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Caroline <I>Hunter</I> Jennings

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Caroline Hunter Jennings

Birth
Death
4 May 1888 (aged 61–62)
Burial
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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DECATUR DAILY REPUBLICAN 5/5/1888

MRS. CAROLINE JENNINGS DIED OF BRONCHIAL TROUBLE LAST EVENING AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. FRANK W. HAINES, NO. 462 W WILLIAM STREET, AGED 61 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS.
THE DECEASED WAS THE WIFE OF CAPTAIN ISAAC D. JENNINGS, OF LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP, EX-SHERIFF OF MACON COUNTY AND HAD LIVED IN THIS CITY AND LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP SINCE 1853. SHE HAD RESIDED IN DECATUR FOR 30 YEARS. HER CHILDREN ARE MRS. FRANK W. HAINES AND FRANK JENNINGS. DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE DECEASED HAD BEEN IN THE CITY ON A VISIT TO HER DAUGHTER AND BECAME ILL. SHE RECEIVED EVERY POSSIBLE CARE AND WAS CONSTANTLY ATTENDED BY HER DAUGHTER, MRS. HAINES AND FRIENDS, CAPTAIN JENNINGS BEING WITH HIS WIFE THREE DAYS THIS WEEK. SHE APPEARED TO BE GREATLY IMPROVED YESTERDAY BEING ABLE TO SIT UP AND IT WAS AT HER SUGGESTION THAT MR. JENNINGS RETURNED TO HIS FARM DURING THE AFTERNOON. MRS. HAINES WAS WITH HER MOTHER AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. SHE WAS SEATED ON THE SIDE OF THE BED WITH NEEDLE WORK IN HAND WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT HER MOTHER WAS DYING.THE CHANGE WAS QUITE SUDDDEN AND UNEXPECTED. THE DISSOLUTION WAS PAINLESS AND PEACEFUL.
THE MAIDEN NAME OF THE DECEASED WAS CAROLINE HUNTER, SISTER OF JAMES HUNTER.
SHE WAS BORN IN MORGAN COUNTY, ILL AND BECAME THE WIFE OF ISAAC JENNINGS IN 1853. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN, JOHN DYING WHEN AN INFANT. MRS. JENNINGS WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SHE WAS DEVOTED TO HER HOME AND CHILDREN. SHE WAS ONE AMONG THE MANY NOBLE DECATUR LADIES WHO DID SO MUCH FOR THE BRAVE SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT DURING THE LATE WAR AND LEADING IN THE ENTERPRISE OF PRESENTING A HANDSOME SILK FLAG TO THE OLD 116TH ILL. REGT. OF WHICH HER HUSBAND WAS A MEMBER. IN HER CARE OF PRISONERS AT THE COUNTY JAIL WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS SHERIFF SHE WAS ALWAYS KIND HEARTED AND GENTLE EVER DISPLAYING ALL THE NOBLE ATTRIBUTES OF A MOTHER AND FRIEND TO THE UNFORTUNATE.
THE FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH SUNDAY AT 3 PM. IN CHARGE IS REV. T. W. PENHA? OFFICIATING.
DECATUR DAILY REPUBLICAN 5/5/1888

MRS. CAROLINE JENNINGS DIED OF BRONCHIAL TROUBLE LAST EVENING AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. FRANK W. HAINES, NO. 462 W WILLIAM STREET, AGED 61 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS.
THE DECEASED WAS THE WIFE OF CAPTAIN ISAAC D. JENNINGS, OF LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP, EX-SHERIFF OF MACON COUNTY AND HAD LIVED IN THIS CITY AND LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP SINCE 1853. SHE HAD RESIDED IN DECATUR FOR 30 YEARS. HER CHILDREN ARE MRS. FRANK W. HAINES AND FRANK JENNINGS. DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE DECEASED HAD BEEN IN THE CITY ON A VISIT TO HER DAUGHTER AND BECAME ILL. SHE RECEIVED EVERY POSSIBLE CARE AND WAS CONSTANTLY ATTENDED BY HER DAUGHTER, MRS. HAINES AND FRIENDS, CAPTAIN JENNINGS BEING WITH HIS WIFE THREE DAYS THIS WEEK. SHE APPEARED TO BE GREATLY IMPROVED YESTERDAY BEING ABLE TO SIT UP AND IT WAS AT HER SUGGESTION THAT MR. JENNINGS RETURNED TO HIS FARM DURING THE AFTERNOON. MRS. HAINES WAS WITH HER MOTHER AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. SHE WAS SEATED ON THE SIDE OF THE BED WITH NEEDLE WORK IN HAND WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT HER MOTHER WAS DYING.THE CHANGE WAS QUITE SUDDDEN AND UNEXPECTED. THE DISSOLUTION WAS PAINLESS AND PEACEFUL.
THE MAIDEN NAME OF THE DECEASED WAS CAROLINE HUNTER, SISTER OF JAMES HUNTER.
SHE WAS BORN IN MORGAN COUNTY, ILL AND BECAME THE WIFE OF ISAAC JENNINGS IN 1853. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN, JOHN DYING WHEN AN INFANT. MRS. JENNINGS WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SHE WAS DEVOTED TO HER HOME AND CHILDREN. SHE WAS ONE AMONG THE MANY NOBLE DECATUR LADIES WHO DID SO MUCH FOR THE BRAVE SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT DURING THE LATE WAR AND LEADING IN THE ENTERPRISE OF PRESENTING A HANDSOME SILK FLAG TO THE OLD 116TH ILL. REGT. OF WHICH HER HUSBAND WAS A MEMBER. IN HER CARE OF PRISONERS AT THE COUNTY JAIL WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS SHERIFF SHE WAS ALWAYS KIND HEARTED AND GENTLE EVER DISPLAYING ALL THE NOBLE ATTRIBUTES OF A MOTHER AND FRIEND TO THE UNFORTUNATE.
THE FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH SUNDAY AT 3 PM. IN CHARGE IS REV. T. W. PENHA? OFFICIATING.

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age 61y 6m 23d



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