Thomas Asa JENKINS4,2,5

11th Mar 19037 - 24th Jan 19661

Life History

11th Mar 1903	Born.7
3rd Nov 1903	Born in Grady County, Oklahoma.1
24th Nov 1929	Married Nova Bernice GRUBBS in First Christian Church, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma.13,10 Asa and Nova met and married in Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma. By at least 1936, Asa and Nova moved to Anadarko, where they lived therest of their life.
1930	Resident in Ft Cobb, Caddo, Oklahoma.2
26th Nov 1930	Birth of son Asa Lee JENKINS in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma.8,9
8th Nov 1935	Death of son Jimmie Ray JENKINS in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma.10
8th Nov 1935	Birth of son Jimmie Ray JENKINS in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma.10
24th Jul 1938	Birth of son Ronald Wayne JENKINS in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma.11,12
24th Jan 1966	Died in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma.1
9th May 1969	Died in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma.5,3,6

Notes

Thomas Asa was known to the family as Asa. My father (and maybe other siblings) called him "Acy." This was also an early nickname for mygrandfather Joseph Asa. One family source records Joseph Asa's birthunder the name Joseph Acy Jenkins.

, when he married Nova Bernice Grubbs. In the 1930 census they had just married that year.

In May 2007, on a visit to Oklahoma, the following information was given to me by Asa Lee Jenkins, son of Thomas Asa Jenkins:
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In 1936 Asa went into business with his father-in-law James Grubbs inAnadarko, Oklahoma. They were originally in the appliance business, but after Mr. Grubbs died in 1941, Asa bought out Grubbs' share from his family. In 1956 Asa expanded by buying a furniture store in town, which he later merged with the appliance business into one store. Asawas in business till he retired in 1962, when he closed the business.

Asa's son Asa Lee decided in 1962 to open his own, separate furniturebusiness. He was in business with this store until he retired and sold it in 1983. After his retirement, his lawyer son, Larry Wade Jenkins, prevailed upon him to go into title work for him.
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The Social Security Death Index reports a quite different date of death from that reported by Harold Christian from family sources. Haroldreports 24 January 1966, while the SSDI says (month only) May 1969. There is also a discrepancy in birth dates: Christian: 3 November 1903, SSDI: 11 March 1903.

Thomas Asa was buried in Memory Lane Cemetery in Anadarko, also referred to as the Anadarko Cemetery. I have not been there to view the grave. I did not find his wife Nova in the cemetery, or others in the Anadarko area. I am uncertain of the death and burial place of his wife Nova.

The cemetery registry agrees with the birth date of 3 November 1903.The death date on the cemetery registry also agrees with the SSDI date, and adds the day: 09 May 1969.

Sources

1. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
2. 1930 Federal Census, County, Oklahoma
- 1 April, Fort Cobb, District 26, page 7B, Hse #146, Fam #178
3. Asa Lee Jenkins, personal communication to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 29 May 2007
4. Orville Boyd Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
5. SSDI Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
- Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 27 Jan 2007, Intern
6. Fairview Cemetery, Anadarko, Oklahoma, listings
- Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcaddo/cemeteries/anamlj.txt;
7. SSDI Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
- Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 1 Jan 2007, Interna
8. Anadarko Graduation Lists, http://home.comcast.net/~dale1878/dale75.html
9. Asa Jenkins Family Interview by Orville Boyd Jenkins, 29 May 2007
10. Jenkins Family Notes by Lou Ila Jenkins, uncertain source, 1950s
11. Jenkins Family information
12. SSDI Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6
13. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
- Joseph Asa Jenkins Family Group Record