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Benjamin Jackson Jenkins

1 Sep 1861 – 6 Feb 1939

Birth	1 Sep 1861
Death	6 Feb 1939
Cemetery	Counts Cemetery Runnels County , Texas , USA
Added by	Terry Jenkins on 09 Jul 2005
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6189989

Bio

Benjamin Jackson Jenkins was born near Taylor, Williamson County, Texas. He was the son of Elisha Jenkins and Martha Jane Long. His father, Elisha, died in the Civil War in the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana in 1864.Benjamin and his mother continued living in Williamson County. They were enumerated in 1870 in Liberty Hill, living with John and Sarah Russell. No relationship has been proven to this family and no explanation has been determined as for their living with them. On 9 October 1884, Benjamin married Mollie Hammonds. The marriage was recorded in Travis County, Texas. Benjamin and Mollie had ten children. Mollie died in 1911 and Benjamin lived 28 more years before dying on 06 February 1939 in Runnels County. He is buried in the Counts Cemetery in northern Runnels County.

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Family

Parents

• Elisha "Eli" Jenkins 1841–1864
• Martha Jane Long Jenkins Brown 1842–1914

Spouse

• Mollie Jane Hammonds Jenkins 1865–1911 FaG

Siblings

• Eva Rebekah Brown Sears 1877–1968

Children

• Zula Bonita Jenkins Vineyard Marshall 1885–1971 FaG
• Ola Lometa "Ode" Jenkins Johnson 1888–1945 FaG
• Samuel Brown Jenkins 1890–1971 FaG
• Lister Towner Jenkins 1892–1970 FaG
• Eva Juanita Jenkins 1894–1931 FaG
• Clyde Royal Jenkins 1898–1975 FaG
• Jesse Lloyd Jenkins 1901–1974 FaG
• Ada Jenkins 1903–1903 FaG
• Bertha Cordelia Jenkins Fleming 1907–1988 FaG

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