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John Clark Jeannin was born 27 Aug 1945 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

He was married to his wife, Sarah Winifred BALDWIN, about 1868, place unknown.

John died 22 Jul 1893 and is buried in Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, as is Sarah. The birth and death dates come from His gravestone. The birth and death place came from an obituary in the Cape Girardeau newspaper.

He and Sarah had 7 children: 5 sons - Henry, John, Frank, Louis and Herbert and  2 daughters - Alma and Edith. At least three of the sons died very early in Florida because of 'consumption'. One son (Herbert?) lived to market a Jeannin Automobile in the United States in 1908.

Louis was born in Stanton (Staunton) Macoupin, Illinois per his mother's input to his death certificate 5 Mar 1908, Orlando, Orange, Florida