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JENNINGS, HENRY D,, bookbinder and blank book manufacturer, Main street, between Fifth and Sixth streets; was born in Adrian, Mich., in 1843; lived there until 1852; he then went to Wayne Co., N. Y., and resided there for six years; then returned to Adrian, where he learned the business which he now follows. Previous to the war of the rebellion, he was for three years a member of the Adrian Guards; when the war broke out, he raised Co. D, 2d Mich. V. I.; entered the service April 25, 1861; when the company was organized, he was elected its Captain, but being only about 18 years of age, he declined the honor and went out as Orderly Sergeant; he served three years; was mustered out April 25, 1864; he was in the following battles: First Bull Run, July 21, 1861; Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862; Malvern Hills, July 1, 1862; second Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862; Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, and Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, besides other minor engagements; he served eighteen months in the 2d Mich. V. I. and eighteen months in Co. K, 3d Mich. Artillery. After leaving the army, Mr. Jennings worked three years in the Government book bindery, in Washington, D. C.; in 1867, he returned to Adrian, remained there six months, then went to Fort Wayne, Ind.; after two years’ residence there, he came to Chicago, where he spent a few months, then located in Racine, Wis., where he lived two years; from Racine, he went to Milwaukee, and remained four years; he was foreman of the Milwaukee Sentinel bindery; afterward, was engaged in business at Kenosha, Wis., three years; came to Keokuk, in January, 1878; since learning his trade, he has worked at present business all the time, except during the period that he was in the army.