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BIOGRAPHIES.
History of Linn County,
Missouri
An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and A Compendium of
Actual Facts.
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It Contains
A Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief
Cities -
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph;
A Reliable History of Lynn County -
Its Pioneer Record, War History,
Resources, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of
Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of great
Value, and a Large Amount of Miscellaneous
Matter, Incidents, etc. Etc.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Publ. Kansas City, Mo.
Birdsall & Dean.
1882
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Benton Twp. -
JAMES D. JENKINS is a native of Ohio
and was born in Marion county, August 25, 1829. He is
the son of David and Magdalena (nee
Reinhart) Jenkins, the former of whom was a
native of Pennsylvania, and the latter, of Ohio. His
father had been a merchant in Ohio and continued there till
James was about nine years old, when he moved to
Missouri, and, after a temporary sojourn in Howard county,
moved to Linn county and settled in what is now Benton
township. This was in 1838, and the family became a
fixture in this county. James lived with his parents
till he was twenty-four years of age, and then on the first
of September, 1853, he married Sarah T. Cassity.
They have had five children, three of whom, two sons and one
daughter, are deceased. Mr. Jenkins
lived in the suburbs of Browning from 1856 till 1865, when
he moved to the northwest part of section twenty-nine,
township sixty, range twenty, in sight of the place his
father had settled years before. Mr. Jenkins
and wife are members of the Christian Church, but he does
not belong to any secret order. His mother died Dec.
3, 1864, and his father, Mar. 13, 1871. He has a well
improved farm with good residence and new barn, and other
improvements to correspond.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 766 |
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