When Charles Humphrey Jennison was born on 11 February 1850, in Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Humphrey Sumner Jennison, was 26 and his mother, Calista Jane Olds, was 24. He married Eunice Rebecca Winchester on 1 March 1873, in Winnebago, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Howard, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 22 September 1939, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Howard, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
English (Yorkshire): perhaps a patronymic from the Middle English male personal names Janyn or Janin, diminutives of Jan, Jon, or Jen (see John ), + -son. The name may also arise from the Middle English male personal name Jen (see Jean ) + -son.
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