Joseph Tuttle Jennings (1827 - 1902)

Born 20 May 1827 in Rockport, Lehigh Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sally Ann Fassett — married 25 Oct 1849 in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 23 Oct 1902 at age 75 in North Mehoopany, Mehoopany Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Joseph Tuttle Jennings was born at Rockport, Lehigh County, PA, to Paul Bishop Jennings and Elizabeth Tuttle. He was the brother of William Navarre Jennings, Worthy Jennings, Caroline Elizabeth Jennings Sturdevant, Mariah Jennings, Mary Ann Jennings Kintner, and Charles Jennings

Joseph worked with his father in various family businesses, including: Jennings Lumber and the Jennings Grist Mill at Mehoopany, PA. Later, he and his brother, William Navarre Jennings, established the town of Jenningsville, PA, located north of Mehoopany, in Wyoming County, PA. There, the two brothers began extensive lumber operations, each going his own way in business. Joseph Jennings was, like his brother, William, and their father, successful in his business endeavors. Joseph married Sally Ann Fassett. They were the parents of Joseph Tuttle Jennings, Jr., Fred Jennings, Mary F. Jennings, Harridon Sterling Jennings, and John Bishop Jennings. Joseph died in North Mehoopany, and is buried in the Vaughan Cemetery at Mehoopany, PA.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 December 2020), memorial page for Joseph T Jennings (20 May 1827–25 Oct 1902), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51990269, citing Vaughn Cemetery, Mehoopany, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by snyder_nepa (contributor 46994719).

History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties. No Author cited. New York: W. W. Munsell & Company, 1880, p. 516

https://ia800906.us.archive.org/16/items/historyofluzerne00wwmu/historyofluzerne00wwmu.pdf

Jennings family Bible Entry: Births: "Joseph T. Jennings was born May 20, A.D. 1827."

Joseph T. Jennings obituary, The Wyoming Democrat, Tunkhannock, PA, Friday, 24 October 1902.