Husband: Alfred Jennings
Born: Jan-28-1838 in Somerset Co, PA 1,2
Died: May-30-1884 1
Buried: (old section) in Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Resided: 1860 in West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2
Census: 1850 in Somerset Co, PA
Occupation: 1880 merchant, proprietor of U.S. Hotel in West Union until 1875 4,5
Father: Moses Jennings (1817 - 1876)
Mother: Rhoda Ann ___ (1820 - 1886)
Wife: Virginia F. Randolph
Married: Jun- 5-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,8
Died: Mar- 2-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Buried: (old section) in Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1880, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: Samuel Preston F. Randolph (1807 - 1863)
Mother: Hannah Davis (1803 - 1880)
Notes
F Child 1: Cora R. Jennings 9 Born: ca 1862 4 Died: bef Apr 1910 10 Buried: old section, no date in Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, WV 3 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9 Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: Charles P. Jennings 9 Born: ca 1864 4 Census: 1940 at Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in St. Louis, MO Census: 1880 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 farmer 11 Occupation: 1910, 1930 none Occupation: 1900 race follower 13 Wife: Orra ___ b. ca 1889 Married: ca 1920 12
F Child 3: C. V. Jennings Born: Aug-29-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 14
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 130 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790842&Type=Marriage. (3) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (4) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (5) West Union Record. (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Alford Jennings, 22. b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union Va, son of Moses & Rhoda A. Jennings, occupation merchant; and Virginia F. Randolph, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel P. F. & Hannah Randolph. Married Jun 5 1860 in Doddridge County, ceremony by John Conwell. (Note: The preceding entry in the handwritten ledge-style marriage register was for the groom's brother, married the same day in West Union by J. S. Hall: Hiram Jennings, 20, b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union, merchant; and Emily Davis, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John S. & Esther Davis. The two brothers' wives were first cousins to each other, as they were both granddaughters of Nathan Davis Jr, a founding father of West Union.), MR p. 130 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790842&Type=Marriage. (7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (8) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (9) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 56. (10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (11) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (12) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (13) 1900 Census. (14) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV.