Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Jenning, Charles   March 16, 1881 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 466
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     CHARLES JENNING, who has served for many years as vice president of Henry 
Jenning & Sons, one of the best known business concerns of Portland, is a 
veteran in the retail furniture trade, having begun his connection with his 
father's establishment in boyhood, and during the subsequent years he has been 
a large factor in the successful operation of the business. Mr. Jenning was 
born in Portland, March 16, 1881, and is a son of Henry. Sr., and Barbara 
(Opal) Jenning, to whom further reference is made in the sketch of Mr. 
Jenning's brother, Frederick O. Jenning, on other pages of this work. He 
received his educational training in the public and high schools and the 
Portland Business College, and on his graduation from the latter institution 
he joined his father and brothers in the furniture business. Beginning as a 
truck driver, he worked through every department of the business, which he 
learned thoroughly, so that on the incorporation of the company, when he was 
made vice president, he was well qualified to assume a part of the burden of 
management and has continued to give close attention to the business.

     In 1906 Mr. Jenning was united in marriage to Miss Ida Van Hoy, of 
Goldendale, Washington. In his political views he has always been aligned with 
the republican party and has shown a keen interest in public affairs. He is a 
member of Hawthorn Lodge, No. 111, A. F. & A. M.; Portland Consistory, A. A. 
S. R.; Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Portland Lodge, No. 142, B. P. 
O. E. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and the Alderwood Golf Club.

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