DR. FRANCIS M. JENNINGS
From The Prairie Gleaner, Roll of Physicians and Surgeons:
F.M. JENNINGS, Tabor 25 Aug. 1874
Dartmouth Medicine:
http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/winter03/html/grave_robber_good_doc.shtml
In 1903, a young DMS graduate founded a hospital in Randolph, Vermont. The story of John Gifford and Gifford Medical Center illustrates the depth and breadth of Dartmouth Medical School's impact on the region.
Dr. Frank Angell had opened a practice in Randolph in 1896 (while John Gifford was still a student at DMS); he practiced there his entire career and even came out of semi-retirement during World War II when the hospital's staff was depleted as doctors were called up to serve in the armed forces. Angell was by then in his early seventies, and the only other doctor on hand to deal with anything that came along—be it medical, surgical, or obstetrical— was Dr. Francis Jennings, who was in his sixties. The two, not surprisingly, became close friends while working together under the demands of carrying the whole (and heavy) load.
1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Taber Township:
Dist. 6, ED 226, Page 19, Line 4, 1 June
176/176 Jennings, Francis, white male, age 36, married, M.D., born OH, father born VA, mother born NC
Norrine, white female, age 34, wife, keeping house, born TN, both parents born KY
1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Taber Township:
Dist. 6, ED 226, Page 19, Line 23, 1 June
179/179 Jennings, Wm. R., white male, age 72, married, farmer, born VA, both parents born England
Jane, white female, age 42, wife, married, keeping house, born VA, both parents born VA
Wm. C., white male, age 23, son, single, farm laborer, born VA, both parents born VA
Christopher, white male, age 22, son, single, farm laborer, born VA, both parents born VA
John, white male, age 17, son, single, farm laborer, born VA, both parents born VA
Elmina, white female, age 15, daughter, single, at home, born VA, both parents born VA
Ledasky, white female, age 14, daughter, single, at home, born VA, both parents born VA
Malinda, white female, age 13, daughter, single, at home, born KY, both parents born VA
George, white male, age 11, son, single, at school, born IL, both parents born VA
Virginia, white female, age 7, daughter, single, at school, born IL, both parents born VA
Moses, white male, age 4, son, single, at home, born IL, both parents born VA
1900 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Taber Township:
Dist. 6, ED 148, Page 6A, Line 34, 13 June
116/116 Jennings, Frank M., head, white male, born September 1849, age 50, widowed, born OH, both parents born WV, Postmaster, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English, owned house free
1910 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Taber Township:
ED 140, Line 95, 27 April
128/128 Jennings, Francis M., head, white male, age 63, married 7 years, 2nd marriage, born OH, both parents born VA, speaks English, Physician, general practice, can read & write, owned farm free
Mattie S., wife, white female, age 43, married 7 years, 1st marriage, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write
St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:
Taberville Cemetery
Jennings, Nannie A., 1851 – 1899
Jennings, William B., 20 April 1809 – 2 August 1883
