Jannie Sidney Bruington lived in Los Angeles for more than half a century. Mrs. Bruington was born in Carthage, Tennessee, just after the end of the Civil War, the daughter of Pleasant Jones and Goletty Beck. She was reared in Tennessee until age of thirteen, until her mother Pleasant passed in 1876. Her brother, the renowned Lt. Col James M. Beck, who had moved to Kansas where land and opportunity were offered to freemen and former slaves, arranged to have his youngest sister, Jannie, come to Kansas to live with him.
The guidance, counsel and security her brother gave her was responsible for her Christian Spirit. She remained with her brother until her marriage to James Bruington, a young school teacher and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Bruington were the parents of six children, Ernest and Charles born in Kansas, and Ethel Bruington and Bessie Bruington Burke, born in Los Angeles. Her daughter Mrs. Burke was the first African American school teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System. Their son Alfred only lived six months, and their other son Alexander passed at an age of young manhood.
When the health of Mr. Bruington indicated a change of climate would be for the better, the family moved to the West Coast and settled in Los Angeles. That was in 1888. His death occurred in 1929. Mrs. Bruington was a devoted mother, giving her children and Ester L. Beck, a grand-niece, the advantage of intelligent guidance and she made them citizens of whom Los Angeles had a right to be proud. She was deeply religious worshipped as a member of the Second Baptist Church in which she was an active worker and belonged to the International Missionary Society.
Professionally, Mrs. Bruington was one of the first Negro Registered Nurses in Los Angeles, working with children. She was considered a leader in civic life, and organized the Pico Heights Social Club, was a member of the YWCA, Women's Society of Christian Service, Sojourner Truth Home and Phys-Art-Lit-Mor Club. She held charter membership in the Delta Mothers and Sponsors Club of the Delta Phi Theta Sorority, Auxiliary of the Lt. Colonel James M. Beck Post No. 2651, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pioneer Club No. 1 of Los Angeles of which he was Treasurer, and the first delegate of the Colored Women's Federated Club.
Mrs. Bruington was interested in U.S.O work and displayed pictures of "her soldier boys" on "her patriotic table". She was proud of the fact that her brother, Lt. Colonel Beck, was the first Negro Officer to put foot on foreign soil; that her daughter, Bessie Bruington Burke was the first Negro teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System and that her niece, Aurora Jones, was the first Negro woman to graduate from Los Angeles High School. Hers was a full and model life.
Source: African American Who's Who, California 1948
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Pam
The guidance, counsel and security her brother gave her was responsible for her Christian Spirit. She remained with her brother until her marriage to James Bruington, a young school teacher and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Bruington were the parents of six children, Ernest and Charles born in Kansas, and Ethel Bruington and Bessie Bruington Burke, born in Los Angeles. Her daughter Mrs. Burke was the first African American school teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System. Their son Alfred only lived six months, and their other son Alexander passed at an age of young manhood.
When the health of Mr. Bruington indicated a change of climate would be for the better, the family moved to the West Coast and settled in Los Angeles. That was in 1888. His death occurred in 1929. Mrs. Bruington was a devoted mother, giving her children and Ester L. Beck, a grand-niece, the advantage of intelligent guidance and she made them citizens of whom Los Angeles had a right to be proud. She was deeply religious worshipped as a member of the Second Baptist Church in which she was an active worker and belonged to the International Missionary Society.
Professionally, Mrs. Bruington was one of the first Negro Registered Nurses in Los Angeles, working with children. She was considered a leader in civic life, and organized the Pico Heights Social Club, was a member of the YWCA, Women's Society of Christian Service, Sojourner Truth Home and Phys-Art-Lit-Mor Club. She held charter membership in the Delta Mothers and Sponsors Club of the Delta Phi Theta Sorority, Auxiliary of the Lt. Colonel James M. Beck Post No. 2651, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pioneer Club No. 1 of Los Angeles of which he was Treasurer, and the first delegate of the Colored Women's Federated Club.
Mrs. Bruington was interested in U.S.O work and displayed pictures of "her soldier boys" on "her patriotic table". She was proud of the fact that her brother, Lt. Colonel Beck, was the first Negro Officer to put foot on foreign soil; that her daughter, Bessie Bruington Burke was the first Negro teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System and that her niece, Aurora Jones, was the first Negro woman to graduate from Los Angeles High School. Hers was a full and model life.
Source: African American Who's Who, California 1948
Contributor:
Pam
Jannie Sidney Bruington lived in Los Angeles for more than half a century. Mrs. Bruington was born in Carthage, Tennessee, just after the end of the Civil War, the daughter of Pleasant Jones and Goletty Beck. She was reared in Tennessee until age of thirteen, until her mother Pleasant passed in 1876. Her brother, the renowned Lt. Col James M. Beck, who had moved to Kansas where land and opportunity were offered to freemen and former slaves, arranged to have his youngest sister, Jannie, come to Kansas to live with him.
The guidance, counsel and security her brother gave her was responsible for her Christian Spirit. She remained with her brother until her marriage to James Bruington, a young school teacher and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Bruington were the parents of six children, Ernest and Charles born in Kansas, and Ethel Bruington and Bessie Bruington Burke, born in Los Angeles. Her daughter Mrs. Burke was the first African American school teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System. Their son Alfred only lived six months, and their other son Alexander passed at an age of young manhood.
When the health of Mr. Bruington indicated a change of climate would be for the better, the family moved to the West Coast and settled in Los Angeles. That was in 1888. His death occurred in 1929. Mrs. Bruington was a devoted mother, giving her children and Ester L. Beck, a grand-niece, the advantage of intelligent guidance and she made them citizens of whom Los Angeles had a right to be proud. She was deeply religious worshipped as a member of the Second Baptist Church in which she was an active worker and belonged to the International Missionary Society.
Professionally, Mrs. Bruington was one of the first Negro Registered Nurses in Los Angeles, working with children. She was considered a leader in civic life, and organized the Pico Heights Social Club, was a member of the YWCA, Women's Society of Christian Service, Sojourner Truth Home and Phys-Art-Lit-Mor Club. She held charter membership in the Delta Mothers and Sponsors Club of the Delta Phi Theta Sorority, Auxiliary of the Lt. Colonel James M. Beck Post No. 2651, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pioneer Club No. 1 of Los Angeles of which he was Treasurer, and the first delegate of the Colored Women's Federated Club.
Mrs. Bruington was interested in U.S.O work and displayed pictures of "her soldier boys" on "her patriotic table". She was proud of the fact that her brother, Lt. Colonel Beck, was the first Negro Officer to put foot on foreign soil; that her daughter, Bessie Bruington Burke was the first Negro teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System and that her niece, Aurora Jones, was the first Negro woman to graduate from Los Angeles High School. Hers was a full and model life.
Source: African American Who's Who, California 1948
Contributor:
Pam
The guidance, counsel and security her brother gave her was responsible for her Christian Spirit. She remained with her brother until her marriage to James Bruington, a young school teacher and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Bruington were the parents of six children, Ernest and Charles born in Kansas, and Ethel Bruington and Bessie Bruington Burke, born in Los Angeles. Her daughter Mrs. Burke was the first African American school teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System. Their son Alfred only lived six months, and their other son Alexander passed at an age of young manhood.
When the health of Mr. Bruington indicated a change of climate would be for the better, the family moved to the West Coast and settled in Los Angeles. That was in 1888. His death occurred in 1929. Mrs. Bruington was a devoted mother, giving her children and Ester L. Beck, a grand-niece, the advantage of intelligent guidance and she made them citizens of whom Los Angeles had a right to be proud. She was deeply religious worshipped as a member of the Second Baptist Church in which she was an active worker and belonged to the International Missionary Society.
Professionally, Mrs. Bruington was one of the first Negro Registered Nurses in Los Angeles, working with children. She was considered a leader in civic life, and organized the Pico Heights Social Club, was a member of the YWCA, Women's Society of Christian Service, Sojourner Truth Home and Phys-Art-Lit-Mor Club. She held charter membership in the Delta Mothers and Sponsors Club of the Delta Phi Theta Sorority, Auxiliary of the Lt. Colonel James M. Beck Post No. 2651, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pioneer Club No. 1 of Los Angeles of which he was Treasurer, and the first delegate of the Colored Women's Federated Club.
Mrs. Bruington was interested in U.S.O work and displayed pictures of "her soldier boys" on "her patriotic table". She was proud of the fact that her brother, Lt. Colonel Beck, was the first Negro Officer to put foot on foreign soil; that her daughter, Bessie Bruington Burke was the first Negro teacher and Principal in the Los Angeles City School System and that her niece, Aurora Jones, was the first Negro woman to graduate from Los Angeles High School. Hers was a full and model life.
Source: African American Who's Who, California 1948
Contributor:
Pam
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