Served a four year term as Circuit Court Clerk for Rutherford County during the 1890s.
Died in infancy.
Never married
The family farm home was in Section 15. In 1951 Thurman was still living on his fathers farm and had also bought
his father-in-laws lands adjacent to his.
Jennie was one of nine children, 3 boys, 6 girls.
Funeral conducted by Rev. C. D. James, pastor of Methodist Episcopal
Church. Pall Bearers were: W. W. Milne, J. W. Lehman, H. H. Kaiser, R. H.
Haberichter, Samuel Fleming and John Clark. Maude Wagner, Josephine
Miller, Roy See and Lester Minkel, in quartet, sang "No Night There",
"Beautiful Isle of Somwhere", and "Rock of Ages." For 18 years prior to
her death she was practically an invalid and for the last 3 years she was
a bed patient, and for the last few months, she did not always recognize
loved ones. She received the best medical care that was available and
Therman was with her constantly, but to no avail. The funeral was held in
the Methodist Episcopal Church at 2:30 pm, with a prayer service at the
home at 2:00 pm. Grandma "Jen" was special to me, having been born in her
home, and living there with my parents for a time after the WWI Amistice.
After starting to school, I frequently found my way to her house to have
lunch, just the two of us. She always called my mother to tell her I had
come to have lunch with her; our favorite was an apple-orange-walnut
salad; she peeled an apple so that it had only one continuous peeling.
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