John
S.
Jenkins
Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Evans) Jenkins
— married
about 1861 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Owen Blair Jenkins and Horace Evans Jenkins
Died
at age 76
in Lansdale, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 May 2020
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Biography
Son of Levi S. Jenkins Jr. and Sarah Smith. "Levi, jr. who m. Sarah Smith and had 6 children, including Joseph S., Eder, John S. and Anne." [1]
The Find a Grave profile has a birthdate of 20 August; the FamilySearch profile has a birthdate of 10 August.
Married Sallie Jane Evans.
Father of Owen Blair Jenkins, Horace Evans Jenkins, Alvin E. Jenkins and Adelle E. Jenkins Donnell.
John was a farmer. With the family in 1870 in Gwynedd, Montgomery County, were living in-laws Jane Evans age 65, possibly his mother-in-law, and O. M. Evans (male) age 39.[2]
In 1900 John styled himself a "gentleman," his listed occupation.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Howard Jenkins, "Historical Collections of Gwynedd," 1897, cited at "Descendants of Jenkin Jenkins," http://www.gwyneddmeeting.org/history/jenkins.htm
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5W-DJB : 19 March 2020), John S Jenkins, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3QK-T5X : accessed 23 May 2020), John S Jenkins, Hatfield Township Lansdale borough Ward West, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 206, sheet 3A, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,442.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNG-FTB : 16 July 2017), John S Jenkins, Lansdale, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 369C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,159.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKF-ZF5R : 13 December 2015), John S. Jenkins, 1909; Burial, Colmar, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Montgomery Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 40771747, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40771747
See also: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNZ6-W15
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