Mrs. Wilmotte Sarah Jennings, wife of John Jennings, of Jennings
Lodge, died at the family home Tuesday evening, after two
years illness.
Mrs. Jennings was born at Gardner, Or., June 23, 1868, and was
the daughter of the late S. M. and Georgia A. Tibbets, and the
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Tibbets. Her grandfather
was one of the first Methodist ministers of Oregon, and her
parents were early Oregon pioneers, the father being an Indian
war veteran, serving in the Indian wars of southern Oregon in the
early days, and one of the early pioneer stage drivers. Mrs. Jennings
was also a niece of singer Hammond. |