When Byrd Owen Jennings was born on 7 December 1875, in Hays, Texas, United States, his father, Alexander or Alec Jennings, was 23 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Sessom, was 22. He married Della Ann Green on 17 February 1895, in Hays, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Washington, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Olney, Young, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 2 October 1938, in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1879: Young, Texas, United States
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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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