Stephen Richard Jennings

Background

Jennings, Stephen Richard was born on October 18, 1875 in Hillsville, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles LaFayette and Eva (Wilkinson) Jennings.

Education

Student Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New New York

Career

Buyer, Cranes Nest Coal & Coke Company, Toms Creek, Virginia, 1900-1904. Superintendent Clinchfield Coal Corporation and Lick Creek & Lake Erie Railroad Company, 1904-1907. General superintendent Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company, 1907-1908.

President Interstate Coal Company, 1908-1911.

Vice president Carter Coal Company, 1911-1915. President Hazard Blue Grass Coal Corporation, Hill Creek Coal Company, Beaver Creek Coal Company, Floyd Elkhorn Consolidated Collieries, 1915-1926.

President Wakenva Coal corporation since 1926. President Johnson City Hotel Company, Southern Refrigeration Company.

Also officer or director various other companies.

Achievements

• Stephen Richard Jennings has been listed as a noteworthy coal operator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Eva Dickenson, of Castlewood, Virginia, June 10, 1909. Children: Rosalie, Evelyn, Richard, Anne.