Percy Vance Jenkins was born August 27, 1880, in Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. His parents were John Witson Jenkins and Sarah Elizabeth Biddle. [1][2]
In the 1900 US Census, Percy is living with his father, and six siblings---William O, Mamie J, Kittie B, Joe D, Ruth, Annie---and his father's niece, Mary L Jenkins. At that time, they are living in District 24 of Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. [3]
He registers for the WWI draft on September 12, 1918, while living in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. He is of medium height and build, with black hair and brown eyes. He is 38 years old. [5]
In the 1920 through 1940 Censuses, Percy lives with his family - his wife, two children, and his mother-in-law, working as a farmer, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.
1920: [6]
Percy V Jenkins, Head, Owned home, Male, White, Age 39, Married, Birthplace: Tennessee, Parent's Birthplace: Tennessee, Occupation: Farmer
Lela P Jenkins, Wife, Female, White, Age 34, Married, Birthplace: Tennessee, Parent's Birthplace: Tennessee
John N Jenkins, Son, Male, White, Age 13, Single, Attended school, Birthplace: Tennessee
Ruth W Jenkins, Daughter, Female, White, Age 7, Single, Attended school, Birthplace: Tennessee
Percy V Jenkins, Head, Owned home, Male, White, Age 49, Married at age 24, Birthplace: Tennessee, Parent's Birthplace: Tennessee, Occupation: Farmer, Veteran? No (really?)
Leila C Jenkins, Wife, Female, White, Age 47, Married at age 20, Birthplace: Tennessee, Parent's Birthplace: Tennessee
John N Jenkins, Son, Male, White, Age 23, Single, Birthplace: Tennessee, Occupation: R.D. Substation for Mail Service
Ruth Jenkins, Daughter, Female, White, Age 18, Single, Attended school, Birthplace: Tennessee
Mollie Prater, Mother-in-Law, Female, White, Age 69, Widowed (age at marriage, 29), Birthplace: Tennessee, Parent's Birthplace: Tennessee
Percy Jenkins, Head, Male, White, Age 59, Married, Education: 1st year of College, Birthplace: Tennessee, 1935 Location: Same house, Occupation: Farming
Leila Jenkins, Wife, Female, White, Age 55, Married, Birthplace: Tennessee, 1935 Location: Same house
John N Jenkins, Son, Male, White, Age 33, Married, Education: 1st year of College, Birthplace: Tennessee, 1935 Location: Same house, Occupation: Pool Room Operator
Roxie Jenkins, Daughter-in-Law, Female, White, Age 28, Married, Education: 4 years of High School, Birthplace: Tennessee, 1935 Location: Same house
Angeline Jenkins, Grandaughter, Female, White, Age 5, Single, Birthplace: Tennessee, 1935 Location: Same house
Percy Jenkins, Grandson,Male, White, Age 3, Birthplace: Tennessee
Carolyn Joyce Jenkins, Granddaughter, Female, White, Age 2 months, Single, Birthplace: Tennessee
Ollie Murry, Lodger, Female, Negro, Age 19, Single, Education: 1st year of High School, Birthplace: Tennessee, 1935 Residence: Rural, Occupation: Cook for Private Home
Andrew White, Lodger, Male, Negro, Age 45, Single, Education: none, Birthplace: Tennessee, 1935 Residence: Rural, Occupation: Farm Hooper for Agriculture industry
Percy died in Rutherford County Hospital, Age 66. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, August 29, 1946. [1][2][8]
Obituary from the Shelbyville Gazette:
"Buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Died in Rutherford County Hospital. Parents; John W. and Betty Biddle Jenkins who were early settlers of Bedford County. Wife; Lela Prater Jenkins. Daughter; Mrs. Herbert Taylor. Son; John Jenkins all of Murfreesboro. 4 sisters; Mrs. John E. Moore, Mrs. Howard Shofner both of Shelbyville, Mrs. Paul Buntzler of Puebla New Mexico and Miss Ruth Jenkins of Hanford, Calif. 2 brothers; W. O. Jenkis of Puebla and Joe Jenkins of Hanford Calif. " [8]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Brewington, Teresa. "[1]." Accessed 6/7/2016. Photo of Percy and Leila's gravesite.
↑ 2.02.1 Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958. "[2]." Accessed 9/30/2017. Original data: Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 10
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZ5-2S1 : accessed 7 June 2016), Percy V Jenkins in household of John W Jenkins, Civil District 24, Bedford, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,558.
↑ 4.04.1 Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. "[3]." Accessed 9/30/2017. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Year: 1930; Census Place: District 11, Rutherford, Tennessee; Roll: 2270; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2342004
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. "[4]." Accessed 9/30/3017. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm. Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Rutherford; Roll: 1877688
↑ Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. "[5]." Accessed 9/30/2017. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 11, Rutherford, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1760; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 124
↑ Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census . "[6]." Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Year: 1940; Census Place: Rutherford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3931; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 75-12
↑ 8.08.1 Carson, Steve. "[7]." Accessed 6/7/2016. Index to obituaries from the Shelbyville Gazette in 1946. Jenkins, Percy V.
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