NameDavid Jennings Sr.
Birth30 Mar 1842, Kentucky
Death8 Oct 1927, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialJennings Cem., Oak Grove Rd., Rowan Co.
FatherJohn Jennings (1820-)
MotherRachel Fannin (1826-1904)
Marriage31 Oct 1867, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary “Polly” Kidd
Birth23 May 1847, Kentucky
Death8 Feb 1937, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialJennings Cem., Oak Grove Rd., Rowan Co.
FatherEdmund Kidd (~1815-<1880)
MotherAmanda Ramey (~1821-1857)
Children
Birth1870, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1915
Birth27 Aug 1872, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death9 Feb 1943, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1875, Kentucky
Death13 Feb 1921, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth27 Aug 1877, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death30 Jun 1913, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth1880, Kentucky
Death1946, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseSarah E. Slusher , 1C3R
BirthNov 1881, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseHarrison Ramey , 2C4R
BirthSep 1884, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth6 Mar 1887, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death7 Sep 1984, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth8 Jan 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death25 Sep 1974, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseZona Petitt , 1C2R
Notes for David Jennings Sr.
Dates of birth and death for David and Polly are from their gravestones. There is some conflict with the census records.
Notes for David & Mary “Polly” (Family)
Morgan Co. marriage records list marriage of David Jennings and Mary Kidd on 31 Oct 1867, at Edmund Kidd’s by William Mynhier, witnesses Joseph Perry and Asa Nickell.
Census
1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 87 (Blair’s Mill), p. 21 (handwritten), 540A (stamped/microfilm), lists as family #176 (next door to his parents):
Jennings, David, 37, farmer; Mary, 32, wife; Thomas, 11, son; Harrison, 8, son; Amanda, 6, dau; Annie, 4, dau; John, 1, son. Birthplaces for Mary are listed as Ky Tenn Ky, for all others as Ky Ky Ky, but they should be reversed for David and Mary, because his father was born in Tennessee and hers was not.

1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hoggtown precinct, p. 246A, lists as family #267:
Jennings, David, farmer, 57, b. Mar 1843, Ky Tn Ky; Mary, wife, 52, b. 1848 (month blank), Ky Ky Ky, married 33 years, 9 children, 9 living; Harison, son, 27, b. Aug 1872; Anna, dau, 23, b. Aug 1877; John M., son, 21, b. Mar 1879; Della, dau, 18, b. Nov 1881; Carroline, dau, 15, b. Sep 1884; Dave, son, 14, b. Mar 1886; Harry, son, 10, b. Jan 1890. (The younger son was really Aaron, which the family pronounced like “Ern”.)

1910 census of Rowan Co., KY, Hoggtown prec., lists on page 15A, family #254 (next door to David Jennings Jr.):
Jennings, David, 67, farmer, KY TN KY; (w) Polly, 61, KY KY KY; married 41 years, 9 children, 8 living; Aron, son, 20; Mary E., granddau, 16.

Mary is the daughter of Thomas Jennings and his first wife Rebecca Hall.

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, precinct #9 (Wagoner), lists as family #37/40:
Jennings, David, 76; Polly, wife, 72.
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