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Biography of
Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee
Elijah Jennings was born in Anderson County, November 18, 1825, and
is the son of Jesse and Nancy (Pearson) Jennings. The father was a
native of Anderson County, and was a farmer. He was the son of Daniel
Jennings, a native of England, who immigrated to Virginia, and from that
State came to Tennessee, being one of the pioneers of Anderson County.
The mother was born in Blount County, Tenn., and died in about 1850. Our
subject was reared on the farm, and attended the schools of the
neighborhood. He has followed farming as a vocation, making a success of
the same, and now owns a good farm of over 300 acres. He served in the
was of the United States with Mexico, volunteering under the second call
for volunteers, and joined Company C, Capt. Kirkpatrick, of Col.
Heiskell's regiment of Kentucky Infantry. He served through the war, and
was discharged from the ranks and sent to the hospital at New Orleans, a
few weeks prior to the close of the war. After the war he returned home
and resumed farming, which he continued until the fall of 1862, when he
enlisted in the Confederate Army, joining the body-guard of Maj. Gen.
McCowan. He served until the spring of 1863, when he was discharged for
disabilities, and sent to the hospital. After the war he returned home,
and has been engaged in farming up to the present time. He was married
in 1847 to Mary Wilson, nee Galbraith, who died about 1865. He was
married, the second time, in 1866, to Nancy Peoples, of Sullivan County,
Tenn., who was born about 1844. To this union two children were born,
one of whom is living. The wife died in 1869, and our subject was again
married, in August, 1874, to Emaline Arnold, who, was born in Hawkins
County, Tenn., in 1846. To this union seven children have been born, six
of whom are living. Our subject is a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and his wife of the Methodist. Related Genealogy Resources:
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