California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Joan Jenkins Birth 8 Nov 1929 Los Angeles County Mother's Maiden Name Stenson [Stinson] 1930 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 9 April, Artesia, District 19-1191, page 7B-8A, 3260 Bell Drive, Hse #180, Family #168 Jenkins, Joseph B Head Rents 39 First married at age 27 TX TX TX Rotary Helper, Oil Well Drilling - page 8A - Jenkins, Lena F 29 First married at age 17 OK MO KY No Occupation Jenkins, Benjamin J 11 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Billy 9 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Edgar 7 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Robert 6 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Betty Lou 4 Calif TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Joan 5mos Calif TX OK No Occupation 1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 3 April, Bellflower, District 117, page 2A-2B, 947 E Center St, Hse #31 Owned, Value $6500 Jenkins, Benjamin J Head M W 50 Grade 6 b Texas lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Cattle buyer Jenkins, Lena Wife F W 39 Grade 9 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Ben Jr Son M W 21 Single HS-2 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Sewing mach repairman, own business Jenkins, Wilmar Son M W 18 Single HS-4 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Pin setter, bowling alley Jenkins, Edgar Son M W 17 Single Grade 8 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Robert Son M W 31 Single Grade 1 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 - page 2B - Jenkins, Betty Lou Dau F W 14 Single Grade 7 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Joe Ann Dau F W 10 Single Grade 4 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Harry Son M W 9 Single Grade 2 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Marion Dau F W 7 Single Grade 1 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Kathlyn Dau F W 5 Single b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Joanne's parents divorced in about 1947. Joanne's mother Lena is listed alone as a household, along with Joanne and several of her brothers in the Bellflower City Directory. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Bellflower, California, City Directory, 1948, p 184 Jenkins Edgar D clo clnr r 9849 E Center Jenkins Joanne slswn h 9845 E Center Jenkins Lena Mrs h 9845 E Center Jenkins Robt W clo clnrs 9849 E Center 4 Norwalk Jenkins Wilmer K (Betty L) fctywkr r 6008 N Bellflr California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 George Edward Schauf, Age 23 (b abt 1925) Father's Name Henry George Schauf Mother's Name Lula Lualla Cuaron Joanne Jenkins, Age 19 (b abt 1929 Father's Name Benjamin Joseph Jenkins Mother's Name Lena F Stinson Marriage 28 Dec 1948 Los Angeles, California, United States California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 Joanne Jenkins George E Schauf Marriage 31 Dec 1948 California, USA Recorded Marriage Book 3171, p 120 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Modesto, California, City Directory, 1961, p 592 Shauf Geo E (Joanne) phys 3443 Atchison (Riverbank) r 2748 Topeka Av (Riverbank) U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Modesto, California, City Directory, 1963, p 472 Shauf Geo E (Joanne) Phys 3443 Atchison (Riverbank) R 2748 Topeka Av (Riverbank) U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Modesto, California, City Directory, 1967, p 555 Shauf Geo E (Joanne) Phys 3443 Atchison (Riverbank) R 2748 Topeka Av (Riverbank) U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Modesto, California, City Directory, 1968, p 582 Shauf Geo E (Jo Anne) Phys 3443 Atchison (Riverbank) R 2748 Topeka Av (Riverbank) Shauf Theresa Studt R 2748 Topeka Av (Riverbank) U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Modesto, California, City Directory, 1972, p 598 Shauf Geo E (Joanne) phys 3443 Atchison (Riverbank) r 2748 Topeka Av (Riverbank) U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 Joanne Schauf Birth Date 8 Nov 1929 2748 Topeka St, Riverbank, CA, 95367-2251 (1994) There are additional records like this in the city directories between the years of 1960 and 1974. They divorced in 1975 ------------------------- According to my Aunt Kathy, my mother had converted to Catholicism in high school because she had a girlfriend who was Catholic. She was attending college, and her plan was to become a nun. She wore a necklace with a cross on it outside her sweater and ran into my father [George E Schauf], he being Catholic. They married, and he was going to college with the major of engineering, and had completed three years. They had three children at this time; me, my brother Bill, and my sister, Caroline. My dad decided to become a doctor, and went to medical school, where he not only got his medical degree, but got a masters in psychology as well. He practiced medicine as a general practitioner in a small town, Riverbank, in California. He’s retired. My mother divorced him, but he had the marriage annulled. He married for the second time to someone who had been working at his office for a long time. They are still married and have two grown daughters. ... My Aunt Kathy [Kathlyn Jenkins Lanford] says that my mother was the smartest of all her brothers and sisters, and was the most intellectual. -- Theresa Mogadam, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 3 November 2018 ------------------------- California Divorce Index Joanne Jenkins Divorce Feb 1975 Stanislaus County, California Spouse's Name George E Schauf Joanne Jenkins, 88 (in 2018) Modesto, CA AKA: Joanne Schauf Joanne Jenkins is 88 years old and was born on 11/8/1929. Currently, she lives in Modesto, CA. Sometimes Joanne goes by various nicknames including Joanne Schauf and Joanne Ann Schauf. Other family members and associates include Hillary Schauf and Darlene Shaw. Birthday 11/8/1929 -- MyLife, https://www.mylife.com/joanne-schauf/e751926702798 "I'm Theresa (Jenkins-Schauf) Mogadam and am Joanne Jenkins Schauf’s oldest child. I was trying to contact you to see if you might know any of her relatives that I could let know that my mother passed away this last week on 10/24/18." -- Theresa Mogadam, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 November 2018 ------------------------- Joanne Schauf Passed away Oct 25, 2018. She is preceded in death by: William Frederick Schauf, Henry George Schauf, Ralph Edward Schauf, Theodore Ignatious Schauf, Caroline Schauf. She is survived by: Theresa Schauf, Martha Schauf, George Joseph Schauf, Joan Schauf, John Anthony Schauf. A viewing and rosary will be held Nov 6th from 6-8pm at Eaton Funeral Home, 513 12th Street. Funeral Service Nov 7th, 10am at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 709 J Street. "Thank You St. Christopher, Thank You St. Jude" www.cvobituaries.com Funeral Home Eaton Family Funeral & Cremation Service 513 12Th St, Modesto, CA 95354 (209) 492-9222 Published in the Modesto Bee on Nov. 4, 2018 -- Online at Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/modestobee/obituary.aspx?n=joanne-schauf&pid=190644924&fhid=24166 -------------------------
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 9 January, Prairie Township, District 15, page 2A, Shoot Rd (Chute Rd), Hse/Fam #21 Jenkins, Charley Head Owns M W 53 TN TN TN Farmer Jenkins, Ella Wife F W 40 AR AR AR Jenkins, John Son M W 2 Single AR TN AR 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 9 April, Prairie Township, District 24, page 2A, Public Rd, Hse #29, Fam #30 Jenkins, Belle Head Owns F W 51 Widow Married at age 14 Unknown Tenn Tenn Farmer Jenkins, John Son M W 12 Single AR AR AR In 1940, John and his mother are living in the household of John's older brother Arthur. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 8 April, Prairie Township, District 1-24, page 4A, Hwy 17, Hse #42, Owns $200 Jenkins, Arthur Head M W 32 Grade 9 b Ark same place in 1935 Farmer Jenkins, Sadie Wife F W 23 Grade 8 b Ark same place in 1935 Jenkins, John Brother M W 21 Single Grade 4 b Ark same place in 1935 Farm Laborer Jenkins, Belle Mother F W 61 Grade 4 b Ark same place in 1935 Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 John Jenkins Age 24, Birth Year abt 1919 Residence: St Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas Spouse's Name: Lois Thornsbury Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse's Residence: Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas Marriage 27 Feb 1943 Arkansas County Marriage License Date: 13 Feb 1943 Social Security Death Index John Jenkins Born 29 Jul 1917 Died Jun 1980 Last Residence and Benefit Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas 72140 SSN 431-16-5469 issued Arkansas (Before 1951) John Jenkins Birth Jul 29, 1918 Death Jun 10, 1980 Spouse Lois V Jenkins (1922 - 2008) Burial Saint Charles Cemetery, Saint Charles, Arkansas County, Arkansas Created by Andrew Fraize Oct 01, 2010 -- Find a Grave Memorial #59479408, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59479408
"I have traced my family's origins to Shropshire, England to my ancestor John Jenkins, 1656-1717, married to Martha Garner, 1656-1752. They settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia. ... They had two sons, Ezekiel Jenkins, 1695-1750, & William Jenkins, 1704-1747. William Jenkins had one son, William Jenkins - 1740-1787, had 4 sons, one of which was James Randolph Jenkins, 1760-1824, who was born in Fairfax County, Va., & had 19 children, one of which was Samuel M. Jenkins, 1789-1872 ... the first of this set of Jenkinses to be born in Union County, South Carolina." -- Joseph H Miller, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 5 July 2016
This son of John Jenkins and Julia Ward is reported in the 1900 census as Curley and in the 1920 census as Cull. Curly is usually a nickname. There is a family tradition that John also had a brother named Curly, but Jenkins family researchers have been unable to find any documentation of anyone of this name. Another child named Curly may have died very young. Also there is a family tradition of a brother named Cullen, and Cull is a short form of that. Cullen (Cull) and Curley could be the same person. Here the same person seems to have both names. Could it be that it was this grandson of John Jenkins, a brother of Joseph Asa Jenkins, that Joe's children remembered vaguely and incorrectly as a brother of their father, rather than their own cousin they never knew? 1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 20 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 17A, Hse/Fam #285 Jenkins, Julia Head W F Sept 1856 43 Widow Bore 7 children/6 living GA GA SC Farmer Owns Farm Jenkins, Curly Son W M Apr 1884 16 TX GA TX In 1904, Cull married Ada Dycus. Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965 J C Jenkins Ada Dycus Marriage 6 Mar 1904 Morris, Texas, USA In the 1910 census they are living in Bowie County, Texas, north of Cass County on the Red River. Her father is living with them. 1910 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 13 May, Precinct 2, District 12, page 25B, Hse #465, Fam #470 Jinkins, Cull J Head M W 27 Married 6 years TX US US Farmer Rents Jinkins, Ada Wife F W 26 Married 6 years 0 children AR NC AL Dycus, Step[h]en T Father-in-Law M W 65 Widowed NC NC NC Hurst, Thell B Nephew M W 20 Single AR AR AR In 1918, Cullen and his wife Ada were living and farming near Naples, Morris County, Texas, just west of Cass County. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Cull Jenkins Residence Naples, Morris, Texas Birth Date 13 Apr 1883 Occupation Farming Nearest Relative Mrs Ada Jenkins, Route 3, Naples, Morris, Texas Medium Height and Build, Brown Eyes, Dark Hair Registered 12 September 1918 in Linden, Cass County, Texas In 1920, Cull is living next door to Ebb Jenkins, also a son of John and Julia Jenkins. Cull and his wife Ada are the last entry on page 7A, and Ebb and Harriet are the first entry on the next page. But it appears from the road notation on the pages that Cull and Ada live on Naples and Cornett Road, while Ebb and Harriet live on Naples and Dalton Rd. 1920 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 20 Jan, Justice Precinct 3, Enumeration District 3, page 7A, Naples and Cornett Rd, Hse/Fam #123 Jenkins, Cull Head Rents M W 36 TX TN GA Farming [b abt 1884] Jenkins, Ada Wife F W 34 AR GA AR [b abt 1886] Jenkins, Clarence Son M W 5 OK TX AR [b abt 1915] Note the interesting report of birth place for Clarence. He is reported born in Oklahoma, which may indicate that Cullen and his wife were living with or near his Jenkins relatives in Oklahoma for a while. This would seem to strengthen the childhood memories of his cousins that there was a Cullen in their family, but may have been so early (before some were born) that they thought of him as an uncle rather than a cousin. In 1930 we find them in Arkansas. Their son Clarence is still in the home, age 15, as well as a niece Jewel Mallonee, the daughter of Cull's sister Ethel.. 1930 Federal Census, Ouachita County, Arkansas, 2 April, Washington Township, District 24 page 1A, Hse #9, Fam #10 Jenkins, Cull Head Rents $55 M W 46 Married at 20 TX TX TX Crude Oil Pumper Jenkins, Ada E Wife F W 46 Married at 20 AR AR AR Jenkins, Clarence E Son M W 15 OK TX AR Mallonee, Jewel B Niece F W 15 TX TX TX Cull's wife Ada passed away in 1937. Cull survived her until 1945. In 1940, his son Clarence reported Cull as his contact for his WWII registration. Burl reported his own address as Louann, Ouachita County, arkansas, and his employer as Woodley Petroleum company in Smackover, in Union County, Arkansas. He reported Cull as his contact, giving his father's address as Cotton Valley, Louisiana. In 1942, Cull reported the same address and employer in his own WWII registration, and listed his son as his contact. An interesting feature on Cull's draft card is that he was listed specifically with no middle name. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Cull no name Jenkins Residence Cotton Valley [Webster Parish], Louisiana Age 59, Birth 13 Apr 1883 Cass County, Texas Contact Mr Clarence Jenkins, Louann [Ouachita County[, Arkansas Employed by Woodley Petroleum Company, Houston, Texas, in Cotton Valley, Webster County, Louisiana 5' 2" 150 lbs, Brown Eyes, Gray Hair, Dark Brown Complexion Registered 27 April 1942 Minden, Wester Parish, Louisiana Signed Cull Jenkins The Arkansas Death Index informs us that Cull's full name was apparently the same as his father, naming him John Cul Jenkins. This is supported also by the 1910 census entry as Cull J, with the name order reversed, since he went by Cull. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 Volume 13, Certificate #684 John Cul Jenkins Estimated Birth Year 1884 Age 61 Death 16 Mar 1945 Ouachita County Graves of Cull and Ada Jenkins, Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery, Smackover, Ouachita, Arkansas ADA JENKINS 10-19-1883 to 8-9-1937 CULL JENKINS 4-13-1883 to 3-16-1945 -- Crossroads Cemetery List, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arcemete/ouachita/crossroads.htm --------------------- John Cullen “Cull†Jenkins, Jr Birth 13 Apr 1883 Dalton, Cass County, Texas, USA Death 16 Mar 1945 (aged 61) Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA Burial Crossroads Cemetery, Louann, Ouachita County, Arkansas Born to John Cullen Jenkins, Sr. (1850-1892) & Julia Elizabeth Ward Jenkins (1857-1936). Cull married Ada Elnora Dycus (1883-1937) in 1904. Ada was the daughter of Stephen Dycus (1845-after 1910) of North Carolina & ??? One son, Clarence Burl Jenkins (1914-1971) Parents: John Cullen Jenkins 1850-1892 Julia Elizabeth Ward Jenkins 1857-1936 Spouse Ada Elnora Dycus Jenkins 1884-1937 Son Clarence Burl "Junky" Jenkins 1914-1971 Siblings: Ira Lotis Jenkins 1878-1947 J Stewart Jenkins 1881-1918 Ebb Elijah Jenkins 1885-1955 Clarice Jenkins Rea 1891-1915 Created by Dawn Kelley 7 Apr 2017 -- Find A Grave Memorial 178203826, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178203826/john-cullen-jenkins ---------------------
There are discrepancies in sources as to the middle name of John Jenkins. Harold K Christian finds family information seeming to indicate that the son born at that date had a middle initial C, and some corollary information that the full name might have been Cullen. In the 1860 census, however, he is reported as J W. "One should note that the oldest known son of the family was named John "Cull" (Cullen?) Jenkins .... The second child in the enumeration was identified by the initials "J C", age 10 (born about 1850, a male, with "Miss" listed as his place of birth. He is believed to be Joseph's oldest son, John C. (possibly "Cull" or Cullen)." -- Harold K Christian, Jenkins Journal, Jan 1982, p2, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf See the census transcription below. The child is actually listed as J W. The initials J C appear to be from family sources, representing John Cullen. JC had a son also named the same, called Cull. The nickname Cull seems to be used at times for both father and son. The Cass County descendants know the son as Cull. In May 2009 I found confirmation that the correct name was indeed John Cullen Jenkins. Dorothy Wommack McNeely, a descendant of Cull, had organized much information on Cull's family and descendants. -- Cass County Texas - Americas Melting Pot, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=8508600&pid=-939422263 The 1860 census reports him as J W. This may be an error on the part of the census taker. It is possible that the initial W for John was confused there and in some sources other with the next-born son William, whose middle initial also varies in sources. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 October, Beat #3, Post Office Unionville & Cusseta, Page 73, Hse #483, Fam #495 Jinkins Jno 32 M W Farmer 300 SC Cannot read and write Jinkins L 36 F W MS Jinkins J W 10 M W MS Attended school during the last year In the 1860 census, the son listed as J W should have been J C, being named John Cullen, documented in family records and memory and other records. J C was reported on tax rolls in 1873 and 1874, as well as later. He is listed on the same page with his father J S and another Jenkins named John, who has not been identified. Texas, County Tax Rolls J C Jenkins, personal property $130, tax on personal $.60, poll tax $.50 J S Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner Thomas Wood, 350 acres, $300 Real Estate value, personal property $180, tax on RE $1.50, tax on personal $.90, poll tax $1, Total $3.40 John Jenkins, personal property $40, tax on personal $.20, poll tax $.50 1873 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 31 Texas, County Tax Rolls J C Jenkins, personal property $80, tax on personal $.40, poll tax $1, Total $1.40 J A Jenkins, abstract #658, original owner T Wood, 350 acres, $300 Real Estate value, personal property $180, tax on RE $1.50, tax on personal $.90, poll tax $1, Total $3.40 J S Jenkins, Agt for, personal property $65, tax on RE $.30, tax on personal $.30, no poll tax, Total $.30 W S Jenkins, no details 1874 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 44 In 1875, J C appears on a page of the tax roll with John Jenkins, and his father J S and brother W S are on the previous page. Neither J C nor John owns land, and John Jenkins also reports no taxable personal property at all. Texas, County Tax Rolls J C Jenkins, personal property $130, tax on personal $.65 poll tax $1.00, Total $1.65 John Jenkins, no personal property, poll tax $1.00, Total Tax $1.00 1875 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 46 In 1878, J S and J C are again listed, but neither is reported owning any real estate. Another Jenkins named T L listed earlier on the same page has not been identified. Texas, County Tax Rolls T L Jenkins, abstract #1137, original owner Thos Young, 30 acres, Real Estate value $150, Total property value $203, tax ad valorem $1.01, poll tax $2, County tax $2.21, Total $5.22J S Jenkins, [no property ownership reported] Total property value $16, tax ad valorem $.08, poll tax $2, County tax $1.10, Total $3.18 J C Jenkins, [no property ownership reported] Total property value $520, tax ad valorem $2.60, poll tax $4, County tax $5.12, Total $11.72 1878 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 46 In the 1879 tax rolls an Elijah Jenkins reported in Cass County may be a relative of John Cullen's family. J C named one of his sons Ebby Elijah. Texas, County Tax Rolls Jenkins, Elijah, no personal property, state poll tax $2.00, county poll tax $1.00, Total Tax $3.00 Jenkins, J A, no personal property, state poll tax $2.00, county poll tax $1.00, Total Tax $3.00 1879 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 45 In the 1880 Census of Cass County, Texas, census, John Cullen was reported with his own household next door to his father Joseph. He is reported as John Jenkins, with his wife Julia (Ward) and their son Ira, 1 year old. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, District 12, p 17, Hse/Fam #145 Jenkins, John W M 30 Farmer Miss SC Miss Jenkins, Julia W F 22 Wife Keeps House Ga Ga SC Jenkins, Ira W M 1 Son TX Miss GA Both John and his father Joseph were listed in the county's agricultural schedule for the 1880 census. Joseph was listed there as Josephus. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 Agricultural Schedule, 16 Jun 1880, Cass County, Texas, Precinct 3, District 12, Page 11, Line Number 9 Jenkins Josephus [sic] Owns 40 acres tilled, 170 ac woodland $600 value land & improvements, $50 implements, $650 livestock, $800 total value Jenkins John Owns 0 acres tilled, 100 ac woodland $100 value land & improvements Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 J S Jenkins, abstract #1122, original owner S D Wright, 100 acres, Real Estate value $200, Total property value $265, tax ad valorem $.55, School tax $.33, poll tax $nil, County tax $1.46, Total $2.32 J C Jenkins, abstract #49, original owner R M Burton, 96 acres; Real Estate value $200, Total property value $407, tax ad valorem $.81, School tax $.51, poll tax $1.50, County tax $2.24, Total $5.31 1889 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 62. Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, abstract #1122, original owner S D Wright, 100 acres, $150 Real Estate value, personal property $258, tax on RE $1.42, tax on personal $.52, poll tax $1.50, Total $225 J A Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner Thomas Wood, 25 acres, $400 Real Estate value, personal property $226, tax on RE $1.24, tax on personal $.45, poll tax $1.50, Total $372 J C Jenkins, abstract #1141, original owner Thomas Wood, 82 acres; abstract #49, original owner R M Burton, 94 acres; total $217 Real Estate value, personal property $555, tax on RE $3.05, tax on personal $1.11, poll tax $1.50, Total Tax $660 1890 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 59 Most of the 1890 federal census was destroyed in a fire. The 1890 Cass County tax rolls report John Cullen and his younger brother Joseph Asa and their father Joseph Sanford, all with only initials, on the same page. About 1890 is when J A and JS moved to Chickasaw Nation. JA reported in a 1952 television interview that he had been in Oklahoma (Indian Territory) since 1890. No word is mentioned about Louisa in the memories of this move, and the few statements we have from Joseph Asa himself make no mention of his stepmother in reference to that move. In the 1910 census, JC's birth state is different from previous censuses, as reported by his son (or understood by the enumerator). This census reports that J Stewart's father (JC) was born in Georgia, instead of Mississippi. Also the birthplace of JC's wife Julia is Alabama instead of Georgia as in family sources and earlier censuses. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 28 April, Justice Precinct 2, Cass, District 31, page 8A, Hse/Fam #132 Jenkins, J Stewart, Head M W 29 Married 3 years b TX, father born in GA, mother born in AL Cass County family sources spell Stewart's name as Stuart. Debra Growe posted some comments on a photo of John Cullen and Julia's family that mention names I am not familiar with in this family. She mentions a Thomas Jenkins and his sons John and Thomas C. She mentions a John Jenkins who she thought was Thomas' brother. She refers to her granddad, and finally does identify him as Stephen Wadell Jenkins, Thomas' father is not mentioned. She mentions no location, so it is not clear how these individuals might be related to John Cullen Jenkins' family. None of the names she mentions are known in the family of Joseph Sanford Jenkins. ----------------- The little boy in the front of the picture: That looks like my Granddad. I believe that John Jenkins was Thomas C Jenkins' brother and Thomas's son (whom I believe is the little boy) was Stephen Wadell Jenkins. My granddad's dad, Thomas was killed in the saw mill on Dec 15, 1925 when my granddad was 5 and he had told me that he was raised by his other family and older siblings. Anyway if you could shed more light on any of this I would appreciate it. I also have some photos of my granddad's son Larry and it is spooky how much this picture looks like the ones I have of Larry Jenkins. Thanks, Debra -- The Wommacks, photo of John Cullen Jenkins family, http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/b1140a76-9c12-43e7-83ad-3400c0bc92eb/103288504/160026081857?_phsrc=JEi5957&usePUBJs=true ----------------- John Cullen's death is reported by Harold Christian as 22 February 1892 in Dalton, Cass County, Texas. He is buried in Dalton Cemetery. "John C (Cullen?) Birth 04-12-1850 MS Mar 02-09-1875 TX Death 22-02-1892 Dalton, Cass County, TX Burial Dalton Cemetery, Cass County, TX" -- Harold K Christian, Jenkins Journal, Jan 1982, p7, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf Gravestone, Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas J C Jenkins Born Dec 4, 1850 Died Feb 22, 1892 After I was there to visit the graves of our family in 2009, someone prepared a memorial on Fnd a Grave. John Cullen Jenkins Birth Dec 4, 1850 Mississippi Death Feb 22, 1892 Cass County, Texas Father Joseph Sanford Jenkins Mother Amanda Lucinda (Taylor) Jenkins Spouse Julia Elizabeth Ward Jenkins (1857 - 1936) son on Find a Grave J Stewart Jenkins (1881 - 1918) Siblings: John Cullen Jenkins (1850 - 1892) Joseph Asa Jenkins (1866 - 1962) Mary Lou Jenkins Chapel (1867 - 1929) Henry Jenkins (1876 - 1880) Half-sibling Burial Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass County, Texas Created by G B (inactive) Jul 29, 2012 -- Find A Grave Memorial #94432026, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94432026
1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #135 John Jenkins 25 M Farmer $0 Real Estate Value stated b SC [b abt 1825] Isabella Jenkins 27 F b SC [b abt 1822] The Sunday Post, Vicksburg, Mississipppi, "Info on Jenkins Family Shared," p B5, 10 July 1988 A long list of names are given with birth dates and some marriage dates. But the article notes that for most, no relationships are given. The first name on the list is John James Jenkins, born April 5, 1830. The third entry reports that John James Jenkins married Eliza L Ables December 28, 1886. They are linked on Find a Grave. The article later notes that this may be the same John Jenkins who first married Isabelle. Other records show that John James Jenkins married Isabella Avilla Burrell. -- scan of article courtesy of Billie Jones, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 April 2017 Three related families are enumerated nearby on the same page in the 1950 census. Next door is Isabella's brother John (Berry) Burrell (Burell) and his wife Polly (Mary Ann) Jenkins. Nearby is her brother William and his wife Anna (Anne) Jenkins. On the other side of John and Polly is their brother-in-law Samuel Joseph Jenkins, who was recently wodowed byt he death of Isabella's sister Elizabeth (Anne Elizabeth) Burrell. 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #137 John Burell 31 M Farmer $250 Real Estate Value b SC [b abt 1819] Polly Burell 28 F b SC [b abt 1822] John Burell 5 M b Miss [b abt 1845] Samuel Burell 2 M b Miss [b abt 1848] Jenkins Burell 0 M b Miss [b abt 1850] 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #143 William Burell 33 M Farmer $250 Real Estate Value b SC Cannot read or write [b abt 1817] Anna Burell 34 F b SC Cannot read or write [b abt 1826] Elizabeth Burell 12 F b Miss [b abt 1838] Honor Burell 7 F b Miss [b abt 1843] Drusilla Burell 5 F b Miss [b abt 1845] William Burell 2 M b Miss [b abt 1848] John Burell 3 M b Miss [b abt 1847] Nancy M Burell 11mos F b Miss [b abt Oct 1849] Some sources indicate that John seems to have been married twice, his firs wife being Isabella Burrell, whom we ahve previously documented, and secondly Eliza L Ables. His wife is reported in the links on Find Grave as Eliza L Ables. John James Jenkins BIRTH 5 Apr 1829 DEATH 9 Feb 1913 (aged 83) BURIAL Jenkins (John) Cemetery, Sallis, Attala County, Mississippi Spouse Eliza L Abel Jenkins 1859-1927 Created by Lisa Goss Sanders 5 Nov 2013 -- Find A Grave Memorial 119846076, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119846076
John Samuel Jefferson Jenkins Birth 19 Aug 1850 in Attala, Mississippi Death 24 Aug 1916 Parents: Ephraim Jefferson Jenkins 1812 - 1880 Sarah Sally Greely Married Georgia Ann Allen Birth 17 Sep 1855 in Attala, Mississippi Death 19 Oct 1895 -- Sullivan, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18066167/person/599406499 "I don't really know a lot about Ephraim's death.... I think he died in 1889 in Arkansas County. I don't know hardly anything about his Arkansas family. Didn't know till I started researching our family that he was married to my 3rd time great grandma Sarah Greely, they had 4 kids. Although the fourth is my great great grandpa John Samuel Tobe Jenkins, there is no census record on him but I know this was their last child." -- Donna Winstead, comment on Nancy Ann Jackson on Ancestry, 27 February 2015 ---------------- I had some correspondence with a man named Wylodean Burrell Edwards a few years back. He related to me that his grandmother lived to be 99 years and 10 months, died in 1985 with a exceptional memory of family history. Nancy was the subject of my question to him as she was not on the 1850 census but was present on the 1860 & 1870 census. I asked him if she was a daughter, daughter-in-law, niece or perhaps a 2nd wife. He related that "Tobe" was the illegitimate son of Nancy Jenkins, (believed to be) Samuel's daughter. His grandmother told him that the family believed Tobe's father to be a Burden (possibly William). William Burden was married to Samuel's daughter Deborah. Most family trees have Tobe listed as a son of Ephraim Jenkins, but I have not found him on any census record with Ephraim. At any rate, he did not believe my line connected to Samuel as James Richard Jenkins' name did not appear in the Bible record or in court records. -- Barbara Jackson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 April 2017 ---------------- "This is my great great grandpa. Everyone claims that he is not the son of Ephraim because he is not listed on the census. But back then they would sometimes just copy info from the previous census which would have been done before he was born. If you could see a pic of Ephraim and my grandpa you would know that Ephraim was my granpa's great grandpa, they greatly resembled each other. Also, Wylodene is a lady not a man" -- Donna Winstead, Comment on RootsWeb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=interconnections&id=I9372 J S "Tobe" Jenkins Birth Aug 19, 1850 Death Aug 24, 1916 Spouse Georgia Ann Jenkins (1855 - 1895 Burial Seneasha Cemetery, Newport, Attala County, Mississippi Created by Beth Austin May 13, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #52344432, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=JE&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSsr=2121&GRid=52344432&&ftm=1
Cass County, Texas - Index to Marriages 1847-2002 Book 9, page 301, license 909 Stewart Jenkins Miss Ina Harmon Marriage 25 Nov 1906 In 1910, Stewart and his wife Irene are enumerated in Cass County, where he grew up. Irene was born in Illinois. The likely grave of Nona Lee, in fact, reports her birth date was 30 January 1910. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 28 April, Justice Precinct 2, Cass, District 31, page 8A, Hse/Fam #132 Jenkins, J Stewart, Head M W 29 Married 3 years TX GA AL Owns Farm Jenkins, Irene E, Wife M W 22 Married 3 years 2 children/2 living IL IL IL Jenkins, Floyd Son M W 2 TX TX IL Jenkins, Noma [Nona] L Dau F W 2months TX TX IL [born abt Jan-Feb 1910] Jenkins, Jane E Mother F W 48 Widow 7 children/6 living AL AL AL Stewart's mother here is named as Jane, but his mother's name was Julia E Ward. The age here also fails to match Julia's birth date in 1857. But every census age for Julia matches this. Even the 1900 census reports her birth date as September 1856 (while the date on her grave is 17 September 1857). But even so, the 1900 census still reports Julia's age as 48! The number of children matches Julia's report in the 1900 census, when she was living with her son Ira. Birth birth state information differs here, being Alabama for Jane and her parents. All previous censuses have reported Julia born in Georgia. But Alabama matches this census report of the birth state of Stewart's mother. There is another Texas birth record of a child who must have died before the 1910 census. But no death or burial record has been found for this child. No geneder is reported for this infant. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Jenkins Infant of Stewart Jenkins Birth 30 Jan 1910 Cass County Father's name Stewart Jenkins Certificate #485 I have found three Jenkins entries in Oklahoma for J S and his children. The details from family sources are spotty, so there are some uncertainties. I have not found a grave or death information for Irene. Holly Creek Cemetery, Holly Creek, McCurtain County, Oklahoma JENKINS, J.S. Mar 3,1881 Dec 19,1918 JENKINS, Jack 1906 1922 JENKINS, Nona Lee Jan 30,1910 Dec 29,1918 dau of J.S. -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~manningmassey/hollycreek.htm, found 28 May 2009 J S matches J Stewart Jenkins, son of John Cullen Jenkins and Julia Ward Jenkins. Nona Lee matches Nona Lee, daughter of JS in Wommack-Jenkins genealogy by Dottie Wommack McNeely, a Jenkins descendant. Nona's age of 2 months in April 1910 matches the birth date on this grave. These deaths in 1918 were probably because of the flu epidemic. Jack matches a son Jack in Dottie Wommack's Cass County genealogy, but she has no date of birth for Jack. But Jack here was born in 1906, and does NOT appear in the 1910 census of the family. Floyd's reported age of 2 years in 1910 census above would make him born in 1908, not 1906. But 2 years error is not unusual in censuses, due to different census dates and where birth dates fall. Dottie has no Floyd in this family, though he is in the 1910 census. The death and burial of Stewart and his daughter Nona in 1918 and his son Jack in 1922 tells us that Stewart and Irene moved from Cass County, Texas, to McCurtain county, Oklahoma (just north of the Red River) before 1920 and Irene continued there after 1920. No record of Irene and Jack in the 1920 census has been found. J. Stewart Jenkins Birth Mar. 3, 1881 Cass County, Texas Death Dec. 19, 1918 Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Parents: John Cullen Jenkins (1850 - 1892) Julia E. Jenkins (1857 - 1936) Burial Holly Creek Cemetery, Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Maintained by Sherry W, Originally Created by Sandie Manning Lambert Oct 27, 2004 -- Find a Grave Memorial #9718730, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9718730
Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 Martha Ann Pentecost John W Jenkens License issued 10 February 1845 Weakley, Tennessee, USA Marriage Book p 81, License #160 (on back) Ceremony performed 10 February 1845 by W A Hays, Justice of the Peace Recorded 29 March 1845 The 1850 census records John and Martha living next door to his parents William and Elizabeth Jenkins. 1850 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 27 August, District 9, page [no #], Hse/Fam #24 J W Jenkins 27 M Farmer $200 Real Estate value b Tennessee Martha Jenkins 24 F b Tennessee Marion Jenkins 2 M b Tennessee 1850 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 27 August, District 9, page [no #], Hse/Fam #25 W Jenkins 72 M Farmer $0 Real Estate value b North Carolina Elizabeth Jenkins 65 F b North Carolina Cannot read and write 1860 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 12 June, PO Locust Grove, page 34, Hse/Fam #233 J W Jenkins 37 M Married Farmer $800 Real Estate $500 Pesonal Estate b Tennessee [b abt 1823] Martha Jenkins 34 F b Tennessee [b abt 1826] Elbert Jenkins 13 F b Tennessee [b abt 1847] Elizabeth Jenkins 5 M b Tennessee [b abt 1855] John Jenkins 3 F b Tennessee [b abt 1857] 1860 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 12 June, PO Locust Grove, page 34, Hse/Fam #233 William Jenkins 77 M Married Farmer $0 Real Estate $0 Pesonal Estate b NC [b abt 1783] Elizabeth Jenkins 70 F b NC [b abt 1790] 1870 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 10 August, PO Dresden, District 9, page 19 (scan 151), Hse/Fam #124 Jenkins, John 40 M W Farmer $1000 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born North Carolina [b abt 1830] Jenkins, Martha A 36 F W born Tennessee Cannot read or write [b abt 1834] Jenkins, Elizabeth F W 15 At Home born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1855] Jenkins, John W 13 M W At Home born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1857] Jenkins, Allin [sic] M 5 M W At Home born Tennessee [b abt 1865] In 1880, their son John and his family are enumerated next door to them. 1880 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 5 June, Civil District 9, Enumeration District 172, page 8, Hse #68, Fam #72 Jenkins, John W W M 57 Head Farmer TN NC NC Jenkins, Martha A W F 54 Wife Keeping House TN TN TN Jenkins, Alfonzo W M 15 Son Single At Home Cannot write TN TN TN Seates, Sampson B M 18 Single Domestic Servant Cannot read or write TN TN TN - Hse #68, Fam #72 - Jenkins, John W W M 22 Head Farmer TN TN TN Jenkins, Isabell W F 22 Wife Keeping House TN TN TN Jenkins, Angie N W F 3 Dau Single TN TN TN Jenkins, James A M W M 2 Son Single TN TN TN Goodrich, Adline W F 45 Mother-in-law Widow At Home TN TN TN Dudley, James B M 19 Laborer Single Farm Laborer VA VA VA Family Data Collection - Individual Records Elizabeth Frances Jenkins Spouse Alpheus James Monroe Young Parents John W Jenkins, Martha Ann Pentecost Birth Weakly, Locust Grove, TN 25 August 1854 Marriage 22 Aug 1872 Dresden, Weakly, TN Death 6 Dec 1916 Rector, Clay, AR 1860 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 12 June, PO Locust Grove, page 34, Hse/Fam #233 J W Jenkins 37 M Married Farmer $800 Real Estate $500 Pesonal Estate b Tennessee [b abt 1823] Martha Jenkins 34 F b Tennessee [b abt 1826] Elbert Jenkins 13 F b Tennessee [b abt 1847] Elizabeth Jenkins 5 M b Tennessee [b abt 1855] John Jenkins 3 F b Tennessee [b abt 1857] 1860 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 12 June, PO Locust Grove, page 34, Hse/Fam #233 William Jenkins 77 M Married Farmer $0 Real Estate $0 Pesonal Estate b NC [b abt 1783] Elizabeth Jenkins 70 F b NC [b abt 1790]
1870 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 10 August, PO Dresden, District 9, page 19 (scan 151), Hse/Fam #124 Jenkins, John 40 M W Farmer $1000 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born North Carolina [b abt 1830] Jenkins, Martha A 36 F W born Tennessee Cannot read or write [b abt 1834] Jenkins, Elizabeth F W 15 At Home born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1855] Jenkins, John W 13 M W At Home born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1857] Jenkins, Allin [sic] M 5 M W At Home born Tennessee [b abt 1865] The 1880 census enumerated John Jr with his family next door to his parents. 1880 Federal Census, Weakley County, Tennessee, 5 June, Civil District 9, Enumeration District 172, page 8, Hse #68, Fam #72 Jenkins, John W W M 57 Head Farmer TN NC NC Jenkins, Martha A W F 54 Wife Keeping House TN TN TN Jenkins, Alfonzo W M 15 Son Single At Home Cannot write TN TN TN Seates, Sampson B M 18 Single Domestic Servant Cannot read or write TN TN TN - Hse #68, Fam #72 - Jenkins, John W W M 22 Head Farmer TN TN TN Jenkins, Isabell W F 22 Wife Keeping House TN TN TN Jenkins, Angie N W F 3 Dau Single TN TN TN Jenkins, James A M W M 2 Son Single TN TN TN Goodrich, Adline W F 45 Mother-in-law Widow At Home TN TN TN Dudley, James B M 19 Laborer Single Farm Laborer VA VA VA Jenkins Jannie T (Long) 1882 - 1965 John W 1857 - 1923 Brock's Cemetery, Greenfield, Weakley County, TN Photo courtesy of "DixieBlonde" on Ancestry 28 October 2008, accessed 18 April 2020
John had two wives named Salile. The first was Sallie Underwood, whom he married in 1898. After her death, he married Sallie West in 1921. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 J W Jenkins Gender Male Age 21, Birth Year abt 1877 Residence Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas Spouse's Name Sallie Underwood Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age: 16 Spouse's Residence Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas Marriage 22 Nov 1898 Arkansas County Marriage License Date 22 Nov 1898 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 28 April, Prairie Township, District 12, page 6A, Hse/Fam #96 Jenkins, J W Head M W 32 Married 11 years AR AR NC Farmer Jenkins, Sallie Wife F W 28 Married 11 years 3 children/3 living MS MS MS Farm Laborer Jenkins, Clarence Son M W 9 AR AR MS Farm Laborer Jenkins, Leety Dau F W 7 AR AR MS Jenkins, Emmett Son M W 5 AR AR MS John's WWI registration card, which I did not find until June 2013, gives us the presumably correct form of his middle name in his full signature on the card. He is John Woolfork Jenkins. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 John Woolfork Jenkins Residence St Charles, Arkansas County, Arkansas Birth Date 1 Aug 1877 Merchant in Charles, Arkansas County, Arkansas Nearest Relative Charlie Jenkins, St Charles [brother] Medium Height and Build, Blue Eyes, Black Hair Signed John Woolfork Jenkins His record in the 1920 census was not found until November 2016. This indicated that his wife Sallie Underwood died before January 1920. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 9 February, Prairie Township, District 15, page 7A, Hse/Fam #126 Jenkins, Jno Owns Free & Clear Head F W 42 Widowed AR AR AR Farmer Jenkins, Clarence Son M W 19 Single AR AR AR Jenkins, Lerta Dau F W 19 Single AR AR AR Jenkins, Enos Son M W 15 Single AR AR AR Jenkins, Wesly Son M W 9 Single AR AR AR Jenkins, George Son M W 5 Single AR AR AR In July 1921, John married again, to another Sallie, this time Sallie West. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Sallie West Gender Female Age 31, Birth Year abt 1890 Residence Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas Spouse's Name J W Jenkins Spouse's Gender Male Spouse's Age 42 Spouse's Residence Van, Arkansas, Arkansas Marriage 13 Jul 1921 Arkansas County 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 17 April, Prairie Township, District 24, page 6A, Hse #113, Fam #114 Jenkins, John Head Owns has Radio M W 52 Married at age 21 AR NC KY Farmer Jenkins, Sallie Wife F W 40 Married at age 31 AR AR AR Jenkins, George Son M W 15 Single AR AR AR Jenkins, Donald Son M W 7 Single AR AR AR Jenkins, David Son M W 7 Single AR AR AR Jenkins, Jacob Son M W 6 Single AR AR AR Notice that Sallie and John married in 1921. This means that George is the son of John's first wife. Note also that John was first married at age 21 (abt 1886), while Sallie was not born until 1890 and married at age 31. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 25 April, Prairie Township, District 1-24, page 10B, Belleview Rd and Reserve, Hse #157, Owns $500 Jenkins, John W Head M W 62 Grade 3 b Ark same place in 1935 Cotton Farmer [b abt 1877] Jenkins, Sallie Wife F W 50 Grade 4 b Ark same place in 1935 Jenkins, Emmet Son M W 35 Divorced Grade 4 b Ark same place in 1935 Farm Laborer Jenkins, David Son M W 17 Single Grade 7 b Ark same place in 1935 Jenkins, Donald Son M W 17 Single Grade 9 b Ark same place in 1935 Farm Laborer Jenkins, Jacob Son M W 14 Single Grade 11 b Ark same place in 1935 U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 John Wolfolk Jenkins Birth 1 Aug 1877 Saint Charles, Arkansas Residence Van, Arkansas, Arkansas Wife Sallie Jenkins
1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, Hse/Fam #136 Samuel Jenkins 66 M Farmer $300 Real Estate b SC Joseph Jenkins 7 M b SC Billie Jones, a Jenkins-Burrell researcher with whom we have worked on some of this Jenkins lineage, reports this person born in 1843 as a son of Samuel Jenkins and Sarah Catherineas Samuel Joseph Jenkins. However, these parents had an earlier son born in 1818 named Samuel Joseph Jenkins. The younger Joseph Jenkisn was reported in the 1850 census in the household of his father samuel Jenkins as Joseph Jenkins age 7. This Joseph seems to be a second son, born 25 years later and known only as Joseph. It was fairly common for the same family to have two children with the same or similar names born great distances apart. Samuel Joseph Jenkins, Birth 1843, Death 14 August 1862 Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, Civil War: Joined the 44th Mississippi and died in Meridian of illness; never served in a battle -- Billie Jones, Comment on her profile of Samuel Joseph Jones, Jenkins-Burrell Tree, Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/78124322/person/34406806256/facts Some sources report a Samuel Joseph Jenkins reported in some sources for this family, reported born in about 1842, married to a Sarah, who was reported together in the 1970 census, so that could not be either of these two sons of Samuel and Sara Catherine, who were both reported to have died in the Civil War. Both Samuel Joseph (born 1818) and Joseph (born 1943) were enlisted in the 44th Mississippi Regiment. Samuel Joseph was reported to have died 17 August 1862 and Joseph 14 August 1862. These dates of death could be different transcriptions of information, or mistranscriptions, but birth dates are not compatible.
Family information from the previous generation indicates that in his youth Joseph Asa was called Jode (I think it was pronounced Jodie). An early family notation also spells his middle name as Acy. My dad, Orville Lee Jenkins, also called his brother Asa by this name all his life. Joseph Asa was born in Cass County, Texas. In the 1880 census, Joe is reported as Joe Asa, age 16. This would mean he was born about 1864. No family researcher has been able to find his family in the 1870 census in any state. Joe's mother, Lucinda Taylor Jenkins, died around 1869. It is likely the family was out of state and traveling at the time of the census. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #144 Jenkins, Joseph W M 52 Farmer SC SC SC Jenkins, Louisa W F 42 Wife Keeps House Miss Miss Ireland Jenkins, Mary L W F 21 Daughter Farming Ga SC Miss Jenkins, Lucinda W F 19 Daughter Farming Ga SC Miss Jenkins, Margaret C W F 17 Daughter Farming Tx SC Miss Jenkins, Joe Asa W M 16 Son Farming Tx SC Miss [b abt 1864] Joe's age is reported here as 16, which would make him born about 1864. Since his birth date is near the end of June, and the census date was actually 1 June, it should mean he was born in 1863, if they were really being accurate. But the birth date on his gravestone is 25 June 1866. The reported age in 1910 was 43, which would match the stated birth date. In 1879, there was a tax record in Cass county for a J A Jenkins, on the same page and three lines under an Elijah Jenkins. Neither Elijah or J A Jenkins is reported as owning any land. Neither did they report any personal property, which probably indicated they were living on their parents property in their parents home. The only tax paid was the state and county poll tax. Texas, County Tax Rolls Jenkins, Elijah, no personal property, state poll tax $2.00, county poll tax $1.00, Total Tax $3.00 Jenkins, J A, no personal property, state poll tax $2.00, county poll tax $1.00, Total Tax $3.00 1879 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 45 No ages are reported on these tax rolls. But according to the received birth date of 28 June 1866 in family records, Joseph Asa would have been about 13 in 1879. By the age reported in the 1880 census, he would have been 16, but this would still have been under legal age. It is unclear if he could have voted and thus needed to pay the poll tax. It appears, however, that the age of majority in Texas was 21, and the law provided for the removing of the disability of minority at age 17. This law was passed in 1871, so was in effect in 1879. But it not likely the birth date of Joseph Asa Jenkins has been misremembered and misrecorded in family memory and records to the discrepancy between 1866 and 1862, which it would be if he was a legal adult and could already vote in 1879. Further, there is nothing in Jenkins family memory about Joe gaining adult status early through legal means. Since this J A Jenkins is not likely the son of Joseph Sanford Jenkins of Cass County, it seems likely that this J A as well as the Elijah on the same page are some kinfolks of Joseph Sanford. John Cullen Jenkins named a son Ebby Elijah. On 27 March 1887 Joseph Asa married Hester Smith, whose family lived near the Jenkins farm. The date on the Marriage Certificate issued in Cass County, Texas, is 25 March 1887, issued to J A Jenkins and Annie Smith. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 J A Jenkins Gender Male Spouse Annie Smith Marriage 27 Mar 1887 Cass, Texas ------------------ Joseph Asa was first married to Hester Ann Smith, daughter of Benjamin Frank Smith and his wife Mary Isabella (Henson) Chapel, widow of Archy Chapel of Cass County, Texas. During the 1952 interview referenced above, Joseph said he first noticed Hester Ann at church. He said he was so taken by her beauty that he didn't hear a word that the preacher said. Four years later Joseph saw Hester for the second time. She had accompanied her half-brother Thomas Jefferson Chapel and his wife Mary Lide (or Lydia), Joseph's older sister, on a visit to the Jenkins home. Joseph said he again "got to looking at Hester Ann and it wasn't long until they were married." At that time Hester was 16 and Joseph was "a couple of months short of being 21. Joseph Asa and Hester Ann were married in Cass County, Texas, on 27 March 1887. -- Jenkins Family History by Harold K Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 12 ------------------ Joseph was reported in the 1889 and 1890 Cass County tax rolls, along with his brother J C (John Cullen) and their father J S (Joseph Sanford). Joseph was 25 years old at that time. In 1889, J A was the only Jenkins listed on his page. His brother Cullen and his father J S were on the previous page. Texas, County Tax Rolls J A Jenkins, abstract #1131, original owner Thos Wood, 134 acres, Real Estate value $268, Total property value $310, tax ad valorem RE $.62, School tax $.39, poll tax $1.50, County tax $1.70, Total $4.46 1889 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 63 Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, abstract #1122, original owner S D Wright, 100 acres, $150 Real Estate value, personal property $258, tax on RE $1.42, tax on personal $.52, poll tax $1.50, Total $225 J A Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner Thomas Wood, 25 acres, $400 Real Estate value, personal property $226, tax on RE $1.24, tax on personal $.45, poll tax $1.50, Total $372 J C Jenkins, abstract #1141, original owner Thomas Wood, 82 acres; abstract #49, original owner R M Burton, 94 acres; total $217 Real Estate value, personal property $555, tax on RE $3.05, tax on personal $1.11, poll tax $1.50, Total Tax $660 1890 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 59 It was about this time that Joe moved his family across the border into Indian Territory at Healdton, Chickasaw Nation, near the Texas border. His father Joseph Sanford Jenkins moved with the family, and died in 1893 in Marlow, Stephens County, Chickasaw Nation. It is not clear if Joseph Sanford's second wife Louisa Christian Jenkins also moved with the family. In a 1952 television interview in Oklahoma City, Joe said he had been in Oklahoma since 1890. Joseph said, "I have been here since 1890." -- Jenkins Journal, April 1982, by Harold Keith Christian, p 2 "During the 1952 TV interview, Joseph [Asa Jenkins] first stated he had lived in Oklahoma since 1890." -- Jenkins Family History, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, pp 9-10, 13 There is no reference to her in Jenkins family tradition about the move to Indian Territory. A later news story about her and the Christian family refers to her son going back in 1900 to sell the (Christian) family farm after her death. It may be she decided not to move to Indian Territory, and died in the meantime. But family tradition has not comment on her death or burial. No Christian or Jenkins family researcher is known to have found any information on her burial. "The Christians [sic] children ... Their mother, Louisa, married a second time, J. S. Jenkins, March 7, 1872, and had one son, Henry. After her death in 1900, Joseph Benjamin Christian sold the family farm to Lonzo Hicks. Family tradition states that there is a lineage connection to the Hensley family but this has not been proven." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 August 1971, p 9 G ======================= From Texas to Indian Territory By Orville Boyd Jenkins In his Jenkins Family History, Harold Christian tells of the move from Cass County, Texas, to Indian Territory. Writing about the family of Joseph Asa Jenkins, Harold tells us Joseph Asa moved his family from their Texas home in 1890 or 1891. Family tradition and later evidence indicate that Joseph Asa's father Joseph Sanford Jenkins moved with his son to Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. At this time Joseph Sanford was about 65, and Joseph Asa was about 25. Joseph Asa settled near Marlow, in what is now Stephens County, Oklahoma. In his narrative about Joseph Asa Jenkins, Harold tells us about the move: "Joseph said he loaded all of his possessions into two covered wagons for the move. It took him sixteen days to make the trip from Dalton, Texas, to Healdton, Indian Territory. Two of Joseph's brother-in-laws are believed to have been living in Healdton at that time. One is believed to have been Joseph Benjamin Christian and his wife Catherine Smith, sister of Hester Ann. The other is believed to have been Nelson Winter and his wife Margaret Catherine Jenkins, Joseph's sister" (page 13, The Jenkins Family History, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf). Margaret Catherine Jenkins was the daughter of Joseph Sanford Jenkins and Lucinda Amanda Taylor. Joseph Benjamin Christian was the stepson of Joseph Sanford, the son of Joseph Sanford's second wife (or third according to one line of family tradition), Luisa (Taylor?) Christian. Christians married Jenkinses in three generations of life together in Texas and Oklahoma. Descendants of Joseph Sanford Jenkins in Cass County have contributed two old photographs that are thought to have been taken of the Jenkins family crossing the Red River on that trek into Indian Territory. These photos show a covered wagon and several family members on a flatbed ferry, about to launch. Joseph Asa's father Joseph Sanford died in 1893 and was buried in Marlow. There is no record of the date or place of death of Joseph Sanford's wife Louisa Christian Jenkins. It is not known if she died before the move to Indian Territory, or died en route. She is not buried in Marlow, and the family has no information on her death or burial. ======================= Healdton was in the western side of what became Carter County, Oklahoma, not far from Ardmore. Though Joe's father Joseph Sanford was buried in Marlow, we find that in December of that year, Joseph and Hettie's daughter Sallie was born in December 1893 in Wapanucka, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Wapanucka is in what became Johnston County, also in what was then Chickasaw Nation. Wapanucka is some distance west from Ardmore, and some distance from Healdton. Wapanucka had been the location of a Confederate hospital and prison, after the Chickasaw Nation joined the Confederate States of America. "The Chickasaw government joined the Confederate States of America after the outbreak of the Civil War. The Union army ordered its troops to evacuate Fort Washita, Fort Cobb and Fort Arbuckle. When Confederate troops occupied the area, they used the stone building at Wapanucka as a hospital and a prison." -- "Johnston County, Oklahoma," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_County,_Oklahoma But Marlow, the county seat of Stephens County, where Joe's family are living in 1900, is even farther north and west. Perhaps Joseph Sanford actually died out some distance from Marlow, at home or on the trail, in or near Wapanucka, and the body was taken for report of death to be buried in Marlow. They moved after a short while to Marlow, where Joe leased a farm for a while. He moved into Marlow town shortly after Sallie was born in December 1893. "Family tradition indicates Joseph helped build the railroad through Marlow. It is believed that he was engaged in cutting trees and splitting them for railroad ties during the period 1893-1894, living with his family in the vicinity of Wapanucka [Chickasaw Nation], Indian Territory." -- Harold K Christian, Jenkins Family History, p 14, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf Joseph Asa with wife Hester (Hattie) and family are recorded in the 1900 Chickasaw Nation (Stephens County, Oklahoma) census. They are in Marlow, later the county seat of Stephens County. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 19 June, District 164, Marlow, Page #310, Family #133 Jenkins, Joe Head W M Jun 1866 33 Married 13 yrs TX SC GA Farmer Jenkins, Hattie Wife W F Jul 1870 29 Married 13 yrs 6 children/4 living TX TN TX Jenkins, James Son W M Jan 1888 12 TX TX TX Jenkins, Joseph B Son W M Oct 1889 10 TX TX TX Jenkins, Sallie H Dau W F Dec 1893 6 Ind Terr TX TX Jenkins, Mary N Dau W F Oct 1897 2 Ind Terr TX TX Hattie died soon after this census. Joe married a young woman whose family had recently moved from Georgia. Julia Virgina Terry's parents did not want her to marry this much older man, so she sneaked out of the house to join him to get married there in Marlow town. In later years, letters to Julia Virginia (Jennie) from her mother, Martha Wall Terry, indicate she had grown to love and admire Joseph Asa. "JENKINS, J A 34 TERRY, JULIA VIRGINIA 20 29 MAR 1901 MARLOW E©377" -- Chickasaw Nation Marriages, Ardmore Courthouse, http://www.okgenweb.org/~okgarvin/kinard/chicmarriageindex.htm From about 1902 Joseph lived on a farm near Bradley. In December 1903 or January 1904 (after the birth of Thomas Asa on the farm 3 November 1903), the family moved into Bradley town, to run a store and serve as postmaster. They lived there till after the birth of Nannie May in October 1905, probably moving away after the winter in 1906. "Asa, the second child of this marriage was born on 3 November 1903 while the family was living on the farm near Bradley. Following Asa's birth, Joseph moved his family into Bradley. He purchased a mercantile store from a Mr. Cater. During this period he sold groceries and drygoods and also served as Bradley Postmaster." -- Jenkins Family History by Harold K Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 16 "Nannie May was born on 29 October 1905, probably following Joseph's move from the farm into town at Bradley. Apparently Joseph returned with his family to Marlow from Bradley about 1906. Joseph and Virginia lost their baby daughter Nannie May who died on 23 September 1906. Nannie was buried in the Marlow cemetery." -- Jenkins Family History by Harold K Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 16 Joseph was appointed postmaster on 14 Apr 1905 and served until about February 1906. The next appointment of a Bradley Postmaster was on 14 February 1906. His salary in that position was a few pennies short of $300 a year. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 Joseph A Jenkins Appointment 14 Apr 1905 Bradley, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume 90 (Next Postmaster appointed 14 February 1906) U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 Joseph A Jenkins Date 1 Jul 1905 District 19, Bradley, Indian Territory Salary $299.93 per annum Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States Volume 2, p 2 They were in Marlow before the death of Nannie May in September 1906. Nannie May was buried in Marlow Cemetery. We now know that Joe and Jennie moved back to Marlow between about February and September 1906. Soon after Nannie's death, Joseph became the city marshal in Marlow, serving for about 3 years. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 2 May, District #239, p #18A, Wall Township, Marlow City, Fourth Ward, Family #347 Jenkins, Joseph A Head M W 43 2nd marriage Married 9 yrs TX SC MS City Marshall Jenkins, Julia V Wife F W 29 1st marriage Married 9 yrs 5 children/4 living GA GA TX Jenkins, Sallie Dau F W 16 S OK TX TX Jenkins, Mary Dau F W 13 S OK TX TX Jenkins, Mabel Dau F W 8 S OK TX TX Jenkins, Asa Son M W 7 S OK TX TX Jenkins, Rondafay Dau F W 3 S OK TX TX Jenkins, Baby [Arthur Carthal] Son M W 3mos S OK TX TX In this census, Julia's birthplace is reported as Georgia. There are a couple of other reports of Georgia as her birthplace, but most censuses report Texas as her state of birth. In fact, her parents are reported in the 1880 census in McLennan County, Texas. Julia was born a few months later that same year. The Baby Jinkins here is Bud (Arthur Carthal), whose date of birth is 28 December 1909. This date is reported by Harold Christian from family source, and was also given to me directly by Bud's nephew Asa Lee Jenkins. Bud's gravestone in Fairlawn (Chickasha, Oklahoma) Cemetery has only the year 1909. At any rate, we would expect to see Bud here with an age of about 4 months. But in May 2009, Bud's son (my cousin) Carthal Trent told me he had always heard that his father was born in Mt View. This would mean that Bud was not born until 1910, which would account for his not being recorded in the May 1910 census in Marlow. But did family members remember the year of Bud's birth incorrectly? According to information compiled by Harold Christian for the Jenkins family, Joe Jenkins moved his family to Mountain View shortly after the 1910 census. He first farmed on a farm of his brother-in-law Bill Christian, then moved to an Indian lease farm. Harold Christian tells the story: "By about 1910 he had decided to move his family from Marlow to Mountain View, Oklahoma, where he was to settle for a few years supporting his family by farming. ... "Some time after the marriage of daughter Sallie and Cleve Christian in November 1911] Joseph is believed to have moved his family from Bill Christian's farm at Oakdale [north of Mountain View just across the county line into Caddo County] to an Indian lease he subsequently obtained southeast of Mountain View." -- Jenkins Family History by Harold K Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 17 There is a story of their moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, for a period before World War I. Joseph Asa mentions this in his television interview on WKY-TV in Oklahoma City in 1955. Some comments from the story, by Joseph or from some of his children's memories, are unclear whether the whole family or just some of the family moved to Canada. They returned to Mt View after this interim of working in Vancouver. In March 2009, I found out more specific details about the trip to Vancouver in a newspaper story that my step mother gave me among items that had belonged to my father. This clarified that Joe had moved to "Vancouver, B. C., where Mr. Jenkins worked on the Canadian-Alaskan Highway project. When war [WWI] broke out in 1914, they returned to Mountain View." [See full story below.] When Joseph went to Vancouver has not been discovered. But a Canadian immigration record records Jennie's entry with all the children in December 1912. Canadian Immigration Records, White Rock, British Columbia, 12 Dec 1912 Jenkins, Mrs Jennie Female age 30 Farmer Born Texas Citizen of Texas Train CMR 356 from Oklahoma to Vancouver $3.00 Cash To Husband Jenkins, Mary Female age 15 Farmer Born Texas Citizen of Texas Train CMR 356 from Oklahoma to Vancouver Jenkins, Mable Female age 15 Farmer Born Texas Citizen of Texas Train CMR 356 from Oklahoma to Vancouver Jenkins, Asa Male age 8 Farmer Born Texas Citizen of Texas Train CMR 356 from Oklahoma to Vancouver Jenkins, Ronda Fay age Female 5 Farmer Born Texas Citizen of Texas Train CMR 356 from Oklahoma to Vancouver Jenkins, Carthal age Male 3 Farmer Born Texas Citizen of Texas Train CMR 356 from Oklahoma to Vancouver Jenkins, Orville Male age 8months Farmer Born Texas Citizen of Texas Train CMR 356 from Oklahoma to Vancouver It seems they were in Vancouver about 2.5 years. The Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian, p 19, reports that "[After the birth of Netheline in December 1918] Joseph is believed to have moved his family from Mountain View first to a farm south of Fort Cobb and sometime thereafter into Fort Cobb." However, they were still enumerated as a family in Mt View in the 1920 census. And Jennie was active in the local Democratic Party there, being appointed as a precinct committee member in Mt View in October 1920. 1920 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 3 January, Mt View, District 14, Page 1A, Hse/Fam #1 Jenkins, Joseph A Head M W 54 TX NC MS Farmer Jenkins, Juliva V Wife FW 39 TX GA NC Jenkins, Ronda F Dau F W 12 OK TX TX Jenkins, Author C Son M W 10 OK TX TX Jenkins, Orville L Son M W 7 OK TX TX Jenkins, Gladys L Dau F W 5 OK TX TX Jenkins, Matty N Dau F W 1 OK TX TX There is thus some discrepancy over the times as given by Harold, from family memories he collected. In the 1920 census, he is still farming in Mt View Township. He moved to Fort Cobb some time later, or perhaps he took the orphanage position in Ft Cobb while retaining the farm near Mt. View, and the family was still living there during the 1920 census. Harold Christian continues: "[After moving to Fort Cobb], it is believed he managed an orphan's home for about the first year. Apparently not satisfied with that he again entered the profession of law enforcement, first serving as a deputy to the Town Marshall and subsequently as Town Marshall." A report from his daughter Mabel would place the beginning of the Marshall job in October 1921, though they could have been living in the town already before that time. Harold Christian quotes Joe's daughter Mabel as saying: "When Kerwin was about 3-4 days old, Poppa was made City Marshall." Kerwyn (Charles) was born in October 1921. If Mabel's memory is right, then Joseph Asa became Marshall of Fort Cobb in October 1921. Joe was a peace officer for a total of 20 years, serving as chief of police in Marlow, deputy sheriff in Mountain View and city marshal of Fort Cobb. Here is the information for this family from the 1930 census record from Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma. Note that the birthplace of Julia as well as Joe is given as Texas. This corroborates earlier reports that she alone of all the Terry children was born in Texas, though those after her were born in Georgia until the final child born in Oklahoma. In the Notes for Julia Virginia Terry I detail the 1880 census record reporting Julia's parents in McLennan County, Texas, where Julia was born in Lorena in December 1880. The Terrys appear to have moved to Texas with other Terrys, but then Thomas Duncan decided for some reason to move back to the Terrys' home area in Murray County, Georgia. 1930 Federal Census, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1 April, Fort Cobb, District 26, p 9A, Hse #181, Fam #215 Joe A Jenkins Head M W 63 TX MS MS Julia Jenkins Wife F W 49 TX GA NC Carthel Jenkins son M W 20 OK TX TX Orville Jenkins son M W 17 OK TX TX Lahoma Jenkins dau F W 12 OK TX TX Netheline Jenkins dau F W 11 OK TX TX Virginia Jo Jenkins dau F W 4 yrs 8 mos OK TX TX Rondafaye Jenkins dau F W 22 OK TX TX Note that Rhonda's name is written all as one name rather than two, as the family seem to have it. This was the case in 1910 also, when her name was spelled Rhondafay. It is also unusual that in 1930 her name is entered last, though she is the oldest child still at home. Joseph became somewhat renowned as a lawman during his days at Fort Cobb. Stories about some of Joesph's spectacular experiences as a lawman were reported in the Fort Cobb paper in 1931 and 1932. A line in the obituary of his young daughter Virginia Jo, who died in a gun accident in 1930, describes him as a night watchman. "The Jenkins family has lived in Fort Cobb for the past nine years where Mr. Jenkins is employed as night watchman." -- The Carnegie Herald, July 2, 1930, cited in Find A Grave Memorial #8771471, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68771471 The 1940 census reports that Joe and Jennie lived in or near Ft Cobb in 1935, then moved to Chickasha somewhere before 1940. They were in Chickasha by 1938, when they were reported in the Chickasha City Directory for that year. Note that in 1938, their address is on 18th Street, but in 1940 they are on 14th Street. Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1938, p 109 Jenkins Jos A (J Virginia) trav slsmn h 1417 S 18th Jenkins Netheline h 1417 S 18th Jenkins Orville radio service 114 N 4th h 1417 S 18th Notice that in the 1930 census their address was Fort Cobb, but in 1920 they had been in Mountain view, but in the 1940 census, they report that they were living in rural Caddo County in 1935 before moving to Chickasha. 1940 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma, 12 April, Chickasha Ward 1, District 26-9B, page 11B, 1710 19th St, Hse #1710, Rents $25 Jenkins, Joseph A Head M W 74 Grade 5 b Texas lived in Caddo Co OK in 1935 No Occup Jenkins, Julia V Wife F W 64 Grade HS-2 b Texas lived in Caddo Co OK in 1935 NO Occup Jenkins, Orville L Son M W 27 Single Grade HS-3 b Oklahoma lived in Caddo Co OK in 1935 Radio Repair Jenkins, Netheline Dau F W 21 Single b Oklahoma lived in Caddo Co OK in 1935 Cashier, Amusements The Chickasha City Directory of 1940 lists is similar to the 1938 entry, but Orville is listed with a separate residence address. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Chickasha, Oklahoma. City Directory 1940, p 92 Jenkins Jos A (Virginia) h 1710 S 19th Jenkins Netheline cash Rialto Theatre h 1710 S 19th Jenkins Orville radio repair 114 N 4th h 2002 S 15th U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1947, p 135 Jenkins Appliance Co (Arthur C Jenkins) 308 Choctaw av Jenkins Arthur C (Eileen; Jenkins Appliance Co) h[ome] 1227 S 6th Jenkins Jos A (Jennie) h 2002 S 15th Jenkins Orville L (Lou I; Jenkins Radio Co) h 2027 S 14th Jenkins Radio Co (Orville L Jenkins) 312 Choctaw av They lived in Chickasha during my childhood. The home I knew was at 1016 S 20th St in Chickasha, which is reported in later censuses and directories up to 1959. They were in that house at least by 1951. The story of their 50th wedding anniversary reports the 20th Street address. Here is the news story of Joe and Jennie's 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1951, which provides rich detail about their life and the places they lived. The open-house celebration for them was held in the home of their son Bud (Arthur Carthal), just a few blocks away from the home on 20th Street. ================================== J. A. Jenkinses Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary Six of Seven Children Plan Open House Fifty years ago last Thursday, a 20-year-old girl slipped unnoticed through a window of a neighbor's house in Marlow and drove away in a buggy with her financé to be married. Today, fifty years and three days later, the couple will celebrate their golden, wedding anniversary. They are Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jenkins, 1016 South 20th. The 1901 wedding ceremony was performed by the preacher as the couple sat in the buggy in front of his house. Plans for the dreamed-of church wedding were forgotten after the brides parents voiced objections to the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, ages 84 and 70, will be honored at an open house from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. today in the home of son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Jenkins, 1522 South 17th. Six of the honorees' seven children will be hosts. A gold-and-white color scheme will be used in decorations for the reception. Punch and cake will be served from a table centered with a layout of California golden fruit. Over the mantel will be a large gold-and-white framed picture of the couple taken shortly after their wedding. The Oklahoma pioneers were both born in Texas. Mr. Jenkins moved in 1890 to the site of what is now Marlow where he farmed and later served as City marshal. Mrs. Jenkins, then Julia Virginia Terry, moved with her family from Georgia to Marlow in January of 1901. Two and one-half months after their meeting, they were married. Mr. Jenkins moved his family to Mountain View in 1910. But soon they were off to Vancouver, B. C., where Mr. Jenkins worked on the Canadian-Alaskan Highway project. When war broke out in 1914, they returned to Mountain View. The family lived in Fort Cobb from 1921 until 1935. There also Mr. Jenkins farmed and served for a time as city marshal. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have lived in Chickasha since 1935, when Mr. Jenkins retired. Mr. Jenkins is still quite active, but failing eyesight has slowed down his reading habits. However, a reading record machine has solved this problem pretty well. His main interest is his church work, and he takes a lively interest in world affairs. Both he and his wife are members of the 12th Street Missionary Baptist church. Mrs. Jenkins is particularly interested in her flower garden and, of course, her grandchildren. Three who live in Chickasha, the children of the A. C. Jenkinses, "spend lots of time with us," she says, proudly. They are Carthel [Carthal] Trent, 13, Mike Thomas, 8, and Larhonda, 5. Mrs. Jenkins says she and her husband have had a full and most interesting life together, although nothing spectacular has ever happened to them. She perhaps considers today as spectacular as any other day in their lives. For numerous daughters, sons, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends have descended upon Chickasha to honor them. The six children who are their hosts for the day are Mrs. Mabel Hill and Miss Netheline Jenkins of Oklahoma City, Asa Jenkins of Anadarko, Mrs. Russell Boyd of Amarillo, Texas, Orville Jenkins of Quanah, Texas, and A. C. Jenkins of Chickasha. One other daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Henry [Hendron] of San Gabriel, Calif., was unable to come for the reunion. Also here are daughter-in-law [Mrs.] Asa Lee Jenkins Jr [should be Asa Jenkins & should not be Jr] and son, grandson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Lee Jenkins Jr [should not be Jr] and son Ronnie, Oklahoma City; son-in-law Russell Boyd and grandson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Hill and son, Charles Mark, Amarillo. Mrs. Cleve Christian, Chickasha, is the only one of Mr. Jenkins four children by a previous marriage who will be here for the anniversary observance. The other three are James E. Jenkins and B. J. Jenkins of Buena Park, Calif., and Mrs. Neil Yates of Aledo, Texas. Four sisters and one brother of Mrs. Jenkins who are also here are: Mrs. W. C. Madison, Mrs. Elmer Wagnon, Mrs. Best [Bert] Lewis and Arthur Terry of Marlow, and Mrs. E. P. Hill of Duncan. Mrs. Annie Tabors, Mountain View, a niece of Mr. Jenkins, also will be present. The listed relatives are only those who sent word they would join Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins in the celebration. But Mrs. Jenkins points out the possibilities for a larger group are great. For there are 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. In addition, Mr. Jenkins has 28 other grandchildren and 39 other great-grandchildren. And then, of course, there is a 50 year accumulation of friends. -- The Chickasha (Oklahoma) Daily Express, Sunday, 1 April 1951 ================================== U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1952 Jenkins Appliance Co (Arthur C Jenkins) hse hold appliance 224 Chickasha av Jenkins Arthur C (Dorothy; Jenkins Appliance) h 1522 S 17th Jenkins Jos A (Virgina V) h 1016 S 20th Jenkins Orville (Jenkins Radio Co) Jenkins Radio Co (Orville L Jenkins) J A Hulse Mgr, Philco Refrigerators, Television, Radio, Appliances-Sales & Service 312 Choctaw av, Tel 3260 (For further information, see page 34, Buyer's Guide) U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1956, p 111 Jenkins Jos A (Julia V) h 1016 S 20th In this 1956 directory is also a listing for Joe and Jennie's daughter-in-law Eyline and her son Trent. This is the year after their son Bud (Arthur Carthal) died. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1956, p 110 Jenkins Appliance Co (Eyline C Jenkins) Kenneth C Watkins Mgr, Zenith TV and Radio, Frigidaire Appliances, Maytag Washers 310 Chickasha av, Tel 2032 Jenkins Eyline (wid Arth C) Jenkins Appliance Co) h[ome] 1522 S 17th - p 111 - Jenkins Trent studt r[esidence] 1522 S 17th Joe and Jennie were at the 20th Street address at least until 1960. They were reported in the 1959 and 1960 city directories. Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1959, p 84 Jenkins Joseph A (Virginia) h 1016 S 20th Their widowed daughter Sallie Christian and other members of the Christian family were also reported in 1959. Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1959, p 30 Christian Bobby D constn wkr r 915 S 6th Christian Ralph (Anna M; Christian Broom Mfrs) h 915 S 6th Christian Broom Mfrs (Ralph Christian) h 915 S 6th Christian Sally (wid Cleve) h 2713 S 18th Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory 1960, p 96 Jenkins Jos A (J Virginia) h 1016 S 20th They were still resident at the same address. But it became necessary for them to move into a nursing care facility. The exact date of their move is not known. Joe and Jennie had been residents in the Chickasha Nursing Home, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, for some time before Joe's death in 1962. His obituary reports that Joe had been in poor health for three years, meaning back to 1959. But in the 1959 and 1960 city directories, they were still listed at their address on 20th Street. No documentation has been found on exactly when they were moved in to the Chickasha Nursing Home. I remember visiting them there on occasion, when our family would visit Chickasha from our Texas home. I was also present there when Pappa Joe died. I remember my father and some of his siblings being in the upstairs room with their father, while we waited downstairs. Joe was not fully conscious at that time, as I remember. Funeral Services were held on Thursday, 4 April 1962, at the Sevier Funeral Home in Chickasha, with burial following in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hwy 81 North in Chickasha. Obituary of Joseph Asa Jenkins ------------------------ Father of Cityan dies in Chickasha Joseph Asa Jenkins, 95, of Chickasha, father of Mrs Neil Yates of Pauls Valley, died Monday [2 April 1962] at the Chickasha Nursing Home. He was born June 28, 1866 in Cass County, Texas; near Dalton, Texas, where he lived for 25 years. He moved to Indian Territory in 1890 and settled in Marlow. He lived in Mountain View and Fort Cobb before moving to Chickasha in 1935. He was married to Hester Ann Smith in March, 1887. She preceded him in death in September 1899. He then married Virginia Terry in March, 1901. One son, A C Jenkins preceded him in death in October 1955. He was a member of the Baptist church where he was a deacon. Jenkins served as a peace officer for 20 years. He served as chief of police at Marlow, county sheriff at Mountain View and city marshall at Fort Cobb. He retired in 1939 and had been in bad health the last three years. Other survivors include his wife Virginia, four sons, Ben and Everett Jenkins of Bell Flower, Calif, Asa Jenkins of Anadarko and Orville Jenkins of Quanah, Texas; five daughters, Mrs Cleve Christian and Mrs. Mabel Hill of Chickasha, Mrs Rhonda Boyd of Dallas, Texas, Mrs Lahoma Hendren [Hendron] of Goleta, Calif, and Mrs Netheline Calloway of Oklahoma City; 37 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday [4 April 1962] at the Sevier Funeral Home in Chickasha. Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery in Chickasha. -- Obituary of Joseph Asa Jenkins, Pauls Valley Democrat, Pauls Valley, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, 3 June 1962, photocopy of the original provided by Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, former daughter-in-law of J A Jenkins ------------------------- Joseph Asa Jenkins Birth Jun 28, 1866 Dalton, Cass County, Texas Death Apr 2, 1962 Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Father J S Jenkins (1826 - 1893) Mother Lucinda Amanda Taylor Jenkins (1824 - 1869) Spouses: Annie Hester Jenkins (1870 - 1900) Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins (1880 - 1966) Children: James Everett Jenkins (1886 - 1963) Joseph Benjamin Jenkins (1889 - 1978) Sallie Hester Jenkins Christian (1893 - 1982) Ocy Belle Jenkins (1896 - 1896) Mary Nettie Jenkins Yates (1897 - 1991) Mabel Clare Jenkins Hill (1901 - 1990) Thomas Asa Jenkins (1903 - 1969) Nannie May Jenkins (1905 - 1906) Rhonda Fay Jenkins Boyd (1907 - 1963) Arthur Carthal Jenkins (1909 - 1955) Orville Lee Jenkins (1912 - 1987) Gladys Lahoma Jenkins Hendron (1914 - 1991) Martha Netheline Jenkins Callaway (1918 - 2007) Virginia Jo Jenkins (1925 - 1930) Burial Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, Blk 6, Lt 191, Sp 1 Maintained by Cokeman2, Originally Created by AL Dec 22, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #63222130, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63222130
I have noticed a variation in the various family references to Joseph Benjamin Jenkins. Throughout his life, he went by Benjamin. He is listed as Benjamin in many public sources, and much of our family correspondence about him. I have seen public references to him as both Joseph Benjamin and Benjamin Joseph. His family commonly called him Ben, and we nephews and nieces called him Uncle Ben. In the Christiansen and Winans genealogies, he is listed only as Benjamin Jenkins. The common way I have seen or heard his full name is Joseph Benjamin Jenkins. I found that on the JenkinsLife.com website, members of his family have referred to him there as Benjamin Joseph Jenkins. That site is managed by a grandson, and one of the contributors is a daughter of Ben. In previous email correspondence, a great grandson refers to Ben as I have known his name, Joseph Benjamin. Information from Julia Virginia Jenkins, Ben's step-mother, gives his name as Joseph Benjamin. This is in family information given to Lou Ila Jenkins in the 1950s. Ben's grandson Bruce Jenkins says his father Brian told him that Ben changed the order of his names after an event in the army, when he and some army buddies in San Francisco were attacked by a Chinese gang. Ben was so badly injured doctors had to put a plate in his head. At some time after that event he changed his name by switching the order of his two given names. Since early sources, such as the 1910 census cited below, show his name as Joseph B(enjamin), it appears that this was the original form of his name. This would follow the pattern of names in his father Joseph Asa and grandfather Joseph Sanford. Also note his cousin Joseph Benjamin Christian. He is in the 1900 Chickasaw Nation census as Joseph B Jenkins. In his 1917 WWI registration Ben reported that he was born in Texarkana, not too far from Linden, where the family was living at the time. In the Jenkins Family History, Harold Christian reported from his research that the Ben's birth place was Linden, Texas, where the family farm was located. I tend to think Ben's report is correct. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 19 June, District 164, Marlow, Page #310, Family #133 Jenkins, Joe Head W M JUN 1866 33 Married 13 yrs TX SC GA Farmer Jenkins, Hattie Wife W F JUL 1870 29 Married 13 yrs 6 children/4 living TX TN TX Jenkins, Joseph B Son W M OCT 1889 10 TX TX TX Joseph Benjamin Jenkins married Bessie Amanda Ann Winans in October 1907. Though the marriage register spells the name Wynans, other family sources, including a letter from a grand-daughter to Jenkins family members, uses the spelling Winans. JENKINS, J B 18 WYNANS, BESSIE M 19 13 OCT 1907 MARLOW K©471 -- Chickasaw Nation Marriages, Ardmore Courthouse, transcribed by Mary Kinard, http://www.okgenweb.org/~okgarvin/kinard/chickjmarr.htm Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 J B Jenkins, Age 18 (born abt 1889) Bessie M Wynans, Age 19 (born abt 1890) License #1956 issued 9 October 1907 Marriage 13 October 1907 Marlow, Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (later Stephens County, Oklahoma) Ceremony by John R Terry, Minister of the Gospel Recorded 14 October 1907, Indian Territory Marriage Book p 571 (now kept in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma) Ben was a few days short of his 18th birthday, and his age on the license was stated as 18. Bessie was 19. Harold K. Christian reports this as a short marriage. I estimate that the marriage lasted between one and two years. The marriage register gives his age as 18. His brother Everett also married in 1907. Ben is known to have moved to Mountain View to work with his brother Everett in a dry cleaning business, but it is not certain when this move occurred. This marriage took place less than 1 month before Indian Territory was merged with Oklahoma Territory and part of Texas to become the State of Oklahoma. The Texas county had been ceded to the US for incorporation into Oklahoma Territory in 1896. The new state also included what had been called the Cherokee Stip, now the Panhandle of Oklahoma. This had originally been Texas territory and had been ceded earlier. One of the counties in the Panhandle of Oklahoma was named Texas County in honor of its earlier status in Texas. No record has been found for Ben in the 1910 census. Ben's registration for military service for WWI, his card has the name Benjamin J and he signs his name as Benjamin. In most records in his early life he was Joseph Benjamin, but always wenbt by Ben. This seems to indicate he changed the order of his names while still a teenager, before he entered the service. His address is given as Healdton (Carter County), Oklahoma. In later life Ben is flexible with the order of his names. He is found both ways in records without clear demarcation of time or situation. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Benjamin J Jenkins Residence Healdton [Carter County], Oklahoma Age 27, Birth 21 Oct 1890 Texarkana [Bowie Co], Texas [actual birth was in Linden, Cass County, which is not very far south of Texarkana] Employed by Empire Pipeline Co, Healdton, Oklahoma Supports wife and mother Height 5'10" Medium Build, Black Eyes, Black Hair Registered 5 June 1917 Ardmore, Carter Co, Oklahoma Signed Benjamin Jenkins Note that Ben reports the year of birth as 1890, instead of 1899, which is the date in family history info and in the 1900 census. Variations in dates often differ in that era. Names do too. A person might have a totally different name from one census to the next. Most census enumerators recorded only one name, not the full name of the person. In earlier years they wrote whatever the family told them the child's name was, and many nicknames appear as the only name in censuses. People were not oriented to the formalities of dates in the objective sense that we are. Ben probably had not focused so much on the actual date, and the slight difference in dates could reflect a lapse of memory on the exact details. The variations in name could also represent a cavalier attitude toward a name. Your name could be whatever you wanted it to be. Many cultures are still that way today, and a person will change a name at a particular stage or event in his life. In the 1920 census in Oakdale, Washita County, Oklahoma, he is listed as Benjamin J Jenkins. He and his second wife Lena Stinson have a son reported here as 1 year and 2 months old.. The exact birth date of their first child was 29 October 1918. So we can estimate they married in 1917. 1920 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 23 January, Oakdale, District 192, page 8A, Hse #128, Fam #127 Jenkins, Benjamin J Head Rents M W 30 TX TX TX Farmer Jenkins, Lena F Wife F W 18 OK MO KY Jenkins, Benjamin J Son M W 1 yr 2 mos OK TX OK Oakdale was an early name for Mountain View. That portion of Washita County later became Kiowa County. Children were born in Healdton before and after the 1920 census. It appears that Ben and Lena lived on the oilfield assignments, but maintained a permanent residence address in Oakdale/Mt View, where they were registered in the census, rather than Healdton, where they lived in somewhat deprived conditions. As work diminished during the recessions and conditions worsened, they joined many other Oklahomans and migrated to California in 1924 or 1925, after the birth of Robert in Oklahoma, settling in Los Angeles County. In 1928, they were listed int eh city directory for Santa Monica, California. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1928, p 284 Jenkins Joseph B (Lena F) chauf h 1411 25th Santa Monica In the 1930 census in Los Angeles County, he is listed as Joseph B. This probably indicates that this was still his formal legal name, as my father thought. That would also follow a common pattern in our Jenkins line with the name of Joseph in each generation. 1930 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 9 April, Artesia, District 19-1191, page 7B-8A, 3260 Bell Drive, Hse #180, Family #168 Jenkins, Joseph B Head Rents 39 First married at age 27 TX TX TX Rotary Helper, Oil Well Drilling - page 8A - Jenkins, Lena F 29 First married at age 17 OK MO KY No Occupation Jenkins, Benjamin J 11 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Billy 9 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Edgar 7 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Robert 6 OK TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Betty Lou 4 Calif TX OK No Occupation Jenkins, Joan 5mos Calif TX OK No Occupation ---------------- Joseph Benjamin or Benjamin Joseph: Like the chicken and the egg, don’t ask me which came first, but I’ll tell you what was relayed to me by my dad. When Grandpa was young he was in the army in San Francisco. One night he was on leave with an army buddy when they were attacked by a Chinese gang. His buddy was killed and grandpa was sent to the hospital. The doctors had to put a plate in his head. Now this is where the story gets strange - dad told me he wasn’t sure if grandpa went awol or left somehow, but he changed his name from Joseph Benjamin to Benjamin Joseph (or visa versa) at that time. Dad now believes that grandpa’s drinking was due to the pain he had from the plate in his head. He also suffered a back injury later in his life. Yet he took care of 9 children through the depression and owned a large house in Bellflower. When WWII broke out and some of the older boys enlisted, he joined the merchant marines to do his part for the war. Later in life, he lived with my Aunt Betty Lou in Anaheim for awhile. Her oldest son, my cousin Bill Strickland told me a couple good stories of his life there. Bill could give you a more accurate account than I of what happened then. I attended Uncle Ben's [They called their grandfather Uncle Ben.] funeral in Westminister, CA - I believe it was 1977. It was only time I saw my Aunt Kathy cry. In fact there was a large turn out. Everyone except Grandma Lena, who would never even mentioned his name. Yet I loved my Grandma, who was always kind and caring towards me. -- Bruce Jenkins, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 9 March 2007 ---------------- In 1934 and 1936, Ben and Lena were lsited in the Whittier City Directory. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Whittier, California, City Directory, 1934, p 94 Jenkins Jos B (Lena F) h 438 S Comstock av U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Whittier, California, City Directory, 1936, p 90 Jenkins Jos B (Lena F) h 24 N Whittier av By 1940, the family had moved to Bellflower, still in Los Angeles County, In 1935 they were living in Whittier. The entry for Kathlyn would indicate that the family still lived in Whitter, in the same county, when she was born. So they moved from Whittier to Bellflower after 1935. In 1940, Ben is listed as Benjamin J. 1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 3 April, Bellflower, District 117, page 2A-2B, 947 E Center St, Hse #31 Owned, Value $6500 Jenkins, Benjamin J Head M W 50 Grade 6 b Texas lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Cattle buyer Jenkins, Lena Wife F W 39 Grade 9 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Ben Jr Son M W 21 Single HS-2 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Sewing mach repairman, own business Jenkins, Wilmar Son M W 18 Single HS-4 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Pin setter, bowling alley Jenkins, Edgar Son M W 17 Single Grade 8 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Robert Son M W 31 Single Grade 1 b OK lived in Whittier CA in 1835 - page 2B - Jenkins, Betty Lou Dau F W 14 Single Grade 7 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Joe Ann Dau F W 10 Single Grade 4 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Harry Son M W 9 Single Grade 2 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Marion Dau F W 7 Single Grade 1 b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Jenkins, Kathlyn Dau F W 5 Single b CA lived in Whittier CA in 1835 Bruce Jenkins says Ben "took care of 9 children through the Depression and owned a large house in Bellflower [California]. When WWII broke out and some of the older boys enlisted, he joined the merchant marines to do his part for the war." -- Bruce Jenkins, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 9 March 2007 U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Joseph Benjamin Jenkins Age 52, Birth 21 October 1889 Linden [Cass County], Texas Residence 947 Center St, Bellflower, Los Angeles Co, California Contact Mrs Lena F Jenkins (wife), same address Employer Consolidated Steel Co, Wilmington, LA County, California Signed J B Jenkins "When Grandpa [Joseph Benjamin] was young he was in the army in San Francisco. One night he was on leave with an army buddy when they were attacked by a Chinese gang. His buddy was killed and grandpa was sent to the hospital. The doctors had to put a plate in his head. Now this is where the story gets strange. Dad [Brian Jay Jenkins] told me he wasn’t sure if grandpa went awol or left somehow, but he changed his name from Joseph Benjamin to Benjamin Joseph ( or visa versa ) at that time. Dad now believes that grandpa’s drinking was due to the pain he had from the plate in his head. He also suffered a back injury later in his life." -- Bruce Jenkins, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 9 March 2007 Note that while Brian remembers the change of name in reference to Ben's leaving the army, the 1940 census above indicates he already, at least at times, was reporting Benjamin as the first name. In 1930 and in the 1934 directory, he was Joseph B. From this time sequence, we take it his original name was Joesph Benjamin, as remembered by Orville Lee Jenkins and the Oklahoma set of the family. At any rate, he went by Ben. We also find that in the 1946 Bellfower City Directory Ben was listed as Joseph B Jenkins, indicating the "change" of name order was not so permanent and significant and later thought by some. In 1951, Ben was arrested in Tulare, California, for passing hot checks (non-sufficient funds). Tulare County, California, Sheriff's Office and Jail Records, 1874-1963 Joseph B Jenkins Age 61, Birth (abt 1890) Texas Occupation Machinist Received 11 September 1951 Jail, Tulare (Tulare County), California, USA Charge Passing NSF Checks Jail Register, 1951-1952 Kathlyn Jenkins Lanford reports that her parents divorced after 30 years. "After thirty years and nine surviving children later, my parents divorced. My mother, who desperately tried to keep the family intact, ended the marriage emotionally scarred but not defeated." -- Kathlyn Jenkins Lanford, in family life website stories, no longer online "About Uncle Ben I remember dad talking about he would drink a lot so I asked mom to see if I was remembering correctly and she said dad said that Uncle Ben and Uncle Everett both did." -- Beverly Michele Jenkins, daughter of Orville Lee Jenkins, email to her brother Orville Boyd Jenkins, 31 August 2008 Bruce Jenkins also reports that later in life, Ben lived with his daughter Betty Lou Strickland for a while. The California Death Index has an entry for him under both sequences of his name, Joseph B[enjamin] and Benjamin Joseph. This probably reflects the uncertainty or confusion over his name even with his children, notably his daughter Betty with whom he lived his last days. California Death Index, 1940-1997 Benjamin Joseph Jenkins Birth 21 Oct 1889 Texas Death 10 Mar 1978 Orange County Social Security #564247106 California Death Index, 1940-1997 Joseph B Jenkins Birth 21 Oct 1889 Texas Death 10 Mar 1978 Orange County Social Security #564247106 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Joseph Jenkins Born 21 Oct 1889 Died Mar 1978 Last Residence Anaheim, Orange County, California 92804 Last Benefit Westminster Orange County, California 92683 SSN 564-24-7106 issued California (Before 1951) "I attended Uncle Ben's funeral in Westminister CA." -- Bruce Jenkins, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 9 March 2007 Westminster is the last address his Social Security benefits went to, though his last residence address with Social Security was Anaheim, also in Orange County. His funeral in Westminster is a strong indication that he was also buried in Westminster or nearby in Orange County. An excerpt of an obituary is available. "BENJAMIN JENKINS BENJAMIN AGE 88 of passed away March 1978. He Is survived by his daughters Betty, Marian, Kathy, Joanne; sons Edgar, Brian, Wilmer K, Robert Harry; 38 Great grandchildren. Chapel Service today at MasonMcKltrlck Funeral Home, Arlington Avenue, Internment in Crestlawn Memorial Park [Riverside, California]...." -- Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California, Mar 14 1978, NewspaperArchive.com -------------------- My great Aunt Betty-Lou was a member of AA and would time and time again go find him on "the nickle" (skid row) in LA as they lived in Bellflower, CA. When Ben would leave on a drinking binge she had to find a way to make ends meet so she ran a boarding house on the property which is now Bellflower Chevrolet whom she sold it to. Then she moved on some property which the house she lived in was on and also three rentals. Grandpa Ben eventually was found for the last time on skid row in September of 1964, the reason I'm aware of this date is because he was at my first birthday party. They I've been told) put me on his lap and as he was smiling proceeded to feed me his porterhouse steak. There was a picture taken of this but I'm not sure who has it at this point. After that he lived with Aunt Betty-Lou until he was put in a rest home on Ball Road in Anaheim, CA where he stayed until, as far as i know, he died. -- Richard Kevin Jenkins, email to Michelle Park and Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 September 2018 -------------------- I established the following memorial for Ben in June 2015. ----------------- Joseph Benjamin "Ben" Jenkins Birth Oct 21, 1889 Linden, Cass County, Texas Death 10 March 1978 Orange County, California He went by Ben, and in several records his name is Benjamin Joseph or Benjamin J. His California Death Record has both forms. Ben was born in Cass County, Texas, then moved to Chickasaw Nation with his father and other Jenkins and Christian family members. After a short early marriage in 1907-1908, Ben married Lena Fairy Stinson in 1917. They had 8 children. His drinking and related problems led to a divorce about 1947. Burial location is uncertain. He died in Orange County, California, where his residence was in Anaheim. But no burial information has been found. Burial is likely in Orange County, but could have been in Riverside County, where he lived for many years. Parents: Joseph Asa Jenkins (1866 - 1962) Annie Hester Jenkins (1870 - 1900) Spouse Lena Fairy Jenkins (1901 - 1987) Siblings: James Everett Jenkins (1886 - 1963) Sallie Hester Jenkins Christian (1893 - 1982) Ocy Belle Jenkins (1896 - 1896) Mary Nettie Jenkins Yates (1897 - 1991) Mabel Clare Jenkins Hill (1901 - 1990) Half-sibling Thomas Asa Jenkins (1903 - 1969) Half-sibling Nannie May Jenkins (1905 - 1906) Half-sibling Rhonda Fay Jenkins Boyd (1907 - 1963) Half-sibling Arthur Carthal Jenkins (1909 - 1955) Half-sibling Orville Lee Jenkins (1912 - 1987) Half-sibling Gladys Lahoma Jenkins Hendron (1914 - 1991) Half-sibling Martha Netheline Jenkins Callaway (1918 - 2007) Half-sibling Virginia Jo Jenkins (1925 - 1930) Half-sibling Burial Crestlawn Memorial Park & Mortuary, Riverside, Riverside County, California A partial obituary seems to indicate burial was in Crestlawn Cemetery, Riverside, Calilfornia, but no other record of him in Crestlawn has been found. Created by Orville Jenkins Jun 18, 2015 -- Find A Grave Memorial #148003186, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148003186 -----------------
1910 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 15 April, Mountain View Town, Ward 1, District 178, 3rd Street, page 1A-1B, Hse/Fam #11 Evert Jenkins 22 TX USA TX Tailor [spelled Taylor] Cleaning and Pressing Osa Jenkins 21 OK MO MO Joseph P Jenkins 2 OK TX OK 1920 Federal Census, Wichita County, Texas, 13 January, Burkburnett Town, District 197, page 8B, Hse #157, Fam #202 James E Jenkins Head M W 32 TX TX TX Driller Oilfield Osa I Jenkins Wife F W 32 OK MO MO Joseph P Jenkins Son M W 11 OK TX OK 1930 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, 7 April, Earlsboro, District 21, page 6B, Hse#147, Fam #152 Jenkins, Osa I Head F W 42 Widow [Divorced] OK MO MO None Jenkins, Joseph P Son M W 22 Single OK TX OK Labor, Oilfield Jenkins, Gene K Son M W 2 Single OK TX OK 1940 Federal Census, Gray County, Texas, 4 April , Pampa Precinct 2, District 90-6B, page 3A, 722 #2 West Kngsmill Rd, Hse #48, Rents $30 Jenkins, Joe P Head M W 32 Grade H-4 b Texas Same place in 1935 Oil Field Driller Jenkins, Frances Wife F W 26 Grade 8 b Oklahoma In Shawnee, Okla in 1935 Jenkins, Jo Nell Dau F W 2 Single Grade 0 b Oklahoma Jenkins, Kathleen Dau F W 9mos Single Grade 0 b Oklahoma [b abt June 1939] Joseph's middle name is provided by a family genealogy. Joseph Pere Jenkins Born 3 March 1908 in Marlow, Oklahoma Died 16 July 1967 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Parents: James Everett Jenkins, 1888-1963 Osa I McClanahan 1887-1960 -- Turner Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/17935991/person/584620797?ssrc=&ftm=1 Social Security Death Index Joseph Jenkins Born 3 Mar 1908 Died Jul 1967 SSN 442-05-7082 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951) California Death Index, 1940-1997 Joseph P Jenkins Birth 3 Mar 1908 Oklahoma Death 16 Jul 1967 Los Angeles Mother's Maiden Name McClanah[an]; Social Security #442057082 ------------------------------------ Joseph Pere Jenkins Birth Mar. 3, 1908 Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA Death Jul. 16, 1967 Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California, USA Son of James and Osa Ida Jenkins; married Frances Mills on April 6, 1935; two daughters: Jo-Nell and Kathleen; five grandchildren: William, Melissa, Amanda, Kathleen, and Cynthia; He lives in all of us. Parents: James Everett Jenkins (1886 - 1963) Osa Ida McClanahan Jenkins (1889 - 1960) Spouse Frances Lillie Mills Jenkins (1913 - 1981) Siblings: Harry Carroll Jenkins (1915 - 1980) James Percy Jenkins (1918 - 1962) Beatrix V. Jenkins Ester (1921 - 2007) Gene Keck Jenkins (1928 - 1998) Burial Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA Created by Melissa Sanchez Jul 11, 2000 -- Find A Grave Memorial #5020241, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5020241 ------------------------------------
"My grandfather was Joseph Samuel Jenkins, whose ancestors settled in Attalaville in the mid-19th. My great grandfather was Owen Selby Jenkins 1837-1872; my great, great, great grandfather, Samuel M. Jenkins 1791-1850 & his wife was Sara Catherine; my great, great, great, great grandfather was James Randolf Jenkins 1760-1824, and his wife was Deborah Eliz. Darby." -- Joseph H. Miller, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 29 June 2016 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 J S Jenkins Spouse Allie Edwards Marriage 11 Nov 1896 Attala County 1940 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 19 April, Newport, District 4-14, Page 10B, Hse #239, Rents $4 Jenkins, Sam J Head M W 68 Married Grade 5 b b Mississippi same house in 1935 Laborer [b abt 1892] Jenkins, Alice E Wife F W 62 Married Grade 6 b Mississippi same house in 1935 [b abt 1898] Jenkins, Samuel S Son M W 28 Single Grade 10 b Mississippi same house in 1935 [b abt 1912] "Funeral services for Joseph Samuel Jenkins, 77, Sallis farmer, who died at Montfort Jones hospital, Kosciusko, on June 24 [Friday], after four days illness, were held at Sallie Baptist church Saturday [June 25] with burial in Sallis cemetery. The Rev Albert Favre was in charge of services." -- Lexington Advertiser, probably 26 June 1949, clipping courtesy of Donna Dinstel, 3/23/2016, Find a Grave, accessed 29 June 2016 ----------------- Joseph Samuel Jenkins Birth Apr 2, 1872 Death Jun 24, 1949 Samuel S. JENKINS, 31 Jan 1912 - 20 Oct 1944, Miss I Sgt 738 Mil Pol Bn WW II Allie Edwards JENKINS, 14 Aug 1878 - 1 Nov 1949 Joseph Samuel JENKINS, 2 April 1872 - 24 June 1949 Parents: Owen Selvy Jenkins (1837 - 1872) Jane Elizabeth Jenkins Allen (1846 - 1915) Spouse Allie Edwards Jenkins (1878 - 1944) Son Samuel S. Jenkins (1912 - 1944) Siblings: Mary Ann Jenkins Criswell (1866 - 1934) Purity Allen Smith (1878 - 1969) Half-sibling John Howard Allen (1885 - 1966) Half-sibling Burial Sallis Cemetery, Sallis, Attala County, Mississippi Maintained by Buena Smith, Originally Created by John Andrew Meyer Jun 03, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #37885947, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37885947 -----------------
The parents of Joseph Sanford Jenkins have not been determined. The name Sanford as a first or middle given name is found in other Jenkins family lines in Virginia and North Carolina, as well as South Carolina, where Joseph Sanford was born, according to family information and census reports. One such line is the lineage of William Jenkins, born about 1675, probably in Virginia, where he was married and raised his family. HIs descendants have an individual named Sanford in every generation up to the present era. It seems quite likely this is related to the same broader Jenkins clan that Joseph Sanford belongs to. -- William Sanford Jenkins, Jenkins Research, http://www.jenkinsresearch.org/william0001.htm The family's name was spelled Jinkins in the 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas. There were many Jinkins families in Texas at that time, and some families still spell the name this way. This spelling is also found in UK families. Harold Christian was the first person to fully probe the Jenkins family sources to compile a story of Joseph Sanford's family. In the private paper Jenkins Family History, Harold says about Joseph's arrival in Texas (p 7): "Harvey Christian recalled having been told by Joseph Asa, Joseph's youngest son, that Joseph Sanford moved his family into Texas on a flatboat -- landing at Jefferson's Landing, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas. Joseph freighted supplies for a time from Jefferson's Landing to Atlanta in Northeast Cass County, possibly before moving to the Dalton area." -- Harold K Christian, "Jenkins Family History," p 7, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf They may not have been in the Jefferson Landing area very long, since in the 1860 census their child L Jenkins is reported born in Georgia. And they are resident in Cass County just north of Marion County, by October 1860 for the census there. Note also that in the 1860 census, the name is recorded as Jno, an abbreviation for John. The details of the family fit the known family of Joseph Sanford Jenkins. Errors in names are common in the censuses. I have not found Joseph in the 1850 or 1870 censuses. The 1860 census reports JS's age as 32; the 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, reports Joseph Sanford's age as 52. This would consistently put his birth year at 1828. Other sources, however, indicate a birth year of 1826. Ancestry.com estimates 1825. My date is the actual date as recorded in family records. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 October, Beat #3, Post Office Unionville & Cusseta, Page 73, Hse #483, Fam #495 Jinkins Jno 32 M W Farmer 300 SC Cannot read and write Jinkins L 36 F W MS Jinkins N 14 F W MS Attended school during the last year Jinkins J W 10 M W MS Attended school during the last year [b abt 1850] Jinkins W L 7 M W GA [b abt 1853] Jinkins M L 3 F W GA [b abt 1857] Jinkins L 1 F W GA [b abt 1859] Their nearest Post Office was Cussetta and Unionville. ------------------ CUSSETA, TEXAS. Cusseta is on the fringes of the Cusseta Mountains 11½ miles northwest of Linden in northwestern Cass County. The community was first settled in the early 1850s and was named for Cusseta, Alabama, the hometown of John Robin Heard, an early settler. A post office was established there in 1856, and the town was probably a supply point for plantation owners who lived in the area. By 1884 Cusseta reported two gins, a gristmill, a school, and a population of 100. By 1896 its population had fallen to fifty. In 1914 the population of the community was 100, but by 1933 it had fallen to sixty, with two rated businesses. In 1990 Cusseta reported thirty residents and no rated businesses. The population remained the same in 2000. Bibliography: Cass County Cemeteries: Texas Records (Atlanta,Texas: Cass County Genealogical Society, 1976). Cecil Harper, Jr. -- The Handbook of Texas Online, http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/sma_blank.png ------------------ Note that J W was born in Mississippi in about 1849-50 and the next child W L was born in Georgia about 1853. Analyzing the birth states of the children here, assuming this is correct, we can determine that they moved from Mississippi between 1850 and 1853, and were apparently resident in Georgia through to about 1859. They moved to Texas in time to be enumerated in the Cass County census in October 1860. This census, as well as 1880, confirms the family information that Joseph Sanford Jenkins is from the South Carolina Jenkins clan. I have been unable to identify the exact family of Joseph Sanford in South Carolina. The names Joseph, John and Sanford, occur in various combinations among the Jenkins families of North and South Carolina. Jenkins families in North Carolina also report that their family traditions tell them they have kinfolks in South Carolina, but they have not found the exact connections either. The name Jenkins is very common in the Carolinas, as well as in Virginia and Kentucky. Families from many of these lines moved west and found themselves in the same counties of Texas and Indian Territory. Some came into Oklahoma from Missouri. We know that the Jenkinses were in South Carolina before the Revolutionary War. It is likely there were several unrelated streams of migrations from Wales and England at that time. I have found several families of Jenkins or Jinkins from South Carolina in north Texas counties from 1860 to 1880 of an age to be Joseph's brothers, cousins and uncles. No connection has yet been established. Also in this 1860 household are Nancy Day, sister of Lucinda Taylor, and her daughter L E: Day Nancy A 35 F W MS Day L E 9 F W MS Attended school during the last year There is some uncertainty about the period in Mississippi, with various family stories or references to kinfolks in Mississippi. Joseph Sanford's birth date from our family records (October 14, 1826) would mean was only 19 when he married Lucinda, making the marriage in about 1845. He was said to have married and fathered 2 daughters in MS before marrying Lucinda. At age 19, that does not leave much time for a first wife before Lucinda. Perhaps any earlier children were illegitimate. The Cass County branch of the family have a tradition that Joseph Sanford was married to two women simultaneously, maintaining two families at once, one in Mississippi and one with Lucinda in Texas. Yet Harold says, "Lucinda is believed to have married Joseph Sanford while still in Mississippi and shortly before 1850, the place and year in which John C. Jenkins was born. He is believed to be their first child." -- Harold K Christian, "Jenkins Family History," p 4, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf Harold appears to be trying here to account for the first wife story. If he was married before he married Lucinda, and the Oct 1826 birth date indicates he was married at age 19, it seems more likely that would have been the time of marriage to his first wife. If he did marry Lucinda at age 19, in 1845, then Nell would be Lucinda's daughter, not the daughter of a previous wife. If Joseph and Lucinda married in 1849, Joseph would have been about 23 at that time, and this could accommodate a previous wife before he married Lucinda (not two wives at once), who could be the mother of Nell and the other Mississippi daughter referred to in the family tradition. In 1865 and 1867, J S was listed in the Cass County Tax Rolls, owning no real estate. Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, No Real or Personal property assesed, Total $1.00 [sic], poll tax $1, County Tax $.50 1865 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 12 Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, personal property $200, tax on personal $.30, poll tax $1, Total $1.30, County Tax $.65 1867 Tax Assessment, David (Cass) County, p 10 J S Jenkins is registered in the voter rolls of Davis County (Cass was renamed briefly after the Civil War, but named back to Cass later), July 22, 1868 J S Jenkins. J S is on the poll tax roll of 1869 for Davis County. Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, poll tax $1 1869 Poll Tax Roll Davis County We know Joseph bought land in 1869 in Cass County, and he was back there later, but no record has been found of his presence in 1870. The land transaction is recorded in 1869 (no date) in Texas Deeds, Bk S, p.#283, in which W B Jones et al transferred land to J S Jenkins. The 1873 and 1874 tax rolls report he owned a farm previously owned by original grantee T Wood. In later years, his sons J C and J A also are reported on land from Thomas Wood. Lucinda Amanda Taylor Jenkins died between 1868 and 1870. Jimmy Epperson's genealogy reports the date as 1867. But her son Joseph Asas tells ofhis memory of being at the funeral and being comforted by a neighbor at the burial. He was not born until June 1966. So he would not have remembred anything form 1867. Reports from siblings about their memory of this event in relation to other events indicate a date of 1868 or 1869. This family has not been found in any census in 1870. It is possible they were traveling at the time of the 1870 census. But they were in Cass County in 1868 and 1869. "Following Lucinda's death Joseph Sanford apparently left Cass County for a short time. His family was not enumerated in the 1870 Cass County, Texas, census. There is no indication that he terminated his residence there, however, he was listed on July 22, 1866, Cass County voter registration list. He purchased land in 1869. He was remarried to Mrs. Louisa Christian of Cass County February 28, 1972." -- Harold Christian, "Jenkins Family History," p 9, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf That leaves a small window of time in which they could have been actually out of the County. They did somehow miss the 1870 census. It may be that they traveled out of the area to Mississippi where they had kinfolks during this time. I have searched in Mississippi and even Georgia, where they lived at one time, but have found no trace nor any connection to other Jenkinses in any of the areas, nor Taylors that might match. Joseph and his family were back in Cass County at least by March 1872, when Joseph married his second wife (or third, according to unconfirmed stories of a wife in Mississippi before Lucinda), Louisa Christian on 7 March. While Harold Christian cited above reported that Joseph and Louisa married in February 1872, their marriage record reports the date of 7 March 1872. The information reported by family sources with the date in February 1872 is found in another database of Texas marriages. Only the transcribed record is available. No image of the original handwritten record has been found with the Ferbruary date. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 Louisa Christian J S Jenkines Marriage 28 Feb 1872 Cass County, Texas, United States From the format of varioius state marriage databases, I conclude that the following record reporting the February date is reporting the date of the marriage license. This would match the marriage date reported in the actual recorded marriage record. The marriage record found in Texas records had the date of 7 March 1872. Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 J S Jenkins Mrs Louisa Christian Marriage 7 Mar 1872 Cass County, Texas In 1873, J S and his son J C were reported in the tax rolls. This record and the corresponding one for 1874 indicate that J S owns a farm originally owned by Thomas Wood. A John Jenkins is also reported on the same page, but his identity is unclear. This may be a brother of J S. No siblings or parents have been identified for J S. This John Jenkins appears again only in the 1875 tax record, listed next to J C, owning no land or personal property. Texas, County Tax Rolls J C Jenkins, personal property $130, tax on personal $.60, poll tax $.50 J S Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner Thomas Wood, 350 acres, $300 Real Estate value, personal property $180, tax on RE $1.50, tax on personal $.90, poll tax $1, Total $3.40 John Jenkins, personal property $40, tax on personal $.20, poll tax $.50 1873 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 31 Joseph and his sons John Cullen and William S were reported in the 1874 tax roll. John Jenkins does not appear on this or neighboring pages, but reappears in the 1875 roll. Texas, County Tax Rolls J C Jenkins, personal property $80, tax on personal $.40, poll tax $1, Total $1.40 J A Jenkins, abstract #658, original owner T Wood, 350 acres, $300 Real Estate value, personal property $180, tax on RE $1.50, tax on personal $.90, poll tax $1, Total $3.40 J S Jenkins, Agt for, personal property $65, tax on RE $.30, tax on personal $.30, no poll tax, Total $.30 W S Jenkins, no details 1874 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 44 In 1875, J S, J A and W S are all listed together on the same page, all owning land. J S's new wife Louisa Christian, is also reported as a land owner. Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner T Wood, 215 acres, $400 Real Estate value, personal property $140, Total $540, tax ad valorem $2.70, poll tax $1.00, total tax $3.70 W S Jenkins, No Real Estate, personal property $65, tax ad valorem $.32, poll tax $1.00, Total $1.32 Louise [Louisa] Jenkins, abstract #1076, original owner H Millsap, 160 acres; $300 Real Estate value, total value $433, tax ad valorem $2.16, no poll tax, Total Tax $2.16 1875 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 45 J C and John, who appeared in 1873, are together on the next page, neither owning land, and John owning no personal property at all. Texas, County Tax Rolls J C Jenkins, personal property $130, tax on personal $.65 poll tax $1.00, Total $1.65 John Jenkins, no personal property, poll tax $1.00, total Tax $1.00 1875 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 46 In 1878, J S and J C are again listed, but neither is reported owning any real estate. Another Jenkins named T L on the same page has not been identified. This T L and John Jenkins seem very likely to be relatives of Joseph Sanford, and warrant further investigation. Texas, County Tax Rolls T L Jenkins, abstract #1137, original owner Thos Young, 30 acres, Real Estate value $150, Total property value $203, tax ad valorem $1.01, poll tax $2, County tax $2.21, Total $5.22 J S Jenkins, [no property ownership reported] Total property value $16, tax ad valorem $.08, poll tax $2, County tax $1.10, Total $3.18 J C Jenkins, [no property ownership reported] Total property value $520, tax ad valorem $2.60, poll tax $4, County tax $5.12, Total $11.72 1878 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 46 In 1879 another Jenkins name is reported on the Cass County tax rolls. This is one Elijah Jenkins. This may be a relative of Joseph Sanford Jenkins. J S's son John Cullen named one of his sons Ebby Elijah. On the same page of the tax rolls was a J A Jenkins, but this would be too early for J S's son Joseph Asa to be reported on tax rolls in his own name. J A was born in 1866, so would have been only about 13 in June 1879. Texas, County Tax Rolls Jenkins, Elijah, no personal property, state poll tax $2.00, county poll tax $1.00, Total Tax $3.00 Jenkins, J A, no personal property, state poll tax $2.00, county poll tax $1.00, Total Tax $3.00 1879 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 45 No connection has been made between Joseph Sanford and other Jenkins families in Cass and surrounding counties. There is a Daniel Jenkins of an age to be a brother or cousin of JS Jenkins. He married in 1855, so was probably married about 1835 to 1838. No clear origins have been determined for Daniel or other Jenkinses in the area. Cass County Marriages, 1855-1874 Daniel Jenkins Emily A Babb Married 12/25/1855 Marriage Book Vol 2, pages 44 & 45 -- US GenWeb, http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/cass/vitals/marriages/early/vol2-3.txt Many efforts have been put out to find Jenkins connections to clarify Joseph Sanford's origins and relations that may have moved westward as he did. Harold Christian probed possibilities and investigated likely connections form the sources available to him. --------------------- A T. C. McJinkins and wife, ages 35 and 33 respectively, along with one male child, with a Duncan Post Office, is listed in the 1890 Census Roll of the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), (page 22, Pickens County). (This record is in the possession of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.) Also listed as having a Duncan Post Office address was a (?). S(?). Jinkins, age 45 and alone. The above T. C. McJinkins could have been a nephew of Joseph Sanford. Sallie Christian said she remembered a Tom Jenkins, a doctor, who visited her father's home in Marlow, then Indian Territory (Oklahoma), ca 1897. Joseph Asa told her this Jenkins was his cousin. While there Dr. Jenkins removed a bone felon from the finger of her mother, Hester Ann (Smith) Jenkins. As a result of the operation, Hester Ann subsequently was unable to close that finger. This Dr. Jenkins could be related to one of the Cass County, Texas, doctors identified in the late 1800s land record entries of that county (Dr. H. L. D. Jenkins, and F. H. Jenkins, M.D.). -- The Jenkins Family History, by Harold Keith Christian, p 2, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf ---------------------- I found another record that relates to one of the names in Harold's information. OKGenWeb compiled cemetery records reports one burial record in the Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, Cemetery that appears to be the ATC McJunkins in Harold's story. The name on the grave is transcribed as TG instead of TC, which may be the same person. McJunkin, T. G. -- Jun 15, 1856 - Oct 7, 1899; Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Block 05, may be T. C. rather than T. G. [This matches the A T C McJinkins Harold refers to in his history] -- Karla Sharp, OKGenWeb, http://stephenscogen.org/~okstephe/DuncanCemB05.html Family Tradition recalls that Joseph Sanford participated in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. In the 1970s Harold Keith Christian reported in the "Jenkins Family History." "Apparently Joseph's family remained in the Dalton area during the Civil War, because both Kate and Joseph Asa were born there. Family tradition indicates that Joseph served as a spy for the Confederate Forces during the Civil War. No information has been discovered to date indicating when, where and with what units he might have served." -- The Jenkins Family History, by Harold Keith Christian, p 8, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf In the 1880 Census of Cass County, Texas, the name is Joseph Jenkins. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #144 Jenkins, Joseph W M 52 Farmer SC SC SC Jenkins, Louisa W F 42 Wife Keeps House Miss Miss Ireland Jenkins, Mary L W F 21 Daughter Farming Ga SC Miss Jenkins, Lucinda W F 19 Daughter Farming Ga SC Miss Jenkins, Margaret C W F 17 Daughter Farming Tx SC Miss Jenkins, Joe Asa W M 16 Son Farming Tx SC Miss Note that Lucinda is reported to be only 19 years old, but born in Georgia. But in the 1860 census, when the family was enumerated in Texas, "L Jinkins" was reported to be already 1 year old, born in Georgia. Thus in 1880, we would expect Lucinda to be age 21, not 19. Mary Lydie is similarly reported 2 years younger than we would expect, since she was already 3 in the 1860 census. A son Henry is known to family tradition and his burial site is on Mitchell Farm, near Dalton, Cass County, Texas. His birth date is known from family sources to be 1876, but he does not appear with this family in the 1880 census. Thus we know he died some time before June 1880. No death date appears on his crude gravestone on the Mitchell farm in Cass County. See notes at the end from Harold Christian. In 1880, son John Jenkins is living in the next house. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #145 Jenkins, John W M 30 Farmer Miss SC Miss (born 1850) Jenkins, Julia W F 22 Wife Keeps House GA GA SC (born 1858) Jenkins, Ira W M 1 Son Tex Miss GA (born 1879) Both Joseph and John were listed in the county's agricultural schedule for the 1880 census. Joseph was listed there as Josephus. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 Agricultural Schedule, 16 Jun 1880, Cass County, Texas, Precinct 3, District 12, Page 11, Line Number 9 Jenkins Josephus [sic] Owns 40 acres tilled, 170 ac woodland $600 value land & improvements, $50 implements, $650 livestock, $800 total value Jenkins John Owns 0 acres tilled, 100 ac woodland $100 value land & improvements Joseph and his son John Cullen were listed together in the 1889 and 1890 Cass County Tax Rolls. Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 J S Jenkins, abstract #1122, original owner S D Wright, 100 acres, Real Estate value $200, Total property value $265, tax ad valorem $.55, School tax $.33, poll tax $nil, County tax $1.46, Total $2.32 J C Jenkins, abstract #49, original owner R M Burton, 96 acres; Real Estate value $200, Total property value $407, tax ad valorem $.81, School tax $.51, poll tax $1.50, County tax $2.24, Total $5.31 1889 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 62. Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, abstract #1122, original owner S D Wright, 100 acres, $150 Real Estate value, personal property $258, tax on RE $1.42, tax on personal $.52, poll tax $1.50, Total $225 J A Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner Thomas Wood, 25 acres, $400 Real Estate value, personal property $226, tax on RE $1.24, tax on personal $.45, poll tax $1.50, Total $372 J C Jenkins, abstract #1141, original owner Thomas Wood, 82 acres; abstract #49, original owner R M Burton, 94 acres; total $217 Real Estate value, personal property $555, tax on RE $3.05, tax on personal $1.11, poll tax $1.50, Total Tax $660 1890 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 59 Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, abstract #1122, original owner S D Wright, 100 acres, $150 Real Estate value, personal property $258, tax on RE $1.42, tax on personal $.52, poll tax $1.50, Total $225 J A Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner Thomas Wood, 25 acres, $400 Real Estate value, personal property $226, tax on RE $1.24, tax on personal $.45, poll tax $1.50, Total $372 J C Jenkins, abstract #1141, original owner Thomas Wood, 82 acres; abstract #49, original owner R M Burton, 94 acres; total $217 Real Estate value, personal property $555, tax on RE $3.05, tax on personal $1.11, poll tax $1.50, Total Tax $660 1890 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 59R M Burton, 96 acres; Real Estate value $200, Total property value $407, tax ad valorem RE $.81, School tax $.51, poll tax $1.50, County tax $2.24, Total $5.31 1889 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 62 In about 1890 Joseph Sanford Jenkins moved with his son Joseph Asa to Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Family researcher Harold Christian reports the story from the perspective of Joseph Asa, indicating that JA moved to Indian Territory together with two of his brothers-in-law, one of whom was Joseph Sanford's stepson, Joseph Benjamin Christian. At this time Joseph Sanford was about 65, and Joseph Asa was about 25. Joseph Asa settled near Marlow, in what is now Stephens County, Oklahoma. Joseph Sanford died there on 26 May 1893 and is buried in the Marlow Cemetery. No word is mentioned about Louisa in the memories of this move, and the statement we have from Joseph Asa himself in 1952 make mention of his stepmother in reference to that move. They were still in Cass County in the actual year of 1890, with J S, J A and J C all appearing on the same page of the tax rolls in Cass County. Christian family memory seems to indicate that Louisa died about 1900, when J B Christian is reported to have returned to Cass County to sell the farm. "The Christians [sic] children ... Their mother, Louisa, married a second time, J. S. Jenkins, March 7, 1872, and had one son, Henry. After her death in 1900, Joseph Benjamin Christian sold the family farm to Lonzo Hicks. Family tradition states that there is a lineage connection to the Hensley family but this has not been proven." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 August 1971, p 9 G But Louisa appears in a couple of tax rolls with J S and other Jenkins family members in the 1870s, but none in the late 1870s or later. She may have died before the move to Indian Territory. It may still be the case that the Christian farm was not sold until around 1900, but for other reasons. ---------------------- Joseph Sanford Jenkins Birth Oct 14, 1826 South Carolina Death May 26, 1893 Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma Joseph Sanford Jenkins' family origins are unknown. Censuses tell us he was born in South Carolina, where Jenkinses are extremely numerous. Other Jenkins families are found in the same period in counties around Cass County, but no connection has been found. They were in Texas before the Civil War, but no military record for Joseph has been found. Some vague memories in the family suggest he served the Union, perhaps as a spy or undercover worker. His first wife was Lucinda Amanda Taylor, born in Mississippi. They married in Mississippi in about 1845. No connection has been found for Lucinda to other Taylors in Mississippi or East Texas. Their first two children were born in Mississippi: Nell in about 1846, according to her reported age of 14 in 1860 John Cullen 4 Dec 1850 There was some suggestion in vague family memory that Nell was the daughter of another mother, and that there were other children in Mississippi. It was suggested that Joseph had been married before marrying Lucinda. But he would have been on 20 years old or less when he is thought to have married Lucinda in about 1845. Also their marriage was before it appears Nell was born. Another version suggests that he carried on a common-law marriage or concubinage marriage simultaneously with his marriage to Lucinda. In 1851 or 1852 they moved to Georgia for a few years, where three of the children were born, we think in the Atlanta area: William Sanford in 1853 Mary Lyde or Mary Lou 20 Jan 1857 Amanda Lucinda 31 May 1859 They moved to Cass County, Texas, before the 1860 census. Two children were born there: Margaret or Magurette Catherine 6 Jan 1862 Joseph Asa 28 June 1866. Lucinda died in about January 1869. Joseph and his family were not in the 1870 census, probably because Lucinda had died shortly before the census and they may have traveled back to Mississippi or Georgia for a visit. On 7 March 1872 Joseph married Louisa Christian, widowed in about 1870 when her husband Joseph Benjamin Christian died. In 1876 they had one son named Henry who died as an infant. He was buried on one of the farms, now the Mitchell farm. The Christians lived on an adjoining farm, and after they married Joseph Jenkins and Louisa Christian Jenkins maintained their two homesteads. It is uncertain when Louisa died, but it was probably before 1890, when Joseph joined his son Joseph Asa Jenkins in moving into Indian Territory. Other children stayed in Cass County or moved out to other parts of Texas. One of Louisa's sons, Joseph Benjamin Christian Jr, who had married Joseph Asa's wife's sister, had moved to Chickasaw Nation along with Joseph Asa's sister, Margaret Catherine and her husband Nelson Winter. These three couples moved together or Joseph Asa followed shortly after the first two had moved. They traveled north across the Red River into Choctaw Nation, then westward into Chickasaw Nation. Joseph Sanford died in or near Marlow in 1893 and is buried in the Marlow Cemetery. Joseph Asa and his family lived there for some time, and then in Ft Cobb and Mt View before moving to Chickasha after 1935. Spouse Lucinda Amanda Taylor Jenkins (1824 - 1869) Children (for whom there are FAG memorials): Mary Lou [Lydie] Jenkins Chapel (1867 - 1929) John Cullen Jenkins (1850 - 1892) Amanda Lucinda Jenkins Christian (1859 - 1948) Joseph Asa Jenkins (1866 - 1962) Mary Lou Jenkins Chapel (1867 - 1929) Henry Jenkins (1876 - 1880) Burial Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma Created by Bev Dec 20, 2004 -- Find A Grave Memorial #10158854, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10158854 ---------------------- ====================== Notes from R. Christian Genealogy Ref: (Sallie H. Jenkins): "..Poppa said he had half brothers and sisters in MS whom he had never seen." Ref: (Harvey Leon Christian): "Grandpa told me that his father moved by barge up to Jefferson Landing (TX, Marion County). He later freighted supplies between Jefferson and Atlanta (TX, Cass County)." Ref: (Thomas Asa Jenkins): "... heard that grandpapa was an undercover man -- possibly a spy, for the Confederates. ...never heard what General he worked for; nor what unit he was assigned to." Ref: TX, Cass, List of Registered Voters of Davis (Cass) County, State of Texas: #267 July 22, 1868 J. S. Jenkins S.C. Mark. Ref: TX, Cass, Deeds, Bk S, p.#283: Land transferred from W. B. Jones et al to J. S. Jenkins; 1869. Ref: JENKINS #001 (C. I. Christian): "Grandpa told me about the time when he was a young boy. His dad was moving the family across Arkansas by wagon. Times were hard and his father (Joseph Sanford) had to stop for awhile to earn money to buy supplies for the rest of the trip. The store owner, noticing Grandpa had no shoes, offered to keep and raise him as his own son, promising to see he got a good education. Grandpa's dad refused, however, and they eventually completed their trip back to Cass County, Texas. (Note by H. K. Christian: This trip away from Cass County, Texas probably occurred about early 1870, just prior to the 1870 Cass County, Texas US Census enumeration of Cass County, and soon after the death of Joseph Sanford's second wife, Lucinda Taylor. The trip may have been to MS, where daughters of Joseph Sanford by his first marriage are believed to have lived at that time. Sallie Jenkins Christian said her father, Joseph Asa Jenkins, told her he had two half sisters living in MS.) Ref: US CENSUS 1870, TX, Cass: (Note by H. K. Christian: No enumeration of Joseph Sanford Jenkins' family was found in this census.) Ref: (Sallie H. Jenkins (166)): "... Grandpa Joseph Sanford married his third wife [Mrs. Louisa Taylor? Christian] in Cass County after Poppa's mother (Lucinda) died." Ref: US CENSUS 1880, TX, Cass, Pct #3, P #17/19, Hse/Fam #144 Jenkins, Joseph W M 52 m Farmer SC SC SC Jenkins, Louisa W F 42 m Kps Hse MI MI IRE Notes by HKC: Age 52 indicates Joseph born abt 1828; and both his parents were born in SC. Louisa's age 42 indicates she was born abt 1838. Family tradition indicates she was either widowed or divorced from Joseph Benjamin Christian, born in TN. Her three known children were also enumerated in the above referenced census; Joseph and Emily Christian in Fam #173; and Lucinda Christian Dycus in Fam #5 Notes by HKC: (Made during visit with Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, Rte #3, Naples, TX). A small burial plot believed to belong to one of the Dalton Jenkins families is located about 300 meters northwest of the house occupied by Mrs. Mitchell in 1965. The plot was overgrown with crepe myrtle and small trees. One handcrafted sandstone marker had carved on it " (?). H. Jenkins / Born (?) 4, 1876 / Died (?)". This could be Henry Jenkins, named in Frances Elizabeth Posey's Family Bible as the son of Joseph Sanford Jenkins and Louisa. End of Notes from R. Christian Genealogy ======================
1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 15 June, Prairie Township, Arkansas, Arkansas, District 2, page 21, Hse #142, Fam #143 E.J. Jenkins W M 55 Farmer SC SC SC Nancy Jenkins W F 36 Wife Housekeeping Ala Va SC Charles Jenkins W M 14 Son On Farm Miss SC Ala Georgia A Jenkins W F 11 Dau Texas SC Ala Jacob Jenkins W M 9 Son Ark SC Ala Katie Jenkins W F 7 Dau Texas SC Ala Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Katie V Jenkins Age 16, Birth Year abt 1873 Spouse W M Scuggs Spouse's Age 17 Marriage 18 Aug 1889 Arkansas County Marriage License Date: 15 Aug 1889 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, page 13B-14A, Hse #227, Fam #232 Scruggs, Bud Head W M Oct 1872 27 Married 10 years AR TN TN Farmer Owns Scruggs, Kattie V Wife W F Oct 1872 27 Married 10 years 5 children/2 living AR MS MS Scruggs, Pear [Pearl] C Dau W F Sept 1892 7 Single AR AR AR Scruggs, Carrie G Dau W F Nov 1895 4 Single AR AR AR -- page 14A -- Padgett, James Boarder W M June 1881 18 Single AR NC AR 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 27 April, Prairie Township, District 12, p 4B, Hse/Fam #69 Scruggs, W M Head 37 Married 20 years AR TN TN Farmer Owns Scruggs, Kate Wife 37 Married 20 years 8 children/4 living AR MS SC Scruggs, Pearl Dau 17 AR AR AR Farm Laborer Scruggs, Carry Dau 13 AR AR AR Farm Laborer Scruggs, Annie Dau 9 AR AR AR Scruggs, Gadys [sic] Dau 1yr4mos AR AR AR [b abt Dec 1908] West, Frank Boarder M W 21 Single AR AR TN Laborer 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 7 February, South Prairie Township, District 16, page 8A-B, Hse #147, Fam #154 Scruggs, William M Head Owns M W 47 AR TN AR Farmer [b abt 1872] -- page 8B -- Scruggs, Katie V Wife F W 47 AR SC AL [b abt 1872] Scruggs, Annie M Dau F W 18 AR AR AR [b abt 1901] Scruggs, Gladys Dau F W 11 AR AR AR [b abt 1908] Scruggs, Lois V Dau F W 7 AR AR AR [b abt 1912] 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #123, Fam #129 Scruggs, William M Head Owns Farm M W 58 First Married at age 16 AR TN TN Farmer Scruggs, Kate V Wife F W 58 First Married at age 16 AR GA AL Bisswanger, Lois Dau F W 18 First Married at age 16 AR AR AR Bisswanger, Marilee Granddaughter FW 10mos AR US AR Bisswanger, Joseph J Son-in-law W 21 First Married at age 20 US Germany AR 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6B, Oak Flat School and Church Rd, Hse #97, Owns $500 Scruggs, Bud Head M W 68 Widow Grade 6 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Farmer Scruggs, Kate Wife F W 68 Grade 5 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Housekeeper Bisswanger, Lois Dau F W 27 Single Grade 6 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Housekeeper Bisswanger, Joe Son-in-law M W 31 Single b Arkansas same place in 1935 Fisherman Bisswanger, Merry Lee Niece F W 10 Grade 5 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Some family genealogies report that Katie's middle name is Viola. I have not found any actual record showing this name. Katie Viola Jenkins Birth 13 Oct 1872 in Ark Death 09 Jun 1855 in Ark Parents: Ephriam Jefferson Jenkins 1812 - 1889 Nancy Ann Jackson b 1844 Marriage to William Scruggs 18 Aug 1889 -- Jana, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/30852014/person/12317562988 ------------------- Katie V Scruggs Birth 1872 Death 1955 OBITUARY Mrs Katie Viola Scruggs was born October 13, 1872. She passed away at her home near Ethel on June 9, 1955 at the age of 82 years, 7 months and 27 days. She was married in August 18, 1889 to W M Scruggs, who preceded her in death March 16, 1948. To this union were born nine children, three boys and six girls, four of whom preceded her in death. She united with the Baptist Church early in life and later with the Advent. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs Pearl West of Colt, Mrs Carrie Burrell of Ethel, Mrs Annie Burrell of Ethel, Mrs. Gladys Appleton of Malvern, and Mrs Lois Bisswanger of Ethel; two brothers, John Jenkins of Van and Will Jenkins of Humphrey; one sister, Mrs Bell Williams of Ethel; seven grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. DeWitt, Arkansas, Era-Enterprise, Thursday, June 23, 1955 (added by Sam Hampton, Jr) Spouse William M. Scruggs (1872 - 1948) Daughter Pearl West (1892 - 1978) Burial Chute Cemetery, De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA Created by Lin Canamore Quigley May 02, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #69236102, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69236102 -------------------
"Our mom, Eyline, was born in Mt. View, OK, or so I always heard. And Bud was born in Fort Cobb, OK. ... My granddad Lynch then moved to Carnegie, where mom grew up and Dad met her. All these little towns are/were near one another, and not far from Anadarko, where I was born (in 1937, by the way!) when Mike was born in Oklahoma City, where we lived for a time during WW2. LaRhonda was born in Chickasha, where, as you know, Dad had his long-term business and where we all went through school." -- Trent Jenkins, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 May 2009 In the record of her marriage to Oscar Marlow, LaRhonda is listed as LaRhonda E Wornom. The E would stand for her given middle name Eyline, her mother's name. This is interesting, since I understand her name was changed when she was adopted by Wayne Wornom to LaRhonda Jenkins Wornom. Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 Oscar S Jr Marlow, Age 46 (b abt 1938) Larhonda E Wornom, Age 39 (b abt 1945) Marriage Marriage 2 Aug 1984 Grayson County, Texas Another record lists LaRhonda under her first married name for this second marriage. Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015 LaRhonda Eyline Price Oscar S Marlow License 2 Aug 1984 Grayson County, Texas, USA U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Larhonda E Marlow [Larhonda Price] Birth Date 8 Jul 1945 911 E Delaware Ave, McAlester, OK, 74501-5507 2740 N 7th St, McAlester, OK, 74501-2719] 2029 N 13th St, McAlester, OK, 74501-3229 (1990) 99 Wandering Trl, McAlester, OK, 74501-6089 (1991, 1996) PO Box 161, McAlester, OK, 74502-0161 (1996) From the obituary of Wayne Huntley Wornom: ------------------------------------------------- He is survived by his wife, Marita of the home; daughter LaRhonda Marlow and husband Oscar of McAlester, OK; 3 sons, Trent Jenkins and partner George Anderson of Beaumont, TX, Michael Wornom and wife Virginia of Kingston, OK, Joel Jones and wife Janice of Yukon, OK.; 2 sisters, Kathryn Bridge of Russell, Kansas, Joyce Wright and husband Carl of Tulsa, OK; 8 grandchildren, Terry, Gerry, Jerry, Kimberly, Jennifer, Justin, Keith, and Jessica; 15 great grandchildren and many other family and friends." -- Published in the Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) on 18 May 2005 ------------------------------------------------- U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 LaRhonda Marlow Residence 99 Wanderling Tr, McAlester, Oklahoma, 74501 Phone Number 918-426-0395 Residence Year 1996 "My grandmother Eileen [Eyline] passed away when I was only a year or two old I believe, so didn’t even get to know her very well. Wayne remarried a lovely woman named Marita. So Wayne and Marita were the only grandparents that I knew, and I never really got to know anyone else." -- Terry Price, son of LaRhonda Jenkins Wornom, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 May 2012 U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2017: LaRhonda Eyline Marlow Death Age 69 Birth Date 8 Jul 1945 Residence Kingston, Oklahoma, USA Death Date 10 Jun 2015 Source Watts Funeral Home, Marietta [Love County], Oklahoma, USA Parents Bud Jenkins, Eyline Lynch Jenkins Spouse (No Name) Children: Gary Price, Terry Price, Kevin Marlow Siblings: Trent Jenkins, Mike Wornam LaRhonda's memorial on Find a Grave, set up by "MillieBelle," includes her obnituary. ------------------- LaRhonda Eylene [Eyline] Jenkins Marlow Birth Jul 8, 1945 Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA Death Jun 10, 2015 Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA LaRhonda Eyline Marlow, 69 of Kingston, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at her home in Kingston. She was born on July 8, 1945 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to the late Bud Jenkins and Eyline Lynch Jenkins. LaRhonda was raised in Chickasha and later lived in Carnegie, Oklahoma where she graduated from the Carnegie High School. She worked in nursing homes and hospitals in Moore and McAlester, Oklahoma. LaRhonda married Oscar Marlow in Grayson County in 1984 and he preceded her in death in June 2006. She moved to Kingston in 2007 where she lived the rest of her life. LaRhonda was affiliated with the Baptist faith and she enjoyed her dogs, family and loved working with her patients at the nursing homes. She is survived by her children: Gary Price and wife, Janis, Kingston, Oklahoma; Terry Price and wife, Tracey, Texas; Jerry Price and wife, Amanda, McAlester, Oklahoma; stepchildren: Kevin Marlow and wife Robin, McAlester, Oklahoma; grandchildren: Kristy Price, Sammy Price, Austin McDaniel, Chris McGuire, Jessica McGuire, Keelan Price and Kiara Price; brothers: Mike Wornam, Kingston, Oklahoma and Trent Jenkins, Texas; and special lifelong friend Billie Webster of Stigler, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Elmwood Cemetery in Hartshorne. Arrangements are under the direction of Watts Funeral Home of Madill. Parents: Arthur Carthal Jenkins (1909 - 1955) Eyline Dorothy Lynch Wornom (1916 - 1969) Spouse Oscar Sheridan Marlow (1938 - 2006) Burial Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA Created by MillieBelle Jun 14, 2015 -- Find A Grave Memorial #147839775, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147839775 -------------------
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, Prairie Township, District 1-24, page 4B, Possum Wallow Community Rd, Hse #138, Rents $2 Jenkins, Garland Head M W 34 Grade 4 b Ark same place in 1935 Cotton Farmer Jenkins, Rose Wife F W 26 Grade 7 b Ark same place in 1935 Jenkins, Lee Roy M W 5 Single b Ark same place in 1935