Biography of Herbert Henry Jennings
Herbert Henry Jennings, born on August 7, 1887, in Middleway, West Virginia, rose from modest beginnings to become executive assistant to industrialist Raymond J. Funkhouser. After early jobs with the R.F. and P. Railroad and American Express, Jennings took over his family’s mill business in 1913. He later ventured into manufacturing, notably with Funkhouser’s granulated stone plants and chair factories. During World War II, he built a plant producing airplane parts. Jennings, a Republican and Christian, married Louise Linthicum in 1914 and had four children. He resided in his rehabilitated family homestead in Middleway.
