__ | __|__ | _JAMES BARNARD __________| | (1787 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _DANIEL BARNARD ________| | (1818 - 1896) m 1839 | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_NANCY SUSSANNAH REEVES _| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--SARAH BARNARD | (1853 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _________________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_HARRIET JULIANN BACON _| (1819 - 1888) m 1839 | | __ | | | __|__ | | |_________________________| | | __ | | |__|__
_ROBERT FLEMING BIBB _+ | (1719 - 1811) _HENRY BIBB _________|_MRS. JUSTINA BIBB ___ | (1756 - ....) _WILLIAM ASBURY BIBB _| | (1790 - 1864) m 1820 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_MISS PEARCE ________|______________________ | _HORACE BRANHAM BIBB _| | (1831 - 1904) m 1853 | | | ______________________ | | | | | _NIMROD BRANHAM _____|______________________ | | | (1769 - 1845) | |_SARAH BRANHAM _______| | (1800 - 1869) m 1820 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_MARGARET MARSHALL __|______________________ | (1776 - 1845) | |--ANGELINA BIBB | (1868 - ....) | ______________________ | | | _____________________|______________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|______________________ | | |_AMERICA W. LIPSCOMB _| m 1853 | | ______________________ | | | _____________________|______________________ | | |______________________| | | ______________________ | | |_____________________|______________________
_THEOPHILUS BLAKE _______+ | (1722 - 1797) m 1743 _THOMAS BLAKE _________________|_MARGARET KENNETT _______ | (1760 - 1835) m 1778 (1725 - 1797) _WILLIAM WARRICK BLAKE SR.__| | (1779 - 1843) m 1824 | | | _WILLIAM JORDAN WARRICK _ | | | (1737 - 1830) | |_JANE "JENNIE"JERUSHA WARRICK _|_MARGARET MARTIN ________ | (1760 - 1797) m 1778 (1735 - 1795) _WILLIAM WARRICK BLAKE JR.__| | (1825 - 1894) m 1848 | | | _ISAAC WISEMAN II._______+ | | | (1738 - 1818) m 1758 | | _WILLIAM WISEMAN ______________|_ELIZABETH DAVIS ________ | | | (1779 - 1842) m 1804 (1738 - 1807) | |_ELIZABETH "BETSY" WISEMAN _| | (1805 - 1867) m 1824 | | | _________________________ | | | | |_PHEOBE KILBURN _______________|_________________________ | (1781 - 1842) m 1804 | |--DAUGHTER BLAKE | (1850 - 1865) | _ARTHUR TREDAWAY ________+ | | m 1784 | _WILLIAM M. TREADWAY __________|_SUSSANNA HARRISON ______ | | (1785 - 1863) | _JESSIE TREADWAY ___________| | | (1804 - 1880) m 1820 | | | | _________________________ | | | | | | |_MARY POLLY KINCAID ___________|_________________________ | | (1774 - 1880) |_MARY ANN "POLLY" TREADWAY _| (1826 - 1880) m 1848 | | _________________________ | | | _ZACHARIAH JOHNSON ____________|_________________________ | | (1757 - 1836) m 1785 |_MAHALIA JOHNSON ___________| (1801 - 1880) m 1820 | | _________________________ | | |_MARGARET EDWARDS _____________|_________________________ m 1785
_JOHN BRANCH SR._____+ | (1736 - 1808) _WILLIAM BRANCH _____|_ANN BRITTON ________ | (1760 - 1825) m 1782 _ELIAS BRANCH _______| | (1788 - 1853) m 1810| | | _____________________ | | | | |_HESTER SUMNER ______|_____________________ | (1762 - 1832) m 1782 _DAVID BRANCH ___________| | (1811 - 1857) m 1832 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_LUCY DEVAUGHN ______| | (1793 - 1843) m 1810| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--WILEY BRANCH | (1852 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_MILLIE AMELIA FLETCHER _| (1816 - 1887) m 1832 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _WILLIAM CARTER JR.__| | (1814 - 1864) m 1835| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--FRANCIS MARION CARTER | (1857 - 1918) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_MARY ANN ROBINSON __| (1824 - 1889) m 1835| | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
__ | __|__ | _WILLIAM CARTER ______| | (1810 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _CALVIN E. CARTER ___| | (1853 - ....) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_MRS. MELINDA CARTER _| | (1823 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--REBA CARTER | (1901 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | ______________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_HENRIETTA CAMPBELL _| (1856 - ....) | | __ | | | __|__ | | |______________________| | | __ | | |__|__
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _THOMAS J. DOLES SR._| | (1858 - ....) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--MARY DOLES | (1901 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_MRS. ELLA P. DOLES _| (1877 - ....) | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _JOSEPH HARTLEY _____| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--THOMAS JEFFERSON HARTLEY | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_MRS. HARTLEY _______| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
[237] Florida Governor. Born the son of Joseph Jennings and Amanda Couch, he was educated in the public school system in Marion County, Illinois; graduated from Normal University in 1883; and attended the Union College of Law, which is today Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. While working in his uncle's law firm as a clerk, he completed his law studies under the guidance of his brother, Charles E. Jennings, who was a state attorney. After moving to Florida in 1885, he established a law practice in Brooksville. As a Democrat, he first entered politics in 1887 as a circuit court commissioner. He also served on the bench for Hernando County in 1888; was a member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1893 and 1895, serving as speaker in 1895; and was a presidential elector in 1896. While in the state legislature, he adopted an anti-corporate, pro-railroad regulation position. During the next few years, he served as a colonel in the Florida militia, president of the Brooksville town council and chairman of the Democratic committee; all were good networking tools for a politician. In 1900, he won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and was elected the 18th Governor of Florida. During his tenure, he endorsed a primary election practice that substituted the convention process of choosing candidates, thus resulting in the first statewide primary being held in 1902. He along with his successor, Governor Napoleon Broward, advocated conserving public lands and supported draining and developing the Everglades. Wanting to increase the state's real estate was the main reason for draining the Everglades, but draining the Everglades would destroy the ecological systems and altering the flow of water in the world's most famed wetlands. By the end of his term as Governor, Jennings was credited with leading the effort to drain and reclaim over 3 million acres of Florida land, primarily in the Everglades. This gain in land subsequently led to the development and land boom of the 1920s. Also, he enlarged the state capitol and lowered taxes while boosting revenues. On August 13, 1890, his 23-year-old wife, Corrine Jordon Jennings died. His second wife, May Mann Jennings, was the daughter of former Florida Senator Austin Mann; they married May 12, 1891 and had a son. A strong and beautiful Florida First Lady, she was a leading member of the women's club movement, was an influential advocate for social reform, conservation of the Everglades and civic causes. After leaving office, he was appointed by Governor Broward as General Counsel of the Florida Internal Improvement Fund, which oversaw the reclamation of the Everglades. He was Chairman of the Federal Reclamation and Drainage Commission. He also chaired the Ways and Means Committee of the Naval Stores Association. He and his family moved to Jacksonville, where he started a successful law firm. He split his time between Jacksonville and his farm near Middleburg in Clay County. He was a first cousin of three-time United States Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. His personal papers are available for research at the George A. Smathers Library at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _JOSEPH MARTOCCIA ___| | (1868 - 1910) m 1892| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--FRANK MARTOCCIA | (1897 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_ALICE HYSELL _______| (1868 - ....) m 1892| | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _LOUIS MILGRAUM _____| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--ISADORE "ITZCHOK" MILGRIM | (1885 - 1987) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_FANNIE KAUFMAN _____| (1861 - 1896) | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
______________________________ | ___________________________|______________________________ | _WILLIAM NORRIS _____| | | | | ______________________________ | | | | |___________________________|______________________________ | _PERRY MARCELLUS NORRIS _____| | (1913 - 1996) m 1939 | | | ______________________________ | | | | | ___________________________|______________________________ | | | | |_LULU BLACK _________| | | | | ______________________________ | | | | |___________________________|______________________________ | | |--KENNETH L. NORRIS | (1941 - ....) | ______________________________ | | | _THOMAS SHEPPARD __________|______________________________ | | | _LESLIE T. SHEPPARD _| | | (1900 - 1985) m 1921| | | | ______________________________ | | | | | | |_M.L. SHEPPARD ____________|______________________________ | | |_MARGARITE ROSELLE SHEPPARD _| (1921 - 1983) m 1939 | | _LEVANDER MORGAN _____________+ | | (1830 - 1868) m 1854 | _VAN BEAUREGARD MORGAN ____|_FLORIDA ANN WILLIAMS ________ | | (1865 - 1922) m 1884 (1841 - 1886) |_AMY LEE MORGAN _____| (1904 - 1971) m 1921| | _JORDAN MIDDLETON DRIGGERS ___+ | | (1841 - 1914) m 1869 |_EUGENIA SUSANNA DREGGORS _|_FANNY SUSANNA "GUSSIE" LONG _ (1870 - 1958) m 1884 (1853 - 1927)
__ | _RICHARD SPERRY _____|__ | (1643 - 1693) _EBENEZER SPERRY ____| | (1663 - ....) m 1689| | | __ | | | | |_MISS DENNIS ________|__ | (.... - 1707) _ISAAC SPERRY _______| | (1703 - ....) m 1733| | | __ | | | | | _____________________|__ | | | | |_ABIGAIL DICKERMAN __| | m 1689 | | | __ | | | | |_____________________|__ | | |--HEZEKIAH SPERRY | (1746 - ....) | __ | | | _JOHN PERKINS _______|__ | | (1637 - ....) | _PETER PERKINS ______| | | (1662 - 1739) | | | | __ | | | | | | |_____________________|__ | | |_HANNAH PERKINS _____| m 1733 | | __ | | | _SAMUEL FORD ________|__ | | |_HANNAH FORD ________| | | __ | | |_ELIZABETH HIPKINS __|__
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _MR. WILLIAMS _______| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--SYNTHIA WILLIAMS | (1815 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_MRS. WILLIAMS ______| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
_WILLIAM WOODALL ____+ | (1627 - ....) _JOHN WOODALL _______|_SARA HENCHPOLE _____ | (1678 - 1750) _JOHN WOODALL SR.____| | (1710 - 1806) m 1731| | | _____________________ | | | | |_MRS. SARAH WOODALL _|_____________________ | _SAMPSON WOODALL ____| | (1732 - 1800) m 1756| | | _____________________ | | | | | _STEPHEN SAMPSON ____|_____________________ | | | | |_JUDITH SAMPSON _____| | m 1731 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_MARY WOODSON _______|_____________________ | | |--SUSANNAH "SUKEY" WOODALL | (1760 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _SAMUEL STEELE ______| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_SARAH STEELE _______| (1729 - 1809) m 1756| | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_KATHERINE SAMPSON __| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________