Jennings was born in Appalachia--in Washington County, Pennsylvania--and received degrees from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1823 and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1827. His work in Appalachia included pastoring a Presbyterian church in Sharon, Pennsylvania (1829-71) and editing the Pittsburgh-based Presbyterian Preacher (1832-37).
Additional information can be found in Alfred Nevin, Encyclopaedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publishing Co., 1884) and Volume 1 of Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ: C. S. Robinson & Co., 1891).
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