Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Jenning, Henry 1882 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 462 - 465
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     HENRY JENNING.  Among Portland's well known business men is Henry 
Jenning, secretary and treasurer of the old established retail furniture house 
of Henry Jenning & Sons. He has been identified with the business from boyhood 
and has shown himself an energetic, capable and reliable man. Mr. Jenning was 
born in Portland in 1882 and is a son of Henry and Barbara (Opal) Jenning, who 
are referred to at length in the sketch of Mr. Jenning's brother, Frederick O. 
Jenning, elsewhere in this work.

     Henry Jenning attended the public schools of Portland, graduating from 
high school, and then took the commercial course in the Portland Business 
College. When sixteen years of age he entered his father's business, his first 
work being that of driver of a wagon, later as collector, after which he 
worked in every department of the store, thus acquiring an intimate 
familiarity with every detail of the business. On the incorporation of the 
business as Henry Jenning & Sons he was made treasurer of the company and on 
the death of his father, in 1913, he also became secretary and has held both 
offices to the present time. He has devoted his attention indefatigably to the 
interests of the company and has been an important factor in the continued 
prosperity which the firm has enjoyed.

     On October 4, 1907, Mr. Jenning was united in marriage to Miss Lilah 
Illidge, of Portland, and they are the parents of a son, Henry, Jr., who is 
now twelve years of age. Mr. Jenning is a strong republican in his political 
views and has always shown a live interest in the progress and welfare of 
Portland. He is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has received the 
degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites; the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 
the Columbia Golf Club and the Portland Chamber of Commerce.

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