John was the son of John Jennett and Elizabeth Stegall. He was a farmer in Halifax County, Virginia. He was married to Susan Moore in 1857.
James L. Jennett, Letter of 02/24/1908, to Pattie Singleton:
"...Uncle John was expecting me and had been to the depot several days to meet me and had told all his neighbors that I was coming to see him. When I got there he was out in the rain with an old hoe trying to drain the water away from his garden gate. I yelled at him to 'Come out of the wet' and without seeing me he said, 'It's Jimmy isn't it?'. I told him yes, and he dropped the hoe and came as fast as he could...If I had met him in the road I would not have known him. When I saw him last he weighed 260 pounds, was 6 feet 2 inches, tall and very dressy amd neat. Now he was beat and thin in flesh with only one front tooth, careless of his dress and very childish. While I was with him he only talked of old times and seemed to live only in the past.
He told me one day that he and his cousin, Jack Willingham, had arranged for me to come to Virginia and take charge of some kind of business in a tobacco warehouse, but cousin Jack got sick and died about a year ago. I told him that the proposition would have been too late and while I loved old Virginia and everything in it, the ties that bound my heart to Missouri now were too strong to ever be severed and lead away from my children and grandchildren. I saw tears glisten in his poor old weak eyes and a tremor on his lip and after a while he said, 'Too late, too late.'...
Poor old fellow. When I bade him farewell he said, 'Jimmie, I will never see you on this earth again. Meet me up there yonder.', and he waved his old withered hand towards the setting sun and turned away. He died five months after I left him in the 82 year of his age..."
Obit: The Religious Herald, Dec. 19, 1907
"A FATHER IN ISRAEL FALLEN
One of the best known, and highly respected citizens, and one of the oldest Baptists of Halifax county, John A. Jennette, fell asleep in Jesus November 24, 1907, at his home in his eighty-second year. He was born July 2, 1826. In 1858 he was baptized by Rev. William Slate and united with the Dan River Baptist Church and was very often a messenger to his Association. He was married to Miss S. M. Moore in 1857, who survives him. Brother Jennette was most fondly attached to his adopted daughter, Mrs. Virgie Neal of South Boston, and her six children.
The Rev. C.B. Jennette, a minister eloquent and beloved, was his brother, who closed his brilliant career in early life. He left a sister, Mrs. Pool of Georgia and several nephews by the name of Jennette, viz., Captain James L., Prof. John R. (sic - W.), and Dr. Harry Jennette and well known John T. Torian, of this county.
Brother Jennette was a man of public spirit and took a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his community and county. His home was noted for it's generous hospitality and domestic happiness. His agricultural skill secured for him ample competency and his dignified and noble bearing the respect of a large circle of friends. His faithful companion cheered him amid the trials of fifty years and laid him to rest in Oak Ridge cemetery in South Boston. The final ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. H. G. Crews, his former pastor."
James L. Jennett, Letter of 02/24/1908, to Pattie Singleton:
"...Uncle John was expecting me and had been to the depot several days to meet me and had told all his neighbors that I was coming to see him. When I got there he was out in the rain with an old hoe trying to drain the water away from his garden gate. I yelled at him to 'Come out of the wet' and without seeing me he said, 'It's Jimmy isn't it?'. I told him yes, and he dropped the hoe and came as fast as he could...If I had met him in the road I would not have known him. When I saw him last he weighed 260 pounds, was 6 feet 2 inches, tall and very dressy amd neat. Now he was beat and thin in flesh with only one front tooth, careless of his dress and very childish. While I was with him he only talked of old times and seemed to live only in the past.
He told me one day that he and his cousin, Jack Willingham, had arranged for me to come to Virginia and take charge of some kind of business in a tobacco warehouse, but cousin Jack got sick and died about a year ago. I told him that the proposition would have been too late and while I loved old Virginia and everything in it, the ties that bound my heart to Missouri now were too strong to ever be severed and lead away from my children and grandchildren. I saw tears glisten in his poor old weak eyes and a tremor on his lip and after a while he said, 'Too late, too late.'...
Poor old fellow. When I bade him farewell he said, 'Jimmie, I will never see you on this earth again. Meet me up there yonder.', and he waved his old withered hand towards the setting sun and turned away. He died five months after I left him in the 82 year of his age..."
Obit: The Religious Herald, Dec. 19, 1907
"A FATHER IN ISRAEL FALLEN
One of the best known, and highly respected citizens, and one of the oldest Baptists of Halifax county, John A. Jennette, fell asleep in Jesus November 24, 1907, at his home in his eighty-second year. He was born July 2, 1826. In 1858 he was baptized by Rev. William Slate and united with the Dan River Baptist Church and was very often a messenger to his Association. He was married to Miss S. M. Moore in 1857, who survives him. Brother Jennette was most fondly attached to his adopted daughter, Mrs. Virgie Neal of South Boston, and her six children.
The Rev. C.B. Jennette, a minister eloquent and beloved, was his brother, who closed his brilliant career in early life. He left a sister, Mrs. Pool of Georgia and several nephews by the name of Jennette, viz., Captain James L., Prof. John R. (sic - W.), and Dr. Harry Jennette and well known John T. Torian, of this county.
Brother Jennette was a man of public spirit and took a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his community and county. His home was noted for it's generous hospitality and domestic happiness. His agricultural skill secured for him ample competency and his dignified and noble bearing the respect of a large circle of friends. His faithful companion cheered him amid the trials of fifty years and laid him to rest in Oak Ridge cemetery in South Boston. The final ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. H. G. Crews, his former pastor."
John was the son of John Jennett and Elizabeth Stegall. He was a farmer in Halifax County, Virginia. He was married to Susan Moore in 1857.
James L. Jennett, Letter of 02/24/1908, to Pattie Singleton:
"...Uncle John was expecting me and had been to the depot several days to meet me and had told all his neighbors that I was coming to see him. When I got there he was out in the rain with an old hoe trying to drain the water away from his garden gate. I yelled at him to 'Come out of the wet' and without seeing me he said, 'It's Jimmy isn't it?'. I told him yes, and he dropped the hoe and came as fast as he could...If I had met him in the road I would not have known him. When I saw him last he weighed 260 pounds, was 6 feet 2 inches, tall and very dressy amd neat. Now he was beat and thin in flesh with only one front tooth, careless of his dress and very childish. While I was with him he only talked of old times and seemed to live only in the past.
He told me one day that he and his cousin, Jack Willingham, had arranged for me to come to Virginia and take charge of some kind of business in a tobacco warehouse, but cousin Jack got sick and died about a year ago. I told him that the proposition would have been too late and while I loved old Virginia and everything in it, the ties that bound my heart to Missouri now were too strong to ever be severed and lead away from my children and grandchildren. I saw tears glisten in his poor old weak eyes and a tremor on his lip and after a while he said, 'Too late, too late.'...
Poor old fellow. When I bade him farewell he said, 'Jimmie, I will never see you on this earth again. Meet me up there yonder.', and he waved his old withered hand towards the setting sun and turned away. He died five months after I left him in the 82 year of his age..."
Obit: The Religious Herald, Dec. 19, 1907
"A FATHER IN ISRAEL FALLEN
One of the best known, and highly respected citizens, and one of the oldest Baptists of Halifax county, John A. Jennette, fell asleep in Jesus November 24, 1907, at his home in his eighty-second year. He was born July 2, 1826. In 1858 he was baptized by Rev. William Slate and united with the Dan River Baptist Church and was very often a messenger to his Association. He was married to Miss S. M. Moore in 1857, who survives him. Brother Jennette was most fondly attached to his adopted daughter, Mrs. Virgie Neal of South Boston, and her six children.
The Rev. C.B. Jennette, a minister eloquent and beloved, was his brother, who closed his brilliant career in early life. He left a sister, Mrs. Pool of Georgia and several nephews by the name of Jennette, viz., Captain James L., Prof. John R. (sic - W.), and Dr. Harry Jennette and well known John T. Torian, of this county.
Brother Jennette was a man of public spirit and took a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his community and county. His home was noted for it's generous hospitality and domestic happiness. His agricultural skill secured for him ample competency and his dignified and noble bearing the respect of a large circle of friends. His faithful companion cheered him amid the trials of fifty years and laid him to rest in Oak Ridge cemetery in South Boston. The final ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. H. G. Crews, his former pastor."
James L. Jennett, Letter of 02/24/1908, to Pattie Singleton:
"...Uncle John was expecting me and had been to the depot several days to meet me and had told all his neighbors that I was coming to see him. When I got there he was out in the rain with an old hoe trying to drain the water away from his garden gate. I yelled at him to 'Come out of the wet' and without seeing me he said, 'It's Jimmy isn't it?'. I told him yes, and he dropped the hoe and came as fast as he could...If I had met him in the road I would not have known him. When I saw him last he weighed 260 pounds, was 6 feet 2 inches, tall and very dressy amd neat. Now he was beat and thin in flesh with only one front tooth, careless of his dress and very childish. While I was with him he only talked of old times and seemed to live only in the past.
He told me one day that he and his cousin, Jack Willingham, had arranged for me to come to Virginia and take charge of some kind of business in a tobacco warehouse, but cousin Jack got sick and died about a year ago. I told him that the proposition would have been too late and while I loved old Virginia and everything in it, the ties that bound my heart to Missouri now were too strong to ever be severed and lead away from my children and grandchildren. I saw tears glisten in his poor old weak eyes and a tremor on his lip and after a while he said, 'Too late, too late.'...
Poor old fellow. When I bade him farewell he said, 'Jimmie, I will never see you on this earth again. Meet me up there yonder.', and he waved his old withered hand towards the setting sun and turned away. He died five months after I left him in the 82 year of his age..."
Obit: The Religious Herald, Dec. 19, 1907
"A FATHER IN ISRAEL FALLEN
One of the best known, and highly respected citizens, and one of the oldest Baptists of Halifax county, John A. Jennette, fell asleep in Jesus November 24, 1907, at his home in his eighty-second year. He was born July 2, 1826. In 1858 he was baptized by Rev. William Slate and united with the Dan River Baptist Church and was very often a messenger to his Association. He was married to Miss S. M. Moore in 1857, who survives him. Brother Jennette was most fondly attached to his adopted daughter, Mrs. Virgie Neal of South Boston, and her six children.
The Rev. C.B. Jennette, a minister eloquent and beloved, was his brother, who closed his brilliant career in early life. He left a sister, Mrs. Pool of Georgia and several nephews by the name of Jennette, viz., Captain James L., Prof. John R. (sic - W.), and Dr. Harry Jennette and well known John T. Torian, of this county.
Brother Jennette was a man of public spirit and took a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his community and county. His home was noted for it's generous hospitality and domestic happiness. His agricultural skill secured for him ample competency and his dignified and noble bearing the respect of a large circle of friends. His faithful companion cheered him amid the trials of fifty years and laid him to rest in Oak Ridge cemetery in South Boston. The final ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. H. G. Crews, his former pastor."
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