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The last two years while working for Mrs. John Parkinson in New York, she had been working four months, coming home for four months, and then returning to New York. Her duties included cooking. The week after her husband died she returned to New York to cook for First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Mrs. Parkinson already had a commitment to entertain Mrs. Kennedy. They entertained a lot and had numerous fundraisers. Her father, Mrs. Parkinson’s husband, Commander John Parkinson, was commander of the ship that took personnel to Iwo Jima during the war.
Mrs. Jennings says she has lived an exciting life. She came home long enough at the age of 25 or 26 to be the main star in "Voice of Rappahannock" show which was alsomade into a movie.
She traveled to alot of exciting places, including Nassau and Las Vegas. One summer she traveled to New Hampshire with the John Finley's. They were friends with President Grover Cleveland and his second wife Frances, with whom Mrs. Jennings exchanged recipes.
Photos of families with whom she worked over the years adorn her home. There's a great story behind each face. She vividly recalls the journey that took her to New York. "Times were hard. Men were making about $.50 a day; women, $.25 a day. The famous J. Temple Gwathme of. New York sold his summer farm Canterbury here in Fauquier Springs, j He also had a place in Caroline County. He plastered posters everywhere offering $ 1 a day for anyone wanting to join him in New York. Many gave up farming and went with him to New York, including my father. He worked in the sawmill there; which was the last job he held. My husband and I got married and Mr. Gwalthme took us to New York, spending our honeymoon in his home."
Mrs. Jennings, deep in thought, continued. "I worked as the maid and my husband was the bulter. Mr. Gwathme raised race horses and was in the cotton business. His father, Archibald Gwathme, was known in New York as the "Cotton King."
"J. Temple, Jr. was only 15 when his father died. He was so disraught his mother wanted me to stay on to help her with him. He never finished school. Mrs. Gwathme bought him a horse upon which he died in a racing accident in, Tawnmarth, New Jersey. After that Mrs. Gwathme had several strokes. I stayed with her through eight of them."
After the Gwathme family, Mrs. Jennings went to work for the Cornelius Bliss family on Fifth Avenue in New York. She would later work for their daughter Mrs. John Parkinson and their son Cornelius, Jr.
As she said, "I'm taking it one step at a time." Until very recently she had still been going to church every Sunday. She's a fascinating lady!
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