William Lanis Jennings (1865 - 1943)

Born 20 Oct 1865 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Fidelia Agnes (Myers) Jennings — married 22 Jan 1889 in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 28 Sep 1943 at age 77 in Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States

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Biography

William Lanis Jennings was born at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He is the son of William Navarre Jennings and Sarah Ann Hicks. His siblings are Cortez Hicks Jennings, Bishop Worth Jennings, and Eleanor Hicks Jennings Rinebold.

William, known as Will, was educated in the public schools of Wilkes-Barre, Keystone Academy, Factoryville, PA, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, PA, the Chamberlain Institute of Cattaraugus County, New York, and Riverside Seminary, Wellsville, New York.

In 1881, Will worked at his father's sawmill near Bradford, McKean County, PA, for nearly one year. In April, 1882, still sixteen years-old, he sought employment with Cortez and B. Worth Jennings at the new Jennings Brothers Company mill near Bernice, Sullivan County, PA. Will learned the business at every level. He continued to work for his brothers after they reestablished larger mills at Lopez, Sullivan County, PA. He worked for the company until well after 1900. Will was never made a partner in Jennings Brothers Lumber Company. At Lopez, Will was foreman and a superintendent of one of the Jennings Brothers' three mills. Will was elected president of the Lopez School Board in1897, and later, he served as the board secretary. He belonged to the I. O. O. F. and the K. O. T. M. organizations. When Jennings Brothers established Jenningston, West Virginia, in 1905, Will relocated to Jenningston to work for his brother, Worth Jennings. He later lived and worked in several locations, including Meadville, Pennsylvania, and Warren, Ohio. He was a retired stationary engineer at the time of his death. He visited his parents at Wilkes-Barre, and his brothers' families at Towanda, PA.

Will married Fidelia Agnes Myers in Wyoming County, PA, on 22 January 1889. He is the father of William Hicks Jennings, Victoria Myers Jennings Brown, Florence Myers Jennings, and Cortez Myers Jennings.

Years after the death of Fidelia, Will married Emila "Sadie" Spence. The two lived in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. Will died there, in 1943, and he is interred at Vaughn Cemetery, Mehoopany, PA.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 January 2021), memorial page for William L. Jennings (24 Oct 1865–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 177978943, citing Vaughn Cemetery, Mehoopany, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Sandy Miner (contributor 47413665).

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2Y-45X : 3 January 2021), William J Jennings in entry for Wm N Jennings, 1870.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNX-LNP : 13 November 2020), William Jennings in household of W. N. Jennings, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 82, sheet 180A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,154.

"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF47-Q94 : 16 January 2021), William L. Jennings and Fedelia Myers, 22 Jan 1889; citing Marriage, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG7K-JJ9 : accessed 3 February 2021), William L Jennings in household of Ella V Reynolds, McKees Rocks, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 32A, family 614, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1295; FHL microfilm 1,375,308. "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHFL-QRC : 5 August 2020), Wm L in entry for Wm J Brown and Victoria Jennings, 30 Jul 1917; citing Marriage, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.

"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ96-421 : 2 April 2020), Wm. L. in entry for Cortez M. Jennings and Pearl M. Nickelson, 26 Feb 1922; citing Marriage, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4210117.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4ZD-T46 : accessed 3 February 2021), William L Jennings, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 12A, line 38, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1883; FHL microfilm 2,341,617.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWGQ-3JQ : 9 January 2021), William L Jennings, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-38, sheet 14B, line 69, family 320, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3156.

"Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKPG-3N2 : 12 November 2019), William L Jennings, 1943. "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8W6-WG2 : 7 January 2021), William Lewis Jennings, 28 Sep 1943; citing Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, reference fn 59061; FHL microfilm 2,024,180.

Thomas J. Ingham. History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899. P. 71.

“C. H. JENNINGS DIES AT HOME; ILL TEN WEEKS,” (Towanda, PA) The Daily Review, 17 September 1920. P. 1.

Thomas T. Taber III. Ghost Lumber Towns of Central Pennsylvania. Privately Printed, 1970. Reprinted by The Sullivan Review, Dushore, PA, 1992.

Jennings Family Bible: Births: "William Lanis Jennings, born October 20, 1865, at Wilkes-Barre, Pa."