Katherine Elizabeth Jenkings (1861)

Born Apr 1861 in Virginia, United States

Wife of James Newton Woods — married 26 Jun 1879 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

WWII MIA Family Connections

Biography

Katherine Jenkings is a part of US Black heritage.

This profile is part of the Shepherdstown, West Virginia One Place Study.

Katherine was born in 1861. She married James Wood and they had several children.

Her grandson, Carl James Woods was a Tuskegee Airman and he continues to be listed as Missing in Action over Italy. Please see the World War II Missing In Action Family Connections page for more information

Sources

• "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-FK84 : 29 September 2021), James Wood and Katie Jemckings, 1879.
• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X553-PJ8 : 7 December 2018), Katherine Jenkins in entry for James Samuel Woods, 29 Nov 1892; citing Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,373.
• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F15Z-Z7W : 11 February 2018), Kate Woods in entry for Jessie Woods, 02 Dec 1895; citing Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 829,326.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CL-FDD : accessed 2 February 2022), Kate Woods in household of James Woods, Shepherdstown town, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,761.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2NQ-8QD : accessed 2 February 2022), Katie Woods in household of James Woods, Election District 5, Washington, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 127, sheet 17B, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 569; FHL microfilm 1,374,582.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFBS-BD4 : 3 February 2021), Katherine Woods in entry for James Woods, 1920.