Life History

Notes

• 1870 Federal Census, Middlesex County, Virginia, 4 August, Pine Top Township, PO Shackleford's, page 22, Hse/Fam #167
  Jenkins, James 30 M W Farmer $500 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born Virginia [b abt 1840]
  Jenkins, Amelia 20 F W Domestic born Virginia Cannot read or write [b abt 1850]
  Jenkins, Alpa [Altha] E 3 F W At home born Virginia [b abt 1867]
  Jenkins [?], Francis [sic] 22 F W Domestic Servant born Virginia [b abt 1848]
  
  Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
  Altha E Oliff [Altha E Jenkins]
  White Female
  Death Age 49
  Birth Date 29 March 1866 Richmond County, Virginia
  Father James H Jenkins, born Richmond County, Virginia
  Mother Omelia S Sanders, born Richmond County, Virginia
  Informant James Oliff, Fernswood, Virginia
  Death 2 March 1915 Washington District, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
  Cause of Death Paralysis, due to Natural Causes
  Burial 4 March 1915 in Ephesus (?) Cemetery, by James Scates of Newland, Virginia
  Filed 2 March 1915
  
  ----------------
  Obituary/Death Announcement for Altha Ella Jenkins Oliff
  
  "OLIFF -- Mrs James Oliff of Foneswood (Westmoreland County, Virginia) died at her home on Tuesday night, March 2, 9:30 o'clock.  She is survived by her husband and seven chidlren.  Intrment at Ephesus Church yesterday morning."
  
  Northern Neck News, Warsaw, Virginia, March 5, 1915;  clipping courtesy of "GJ" on Find a Grave  on 31 May 2014, accessed 30 April 2020
  ----------------
  

Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Middlesex County, Virginia
  • 4 August, Pine Top Township, PO Shackleford's, page 22, Hse/Fam #167
• 2. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
• 3. Obituaries from Virginia