Jennie
(Jennings) Griffiths
( ? - ? )
Jennie (Jennings) Griffiths was born at Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of John R. and Martha (Knight) Jennings.
Newspaper accounts show that she and her sister Fannie, who lived together in Ohiopyle in 1898, frequently visited relatives in nearby Ursina, Somerset County, perhaps at the home of their father.
The July 14, 1899
issue of the Connellsville Daily Courier reported
that she and Fannie were living in McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA, and that Jennie had
"visited friends in [Ohiopyle] last week." At the time, Fannie was
reported to be "very ill in the McKeesport hospital with typhoid
fever." An old postcard of this hospital is seen at right.
Jennie later married a man named Griffiths ( ? - ? ), but his exact identity and fate are not known.
In May and June 1903, Jennie resided at the home of her brother John Jennings Jr. at Dawson, Fayette County. The following year, she testified in court at John's divorce proceeding. This testimony provides a rare glimpse of her life and words.
Jennie later moved to Youngstown,
Mahoning County, OH. A rare old photographic postcard showing Youngstown's
Market Street Viaduct and industrial skyline is seen here.
An undated article in the old Turkeyfoot News of Confluence, Somerset County, carried a brief story that "Mrs. Jennie Griffith of Youngstown, Ohio, visited her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Jennings, of Park St., the past week."
Jennie's fate is unknown, but will be reported here when learned.
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