BENJAMIN JENINGS was born in what is now Webster County, Ky., October 10, 1825, and is one of eight children born to Louis and Nancy (Martin) Jenings, natives of Virginia and North Carolina, and of Irish and English descent. When only a small boy Louis Jenings was brought by his parents to Caldwell County, Ky. There his father, James Jenings, who had served under Gen. Washington, participated in the battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, and many others; located a military grant and improved a farm, upon which he resided until his death. After attaining his majority, Louis came to what is now Webster County, where he bought a partially improved farm near Providence, upon which he resided until 1880, after which he made his home with his children until his death, October 9, 1865, in his eighty-fifth year. Benjamin Jenings was employed on his father's farm until he was sixteen years old, when he was employed as a laborer on a farm for several years. He then bought a partially improved place two miles west of Providence, upon which he still resides. He was married, in 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Howard, a native of Webster County, Ky. They have no children. Mrs. Jenings is a devoted member of the United Baptist Church. Mr. Jenings is a member of the I. O. O. F., and an earnest advocate of temperance. In politics he is a Democrat.

 

Source:  J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1037.