Della MALLONEE2,1,4,5

also known as Deller JENKINS3

about 18803 - 19182

Life History

about 1880	Born in Texas.1 (most likely)
about 1884	Born in Texas.3 (less likely)
25th Dec 1899	Married Ira Lotus JENKINS in Morris County, Texas.5
1900	Resident in Justice Precinct 3, Cass, Texas.1
25th Mar 1901	Birth of son James M JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.6,7,8,3
1910	Resident in Justice Precinct 2, Cass, Texas.3
about 1913	Birth of son Ione A JENKINS in Texas.9
1918	Died in Cass County, Texas.2
1918	Buried in Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass County, Texas.2

Notes

Della's maiden name was provided by Dorothy Wommack McNeely, a descendant of Cullen Jenkins.
-- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=8508600&pid=-939422263

Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965
Ira Jenkins
Marriage 25 Dec 1899 Morris County, Texas, USA
Spouse Della Malonee

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A couple of grave lists comment that her maiden name was Williamson, making Mallonee a first married name. But neither had the name of her Mallonee husband. One also reported that Della Williamson was the wife of Ichem Warner Jenkins. It may be that two persons and households have been combined or confused. I have found no information on this individual named Ichem Warner Jenkins. It is a different Jenkins family. Other sources report his name as Isom.

I found an Ichem Jenkins with wife Della in Hill County, Texas, in 1910 with two children mentioned in the notes on one Dalton Cemetery list. Searches yielded some related records for them in other locations. Ichem is reported born in Georgia, which could relate to the family of Joseph Sanford Jenkins, and his wife Della was reported born in Alabama. I have found no connection between Ichem Jenkins and the known members of the lineage of Joseph Sanford Jenkins. No such name appears in any of the related genealogies for J S Jenkins' family.
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I saw Della's grave in Dalton Cemetery on a visit for a Jenkins family reunion in 2009. Her grave has no birth date and says she died in 1918.

Gravestone of Della Mallonee Jenkins, Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas
Della Mallonee Jenkins
Wife of Ira Jenkins
Died in 1918

Sources

1. 1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 20 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 17A, Hse/Fam #285
2. Gravestone of Della Mallonee Jenkins, Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas
3. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 28 April, Justice Precinct 2, Disrtict 31, page 7B, Hse/Fam #128
4. Ancestry Trees
- Cass County Texas - Americas Melting Pot, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=8508600&pid=-939422263
5. Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965
6. 1930 Federal Census, Dallas County, Texas
- 9 April, Dallas, District 45, page 31A, 5118 Parry Ave, Hse #416, Fam #497
7. Social Security Death Index
8. 1940 Federal Census, Dallas County, Texas
- 4 April, Dallas, District 255-117, page 61A, 5115 Phillip Parry, Hse #146, Owns $3000
9. 1930 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 10 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 14, page 5B, North Douglasville & Naples Rd, Hse/Fam #110