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Among the
branches 
Surnames
that we are researching ~
Arnett ~Bush ~ Campbell ~ ~
Clement ~
Dickerson ~ Hamm ~ ~
Jennette ~
Gray ~ Morgan ~ ~
Scarborough ~
Stowe ~ Swezey ~ ~
Pollard ~
Throgmorton ~ Taylor ~ 
What's
new for Fall ! Obituary
~ John A. Gillkin Photographs
~ A Jennette family reunion
Lighthouse
Digest Magazine May,
2008 ~Return
to Cape Fear ~ Please
follow the above link to read about Lighthouse
Keeper, Devaney F. Jennette
and
his descendants who returned to the
island
where he lived and died
as
a lighthouse keeper.
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For
those who would like to submit documents, letters,
photographs, stories, or any other item you think would
aid in the study of our family's history, please drop me
a line by using the email link below. Dawn
F. Taylor 
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Unaka Benjamin Jennette ~
Unaka
Benjamin Jennette, 83, retired Cape Hatteras
lighthouse keeper, died Tuesday [Sept. 14, 1965]
at 4 p.m. in a Norfolk hospital. A native of
Hatteras Island, he lived at Buxton. He was a son
of Benjamin F. and Mrs. Dorcas F. Jennette and the
husband of the late Mrs. Sudie Scarborough
Jennette. He became light keeper as a youth and
served at old Hatteras Light continuously until it
was changed to an automatic light. Capt. Jennette
was born in the village of Buxton November 30,
1882. He joined the Lighthouse Service in 1904 as
a deckhand. He was transferred to the Diamond
Shoals Lightship in 1909 as a Quartermaster. In
1911 he served as captain of the 35 foot channel
lightship and later on the lighthouse tender
"Maple". In 1913 he was transferred [the
rest of obit was continued on another page which
is missing. A photograph accompanied this
obituary] (unknown newspaper)
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