James Lafayette Jennett (1838 - 1933)

Born 5 Sep 1838 in Halifax County, VA

Ancestors

Husband of Harriot Patton — married 13 Mar 1866 in Franklin County, MO

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1933 at age 95 in Kearney, Clay, Missouri, United States

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Note

Note: #NI014

Notes

Note NI014Originally came to Missouri with his family at age 7 (in 1845).

Lived near Washington, county seat of Franklin. When the Civil war was

declared, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Richmond, Va., where his

parents had lived and died. He was a Captain of the 59 Virginia Infantry, Company "C". He waited until the war was over to marry Hattie

Patton.

When he returned to St. Louis, he was ragged and poor, a gunshot wound in his

ankle and one in his right-hand index finger. He took what money he and his

wife had and bought a little farm 35 miles from St. Louis. They bought horses,

cows, chickens and turkeys. From the start, they were happy and prosperous.

There were, after the war and freeing of the slaves, many roaming negroes and

soldiers stealing and fighting and killing. There was little or no police

protection. JLJ's horses were all stolen one night. When the children came of

school age, they sold the farm and moved to Liberty, Mo., and bought a lumber

yard. He sold lumber for the old courthouse for repairs. He didn't like this

business, so he sold it to a friend and moved to Kearney, Mo., and opened a dry

goods store. His wife had a millinery in the same building.

Was editor of the Kearney (MO) Clipper newspaper. He was also Mayor for two

terms, city marshall 15 years (during which time he chased Jesse James), and

city tax collector for two years.

Buried, along with his wife, in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kearney, Clay County,

MO, up the hill from the grave of famous outlaw Jesse James.

Sources

• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28F-5JP : 11 February 2018), James L. Jennett and Harriett Patton, 13 Mar 1866; citing Franklin,Missouri; FHL microfilm 940,980.

• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZZ-LXP : 12 March 2018), James L Jennett, .

• WikiTree profile Jennett-11 created through the import of Jennett.GED on Jun 29, 2011 by Jim Jennett. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jim and others.