Tombstone Tuesday - William and Darthulie Jennings

Jennings

William

Aug. 5, 1861

Feb. 18, 1940

Darthulie

Jan. 1, 1860

Feb. 3, 1936

Buried Pinckneyville Cemetery, near Salem, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 November 2017.

According to his death certificate, [1] William Jennings was born in Kentucky and was the son of T.J. Jennings, born Tennessee, and Elizabeth Boone, born Kentucky.  William Jennings died in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky 17 February 1940.[2]

Darthula A. Jennings was born in Kentucky and died in Salem. She was the daughter of Beverly Boswell, born Kentucky, and Sarah Cooper, born Kentucky.[3]

W.M. Jennings and Darthula A. Boswell were married 7 March 1881 at the home of B.T. Boswell in Crittenden County. [4]

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #5048, Wm. Jennings, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Jan 2018.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Kentucky Death Certificate #5451, Darthula A. Jennings, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Jan 2018.

[4] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II, 1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991) 122.

Published 27 March 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/