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James Everett Jennings

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James Everett Jennings

Birth
Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
19 Aug 1986 (aged 97)
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Rhododendron: Lot 505, Space 2
Memorial ID
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Everett married Evelyn Cook on Nov. 4, 1912 in Baker Co., Oregon. They had a little girl who died and was buried in Baker Co.

Sometime between 1930 - 1940, Everett and Evelyn divorced and she married a man named Frank Gunn.

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James E. Jennings

Funeral was Thursday at Caldwell's Colonial Mortuary for James E. Jennings of Northwest Portland, who died at a local hospital Monday. He was 99. Burial was at Lincoln Memorial Park.

Mr. Jennings was born in North Carolina, where he lived until he was in his 20s. He lived in Northwest Portland for more than 30 years. He was a retired brakeman and conductor for Union Pacific Railway. He also worked for the Sumpter Valley Railway in Eastern Oregon in the 1910s and 1920s. The narrow gauge railway carried gold ore, logs and passengers from Baker to Prairie City.

He is survived by a brother, Herbert of Kelso, Wash.

The Oregonian, August 23, 1986
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Everett married Evelyn Cook on Nov. 4, 1912 in Baker Co., Oregon. They had a little girl who died and was buried in Baker Co.

Sometime between 1930 - 1940, Everett and Evelyn divorced and she married a man named Frank Gunn.

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James E. Jennings

Funeral was Thursday at Caldwell's Colonial Mortuary for James E. Jennings of Northwest Portland, who died at a local hospital Monday. He was 99. Burial was at Lincoln Memorial Park.

Mr. Jennings was born in North Carolina, where he lived until he was in his 20s. He lived in Northwest Portland for more than 30 years. He was a retired brakeman and conductor for Union Pacific Railway. He also worked for the Sumpter Valley Railway in Eastern Oregon in the 1910s and 1920s. The narrow gauge railway carried gold ore, logs and passengers from Baker to Prairie City.

He is survived by a brother, Herbert of Kelso, Wash.

The Oregonian, August 23, 1986
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Everett does not have a grave marker. The picture in the top righthand corner of this page is his actual grave.



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