Hennen Jennings

Background

Jennings, Hennen was born on May 6, 1854 in Hawesville, Kentucky, United States. Son of James R. and Katharine Sharpe (Hennen) Jennings.

Education

Civil Engineer, Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard), 1877. Honorary Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1918.

Career

Identified with mining in California, 1877-1887. in Venezuela, 1887-1889. Consulting engineer to H. Eckstein & Company, Johannesburg, and to many Transvaal gold mining companies, 1889-1898. Consulting engineer Wernher, Beit & Company, London, 1898-1905, Convey Placer Mining Company, Montana, United States bureau of Mines.

Achievements

• Hennen Jennings has been listed as a noteworthy mining engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member technical education commissioner in Transvaal, 1902-1904.

Connections

Married Mary L. Coleman, October 7, 1886.

Father:

James R. Jennings

Mother:

Katharine Sharpe (Hennen) Jennings

Spouse:

Mary L. Coleman