Henry Jennings
TOWN OF PACIFIC
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY JENNINGS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Wyocena; was born Dec. 1, 1816, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; youngest son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Jennings; when 8 years of age, he went to work in a worsted factory, in which he continued till he was 25, being an overseer at the time he quit. In 1842, he came to America, landing in New Orleans, in the month of March; came direct to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Raymond (then Yorkville), Racine Co., where he was married, on the 6th day of January, 1846, to Rebecca Bisbee, who was born Jan. 22, 1827, in the village of Perryville, Vermilion Co., Ind.; lived in Racine Co. till November, 1849, then came to Columbia Co. and settled in the town of Pacific, on the farm he now owns, having bought the land in 1848. In politics, a Republican; he has been Chairman, Supervisor and Treasurer, and has been elected to all the other town offices, but never qualified; has a farm of 500 acres; has no children of his own, but has brought up three adopted children - Robert, Edith and Ellen; Robert is married to Miss Ora Calkins, and lives on the home farm; Edith is the wife of Clark Bartholomew, of Lodi, Wis., and Ellen is still at home. Darius E. Bisbee (father of Mrs. Jennings), was a native of Massachusetts; came from Ohio to Racine Co., Wis., in 1843, and from there to Wyocena in 1847; built the Bisbee grist-mill two miles east of Wyocena Village in 1853-54, and died in 1856, aged 57; he left two sons and five daughters - James died in Fillmore Co., Minn., in 1866, and Albert lives in Pueblo, Colo.; two of the daughters, Mary Jane and Margaret, live in Larned, Kan., Elizabeth S. at Colorado Springs; the youngest daughter, Amanda, died in March, 1878, in Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Bisbee was born in Preble Co., Ohio, and died in Rushford, Minn., in 1873, aged 73 years.
TOWN OF PACIFIC
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY JENNINGS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Wyocena; was born Dec. 1, 1816, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; youngest son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Jennings; when 8 years of age, he went to work in a worsted factory, in which he continued till he was 25, being an overseer at the time he quit. In 1842, he came to America, landing in New Orleans, in the month of March; came direct to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Raymond (then Yorkville), Racine Co., where he was married, on the 6th day of January, 1846, to Rebecca Bisbee, who was born Jan. 22, 1827, in the village of Perryville, Vermilion Co., Ind.; lived in Racine Co. till November, 1849, then came to Columbia Co. and settled in the town of Pacific, on the farm he now owns, having bought the land in 1848. In politics, a Republican; he has been Chairman, Supervisor and Treasurer, and has been elected to all the other town offices, but never qualified; has a farm of 500 acres; has no children of his own, but has brought up three adopted children - Robert, Edith and Ellen; Robert is married to Miss Ora Calkins, and lives on the home farm; Edith is the wife of Clark Bartholomew, of Lodi, Wis., and Ellen is still at home. Darius E. Bisbee (father of Mrs. Jennings), was a native of Massachusetts; came from Ohio to Racine Co., Wis., in 1843, and from there to Wyocena in 1847; built the Bisbee grist-mill two miles east of Wyocena Village in 1853-54, and died in 1856, aged 57; he left two sons and five daughters - James died in Fillmore Co., Minn., in 1866, and Albert lives in Pueblo, Colo.; two of the daughters, Mary Jane and Margaret, live in Larned, Kan., Elizabeth S. at Colorado Springs; the youngest daughter, Amanda, died in March, 1878, in Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Bisbee was born in Preble Co., Ohio, and died in Rushford, Minn., in 1873, aged 73 years.
Henry Jennings
TOWN OF PACIFIC
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY JENNINGS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Wyocena; was born Dec. 1, 1816, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; youngest son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Jennings; when 8 years of age, he went to work in a worsted factory, in which he continued till he was 25, being an overseer at the time he quit. In 1842, he came to America, landing in New Orleans, in the month of March; came direct to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Raymond (then Yorkville), Racine Co., where he was married, on the 6th day of January, 1846, to Rebecca Bisbee, who was born Jan. 22, 1827, in the village of Perryville, Vermilion Co., Ind.; lived in Racine Co. till November, 1849, then came to Columbia Co. and settled in the town of Pacific, on the farm he now owns, having bought the land in 1848. In politics, a Republican; he has been Chairman, Supervisor and Treasurer, and has been elected to all the other town offices, but never qualified; has a farm of 500 acres; has no children of his own, but has brought up three adopted children - Robert, Edith and Ellen; Robert is married to Miss Ora Calkins, and lives on the home farm; Edith is the wife of Clark Bartholomew, of Lodi, Wis., and Ellen is still at home. Darius E. Bisbee (father of Mrs. Jennings), was a native of Massachusetts; came from Ohio to Racine Co., Wis., in 1843, and from there to Wyocena in 1847; built the Bisbee grist-mill two miles east of Wyocena Village in 1853-54, and died in 1856, aged 57; he left two sons and five daughters - James died in Fillmore Co., Minn., in 1866, and Albert lives in Pueblo, Colo.; two of the daughters, Mary Jane and Margaret, live in Larned, Kan., Elizabeth S. at Colorado Springs; the youngest daughter, Amanda, died in March, 1878, in Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Bisbee was born in Preble Co., Ohio, and died in Rushford, Minn., in 1873, aged 73 years.
TOWN OF PACIFIC
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY JENNINGS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Wyocena; was born Dec. 1, 1816, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; youngest son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Jennings; when 8 years of age, he went to work in a worsted factory, in which he continued till he was 25, being an overseer at the time he quit. In 1842, he came to America, landing in New Orleans, in the month of March; came direct to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Raymond (then Yorkville), Racine Co., where he was married, on the 6th day of January, 1846, to Rebecca Bisbee, who was born Jan. 22, 1827, in the village of Perryville, Vermilion Co., Ind.; lived in Racine Co. till November, 1849, then came to Columbia Co. and settled in the town of Pacific, on the farm he now owns, having bought the land in 1848. In politics, a Republican; he has been Chairman, Supervisor and Treasurer, and has been elected to all the other town offices, but never qualified; has a farm of 500 acres; has no children of his own, but has brought up three adopted children - Robert, Edith and Ellen; Robert is married to Miss Ora Calkins, and lives on the home farm; Edith is the wife of Clark Bartholomew, of Lodi, Wis., and Ellen is still at home. Darius E. Bisbee (father of Mrs. Jennings), was a native of Massachusetts; came from Ohio to Racine Co., Wis., in 1843, and from there to Wyocena in 1847; built the Bisbee grist-mill two miles east of Wyocena Village in 1853-54, and died in 1856, aged 57; he left two sons and five daughters - James died in Fillmore Co., Minn., in 1866, and Albert lives in Pueblo, Colo.; two of the daughters, Mary Jane and Margaret, live in Larned, Kan., Elizabeth S. at Colorado Springs; the youngest daughter, Amanda, died in March, 1878, in Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Bisbee was born in Preble Co., Ohio, and died in Rushford, Minn., in 1873, aged 73 years.
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