo is located at C.C. Giers National Portrait Gallery of          Nashville Tennessee.

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1.   Samuel Clement Jennings

Samuel Clement Jennings was born 2 on January 28, 1867 in  Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, and died on December 23 1952 in Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois.  No August 1, 1894 he married Louisa May de Clercg in Livingston, Illinois.  She was the daughter of Augustus Munro de Clercq and Anna Elizabeth Burdette and was born on June 6, 1872 in Peoria, Illinois. 

Samuel was President of the Columbia Bank Note Company as well a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago 1923-1936

Samuel and Louisa appeared to not have had any children.

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Obituary

24 Dec 1952

Chicago, Illinois

Augustus Munro de Clercq wasw born in Auburn, Cayoga County, New York on February 24 1850 and died at Bellevill, Peoria County, Illinois on November 8, 1884.  .  He was a Master Machinist.  On October 18 1871 in Peoria,  he married Anna Elizabeth Burdette, the daughter of Frederick Edwin Burdette and Sophia Enerhardt Jones.  She was born in 1851 in Cumminsville, Hamilton County, Ohio and died on December 6, 1924

 Augustus de Clercq                      Anna E. Burdette

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2.                                                         James Elliot Jennings

James Elliot Jennings was born on April 5 ,1869 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas not long after his father had returned to the United States from Brazil.  He died on October 23, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois.  On October 31, 1894 James married Marie Louise "Mae" Demond.  She was born on December 24, 1877 in Paris, France.  He was 24 and she was 19.  They would have one son, Allen Ford Jennings, born on August 23, 1893  in Chicago.  In September of 1912, Mae and their son , Allen, went to Berlin where she decided that she would not come back to Chicago - desertion.  James filed for divorce.  No further information on her.

 

James would remarry  to Irene Zuber about 1916 sje being 25 years younger than him.  She was born on May 6, 1894 in Chicago, the daughter of Micheal H. Zuber and Caroline Reichert .  Irene died on  April 15, 1967 in South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California.

James had died in 1934 and would marry a second time to Lyle Johnson Mohr, and would reside in California where both are buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County,  Cali-fornia.

James, in his early days, left Eureka Springs and lived in several cities for a short period before settling in Chicago.  He did well in Chicago getting into the real estate and banking business.  He developed the "Jennings Method', a new way of loan financing.  He crated a new bank in 1906 which was the first bank to stay open all night.  He became very wealthy, but unfortunately, he was better at real estate than at banking.It failed in 1907 and under a cloud of suspicion, he and his family quickly relocated to Los Angeles.  By 1920, he and his family were in Ft. Worth Texas where he was involved in the oil business,  and by  1930 he was  back in Chicago where he died in 1934 

James Elliot Jennings and Irene Zuber had one daughter, Lucille, born in 1917. 

The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men in the City of Chicago     Marquis, 1905 - Chicago (Ill) - 636 Pages

JENNINGS, JAMES ELLIOTT, Mortgage banker; born Washington County, Arkansas, in a little log cabin , April 5, 1869; son of F.E.P  and Mary (Ellis) Jennings; graduated Eureka Springs (Arkansas) High School; attended University of Arkansas, but left before graduation, 1887.  Married Chicago, October 31, 1891, Mae L DeMond; 1 son; Allen Ford. 

 

Was manager of Thayer Transfer Company, Kansas City, Missouri 1889-91; salesman Browning, King & Company, St. Louis, 1891-92; Humphrey and Company, St. Louis, 1892-93; connected with J. Grafton Parker & Company, in real estate and renting business, 1893-1894; established, 1894, firm of J. Elliott Jennings & Company and did general real estate, renting and loan business, until January 1 1900, when consolidated business with that of Royal Trust Company Bank, organizing the real estate loan department, which ran under contract until November 1, 1903; organized the Jennings Real estate Loan Company, with capital of $1.000,000, of he is president.

 

Republican, Presbyterian, Enthusiastic golfer and devotee of outdoor sports and exercises.  Owns 110 acre stock farm and country home at Delavan, Wisconsin.  Clubs: Evanston, Evanston Country, Evanston Golf.  Glen View Office:  ist National Bank Nuilding, Residence: 1612 Wesley Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.  

 

 

 

 

 

Child by James E. Jennings and Mae Demond:

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James E. Jennings married secobdly Irene Zuber, the daughter of Michael H. Zuber and Caroline Reichert, both of Chicago.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois)  Mon. Aug 9, 1920   Page 19

ZUBER -- Michael H. Zuber at the age of 48 years 9 months, Aug.6, dearly beloved husband of Caroline Zuber, nee Reichert, fond father of Irene Zuber Jennings, Mildred and Jeannette Zuber.  Funeral Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 9 a.m. from his late residence, 2938 Lincoln Ave., to St. Alphonsus church; thence to St. Boniface cemetery.  Fort Worth, Tex., St.Louis, Mo., and LosAngerles, Cal., papers please copy.

 

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Mon. Apr 24, 1961  Page 31

Zuber --Caroline Zuber, formerly of 2938 Lincoln avenue, wife of the late Michael H. Zuber, beloved mother of Irene Jennings Mohr, Mildred Zuber and Jeannette Curtiss; fond grandmother of Lucille Jennings Raymond and Carol Curtiss Brufke; great grandmother of five.  Funeral from Zuber-Hallowell Funeral home, 2938 Lincoln avenue, Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. in St Alphonsus church.  Internment St. Boniface's GR 2-0461.  Los Angeles and San Francisco papers please copy.

The Times (San Mateo, California) Thu. May 18, 1961  Page 14

Lyle J. Mohr

San Francisco -- Lyle J. Mohr, 59, 375 Baden avenue, South San Francisco, died yesterday at Community hospital after an illness.

       A native ofSheffield, Iowa and a resident here 10 years.  Mohr for 23 years was a printing salesman for the Times-Mirror Press in Los Angeles.  He was a member of Francis Drake Lodge, No. 375, F&A.M. of South San Franciscoand Peninsula Bodies, Ancient and Accepted ScottishRite.

Surviving are his wife, Irene, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Lucille Raymond of South San Francisco.

     Masonic funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Nauman and Lincoln chapel here.  Internmeny will be Cypress Lawn Memoria park, Coima,

1.   Allen Ford Jennings

         Allen was born on August 24, 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and died on January           23, 1952 in Los Angeles, California.

         The Los Angeles Times - 25 Jan 1952 - Page 25

         Allen Ford Jennings, 56, an executive at the Federal reserve

         bank  here  since 1942, died  Wednesday  at Queen of Angels

         Hospital.  He will  be buried  at Inglewood  Park   Cemetery,

         following  funeral  services  at  11 a.m.  at  Edwards  Bros.

         Mortuary, 1000 Venice Blvd.

         Mr. Jennings, who leaves his mother, Mrs. Mary F. Jennings

         of  280  S. Witmer  St.,  came  to the  banking  field here from

         Phoenix.  There  he served  for several years as an official of

         the Valley National Bank.  He was born in Chicago and edu-

         cated in Berlin. He went into the U.S. Consular Service there,

         and became Vice-Consul at Havana, before he returned to the United States and                         entered into the banking business.

 

         For several years he had been head of the discount and credit department at the                         Federal reserve bank here.

2.   Lucille Caroline Jennings

         Lucille   Caroline   Jennings , the  only  child  of James  E. and

         Irene   Zuber  was   born  on  July  21,  1917   in   Chicago, Cook

         County, Illinois  and  died on May 28 2004  in South San Fran-

         cisco, Mateo County, California, shortly thereafter  relocating

        with  her parents to Ft. Worth, Texas  per the 1920 census. The 

         family  would  be  back  in Chicago  where  her   father died  in

         1934.  Her mother, Irene, remarried  there  in Chicago to Lyle

         Johnson  Mohr   and    the   family   moved   out   west  to    San  

         Mateo  County,  California.  Lucille   had  married   in  Chicago

         to George Dillenback Raymond on April 23, 1938 and  went to

        California with hermother and  new stepfather. George Dillen-

         back Raymond  was born in Chicago on  April 3, 1915, the  son

         of  George  A. Raymond  and  Dorothy Dillenbach.  He died  in

         South San Francisco, Mateo County on January 2, 1989.

Obituary:  Published 4:00 am PDT, Thursday, April 8, 2004

         RAYMOND, Lucille Carol -  Passed  away in peace  in her  sleep  at 12:50 pm  March  28,           2004 with family at her side. She was 86. She was born in Chicago, IL, on July 21, 1917.           Lucille was a rare individual blessed  with beauty, intelligence   and a playful sense of            humor. She was eternally young. She was .wonderful company. She was a great friend          and loved by those who spent any time with her. Her honesty and wit often got her into           trouble. However, if you  were  at the  receiving end   of one of her barbs, hopefully you           learned something from the  experience. She survived the  death  of  her only  daughter,           Nancy, with  grace  and  dignity. She  was  th e beloved  wife of her one  and only  love,            George D. Raymond. "I had the best, you can keep the rest." She is survived by her two            sons, George J. Raymond his wife, Sharon and her son, Matt Maresca and his wife, Jill;          and  Michael J.  Raymond and  his  wife Sandra. She had  three  adored  grandchildren,           George T. Raymond, Jennifer A. Cray and   her husband Daniel and   Jerrod  Beam and           his   wife April. She enjoyed  three     much-loved  great-grandchildren, Ciara Cray, and           Alexandria and  Aiden  Beam.  She  will  also  be  greatly  missed  by  her  cousin,  Carol           Bruffke and her husband, Ed and their family. She was an avid bridge player and will             be missed by her many friends.

 

Lucille and George had three children:

           1.  George Jennings Raymond

                     George Jennings Raymond was born on March 4, 1942 in California

                      The Times (San Mateo, California)  12 May 1964, Tue  Page 13   

                     Trefcer - Raymond

                          Mr. and  Mrs. Robert J.  Tefces of  Burlingame

                      announce  the  engagement  of  their   daughter,

                     Patricia  Ann,  to  George  Jennings  Raymond,

                     son of Mr. and Mrs.George D. Raymond of South

                     San Francisco.  The couple plans to wed early in 

                     1965 at Our Lady of Angels Church in Burlingame.     

                          Patricia attended  Mercy  High  School and the

                     College of San Mateo.  She  is the sister of Robert,

                     Joanne and  Thomas  Trefcer and the niece of Mr.

                     and Mrs. George  Tefcer of Sebastipol.

                          George is the brother of  Michael and Nancy

                     Raymond and the grandson of Mrs.  L.J. Mohr of South San Francisco.  He                                     studied at Sierra High School and  City  College of San Francisco  and will be                                 discharged in August from the Navy. .

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           2.  Michael Jennings Raymond

                      Michael Jennings Raymond was born around 1943 in California.

                     The Times (San Mateo, California)  Thu, Jan. 6, 1963  Page 39

                     MICHAEL J.RAYMOND

                           YAKIMA, WASH.  --  Army  PFC  Michael  J.  Raymond,  20,

                      son of  Mr. and Mrs. George D. Raymond, 724 Haven Avenue,

                      South  San  Francisco , participated  with  other  members  of

                     the Fourth Infantry division in Exercise Coulee Crest, a 15-day

                     U. S.  Army-Air Force  operation  which  ended late last month.

                     He is a 1961 graduate of South San Francisco High School.

                     No further information

           3.  Nancy Irene Raymond

                     Nancy Irene Raymond  was born on Febuary 28, 1951 in San

                     Francisco, California and died on April 1, 1997 in San Mateo,

                     California.  She was married twice; first to a Mr. Gomes and

                     secondly to a Mr. Toomey

                      No futher information.                   

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Child by James E. Jennings and Irene Zuber

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3.   Ada Elizabeth Jennings

 

Ada was born on October 2 1870 in Eureka Springs Arkansas.  She was married twice, with her first husband being  Herman Wanderer.  He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 1, 1863, being the son of German immigrants.Herman worked for many years at the judson Grocery Company before retiring and was also a cabinet maker.. Ada and Herman were married in 1902.  He died on June 11, 1934 from complications of gangrene of the foot and and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Herman and Ada had one child, a son, William Herman Wanderer. 

At the age of 65,

 

Ada married  second time in Grand Rapids to James Milne Shirras, age 75,  on April 24, 1936.  He was born on June 24, 1860 in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  James was a widower, his wife,  Myra E. Woodman having died in 1932.  James and Myra had one child, a girl, Ruth - born in 1912.

Ada died just four years later on September 16,  1940 and was buried with her first husband at Woodlawn Cemetery. Ada and Herman are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  James would live until 1951, passing away on July 8 in Grand Rapids and being buried in Marne Cemetery, Marne, Ottawa County, Michigan where his first wife, Myra,  was buried,

Ada and Herman had one son:

William Herman Wanderer

William was born on June 14, 1903 in Jennings, Michigan and died March 28, 2002 in Redland, Wayne County, Michigan. 

On December 26, 1927 he married Mary Elizabeth Kemper, they were divorced on July 10, 1934

On December 15, 1934 he married  Luciel M. Kemper, they were divorced on April 10, 1947. 

 

On April 12, 1955  he married Olive Florence Selke in Pontiac, Michigan Olive was born on July 28, 1907 in Palms, Sanilac County, Michigan and died on  2009 in Brighton, Livingston, Michigan.

He was a design engineer for the Ethyl Corp and lived until the age of 98.  He and Olive are both buried at Glen Eden Memorial Park in Livonia,  Michigan.

 

Olive was a widow, her first husband , Manley Stringer, had died in 1948 in Detroit..They were married on July 1, 1929 in Lucas, Ohio.  She was the daughter of Ferd-inand and Mable Selke, Mrs. Wanderer taught 4th and 5th grade for over 30 years at Pere Gabriel Richard School in Gross Pointe Farms.

No children are mentioned

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Passport photo for James & Myra when they travelled to Glasgow, England in 1924 to attend the Sudnay School convention, British Empire Exposition.

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4.                                            William Alexander Jennings

 

William A. Jennings was born on January 24, 1872 in Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas.Per the 1880 Census , the family was living at Goshen, Washington County. By 1900 the family was living in Chicago, his father, F.E. P. Jennings having died that year.  By this time, William had already established himself as a lawyer - still living at home.  On June 27, 1907 he married Olive Louise Nordstrom in Chicago, who was twenty at that time.  She was the daughter of Charles Nordstrom of Madison, Wisconsin and was born on March 18, 1888.    No Further Information.

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5.                                                    Jesse Jerome Jennings

Jesse Jerome Jennings was born  on December 16, 1875 in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas and died  on September 23,  1958 in Winter Haven,  Orange County, Florida.  Jerome married Alma C. Green, the widow of a Mr. Genders,  on Apil 14, 1907 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.   Jesse was, in his later life in Florida, nvolved in industrial real estate while Alma was a retired school teacher. 

 

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6.                                                     John Wesley Jennings

 

John Wesley Jennings was born near Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas on Octiber 14, 1877 and died on November 17 1950 in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas.  He is buried at 100F Cemetery, also located in Eureka Springs.  John’s father had died prior to the 1900 Census as we find his mother and some siblings already in Chicago.  John was in St. Louis By 1907 where he married Naomi Caroline Hafeli on June 6, 1907 at the Hamilton Hotel.

Caroline was born on July 16, 1885, the daughter of Rudolph Samuel Hafeli and Louisa Jane Goodrich.  Rudolph was a Swiss immigrant born on November 3, 1850 in Seengen, Canton Aargau, Switzerland.  He married Louisa Jane “Jennie” Goodrich on May 30, 1878 in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.  He would pass away on January 16, 1886 in Yokena, Warren County, Mississippi and was buried back in Jackson at Riverside Cemetery.  He was a member of the Knight’s Templar.

Caroline’s mother would remarry to Norburn Devatur Wiggins in Tennessee.  The Wiggins family would relocate to St. Louis.  Norburn was a Superintendent of Railroads and would pass away back in Jackson, Tennessee where he is buried at Riverside Cemetry.  He was a veteran of the Civil War and his widow collected a CSA pension.  After his death, his widow would move on down to Osceola County Florida.

Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows

Pension Applications, 1885-1955
Name Norburn Decater Wiggins
(Enlisted under the name of Norman Wiggins

17 April 1864, Tennessee Light Artillery,

Camp Tobias, Halls Mills, Alabama. Discharged

10 May 1865 in Meridian, Mississippi due to

the surrender of Lt. General R. Taylor, CSA)
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 1937
Event Place (Filed) Kissimmee, Osceola, Florida
Event Place Kissimmee, Osceola
Spouse's Name Jane Hafeli Wiggins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Wesley Jennings would pass away back in Arkansas, Eureka Springs, on Nov 17, 1950 and his widow, Caroline, would find her way to Florida where she died on July 2, 1958

John and Caroline would have two sons:

1.  John "Jack" Goodrich Jennings

2.  Robert Woodrow Jennings

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Semi-Weekly West Tennessee Whig 

(Jackson, Tennessee)

20 Jan 1886, Wed    Page 4

THE SAD ACCIDENT

THAT HURLED RUDOLPH HAFELI INTO ETERNITY

     The following particulars of the shocking death of Mr. Rudolph Hafeli whose family resides in this city, are taken from last Sunday's Vicksburg  (Mississippi) Commercial Herald.

     The regular South bound freight train due to leave this city Friday, night at about 9 o'clock on the L.N. O. & T railroad reached Yokena station about 11 o'clock.  It was drawn by engine No. 51.  Engineer Rudolph Hafeli being in charge, (This being the engine and driverwhich but a few weeks since accomplished the remarkable feat of pulling 150 loaded cars from Wilson to La Pence, a distance of 92 miles.)  As the train neared the station Mr. hafeli shut off his steam and the train slackened down to a slow rate of speed and to be started into the switches he applied his steam again to give the train headway to go through.  As he did this , a cow jumped upon the track ahead of the engine which struck it causing the causing the truckof the engine to leave the track.  TMr. Hafeli seeing that a wreck was bound to ensue jumped from the engine to one side of the track and the engine passed on  a car length and turned on its side throwing a number of cars of cotton off with it.  The first car being a load of compressed cotton, caught Mr. Hafeli and buried him beneath it.

     No other of the train men were hurt, the fireman and front brakeman jumping  to the other side.  Owing to the exact location of the body  not being known, it was some time before he was recovered, when he was found mangled and mashed almost beyond recognition.  Capt. Ed Anderson went down in person and brought the body to this city where under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity, Mr. Frank Fisher took charge of , dressed it and placed it in a casket, when it was returned to the depot and placed in an extra baggage car, which was lighted for the occasion, where it remained until 2 o'clock a.m, when it was shopped by Master Mechanic Ed Anderson, under escort  of Engineers John McKay and Alex Ritchie, to Jackson, Tenn., his home, where lives his wife and two children. He was almost 34 years of age, was a member of Jackson Commandery, and was accounted one of the best engineers.

     Deceased was well and favorably known in this city and the news of his terrible death caused much pain and regret among his large circle of friends and acquaintances.  He was a a skilled  and safe engineer, a good citizen, an affectionate husband and devoted father.  The funeral services took place from the First Presbyterian Church Monday evening at 3 o'clock and were conducted by Rev. Dr. Nall.  He was a member of Jackson Commandery, No. 13 Knights Templar, this city, and he was buried by the commandery.  We extend our heartfelt sympathies to his surviving widow and little children.

1.                             John "Jack" Goodrich Jennings

John "Jack" Goodrich Jennings

1911–1995

BIRTH 05 APR. 1911 • St Louis, St Louis County, Missouri

DEATH 27 FEB. 1995 • Macon County, North Carolina

Mary Catharine Verner O'Bryan

1916–2008

BIRTH 21 FEBRUARY 1916 • Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, United States of America

DEATH 31 JANUARY 2008 • Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida

She was born February 21, 1916 in Kissimmee, FL and moved to Vero Beach in 1940 from her birthplace.
Mrs. Jennings had been a secretary at the law firm of Mitchell, Smith & Mitchell and had been a member and former secretary of the First United Methodist Church in Vero Beach.

Jack and Mary Catherine would have three children:

1.  John Phillips "Flip" Jennings

2.  Mary Catherine "Kay" Jennings

3.  Caroline Jennings

1.  John Phillips "Flip" Jennings

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2.  Mary Catherine "Kay" Jennings

3.  Caroline Jennings

Caroline Jennings married to Paul Reed Faheita

2.                             Robert Woodrow Jennings

Robert Woodrow Jennings was born on November 23, 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri and died on November 2, 1988 in Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida.  In April of 1962, he married Alberta Martin, the daughter of Ronald Marion Martin and Esther G. Cole.  She was born on January 9, 1933 and died on May 12, 1996 in Vero Beach, Indian River Count, Florida.   He is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery   Kissimmee, Osceola County.

Florida Today (Cocoa, Florida), 05 Nov 1988, Sat  Page 19

ROBERT JENNINGS

     VERO BEACH - Robert Woodrow Jennings, 66, retired director of sanitation for the Indian River County Health Department, died of a heart attack on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Vero Beach

     Mr. Jennings moved to Indian River County 37 years ago from Kissimmee.  An Air Force glider pilot during World War II, he was a member of Vero Beach Post 3918  of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Military Order of  Cooties.

     Mr. Jennings was a member of Vero Beach Masonic Lodge 250 F&AM and a graduate of Stetson University in Deland and attended Stetson Law School.  He was a member of First Methodist Church of Kissimmee and the Kissimmee Rlks Lodge.

     Survivors include his wife, Alberta Jennings of Vero Beach, and brother Jack Jennings of Highlands, N.C.

     No calling hours are scheduled.  Memorial services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Cox-Gifford Funeral Home of Vero Beach.  Graveside services will be held later.

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7.                    Fountain Richard Jennings

 

Fount was born on October 11, 1879 in Euka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas and died on June 11 1966 in Webster Groves, Missouri.  On Septembe 1, 1901 in Dt. Joseph, Berian County, Michigan, he married Lydia  Barbara Lingenfelder, the daughter of  Christian (Johann Christoph) Lingenfelder and Catherine "Kate" Dachsteiner who were immigrants from Bavaria, Germany. He had served in the Union Army  - Illinois Infantry, 44 Regiment during the Civil War.  Lydia was born on  January 17, 1885 in Peru, La Salle County, Illinois and died on April 1, 1966 in Webster Groves, Missouri.  They had three sons. Keith Windsor Jennings, born in 1904, Robert Samuel Jennings,born in 1905 and Jerome R. Jennings, born in 1911 and died at only eight years old.  The two oldest sons followed in their father's footsteps and worked in the cash register business. All five are buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. Sec. 19, Lot 429.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children of Fount and Lydia:

          1.  Keith Windsor Jennings

          2.  Robert Samuel Jennings

          3.  Jerome R. Jennings

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1.                                              Keith Windsor Jennings

Keith Windsor Jennings was born on March

12, 1904 in  Chicago, Illinois  and  died  at  age

  82 on February 28, 1987  in Leesburg,  Lake 

 County, Florida - Burial location unknown. 

On January 13, 1923 in Steeleville, Missouri 

he  married  Virginia May Cerney.  She was

the daughter of John M. Cerny and  Anna

Westbrook. John was  the  owner  of  Cerny 

Floral  Company and a former mayor of

KiRkwood, Missouri.  Virginia was born  on 

January 4, 1904   in  Kirkwood  and died  at

age 90  on  January  29, 1994  in  St. Louis,  

Missouri.  She  is  buried  at Oak  Hill  Cemetery,  Kirkwood,  St. Louis County, Missouri.

Keith and Virginia would have two children:

              1.  Marjorie L. "Marge" Jennings 

                      Marge was born on December 17, 1923 in Missouri and died on November 26, 2006 in                            Eureka, Missouri at the age of 82.  She Married John Witt who died on December 25,                              1980.

 

                     St. Louis Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri)  Sun. Dec. 28, 1980 -  Page 18

                     WITT, JOHN, Thurs. Dec 25, 1980, beloved husband of Marjorie Witt (nee Jennings),                           dear father of Gregory Witt and Janie Branel, father-in-law of Richard Branel, son-in-                        law of Virginia M. Jennings.

                          Memorial service Mon. 8 p.m. at SCHRADER Funeral Home, Ballwin, Mo. if desired,                       contributions may be made to the Fund for 140 W 57th St., New York, NY 10019        

               

                       Marge and John had two children:

                                    1.  Gregory Witt

                           2.  Janie Witt

                                             Janie was born on August 8, 1954 in Missouri and is married to Richard                                                         Brandel 

                      

               

               2.  James Richard Jennings

   

                                       James Richard Jennings was born on January 9, 1923 in Webster Groves,                                                     Missouri and  died on June 6 1981 in Kirkwood, Missouri.  On September 10,                                               1949 in Webster groves,   he married Jean Pauline Collins.  Jean was born on                                             November 20, 1930, the daughter of   Frank B. and Thelma E. Collins

                                       St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St Louis, Missouri)  8 Jun 1981 - Page 28

                                       JENNINGS, JAMES RICHARD, on Fri., June 5, 1981, father of Stephen,                                                         Jennifer  and  Kimberly Jennings, son of Keith Jennings and Virginia Cerny                                             Jennings, brother of Marge Witt, uncle of Greg Witt and Janie Brandel and                                               dear friends.

                                       Memorial Service Tues., June 9, 11 a.m. at Bopp Chapel, 10610 Manchester Rd.                                         Should friends desire, Memorials may be made to the St. Louis Heart                                                           Association.

                                       James and Jean would have three children:

                                                                       

                                      1.  Stephen Jennings  (Picture right Abt. 1968)

                                      2. Jennifer Jennings

                            3.  Kimberly Jennings           

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2.                                                Robert Samuel Jennings

Robert Samuel Jennings was born on October 11, 1905 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and died on May 15, 1977 in Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri.  He was married twice and had a total of four children.  He followed in his fathers footsteps and was engaged in the cash register industry along with his brother Keith, both in Chicago and St. Louis.  He is buried back up in Chicago at the Mount Hope Cemetery.

Obituary:

St. Louis Dispatch  (St. Louis, Missouri)  May 16, 1977

JENNINGS, ROBERT S., Glendale, Sun,, May 15, 1977, dearest husband of Jacqueline Jennings (nee Lake), father of Sandy Roth, Jean Short, Jackie Buyer, and Robert J. Jennings, brother of Keith Jennings, grandfather, father-in-law, brother-in-law, uncle and cousin.

 

Visitation Mon., 4-7 p.m at PFITZINGER Mortuary, 331 S. Kirkwood Rd. Graveside service and interment Tues. at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill. Member of Wellston Lodge No. 613, A.F & A.M. and Scottish Rite.

Robert was married twice, his first wife being:

Helen Dale.  She was born on n April 3, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri.  She was the daughter of Alfred and Helena Dale.  Alfred was a printer and committed suicide, being despondent over the death of his wife on November 8, 1933, at his home at the age of 70. Helen died in May of 1985 in Arlington, Cook County, Illinois and is buried in the Jennings family plot at  Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago.  Helen and Robert were separated prior to 1947 when he remarried to his second wife. 

Robert and Helen would have one daughter:

                            1.       Sandra Sue Jennings

                                           Sandra  was  born  on  December  11,  1936  in

                                         Glendale,  St.  Louis  County , Missouri .  She

                                         would  marry  Robert Steven Roth of Aurora,

                                         Illinois on October 24, 1959 in Webster Grove,

                                         Missouri. They  both  had  attended  Colorado

                                         Colorado College where she was a member of 

                                         Kappa  Kappa  Gamma   and  h e a member of 

                                         Phi Delta Theta. 

Robert would marry a second time:

Jacqueline Sarah Lake and Robert Samuel Jennings would marry on March 24, 1947 in Webster Groves, Missouri.

Jacqueline was born on December 9, 1923 in St. Louis, the daughter of Harry Eber Lake and  Lottie Bell.  She died on September 14, 2016 in Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina had  moved to be close to her daughter, Melany.

Robert would have three more children By Jacqueline:

                            2.      Robert Jerome Jennings  married Sue (         )

                     3.      Melany Jean Jennings  married Steve Heard

                     4.      Jacqueline Jennings married Larry Boyer

Obituary

Jennings, Jacqueline Sarah (Lake), passed away Wed., Sept. 14, 2016 in Aiken, SC.

 

                                             

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Jacqueline  Sarah  (Lake)  Jennings was born  December 9, 1923,  to Harry                                              Eber Lake and Lottie Bell Lake in St. Louis, Missouri. She lived all her life in                                           St. Louis, until 2010 when she became a resident of  Harbor  Chase Assisted                                            Living in Aiken, SC,  during which time Melany Jean Heard,  her daughter,                                              served as her primary caretaker.
 
Jacqueline was a  charter  member of the  Webster  Hills  Methodist  Church                                            where she attended for over 50 years.  Most of her many activities included                                              those  centered  around  church.   She also enjoyed   being a  member of  the                                              Webster Hills Women's Group, and the Glendale Women's Club.

Jacqueline's  love of animals  lead to her  being a  life long  supporter  of the                                            Humane  Society  and an avid  fan of any animal,  especially  her own dogs.                                              Jacqueline  also  really  enjoyed  fishing,  boating,  swimming, camping,                                                  traveling and exercise.
 
Jacqueline was a wife for 30 years to Robert Samuel Jennings and they had many happy times traveling all over the United States camping, fishing, and seeing the sights. After Robert's passing, she continued her travels to include many foreign countries.
 
Jacqueline leaves behind a sister, Josephine Engle (Robert) of Grover, MO; a daughter, Jacque-line Boyer (Larry) of Altoona, IA; a daughter, Melany Jean Heard (Steve) of Aiken, SC; and a son, Robert (Sue) Jennings of Woodland Park, CO; a step-daughter, Sandra (Rob) Roth of Hernando FL; a granddaughter, Michele (Bill) Blood of Flemmington, NJ;a granddaughter, Vicki Jennings Maniatis of South Orange, NJ; and a granddaughter, Kimberly (Brian) Laube of Altoona, IA. Also left behind are her 5 great grandchildren, Kelsey (Ryan) Sage, Laura Laube, Olivia Laube, Alexander Laube, and Alexander Maniatis. Great great grandchildren include Trevor and Austin Sage of Indian Trail, NC. Also, she leaves a nephew, Jerry Tobey, two nieces, Deanna Hanks and Terry Bauman, and 3 step grandchildren.
 
Proceeding her in death were her mother and father Harry and Lottie Lake of St. Louis, MO and her husband of 30 years, Robert Samuel Jennings of St. Louis in 1977.
Committal services pending at St. Matthew's Cemetery in St. Louis.

3.                                                     Jerome R Jennings

Jerome R. Jennings was the last child born to Fount and Lydia.  He was born on February 22, 1911 in Chicago, and died at a young age of 8, on October 21, 1919 in Kirkwood, Missouri, but was buried back up in Chicago at Mt. Hope Cemetery

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8.                                                    Marvin Ellis Jennings

Marvin Ellis Jennings was born on August 17, 1881 in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas and died at the age of 40 on October 5, 1921 in Kankakee, Illinois.  In 1900, the year his father died, he had enlisted with the US Army and was discharged in May of 1901 and then apparently went to Chicago.  He was a mechanic  and would become an automobile salesman.  In Chicago he married Pauline Baxter on April 14, 1906.  She was born about 1889 in Kentucky.  Marvin and Pauline would have two girls, Mary Jane, boen in 1910 and Virginia, born in 1913.  After the death of Marvin, Pauline would marry Edgar P. Michaud.  It looks to be that Edgar adopted the girls as their name would become Michaud.  No further information on what became of Pauline and Edgar.

Children by Marvin and Pauline:

                                 1.     Mary Jane Michaud (nee Jennings)

                                             Mary Jane  was born on March 19, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois and died on March                                                           29, 1986 in Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida.  On May 28, 1930 in Cook                                                               County, Illinois, she married  George Holland Emery.  He was born on March 29,                                                    1907 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, the son of Irving Grant Emery and                                                          Lillian Marguerite Loch.  George was a salesman and the couple lived in various                                                        places including Evanston, Illinois and Hollywood, California before their move to                                                  Florida.  He died on August 11, 1987 also in Tequesta, Florida.

                                 2.      Virginia Michaud  (nee Jennings)

                                             Virginia was born in 1913 in Chicago and died on January 6, 1992.  She was                                                                  married twice, her first husband being a Mr. Lucas, marrying about 1953.  She                                                           married again about 1962 to a Mr. Hoffmaster. 

                                           

                                             No further information.   

                                           (Both pictures:  1930)                                      

                                              

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9.                                      Benjamin Palmer Jennings

 

Benjamin Palmer Jennings was born on Aug 25, 1891 in Eureks Springs, Carroll County, Arkansa and died on November 6, 1926 in Chicago from a self inflicted gunshot.  On May 1, 1920 in Chicago he married Edna Lillian. Aszmus.  She was the daughter of Adolph Carl Aszmus and Anna Eliese Knochenmuss, Adolph being a German immigrant from Saxony, Germany who had married A Chicago girl.  Edna was born on December 26, 1893 in Chicago and died on November 27, 1964 in Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida.  There is no information as to whether or not Benjamin and Edna had any children.

 

After the death of Benjamin, Edna would marry Edwin Mark Wolfe.  He was born in Kansas City on December 16, 1891 and died in Winter Haven on October 29, 1966.  Edna and Edwin may have known each other as he was living in Chicago for a while before going to North Carolina where he was the operator of the Snowbird Mountain Lodge.  They were married on August 14, 1944 in Robbinsville, North Carolina.  It is not clear when or why Edna was in North Carolina.  In the 1940 census she is living with her widowed mother and her married (or widowed) sister Myrtle in Chicago.  Myrtle's husband - a Mr. Arnold, is not living in that household per that census.  Edwin retired and he with Edna moved on down to Winter Haven in 1953.  Edna died in 1964 and was buried in Winter Haven.  They had no recorded children. 

 

After the death of Edna, Edwin would marry the already twice married Iola Lammons.  Iola Lammons was born in Yazoo County  Mississippi and married Robert Edward Addkison Sr. in 1922.  They would have two children, Robert Edward Addkison Jr, born in 1925. and Edith Cordelia Addkison, born in 1923  (Mrs. W, H. Kinnison).  Both Robert Sr. and Robert Jr. are buried  at Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery. After  Robert Sr. died in 1960 in Winter Haven, Iola would marry Miles Charlie Jones in November of 1962, also in Winter Haven.  That marriage only lasted a couple of years as he passed away in 1964.    Iola would marry Edwin in 1966 in Winter Haven - that marriage was even shorter lasting just a few months with Edwin passing away also in 1966 and being buried next to Edna in Lakeside Memorial Park, Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida.  Iola would pass away on March 16, 1993 - burial unknown.  

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4th child of  George Clement "Clem" Jennings & Elizabeth Britt  

4.                                                Diogo (James Baird) Jennings

 

James was born in November 1849 in Wilson County, Tennessee and died in a ship accident.  He  married a woman (name not known) from Santarem and they had one son which they named James.  No further information.

     1.  James Vaughan

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Hi,I am a descendant of a Fountain Pitts, he was the son of Dr. Josiah Pitts from Tennessee.The family immigrated to Brazil after the civil war.Fountain Pitts was married to Sarah Vaugham in the city of Santarem, state of Para, Brazil.The Rev.Fountain Elliot Pitts was the rev. for a church by the name of West End Church, he died of pneumony 12 miles from Louisville, he was a colonel in the 61 Tennessee Regiment and fought at Vicksburg; buried in Mt. Olivet Nashville; Methodist, Nashville Union and American, 24 May 1874.There is a colony of about 200 thousand descendants of Confederate families in Sao Paulo, Brazil.You can find them on the Web, just look under Confederados no Brazil or Confederates in Brazil.I hope this can help you.My grandmother's name was Thelma Pitts, daughter of Sarah Vaugham and Fountain Pitts (they called him Alfonso in Brazil) son of Dr. Josiah Pitts, son of Fountain Elliot Pitts.

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Hi Caroline,

The first thing I need to clarify is that Elizabeth Brett/Britt was James' 3rd wife. I don't worry about wife #2 because it seems that there was no children from the marriage. Did she die? I don't know. It is irrelevant for me to spend time researching her life.



 

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[JENNINGS] Jennings/Vaughan families of Brazil - Translation from book - Confederates in Santarem, Brazil

Andersen

6/1/2002, 3:42:56 PM

 

Families - Jennings-Vaughan

 

The couple James Vaughan-Elizabeth Britt Jennings Wilson Vaughan, with their 12 children, came to Brazil making part of the group Hastings. They were originally from Silver Springs, Lebanon Pike, TN.

Mr. Vaughan was a farmer in his homeland. In Santarem, he, his step-children, and children dedicated themselves, as did others, first to  agriculture in general, after that to planting sugar cane. After that to raising cattle, and a few years later the family initiated an industry of building steam boats. Mr. Vaughan was a mason. (the house that belonged to my aunt Lillian Vaughan/Pitts Franklin was sold and it is a Mason Temple in Santarem).

Before coming to Brazil Mrs. Vaughan had a dream, where she saw herself living in a primitive house, covered by some material that was unknown to her. When the family arrived at the place where they were going to reside, and when she saw the house covered with straw (palha) where she was going to call home, the poor woman started to cry, saying:

"This was the house in my dreams!"

In the trip to Brazil, Mrs. Vaughan was wearing a belt containing sterling silver in gold. This was all the family had to start a new life in a strange land. However, when the boat (Red Gauntlet) stopped at the island of St. Thomas, like other families, they were asked to lend money to the captain of the ship. They were never reimbursed. (This happened to all of the families, it seems like there were some dishonest people in charge of these trips).

In Santarem, the Vaughan family settled in Diamantino, after they had lived in temporary quarters provided by the government. After, they moved to Mararu, and a few years later they acquired property in Piquiatuba. (I was in James Vaughan farm when I went to Santarem, the farm is a few miles from Santarem).

The pioneer Mr. Vaughan installed in Diamantino (engenho) a wheel moved by water, and he built a log house covered by straw.

 

Many years later, the Vaughan family, in their property at Piquiatuba, built a steam wheel to process rum and built a saw mill.

 

Besides his children with Mrs. Vaughan, Mr. Vaughan brought to Brazilhis step children. Mrs. Vaughan was in her third nuptials with Mr. Vaughan. From her first husband she had no children (this must been John R. Wilson which was her 2nd husband) . The second husband by the name of Jennings (Clem Jennings Jr. II was her first husband) and with him she had the following children: Guilherme (William), Jorge (George Clem), Afonso (Fountain), and Diogo (James).

With Mr. Vaughan she had 10 children. The oldest that was named Johnson (Johnson was James' son by his first wife this is incorrect), stayed in the USA, where he later married and had children. His descendants live in this country. The 9 remaining children of the Vaughan couple were: Charles (was James' son by his first wife Mary Oldham), Felix (son of James' with first wife), Benjamin (son by first wife), Edward and Willis (were twins), Sallie (Sarah my great grandmother), Mattie (Martha Amelia), Clemencia (Clementine), and Hardieth. In Brazil, they adopted two english girls, Rebecca and Amy Grey, because the parents had died (parents were British, there were three British families that joined the american colony).

Guilherme (William), was the oldest son of Mrs. Eliza. He married in Santarem the daughter of a portuguese man, by the name of Maria Lima (nickname Mariquinha). William lived close to the shores of the Amazon River. His mother, the step father, and his youngest siblings went to visit him at one occasion and to stay with him. The boat where the family was traveling sunken and they lost all of their documents and possessions. Fortunately, at this exact moment, a canoe full of black slaves appeared. They were saved by these slaves, saving all from drowning. It is interesting to see the hand of destiny, for the southerners fled their country motivated by racial discrimination and the divine providence used the slaves to free them from death. Even little Hardieth was saved, when she was floating in the river wrapped in a blanket, the customary way the american mothers covered their babies. (According to one of the letters in possession of Mrs. Casey or Sue Howell the story is different).

Using some of his money, William built a shop to build steam boats, it was situated in the place where now is the Municipal Market in Santarem. William was one of the first pioneers to use this art in the city. He did very well in this business, accumulating a small fortune. Hetraveled to the USA many times because of his business. He had three steam boats: Perereca, Williams, and the Colony. These boats made trips to the lower Amazon.

William was an important businessman and member of the community of Santarem. In the year 1895, during the festivities of the Proclamation of the Republic, William was honored when the American Colony was honored by his presence. Mr. Jennings, responded to this honor that was bestowed upon him, and he gave a speech about the "liberty that he foundin this new land and the one that he knew from his homeland, the violence and persecutions that brought pain in his soul, for in truth, he was one of its victims . . ." (1).

Eventually, Guilherme (William) moved back to the USA. In this country, he built a factory of razor blades (shaving) that got to be known worldwide as "Williams," named after his name. After his death, his widow returned to Santarem. Their 3 children, Euclides, Zulmira, and

Arlindo, stayed in the USA with their families and lived there with their descendants. (Apparently they stayed and still live in the USA, I don't know who his descendants are).

George Clement Jennings, William's brother, married one of the sisters of his sister-in-law, Adriana Lima, in 1879. They had two children, Almerinda (I think it is a girl) and Adriano ( a boy - Adrian). After awhile, George Clement became a widower, and later, he married the sister of his first wife, Antonia Lima. With the second wife he had four children: Raimundo (Raymond), Alvina ( a girl), Hilario (Hilariao means a big Hilario, this name is like Hillary but it is a man's name), and Consuelo( a girl). Raimundo and Hilariao are dead, but the two daughters, which are very old now, reside in Belem, Para (Belem is the capital of the state of Para, this state is right next to the Amazon state).

George Clement had two steam boats, "Chata" (which can mean flat or it can mean a woman that is boring, drags, etc.) and "Sereia" (which means a mermaid). When he was doing well financially, he purchased a boat from the USA which was big and comfortable. After the first trip, when it was transporting a shipment of rubber (latex), the boat got stuck and sunk. Fortunately, no one drowned, only the shipment and the boat were lost.

George Clement had inherited from his mother-in-law some land by the Amazon basin. His residence in Santarem was located at Benjamin Constant street.

All of the children of George Clement converted to the protestant religion after becoming adults, even though they were raised by their mother to be Catholics.

The brother of William and George Clement, Fountain Jennings, preferred to return to the USA when he was still a young man. There he married and left many descendants, their cousins from Santarem have no knowledge of their whereabouts.

The fourth Jennings brother, Diogo (James), married a woman from Santarem and they had one son which they named James also. James Jennings died tragically in a ship wreck..

About the Vaughan brothers, Charles, the oldest of the Vaughans that had gone to Brazil, he married Lilla Riker, and the young couple moved back to the USA. (Glenda told me that he lived in Nashville, around Wilson County, the original place of the James Vaughan family - he was a farmer).

Sarah (Sallie, she is my great grandmother) Vaughan was born January 26, 1861. She married in Santarem to Fountain (E.) Pitts, son of Doctor Josiah Pitts in April 20, 1884. She dies in 1944, at the age of 83 years. They left many descendants.

Martha (Mattie) Vaughan, also known as Amelia, was born June 22, 1862. She married in Santarem with a man from Ceara (this is a state in the northeast of Brazil), by the name of Joao Machado September 21, 1889. She died in 1944, at the age of 82 years. The couple left many descendants.

Felix Vaughan married Betty Pitts Nov. 22, 1879. They had many children. They raised cattle, and the costume at that time was to milk the cow as the milk was sold door to door in front of the customer. Later on, they sold their property in Maica to Herbert Riker and they moved to the city of Manaus (capital of the Amazon).

Eduardo (Edward) and Willis Vaughan were twin brothers. They were born July 1869 ( I believe this date should be 1859 for they were the first children born to James and Elizabeth, and Sarah was not born until 1861 I have a census from 1860 and they are babies). Willis died of influenza in June 29, 1898. (my mother says it was called Spanish Fever and her grandfather Fountain also died from this epidemic).

Benjamin Vaughan was sent back to the USA to finish his studies, however, some time after being in this country, he asked his parents to let him return to Brazil, because he could no longer adjust to life in America. Later on, he married in Santarem to a woman that lived closeto his families' property in Piquiatuba. Her name was Ana Maria and she came from a modest background. The couple had 8 children. All of the children were raised in Piquiatuba. The house was big, with wood floors, made of taipa (kind of wood) and covered with straw. They liked this kind of roof because it was more appropriate to the climate of the region. Mr. Benjamin Vaughan never taught english to his children. In truth, he seemed to despise it, even though he had an english accent all of his life. Nobody knows why, but he would only speak english when he talked to his domestic animals. After Mr. Benjamin's death in 1912, the property in Piquiatuba was sold in auction. (I was told that this property was the farm that originally belonged to James Vaughan – his father, I went to this farm while I was in Santarem, the Mendonca family and the Corps of Engineers are in a law suit about this land that belongs to the Mendonca family).

Clemencia (Clementine) Vaughan died single. Her sister Hardieth (Hardy) died single also. Clemencia was sent to the USA when she was still a child to study. Just like her brother, she also asked to return to the land of Santarem which she loved so much.

Mr. James Vaughan, the pioneer, died in Santarem July 11, 1879. Information from his descendants tell us that he was buried in his farm. ( I asked Mrs. Mendonca if she knew of any graves in her land or where the original Vaughan house was, but she did not know, she said that she would try to look for a grave in her land. The only place around the area where James Vaughan's farm is located that anyone was buried is at the Serra Piroca which has been cut into two by the Corps of Engineers. A Confederate Cemetery marked by a huge cross on top of this mountain used to exist, but at this time no one knows if the cemetery was destroyed when the mountain was cut in two so the airplanes could fly over without hitting the huge cross). His wife outlived him by 17 years. Eliza died at the age of 69 years old, March 9, 1896, and she was buried at the public cemetery of Santarem, at that time non-catholics were allowed to be buried at the local cemetery. (I visited the local cemetery and I did not find any of my Pitts or Vaughan descendants. I believe that she was probably buried at the same mountain, but I have no proof).

In the end, remained in Santarem more the Jennings name than the Vaughan name, even though the last ones were more in numbers in the beginning.Both left many descendants in Santarem. (the name Vaughan has been changed to be spelled Wanghon, I saw this at the cemetery in Santarem. The family is trying to fix this problem with the local authorities. If the brazilian government was trying to spell the name Vaughan to be written easier in portuguese it would be spelled Von).

Telma

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One of the children of the Jennings-Vaugham couple, Jorge Clemente Jennings, remained in Santarém and perpetuated the family name in the local community, dedicating himself to the exploitation of rubber as a rubber tapper (in the photo above, sitting Jorge Jennings and his wife).

Mrs. Sarah Riker (pictured above) and her children went on trips to visit their homeland. According to Odete Guilhon, Mrs. Riker never got used to the change of country and lived her years in Brazil sadly, dying, still young, in 1877. Four years later, Robert H. Riker lost his eldest son , Robert, only 29 years old. The eldest daughter Lilla married Charles Vaughan, from another immigrant family and returned to the United States. The other sister, Virginia, followed suit. Patriarch Robert H. Riker died in 1883.

However, their two sons David and Herbert continued the family's business in the city. The farm in Diamantino was sold by David in 1910 (in the photo above, the farm's headquarters when it was still in the family's possession)

In 1871, Robert Henry Riker  arrived in Santarém and bought land from the government of Pará. Riker together with his brother Herbert, made the first rubber plantations in the Amazon. A curious detail is that decades later, the American industrialist Henry Ford tried to grow the plant in the same area, on the banks of the Tapajós river.

Robert Henry Riker was a railroad entrepreneur in the United States and was at Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, when the first southerners shot that started the Civil War was fired. Riker came to Brazil with his wife and 5 children (a nine-month-old baby died on the trip). For the family, with aristocratic habits and a member of Charleston's high society, living in a rustic area and where neighbors were distant, was undoubtedly difficult. The Riker couple even had a son here in Brazil, called Marlin Amazonas. However, the boy was born with disabilities and had to be supported by the other brothers until adulthood.

David Riker left a written account where he refers to the Wickham family, of English origin, who maintained a school in the city of Santarém. One of its members was Henry Wickham, known for taking the seeds of the rubber tree to the Kew Botanical Garden in London. They were then transplanted to Malaysia, where they were domesticated. This fact led to the collapse of rubber production in the Amazon, at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Maybe you have noticed; I have been all over these Jennings Message Boards. My search started 10 months ago, with little family information. I want to add into the Clement Johnson Jennings descendency / linage(Clement Johnson Jennings' father was Robert Jennings who married Rachael Patterson.) If you have a website with (Jennings) included, please add so others may include:
Mary S. Ellis (Jennings) married Fountain Edward Pitt Jennings in 1865 in Wilson Co., Tn. "F.E.P". Jennings was the son of Clement Jennings who died in 1852. (Clement was married to Elizabeth Brett) Clement was the son of Clement Johnson Jennings and second wife, Elizabeth Bennett. The marriage of FEP Jennings and Mary Ellis (Jennings) produced 9 children. #1Samuel Clemens Jennings (b. 1867 in Hillsboro, Texas)Samuel married Louisa May de Clercq on Aug. 1, 1894. #2 James Elliot Jennings(b. 1869 in Arkansas) #3 Ada Elizabeth(not Pauline) b. 1870 in Arkansas m. Herman Wanderer in 1902 and a second time, James Shirras in 1936. She and Herman had one son, William Wanderer. Ada died in 1940 . Ada and Herman are buried in Woodlawn Cem.Grand Rapids, Michigan. #4 William A. Jennings (b. 1873 in Arkansas) #5 Jesse Jerome Jennings (b. 1875 in Arkansas) died 1919. Buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. Section 19, Lot 429. Jerome married, but wifes name (Alma) unverified at this time.#6 John Wesley Jennings (b. 1877 died 1950) buried in Eureka Springs Arkansas I.O.O.F. cemetery. John Wesley married Naomi Caroline Hafeli (6/6/1907) They had 2 sons: John "Jack" Goodrich Jennings (b. 1911 died 1995) Robert Woodrow Jennings (b. 1922 died 1988) Naomi Caroline, "Jack" and Robert Jennings are buried in Rose Hill Cem., Kissimmee, Fl. "Jack " married and had 3 children-(still living). Robert married Alberta Martin but they had no children. #7 Fountain Richard Jennings (b. 1879 died 1966) married Lydia Barbara Lingenfelder (died 1966) They had 2 sons. Robert Samuel Jennings (b. 1905-1977)and Jerome Jennings (died 1919 approx.age 9 yrs)*all 4 are buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.Sec. 19, Lot 429. # 8 Marvin E. Jennings (b. 1883 in Arkansas) m. Pauline (?) They had 2 children, Mary Jane (b. 1910 in Chicago) and Virginia (b. 1913 in Chicago) #9 Benjamin Jennings (born in Arkansas) listed in 1895 Methodist Church roll . Keith Jennings is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Chicago(b. March 12, 1904 died Feb/March 1987) Buried in Sec. 19, Lot 429. unverified information, but ASSUMED to be son of Jesse Jerome and (Alma) Jennings. Mary S. Ellis (Jennings) b. 1848 Wilson Co.,Tn and died 1928 in Illinois . She is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Sect. 19, Lot 429 {Still no death date or burial location of FEP Jennings...my original reason to search!} I do not have a family tree website.I hope someone will incorporate this info into theirs.....Thank you. (my seach continuing)

William was the son of F.E.P. Jennings and Mary Ellis Jennings. In 1880 he is listed as 7 yrs. in Goshen , Washington Co., Arkansas. The family was Methodist, and FEP was a Methodist "circuit rider". There were 7 other brothers and 1 sister. Several of them went to school in Eureka Springs. I believe William bought land in 1892 in Washington Co.

Diana, I am so overwhelmed by your offer! I was hoping to someday have the opportunity to fly into GrandRapids, but that does not appear to be anytime soon. (I am in Florida) Woodlawn Cemetery at the SW corner Graves # 9 and 10 are Ada Wanderer Shirras and Herman Wanderer. I am related to them, and would treasure a photo of their graves for our family archives album. I have started my search in hopes of finding the next two names which I believe, but am not certain they are buried in Woodlawn as well : Mary Susan Ellis Jennings (died Nov. 26, 1928) and Fountain Edward Pitts Jennings (buried and died?) Mary and Fountain Jennings are the parents of Ada Wanderer Shirras, and I am assuming they may be buried in Woodlawn, too. Any effort you would make, at your convenience,would be so appreciated, and I would be willing to reimburse you for your expenses. Please E mail me at greyfeather0219@aol.com. Thank you again, Diana. Caroline

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The Red Gauntlet (Built 1864) -leaving-Craigendoran, Great Britain.  After numerous problems the Hasting's Colony finished the trip aboard the South America

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JENNINGS, ROBERT SR  Ancestor #: A062427

 

DESCENDANTS LIST

 Member:  -- Name Restricted --    

1.-- Generation Restricted --

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3.-- Generation Restricted --

4.   The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of Fountain E P Jennings born on c - - 1846 at TN  

 died at _______________ on - - and his ( 1st ) wife

 Mary S Ellis born on 18 - Mar - 1848 at TN

 died at Evanston IL on 23 - Nov - 1928 married on p 20 - Dec - 1865 

 married at Wilson Co TN

5.  The Said Fountain E P Jennings was the child of Clem Jennings born on c - - 1821 at TN  

 died at Wilson Co TN on p - - 1850 and his ( 1st ) wife

 Elizabeth Brett born on c - - 1827 at TN

 died at _______________ on - - married on 1 - Nov - 1843 

 married at Wilson Co TN

6.  The Said Clem Jennings was the child of Clem Jennings born on c - - 1770 at Prince Edward Co VA  

 died at Wilson Co TN on 19 - Apr - 1837 and his ( 2nd ) wife

 Elizabeth born on - - at _______________

 died at Wilson Co TN on p 19 - Mar - 1837 married on p - Aug - 1812 

7.  The Said Clem Jennings was the child of Robert Jennings born on c - - 1740 at VA  

 died at Prince Edward Co VA on p 1 - Oct - 1794 and his ( 1st ) wife

 Rachel born on - - at _______________

 died at Prince Edward Co VA on p 1 - Oct - 1794 married on - -  

 

ASSOCIATED ANCESTOR (REVOLUTIONARY) RECORD

JENNINGS, ROBERT SR Ancestor #: A062427

Service:  VIRGINIA    Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth:  CIRCA 1740    VIRGINIA

Death:  POST 10-1-1794     PRINCE EDWARD CO VIRGINIA

Service Source:  ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 3, PP 791, 796

Service Description:  1) PRINCE EDWARD CO, DONATED BEEF TO GREENS ARMY

 

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MURFREE, WILLIAM  Ancestor #: A083240

 

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 Member:  -- Name Restricted --    

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4.  The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of James W Wallace born on c - - 1830 at TN  

 died at Sumner Co TN on p - - 1880 and his ( 1st ) wife

 Laura A Parker born on c - - 1842 at TN

 died at Sumner Co TN on p - - 1880 married on 16 - Feb - 1859 

 married at Sumner Co TN

5.  The Said Laura A Parker was the child of William P Parker born on c - - 1811 at TN  

 died at Sumner Co TN on p - - 1860 and his ( 1st ) wife

 Mary C Brett born on c - - 1810 at TN

 died at Sumner Co TN on p - - 1850 married on 26 - Jan - 1842 

 married at Wilson Co TN

6.  The Said Mary C Brett was the child of Bartholomew Brett born on - - 1783 at NC  

 died at Wilson Co TN on a - Jun - 1861 and his ( 1st ) wife

 Sarah Banks born on 1 - Jun - 1792 at _______________

 died at Gallatin Sumner Co TN on 10 - Feb - 1840 married on - -

  

7.  The Said Sarah Banks was the child of Benjamin Banks born on c - - 1760 at NC  

 died at Hertford Co NC on p 15 - Mar - 1806 and his ( 1st ) wife

 Patty Murfree born on c - - 1756 at prob NC

 died at _______________ on - - married on - - 

 

8.  The Said Patty Murfree was the child of William Murfree born on - - 1730 at Norfolk Co VA  

 died at Hertford Co NC on p - - 1778 and his ( 1st ) wife

 Mary Moore born on - - 1732 at Northampton Co NC

 died at Hertford Co NC on p - - 1764 married on - - 1751 

 married at NC

 

ASSOCIATED ANCESTOR (REVOLUTIONARY) RECORD

MURFREE, WILLIAM  Ancestor #: A083240

Service:  NORTH CAROLINA    Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth:  1730    NORFOLK CO VIRGINIA

Death:  POST 1778     HERTFORD CO NORTH CAROLINA

Service Source:  SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, PP 164-165

Service Description:  1) DELEGATE TO CONVENTION OF HILLSBOROUGH, 8-21-1775

 

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BANKS, BENJAMIN  Ancestor #: A202264

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4.  The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of 

Fountain Elliot P Jennings born on c - - 1846 at TN 

died at _______________ on - - and his ( 1st ) wife

Mary S Ellis born on 18 - Mar - 1848 at TN

died at Evanston Cook Co IL on 23 - Nov - 1928 married on p 20 - Dec - 1865 

married at Wilson Co TN

5.  The Said Fountain Elliot P Jennings was the child of

Clem Jennings born on c - - 1821 at TN

died at Wilson Co TN on p - - 1850 and his ( 1st ) wife

Elizabeth Brett born on c - - 1827 at TN

died at Wilson Co TN on p - Jun - 1861 married on 1 - Nov - 1843

married at Wilson Co TN

6.  The Said Elizabeth Brett was the child of

Bartholomew Brett born on - - 1783 at NC

died at Wilson Co TN on a - Jun - 1861 and his ( 1st ) wife

Sarah Banks born on 1 - Jun - 1792 at _______________

died at Gallatin Sumner Co TN on 10 - Feb - 1840 married on - -  

 

7.  The Said Sarah Banks was the child of

Benjamin Banks born on c - - 1760 at NC 

died at Hertford Co NC on p 15 - Mar - 1806 and his ( 1st ) wife

Patty Murfree born on c - - 1756 at prob NC

died at _______________ on - - married on - -   

 

ASSOCIATED ANCESTOR (REVOLUTIONARY) RECORD

BANKS, BENJAMIN  Ancestor #: A202264

Service: NORTH CAROLINA    Rank(s): SERGEANT

Birth:  CIRCA 1760    NORTH CAROLINA

Death: POST 3-15-1806     HERTFORD CO NORTH CAROLINA

Service Source:  NC GEN SOC JOURNAL, VOL 14, NO 4, P 230; NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #1644, ROLL #S.115.66; CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, VOL 17, P 197; NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV, P 209

Service Description: 

1) CAPT ARTHUR GATLING, LCOL JAS THACKSTON, COL GIDEON LAMB
2) NC LINE

VAUGHAN NOTES

Peter,  

 

Daniel Carr descendant James Edward Carr and Leila (??) Carr wrote to Caroline by email in March of 2004.  in his reply he stated a few things that may be pertinent to the list you are building for the colonists.

 

1) James Edward Carr was a son of Albert Carr. (no explanation of the relationship between Albert and James) Son of Albert Galleton Carr married to (2nd wife) Mary Newman 


2) Albert Carr was from Montgomery and he served in the CSA, 13th then 56th Partisan Rangers.  

 

3) The Vaughn's (Are these related to the Tennessee Vaughans?)  in the south were dark skinned and came from Florida.  Their complexion was purportedly due to mixed race with Seminole Indians. (Sounds like the Melungeons of the Virginia and Tennessee mountains- a most interesting story that recent DNA studies have proven the truth) The locals dubbed them Black Americans.   This is most interesting - any details?

 

4) At some point, Leila Carr "took up with" Joseph Joe Vaughn (no explanation of when of why) or if the couple also had children.  Leila appears to be the daughter of Augustus Winston Broadnax and Emma Luella Norris, daughter of Confederado William H. Norris the leader of the Americana group.  The Broadnax's appear to have come with the Norris Alabama group. 

Caroline penciled  the following in the margin if the email:

                                    

                         Leila (??) - James Edward Carr - Vaughn (Partners of Leila?)

                         Belton Carr married Margaret Bookwalter, daughter of Leroy King Bookwalter (Of Ohio) and Anna Lucina Miller the daughter of Confederado James W. Miller of Chester SC (Part of the original Gaston group) and Sarah Boyd Magill.

Belton and Margaret had at least 2 children:

1.  Rosa Lee Carr married Jose Costa Conti

2.  Arthur Belton Carr  died as infant 1931

Anna Lucinda Carr - Samuel Daniel De Muzio  (Any details?)   I have none

                                        Daniel De Muzio  

                                            

5) Daniel suggests going to Soldado Descansa for more detail.  I have this book and can give you a copy.  It is in  Portuguese but I will eventually translate most of it.  I  can find no references to a Joe Vaughn (yet) on ancestry. I will check my other data bases (Family Search and My Heritage - my DNA resources. Relationship - wise, it may be too far removed to show up) Who is his mother?  When you get really bored, shoot me the source and the paragraph about him/family. 

 

6) Descendants of the Tennessee - Santarem Vaughn's settled in Santa Barbara D'Oeste in 1900's.  Joseph Joe Vaughn (per above) was married but his wife died after they arrived in St. Barbara.

 

7) Joe Vaughn was a brother of James H. Vaughn - TN and Santarem, (note no A at the end of the name)  Where do you see this?

 

 

8) Leila's first husband James Edward Carr had also died by 1900. Jan. 22 1901

Leila died in 1953 and is buried at the cemetery -  listed as Leila Broadnax Carr

 

9)   Joe and Leila were "living in sin" which caused tensions but Joe had several children so the families eventually became friendly.  (Charlie (below) may be a son - any idea of the names of other children - any idea of who his wife was?)

 

10)  Many of the Vaughn's of both origins are buried at the Confederate Cemetery in Sta. Barbara.  (Below) These are the only 2 Vaugh(a)ns showing up on FIND A GRAVE.  I will have to check other listings from other sources.  I have not determined the relationship to Joe, if any, or for that matter to James H. Vaughan. Maybe a son of Joe and 1st wife???? He supposedly was born in Santa Barbara.  Elizabeth is Charlie's wife and looks to be a 1st cousin.  They did have a bunch of kids.  

 

 

 

It would be interesting to see if Joe's last name on his grave marker is spelled Vaugh(a)n. I don't see a record of him being buried there yet. 

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Green Hill
Cumberland River
Cumberland River
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Little Cedar Lick Creek - Later Little Creek

Silver Springs
Spencer Creek
The Little Cedar Lick Baptist Church
Theopolis Bass Mill
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Big Cedar Lick Creek - Later Cedar Creek

Wilson County
Tennessee
USA
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Silver Springs
Green Hill
Lebanon
Taylorsville
Mt. Juliet
Holloway
Watertown
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3
B
C
Cumberland River
Sumner County
Trousdale County
Smith County
Davidson County
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6
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James H. Vaughan – Elizabeth (Brett) Jennings - Wilson
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A

Big Cedar Lick Creek - Later Cedar Creek

B

Little Cedar Lick Creek - Later Little Creek

Bartholomew ‘Barley’ T. Brett – Sarah ‘Sally’ Murfree Banks
C
Spencer Creek

Clement Johnson Jennings – Elizabeth Bennett

Clement Anderson Jennings – Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Brett

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The Theopolis Bass Mill
Enos Jennings – Sally A. Taylor
William Bennett Jennings – Mary Ann Jane Lassiter
Anderson Morton Jennings – Virlinda Hancock
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The Little Cedar Lick Baptist Church
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Lebanon
Taylorsville
Watertown
Holloway
Mt. Juliet
Green Hill
Silver Springs
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2
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3
4
5
6
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mill.jpg
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James H. Vaughan – Elizabeth (Brett) Jennings - Wilson
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Bartholomew ‘Barley’ T. Brett – Sarah ‘Sally’ Murfree Banks
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3

Clement Johnson Jennings – Elizabeth Bennett

Clement Anderson Jennings – Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Brett

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The Theopolis Bass Mill
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Enos Jennings – Sally A. Taylor
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William Bennett Jennings – Mary Ann Jane Lassiter
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Anderson Morton Jennings – Virlinda Hancock
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The Little Cedar Lick Baptist Church
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TENNESSEE
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  1. Bartholomew ‘Barley’ T. Brett – Sarah ‘Sally’ Murfree Banks                                         

  2. Clement Johnson Jennings – Elizabeth Bennett

Clement Anderson Jennings – Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Brett

The Theopolis Bass Mill

  1. James H. Vaughan – Elizabeth (Brett) Jennings - Wilson

  2. William Bennett Jennings – Mary Ann Jane Lassiter

  3. Anderson Morton Jennings – Virlinda Hancock                                                                                   The Little Cedar Lick Baptist Church

  4. Enos Jennings – Sally A. Taylor                                          

North boundary of Wilson County is the Cumberland River

 

Streams

A – Big Cedar Lick Creek

          Later Cedar Creek

 

B – Little Cedar Lick Creek

          Later Little Creek

 

C – Spencer Creek

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