Lived to be over 100. Mother of Kyle (1909-1941), John Terris (1913 -), and Catherine ("Katrina") (1911-1964) and grandmother of Richard Harlan (1932-2005). My Mom (Jennie's niece) remembered her remarking once, about all her brothers and sisters: "I was so glad to get out of that house and no longer had to change all of those diapers!" Another story my Mom recalled was when Aunt Jennie found and ate an open can of peaches left on the counter in her brother John B.'s store. After she had finished, they told her that the can had been left partially eaten by this mentally impaired character that all in the neighborhood knew. They all laughed at how Aunt Jennie gagged after hearing that.
In her later years, Aunt Jennie's eyesight wasn't as good as it used to be, and her hearing was even worse. At the time, she was living with her sister Bessie in the last J.T. Allen homeplace, overlooking the Cosby Highway in Newport. Her son Terris, from Cleveland, Ohio, used to like to play practical jokes on her. He would come to visit and wait for her in a darkened room, pretending to be a prospective boarder. Finally, it would dawn on her that it was her own baby boy sitting there. She used to marvel over that story.
Info from A Brockman (#47274414)
In her later years, Aunt Jennie's eyesight wasn't as good as it used to be, and her hearing was even worse. At the time, she was living with her sister Bessie in the last J.T. Allen homeplace, overlooking the Cosby Highway in Newport. Her son Terris, from Cleveland, Ohio, used to like to play practical jokes on her. He would come to visit and wait for her in a darkened room, pretending to be a prospective boarder. Finally, it would dawn on her that it was her own baby boy sitting there. She used to marvel over that story.
Info from A Brockman (#47274414)
Lived to be over 100. Mother of Kyle (1909-1941), John Terris (1913 -), and Catherine ("Katrina") (1911-1964) and grandmother of Richard Harlan (1932-2005). My Mom (Jennie's niece) remembered her remarking once, about all her brothers and sisters: "I was so glad to get out of that house and no longer had to change all of those diapers!" Another story my Mom recalled was when Aunt Jennie found and ate an open can of peaches left on the counter in her brother John B.'s store. After she had finished, they told her that the can had been left partially eaten by this mentally impaired character that all in the neighborhood knew. They all laughed at how Aunt Jennie gagged after hearing that.
In her later years, Aunt Jennie's eyesight wasn't as good as it used to be, and her hearing was even worse. At the time, she was living with her sister Bessie in the last J.T. Allen homeplace, overlooking the Cosby Highway in Newport. Her son Terris, from Cleveland, Ohio, used to like to play practical jokes on her. He would come to visit and wait for her in a darkened room, pretending to be a prospective boarder. Finally, it would dawn on her that it was her own baby boy sitting there. She used to marvel over that story.
Info from A Brockman (#47274414)
In her later years, Aunt Jennie's eyesight wasn't as good as it used to be, and her hearing was even worse. At the time, she was living with her sister Bessie in the last J.T. Allen homeplace, overlooking the Cosby Highway in Newport. Her son Terris, from Cleveland, Ohio, used to like to play practical jokes on her. He would come to visit and wait for her in a darkened room, pretending to be a prospective boarder. Finally, it would dawn on her that it was her own baby boy sitting there. She used to marvel over that story.
Info from A Brockman (#47274414)
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