John Wesley Jenkins (1852-1932) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

John Wesley Jenkins

Born 14 Nov 1852 in Bienville, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Son of Green Freeman Jenkins and Dinah Jane (Poland) Lee

Brother of Virginia Ann (Jenkins) Kellogg, Mary Etta (Jenkins) Oliver, Josephine B (Jenkins) Owens and William James Jenkins

Husband of Sarah Ann Josephine Thomas — married 14 May 1871 in Bienville, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Father of Jennie Ida (Jenkins) Sigler, Bryant Freeman Jenkins, James Allen Jenkins, William F Jenkins and Jimmie Pierson (Jenkins) Morris

Died 2 Oct 1932 at age 79 in Henderson, Texas, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Jenkins Name Study.

Born 14 NOV 1852. Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Died 2 OCT 1932. Henderson, Texas.

File Format: jpg. John Jenkins Family & Friends. ABT 1890. PHOTO Scrapbook: Y.

Research Notes

Death certificate shows his death was in Mabank, Henderson County, Texas. Mabank is officially listed to be in Kaufman County, however, it is partly in Henderson County.

Sources

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q5-VMJ : 29 May 2021), John Jenkins in entry for Danniel Jenkins, 1870.
"Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1Y-M37B : 4 April 2020), John W Jenkins and S A J Thomas, 14 May 1871; citing Bienville, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33X-X2T : 20 February 2021), J W Jenkins, 02 Oct 1932; citing certificate number 42865, State Registrar Office, Austin

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

J Jenkins : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-V65, FTDNA kit #B202728

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:

~6.25% ~12.50% Karen Morris : 23andMe, GEDmatch M447954 [compare]
~3.12% Oscar Dyess : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T197092 [compare], FTDNA kit #27652
~1.56% Carolyn (Dyess) Dyess Bales : 23andMe, GEDmatch M431555 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A716376 [compare], Ancestry member CarolynBales69 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T812757 [compare], FTDNA kit #140369 + Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch G031826 [compare] + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch AT7637880 [compare] + Living DNA, GEDmatch JT5398016 [compare]