of Portage County, Ohio · documented from the public record
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Jesse Ling
Jesse Ling⚭ Roena C. Jennings
childrenSadie J. Ling
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage County, Ohio
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What the record says
Married Roena C. Jennings Oct 15, 1866 in Mantua township.
Farmer in Mantua township (~250 acres).
Built residence 1882.
Former sailor/boy on a man-of-war.
Democrat, bi-metalist, voted for William J. Bryan.
Township trustee several times.
Mason (Blue lodge Mantua, chapter at Garrettsville).
Adopted daughter Sadie J. Ling, reared from age two, attended Hiram College.
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