Father of 6 CHILDREN
Elta with 1st wife Jennie Van Dorn
5 children with 2nd wife Ortha; The only child not linked at this time is Lettie b.25 Jun 1905 in OH and d.18 Oct 1996 in Orange Co., CA.
Entry below was copied from Hancock Co., OH History -- beginning on page 441 and ending on page 442
WILLIAM J. HENNINGS, a prominent citizen of Portage Township, Hancock County, O., who is serving as a member of the township board of trustees, resides on his well cultivated farm of 160 and one-half acres, which lies in Section 7 and was formerly known as the old Wall farm. He was born in Portage Township, March 15, 1861 and is a son of William and Kathern (Perskey) Hennings.
Both parents of Mr. Hennings were born in Germany and they came to America on the same vessel and shortly after landing were married in New York. [note by MJS, their marriage record is in Hancock Co., OH ] William Hennings [Sr.] was a shoemaker by trade and he worked at the same in Hancock County until the last year of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union army and served for nine months. He acquired a farm in Portage Township and resided there during the rest of his active life and then retired to McComb, where his death occurred. His wife had died previously in Portage Township.
William J. Hennings was reared in Portage Township and has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. After he married he operated his father's farm for two years and then bought a farm of forty acres in Milton Township, Wood County, on which he remained for one year and then sold and purchased ninety acres in Liberty Township, Wood County, and continued on that place for eight years, having previously rented land there for about six years. When he sold his ninety-acre farm in Liberty Township, in 1907, he purchased his present farm in Portage Township, Hancock County and devotes it to general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Hennings married Miss Orpha Smith, a daughter of David Smith. She was born in Crawford County, O., but came to Hancock County as a girl. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hennings : Roxie, Arthur, Charles, Minerva, Raymond and Lettie. The beloved mother of this family died in October, 1907. Mr. Hennings is a member of the North Baltimore English Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat and on the Democratic ticket he was elected township trustee in the fall of 1909 and assumed the duties of office on January I, 1910.
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The above entry did not mention his 1st wife, Jennie Van Dorn, who died when (or shortly after) their daughter Elta was born. Elta died as an infant. William married 3rd wife, Mary Quinnell, on 27 May 1914 in Lucas Co., OH. (after the above entry was published) They did not have any children.
Elta with 1st wife Jennie Van Dorn
5 children with 2nd wife Ortha; The only child not linked at this time is Lettie b.25 Jun 1905 in OH and d.18 Oct 1996 in Orange Co., CA.
Entry below was copied from Hancock Co., OH History -- beginning on page 441 and ending on page 442
WILLIAM J. HENNINGS, a prominent citizen of Portage Township, Hancock County, O., who is serving as a member of the township board of trustees, resides on his well cultivated farm of 160 and one-half acres, which lies in Section 7 and was formerly known as the old Wall farm. He was born in Portage Township, March 15, 1861 and is a son of William and Kathern (Perskey) Hennings.
Both parents of Mr. Hennings were born in Germany and they came to America on the same vessel and shortly after landing were married in New York. [note by MJS, their marriage record is in Hancock Co., OH ] William Hennings [Sr.] was a shoemaker by trade and he worked at the same in Hancock County until the last year of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union army and served for nine months. He acquired a farm in Portage Township and resided there during the rest of his active life and then retired to McComb, where his death occurred. His wife had died previously in Portage Township.
William J. Hennings was reared in Portage Township and has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. After he married he operated his father's farm for two years and then bought a farm of forty acres in Milton Township, Wood County, on which he remained for one year and then sold and purchased ninety acres in Liberty Township, Wood County, and continued on that place for eight years, having previously rented land there for about six years. When he sold his ninety-acre farm in Liberty Township, in 1907, he purchased his present farm in Portage Township, Hancock County and devotes it to general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Hennings married Miss Orpha Smith, a daughter of David Smith. She was born in Crawford County, O., but came to Hancock County as a girl. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hennings : Roxie, Arthur, Charles, Minerva, Raymond and Lettie. The beloved mother of this family died in October, 1907. Mr. Hennings is a member of the North Baltimore English Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat and on the Democratic ticket he was elected township trustee in the fall of 1909 and assumed the duties of office on January I, 1910.
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The above entry did not mention his 1st wife, Jennie Van Dorn, who died when (or shortly after) their daughter Elta was born. Elta died as an infant. William married 3rd wife, Mary Quinnell, on 27 May 1914 in Lucas Co., OH. (after the above entry was published) They did not have any children.
Father of 6 CHILDREN
Elta with 1st wife Jennie Van Dorn
5 children with 2nd wife Ortha; The only child not linked at this time is Lettie b.25 Jun 1905 in OH and d.18 Oct 1996 in Orange Co., CA.
Entry below was copied from Hancock Co., OH History -- beginning on page 441 and ending on page 442
WILLIAM J. HENNINGS, a prominent citizen of Portage Township, Hancock County, O., who is serving as a member of the township board of trustees, resides on his well cultivated farm of 160 and one-half acres, which lies in Section 7 and was formerly known as the old Wall farm. He was born in Portage Township, March 15, 1861 and is a son of William and Kathern (Perskey) Hennings.
Both parents of Mr. Hennings were born in Germany and they came to America on the same vessel and shortly after landing were married in New York. [note by MJS, their marriage record is in Hancock Co., OH ] William Hennings [Sr.] was a shoemaker by trade and he worked at the same in Hancock County until the last year of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union army and served for nine months. He acquired a farm in Portage Township and resided there during the rest of his active life and then retired to McComb, where his death occurred. His wife had died previously in Portage Township.
William J. Hennings was reared in Portage Township and has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. After he married he operated his father's farm for two years and then bought a farm of forty acres in Milton Township, Wood County, on which he remained for one year and then sold and purchased ninety acres in Liberty Township, Wood County, and continued on that place for eight years, having previously rented land there for about six years. When he sold his ninety-acre farm in Liberty Township, in 1907, he purchased his present farm in Portage Township, Hancock County and devotes it to general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Hennings married Miss Orpha Smith, a daughter of David Smith. She was born in Crawford County, O., but came to Hancock County as a girl. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hennings : Roxie, Arthur, Charles, Minerva, Raymond and Lettie. The beloved mother of this family died in October, 1907. Mr. Hennings is a member of the North Baltimore English Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat and on the Democratic ticket he was elected township trustee in the fall of 1909 and assumed the duties of office on January I, 1910.
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The above entry did not mention his 1st wife, Jennie Van Dorn, who died when (or shortly after) their daughter Elta was born. Elta died as an infant. William married 3rd wife, Mary Quinnell, on 27 May 1914 in Lucas Co., OH. (after the above entry was published) They did not have any children.
Elta with 1st wife Jennie Van Dorn
5 children with 2nd wife Ortha; The only child not linked at this time is Lettie b.25 Jun 1905 in OH and d.18 Oct 1996 in Orange Co., CA.
Entry below was copied from Hancock Co., OH History -- beginning on page 441 and ending on page 442
WILLIAM J. HENNINGS, a prominent citizen of Portage Township, Hancock County, O., who is serving as a member of the township board of trustees, resides on his well cultivated farm of 160 and one-half acres, which lies in Section 7 and was formerly known as the old Wall farm. He was born in Portage Township, March 15, 1861 and is a son of William and Kathern (Perskey) Hennings.
Both parents of Mr. Hennings were born in Germany and they came to America on the same vessel and shortly after landing were married in New York. [note by MJS, their marriage record is in Hancock Co., OH ] William Hennings [Sr.] was a shoemaker by trade and he worked at the same in Hancock County until the last year of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union army and served for nine months. He acquired a farm in Portage Township and resided there during the rest of his active life and then retired to McComb, where his death occurred. His wife had died previously in Portage Township.
William J. Hennings was reared in Portage Township and has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. After he married he operated his father's farm for two years and then bought a farm of forty acres in Milton Township, Wood County, on which he remained for one year and then sold and purchased ninety acres in Liberty Township, Wood County, and continued on that place for eight years, having previously rented land there for about six years. When he sold his ninety-acre farm in Liberty Township, in 1907, he purchased his present farm in Portage Township, Hancock County and devotes it to general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Hennings married Miss Orpha Smith, a daughter of David Smith. She was born in Crawford County, O., but came to Hancock County as a girl. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hennings : Roxie, Arthur, Charles, Minerva, Raymond and Lettie. The beloved mother of this family died in October, 1907. Mr. Hennings is a member of the North Baltimore English Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat and on the Democratic ticket he was elected township trustee in the fall of 1909 and assumed the duties of office on January I, 1910.
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The above entry did not mention his 1st wife, Jennie Van Dorn, who died when (or shortly after) their daughter Elta was born. Elta died as an infant. William married 3rd wife, Mary Quinnell, on 27 May 1914 in Lucas Co., OH. (after the above entry was published) They did not have any children.
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