Dr Samuel Washington Jenkins

1848 - 1933  (84 years)

• Name	Samuel Washington Jenkins
  Prefix	Dr
  Born	19 Mar 1848	Macon County, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Jan 1933	Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Buried	20 Jan 1933	Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I984	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	John S. Jenkins,   b. Tennessee ,   d. Haywood County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Nations,   b. South Carolina ,   d. North Carolina  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	30 Mar 1825	Haywood County, North Carolina   [3]
  Family ID	F556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Jane Rose,   b. 24 Jan 1846, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Dec 1899, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 53 years)
  Married	6 May 1866	Macon County, North Carolina
  Notes	Groom: S W Jenkins Bride: Eliza Rose Bond Date: 21 Apr 1860 Bond #: 000077447 Marriage Date: XX XXX XXXX Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868ImageNum: 006904 County: Macon Record #: 01 006 Witness: R. C. Slagle (C Performed By: A. B. Welch, Justice of the Peace
  Children	1. William Francis Jenkins,   b. 8 Mar 1868, Fannin County, Georgia ,   d. 4 Aug 1886, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 18 years)   2. Emanuel Alexander Jenkins,   b. 6 Feb 1872, Higdonville, Macon County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Feb 1938, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 66 years)   3. Mary Clementine Jenkins,   b. 29 Nov 1873, Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Mar 1959, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 85 years)   4. Samuel Washington Jenkins,   b. 29 May 1876, Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Jun 1956, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)   5. Elizabeth Jane Jenkins,   b. 21 Jun 1881, Ducktown, Polk County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Oct 1958, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio  (Age 77 years)   6. Arthur Augustus Jenkins,   b. 3 Feb 1884, Ducktown, Polk County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Aug 1970, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)   7. Charles A. Jenkins,   b. 18 Aug 1886, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Dec 1909, Emory Gap, Roane County, Tennessee  (Age 23 years)
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  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Ann Good,   b. 19 Jul 1883, Coulterville, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 1924, Highlands Sanatorium, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 40 years)
  Married	25 Jul 1901	Coulterville, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [4]
  Children	1. Betty Grace Jenkins,   b. 13 Jul 1902, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Feb 1993, Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 90 years)   2. Willie Irene Jenkins,   b. 12 Dec 1903, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Jan 1947, Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee  (Age 43 years) + 3. Charlotte Marie Jenkins,   b. 6 Apr 1905, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Dec 1992, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 87 years) + 4. Chrystal Margaret Jenkins,   b. 19 Feb 1907, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Nov 1986, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)   5. Agnes Magdalene Jenkins,   b. 25 Sep 1909, Millers Grove, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Nov 1996, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio  (Age 87 years)   6. John Thomas Jenkins,   b. 2 Jun 1911, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Aug 1988, Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 77 years)   7. Theodore Edison Jenkins,   b. 16 May 1913, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Jul 1993, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)   8. James Arthur Jenkins,   b. 13 Nov 1914, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 5 years)   9. Edwin Lloyd Jenkins,   b. 25 Sep 1916, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Feb 1995, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)   10. Clarence McKinley Jenkins,   b. 26 Mar 1918, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Aug 1918, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years)   11. Glenna Roberta Jenkins,   b. 18 Nov 1919, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Jun 2010, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee  (Age 90 years)   12. Sallye Maude Jenkins,   b. 13 Dec 1921, Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Mar 1993, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)   13. William George Jenkins,   b. 29 May 1924, Highlands Sanatorium, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Sep 1975, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee  (Age 51 years)
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  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  MILITARY: enlisted 20 April 1864 at Maryville, Tennessee Company L, 3rd Tennessee Union Calvary captured at Sulpher Trestle, Alabama on 25 Sept 1864 sent with 300 members of the 3rd to the Confederate prison, Castle Morgan, in Cahaba, Alabama boarded the Sultana on 26 April 1865; the Sultana's boilers exploded at 1.00 a.m. on 27 April 1865 survived the disaster, but sustained a hernia discharged 10 June 1865 MILITARY: Name: Samuel W. Jenkins Company: L Unit: 3 Tennessee Cavalry. Rank - Discharge: Corporal Allegiance: Union Source Citation: Box: 392;Extraction: 8; Record: 327 BIOGRAPHY: On 18 Dec 1874, J. A. Thompson and wife N. A. Thompson sold Daniel E. Evans 100 acres of land on "Flat Branch" for $125. Witnessed by Samuel W. Jenkins. (Swain Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 307) DEATH: Obituary Name JENKINS, SAMUEL W. (DR.) Date JAN. 20 1933 Newspaper TIMES Dr S. W. Jenkins Dies At Bakewell Union Veteran Fought With Tennessee Regiment Was Medical Examiner Dr Samuel W. Jenkins, 84, died at his home in Bakewell yesterday morning after a long illness. Dr Jenkins was born March 19, 1848 and was a Union veteran of the War Between the States , being a member of Company L, Third Tennesse regiment. He served for more than three years and was one of the 2,120 soldiers on the boat Sultan when it was destroyed during the war on the Mississippi river. Dr Jenkins was captured at Sulphur Trussel, Ala., and was in prison for six months at Andersonville. He helped to build the pontoon bridge across the Tennessee river here during the war and was also in the Battle of Orchard Knob. He was a practicing physician for more than sixty years and was pension examiner for the Southern railroad under Dr George Baxter and Dr W. A. Applegate of Chattanooga. Dr Jenkins had lived in the section of Soddy and Bakewell for more than fifty years and was a charter member of the Masonic lodge of Soddy. Dr Jenkins is survived by seven sons, E. A., S. W. Jr. And William, all of Soddy; Arthur of Emory Gap, Tenn. and John, Eddie and Theodore Jenkins of Bakewell; nine daughters, Mrs T. J. Welch, Red Bank; Mrs Elizabeth Woods, Toledo, Ohio; Miss Grace Jenkins, Chattanooga; Mrs Harry Sanders, Chattanooga; Mrs Walter Constigan, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs Jessie Ledford and Misses Glenna and Sallie Maude Jenkins, all of Bakewell; and Mrs Crystal Minnis of North Carolina; also a large number of grandchildren. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Congregational church at Soddy, with the Reverend A. L. DeJarnette in charge, assisted by Reverend W. O. Peeples. Interment with be in Varner cemetery, with Hallett's in charge. The Masonic order will have charge of the services at the grave.

  
  

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  [S32] Varner Cemetery Survey, Randy Perkinson, (www.find-a-grave.com). [S16] Obituary, The Chattanooga Times, Friday, January 20, 1933. Dr S. W. Jenkins Dies At Bakewell Union Veteran Fought With Tennessee Regiment - Was Medical Examiner Dr Samuel W. Jenkins, 84, died at his home in Bakewell yesterday morning after a long illness. Dr Jenkins was born March 19, 1848 and was a Union veteran of the War Between the States , being a member of Company L, Third Tennesse regiment. He served for more than three years and was one of the 2,120 soldiers on the boat Sultan when it was destroyed during the war on the Mississippi river. Dr Jenkins was captured at Sulphur Trussel, Ala., and was in prison for six months at Andersonville. He helped to build the pontoon bridge across the Tennessee river here during the war and was also in the Battle of Orchard Knob. He was a practicing physician for more than sixty years and was pension examiner for the Southern railroad under Dr George Baxter and Dr W. A. Applegate of Chattanooga. Dr Jenkins had lived in the section of Soddy and Bakewell for more than fifty years and was a charter member of the Masonic lodge of Soddy. Dr Jenkins is survived by seven sons, E. A., S. W. Jr. And William, all of Soddy; Arthur of Emory Gap, Tenn. and John, Eddie and Theodore Jenkins of Bakewell; nine daughters, Mrs T. J. Welch, Red Bank; Mrs Elizabeth Woods, Toledo, Ohio; Miss Grace Jenkins, Chattanooga; Mrs Harry Sanders, Chattanooga; Mrs Walter Constigan, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs Jessie Ledford and Misses Glenna and Sallie Maude Jenkins, all of Bakewell; and Mrs Crystal Minnis of North Carolina; also a large number of grandchildren. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Congregational church at Soddy, with the Reverend A. L. DeJarnette in charge, assisted by Reverend W. O. Peeples. Interment with be in Varner cemetery, with Hallett's in charge. The Masonic order will have charge of the services at the grave. [S196] North Carolina Marriage Index 1741 - 2004, (www.ancestry.com). Name John Jinkins Spouse Mary Nations Marriage Date 30 Mar 1825 Marriage County Haywood Marriage State North Carolina Source County Court Records at Waynesville, NC [S137] Hamilton County Tennessee Marriage Records, Hamilton County Clerk's Office, (https://secure2.hamiltontn.gov/CClerk/Marriage_License/PublicScreens/LicenseSearch.aspx). Date Married: 7/25/1901 Book: 009 Page: 065 License: 12001 Groom Information Name (FML): S. W. JENKIN Address: County: HAMILTON Birthplace: City/State/Zip: TN Bride Information Name (FML): SALLIE GOOD Address: County: HAMILTON Birthplace: City/State/Zip: TN Officiant Name: R. H. CUSP, MINISTER