The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
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Fla, Nov. 18th, 1914, the comm.
has suffered the loss Of one n.
most valued and esteemed c.,tz.
The subject of this sketch was
in Choctaw County, Alabama. n
educated in the "Old Field ScboorssI
Ante bellum days and Joined i.
Presbyterian church during his min
ity, thereby laying the foundatior
consecrated life which enabled
to maintain his Christian fnisg.
during that period which tried m.
souls.
Jim Jennings, as he was famn,l
called by his intimate friends. wa,
! a quiet, undemonstrative dlspostt
Yet beneath this calm exterior bea
heart susceptible to sympathy \
responsive to every call of patrjo
His paternal and maternal ances.l
contributed no little in the m,gl
Of history. His father, John Wrl
Jennings, and his grandfather DsrI
lsJenn6ngs. had honorable records
the wars of 1912, and the Reyolual
His maternal grandfather br
Asbury Sylvester married Miss Ka
i Wheeler a near relative OF "FlgAH
Joe'' Wheeler. Her brother ORA
| Wheeler surrendering his life at
| Alamo, with Bowie, Travis Crocgt
| and the gallant 14O immortal he-l
/ that made the Alamo to be known.
the Thermopylae of Texas.
AS a descendant from such a aptrl
tic ancestry, it is not at all surprst
to find the name of Jas. S. JenBr
! enrolled amongst the first voluntss
that offered their services to the Col
federacy.
Feb. 1st, 1851. he Joined the Cd
borne Guards, Capt. Geo. W. FosI
commanding. AS Company "Bo "A
| Alabama Infantry It was detachsi
| do garrison duty in Forts Mora|
! Gaines and afterward at Fort Pld
/ After having taken part in the yar.o
| battles and skirmishes of the lst
months, (the period of his first A
| listment having eXpired), the c0muI
reenlisted for 3 years. Private Jd
nings being elected JDhior LieutenJ
and as Company "A" End Alabama /
| fantry, participated in most Of 1
! battles of the western department
Hatchis River or Creek, TennessI
Lieut.. Jennings had the muscle OF
| left leg torn away by a bursting shs
which killed three and wounded I.
of his comrades. Carried to the I'd
in a deserted cabin he was left wii
/ out food or medical attention for I'd
days, suffering intense agony
meanwhile.
The enemy having occupied the ID
tie ground he was sent as a prison
to Cairo, ILL.,, from which place he 81
sent South to be exchanged.
Nov. 28th, 1868. Being disa Jled 4
still on crutches he was honorally 4
charged, and returned to his home
Claiborne to be nursed back to heal
by loving friends and RELATIVES
Jan. 9TH, 1864, he was happily mad
ried to Miss Anna Elizabeth Fond
who after having walked with
hand in hand and heart to heart for
years preceded him to the world /
yond, April oath. 1910. To this OH
were born s children, Sarah h. ON
Chas. Seals) of Millview; ChristoF
Fonda, Gonzalez; oliver r. Gonzai
Anna Fonda, (Mrs. G. Fl. Jacks
Gonzale2): Daisy c. deceased, m
E. deceased; Cora Pearl, CMrs r.
Wilder, Gonzalez) and James S, Il
died in infancy.
This hasty sketch of our lamcaI
comrade would be incomplete were /
more than a passing mention MADE
the estimable woman who by her cot
panionship assisted materially
rounding out the life Of her hus5at
The writer has been permitted 10
her genealogy and finds an unbroI
line of ancestry Of 200 years on
mating in the House Of HOhenzo.d
tracing her lineage through brad
Of the younger nobility and follOwi
the same to the present time,
learns that her ancestors were patra
serving in Queen Annie's War. also
the wars Of the Revolution, NoyIr
and Civil. on her mothers side rel
tionship is established with BeuIau
West. the famous American pa.n'a
her grandmother, Anna Brogden has
ing married West and was t
mother of several children. one
whom was the illustrious painter III
maternal grandfather, DR.. Christopc
Fonda. Jr., were graduates Of Tnu
College, schenectady, New york
latter practicing medicine in Pens
cola during the early days Of 1870 II
only brother. Christopher Gates F0
da, was killed at Shiloh, fighting
his beloved Southland.
The private life Of Jas. g. Jono.n
was irreproachable. He attcnl
strictly to his own business, rs'
meddling with the affairs Of o.aa
unless authorized 10 do so. Fie "'
tinuous service OF thirty-siX years
inspector for the Southern STAT Tan
and Timber Company, attesta -n" '".
ndence of his employers. .' "'
was satisfactory to all p7rti"7 .'N
cerned. and no reclamation .i r.
suited from his inspection. In a.. s'"
1900 with his immediate family .
Joined the Christian church 'a
mained a faithful member until
He was loyal to the rriuc.p.ea
which he fought and h.ra. ".
member In good standirr or .'.
Ward No. 10. Was a sug=crl'rL T.
the Confederate Veteran. the "l.'..
organ of the u. c. ", and rea''--.
his children to perpetuate his s'17o' '