When George Patrick Jennings was born in 1861, in Illinois, United States, his father, Patrick George Jennings, was 46 and his mother, Sara Mcgough, was 34. He married Katherine Daly on 7 January 1897, in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in Kane, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Saint Charles Township, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 13 November 1940, in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
English: variant of Jenning , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from a pet form (see Jenning ) of the personal name Johannes (see John ).
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