Life History
1876 |
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before Jun 1880 |
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before Jun 1880 |
Buried in Bryan's Mill, Cass, Texas.1 |
Notes
- It is uncertain exactly how old the child Henry was when he died. He is known by name from an entry in a family Bible, and his grave has been located in what is now Mitchell farm, near Dalton, in Cass County, Texas, where the Jenkins and Christian families lived.
The gravestone dates are not fully readable, due to damage to the headstone. Family tradition suggests Henry was born in 1876, matching the readable year of 1876 on the stone. The day of birth was the 4th, but the month is missing. Henry he never appears in a census. Thus he would have been only about 4 years old at most when he died. He died some time before the June 1880 census.
"A small grave with an old handmade sandstone marker bearing the inscription “(?). H. Jenkins / Born - 4, 1876 / Died --” is located in a small grove of trees and crepe myrtle about 350 yards northwest of the farm home occupied by Mrs. J. C. Mitchell (between Bryans Mill and Dalton). One of the Jenkins families was reported to have lived on this farm in the late 1800s."
-- Jenkins Family History by Harold Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf
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Henry Jenkins
Birth 1876 Cass County, Texas, USA
Death 1880 Cass County, Texas, USA [Edit Dates]
Died at about 3-4 years old. Not details are known about Henry otherwise. Harold Christian, early Jenkins-Christian family researcher, visited sites around Dalton and Bryan's Mill in Cass County, Texas, where the Jenkins family lived. He found a burial plot on a former Jenkins residence farm, owned by J C Mitchell at that time.
The gravestone dates are not fully readable, due to damage to the headstone. Family tradition suggests Henry was born in 1876, matching the readable year of 1876 on the stone. The month is missing. Thus he would have been only about 4 years old at most when he died, as he never appears in a census. He died some time before the June 1880 census.
"A small grave with an old handmade sandstone marker bearing the inscription “(?). H. Jenkins / Born - 4, 1876 / Died --” is located in a small grove of trees and crepe myrtle about 350 yards northwest of the farm home occupied by Mrs. J. C. Mitchell (between Bryans Mill and Dalton). One of the Jenkins families was reported to have lived on this farm in the late 1800s."
-- Jenkins Family History by Harold Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf
Parents:
Joseph Sanford Jenkins (1826 - 1893)
Louisa Taylor Jenkins (1838 - 1890)
Siblings:
John Cullen Jenkins (1850 - 1892) Half-sibling
Joseph Asa Jenkins (1866 - 1962) Half-sibling
Mary Lou Jenkins Chapel (1867 - 1929) Half-sibling
Burial Non-Cemetery Burial
Buried on the J C Mitchell farm, near Dalton, Cass County, Texas. A lone grave on a former Jenkins residence farm.
Created by Orville Jenkins Jul 04, 2015
-- Find A Grave Memorial #148647839, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148647839
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