Lewis Jennings
Lewis Jennings was born June 20, 1828, in Tuscarawas County, and came to Allen County in 1836, with his parents, James and Elizabeth Jennings. His wife, Mary Ann, is a daughter of Martin and Margaret Everett. She was born in this county on the 9th of September, 1845. Her father came from Carroll County in 1838. Her mother is from Trumbull County. She has a brother, Aaron Everett. Children of James and Elizabeth Jennings: Lucinda, Lewis, Reason, Adaline, Thomas, Abel, John and Sarah. Lewis and Mary Ann Jennings have nine children: Hiram L., James B., Ann, John M., Francis M., Benjamin F., Alfred, Clara and Edith. Mr. Jennings says: "My parents came from Pennsylvania to Ohio when they were children. My father is 76, my mother 75 years old; both are now living in this county. My grandfather, Gideon Jennings, died in this county at the age of 75; his wife lived to the age of 96. My mother's father, Abel Williams, and her mother, both lived 87 years. I recollect when this part of the country was all a wilderness. Hauled wheat to Freemont in 1840."
From 1875 Historical Atlas of Allen County, Ohio by H H Hardesty & Co. Publishers, Chicago.