Obituary of WILLIAM JENNINGS
Transcribed and contributed by Gerri Williams, 15 May 2006.
Pleasanton Herald, ( Pleasanton, Linn Co., KS)
Friday, April 11, 1890
The Herald is in receipt of a letter from Samuel Miller, of Foster, announcing the death of William Jennings, of Walnut township, Bates county, Mo., who died at his last residence on Saturday, April 5, of la grippe; aged about 60 years.
His remains were interred in New Home cemetery with Masonic honors, of which order he was an honored member. Mr. Jennings was among the first settlers of that county and was held in high esteem by everyone with whom he was acquainted. He was born in Cook county, East Tennessee, February 17, 1819, and in the year 1833 moved with his father to near Westport, Jackson county, Mo., where he was taken prisoner by the Mormons under the leadership of Joe Smith. He was married to Margaret Davidson February 8, 1841, and in the following year located at L. Galleband’s on the first day of May 1842, where the town of Foster now stands. Bates county has lost one of her most valued citizens and one who will be missed and long remembered in that town and county. Many people were acquainted with “Uncle Billy” and they will be pained to hear of his demise.
