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Ethel Jennings Bullington (1884 – 1962) was a resident of the Jennings Orphanage in Spartanburg County in 1891.  A Carolina Spartan Newspaper article on the Jennings Orphanage published September 23, 1891 reported: “With these five Mr. and Mrs. Jennings began to think their hands were full, but before they took much time to count the cost, Nellie and Ethel, who were sisters, joined the happy group.”  Ethel Jennings was taken in by the J. F. Bobo family in Roebuck by 1900.  She remained there until her marriage to William Harrison Bullington (1875 – 1943), of Roebuck, in 1910. 

Ethel took the name of the Jennings as her last name.  Her birth name has never been discovered. 

 
The images posted here are pages from her autograph book she received on Christmas 1899, which bears notes and signatures of a number of Spartanburg County residents.

Please click on the photo for a larger view	Ethel Jennings Xmas 1899.
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Always remember who has been a good friend to you Ethel. Affectionately Miss Emma Jan. 16th 1899
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel When you are married I will be single and doing as I please. Your friend Glenna Williams
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Remember well and keep in mind a good true friend is hard to find. Your girl Elizabeth Bullington
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel When you are married and back at your ease I will be single and doing as I please Your School Mate Beatrice Haynes Roebuck SC Feb 19, 1903
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Ethel Be a good girl. Live for Jesus & all will be well. Your friend Lina V. Austin August 14, 1901
Please click on the photo for a larger view	"Never forget that life is short. To us a while 'tis given. Then watch and pray till called us To live with Christ in heaven" Affectionately Mary R. Smith Hickory Dale Feb. 15 1899.
Please click on the photo for a larger view	May you be happy Live at your ease Have a good husband And do as you please Lovingly your friend Mary Bobo Jan. 29, 1900
Please click on the photo for a larger view	May thy life be a happy one, May sorrow and care Never sadden they heart Nor find a place there. Your Friend Mary E. Miller Jan. 28, 1901
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel When you are sitting all alone reflecting on that has passed remember that you have a friend that will forever last Your school mate Kate Montgomery Feb 19 1903
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Alas! Alas! I am so dumb. I cannot write in this album. Your Friend Miss Lizzie Foster Jan. 28, 1901
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Go forth thou little Volume Like Noahs faithful dove And bring to darling Ethel An Olive leaf of love Your true friend Leila Foster April 13 1901
Please click on the photo for a larger view	May happines be always yours And peace your steps attend Accept this token of respect From one that is your friend Your loving friend Nora West April 1, 1902
Please click on the photo for a larger view	'Tis sweet to be remembered Your friend, Clara Sparks Cross Keys, S.C. May 23, 1901
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear friend Behold the Book Whose leave display the truth the life the way the mines of earth no treasures give that could this volume but it teaches me how to live It teaches how to die. Very wisely Will Montgomery
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel Over here Just out of sight I writ my name Just for spite. Connie A J Walker April 16 1902
Please click on the photo for a larger view	On the book of Gods Album. May your name Be penned and care And may all who here written write their names forever there Your friend Mary Bobo April 21 1901
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Some love one some love two I love one and that is you Emma Wingo February 19th 1903 Roebuck S.C.
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel I wish you a long and happy life. get a good husband and make a good wife Cincerely Lutie Switzer Feb 19, 1903 Roebuck SC
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel Some write for Pleasure Some write for fame but I write simply to sign my name Carrie Switzer Feb 19, 1903 Roebuck, SC
Please click on the photo for a larger view	In the Session of 1903, may Ethel bring back many fine recollections of her smart friends and Teacher "Miss Erchie." School Feb. 18, 1903.
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel When Month and days have gone by and on this page you kast your eyes think it as a friend sincer that left the kind rememerts here Your friend Corrie A J Walker To Miss Ethel Jennings April 16 1902
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel When on this page you chance to see just close your book and think of me. Your loving friend Gladys Williams Feb. 19, 1901
Please click on the photo for a larger view	Dear Ethel A vine that groves, a vine that twines, a vine that goes from my heart to thine Your schoomate Fordie Williams Fev. 19, 1903