♂ Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins

1811 - 1896

 

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Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins
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Parents
Spouse
Margaret Cravens
Margaret Cravens
1814 - 1906
Children
William Washington Jenkins
William W Jenkins
1838 - 1919
David Cravens Jenkins
David Cravens Jenkins
1840 - 1871
Mary Melvina Jenkins
Mary Melvina Jenkins
1841 - 1925
Eleven Jenkins
Eleven Jenkins
1843 - 1924
John Seldon Jenkins
John Seldon Jenkins
1845 - 1922
Rodney King Jenkins
Rodney King Jenkins
1848 - 1891
Priscilla Ann Jenkins
Priscilla Ann Jenkins
1852 - 1918
Siblings
Harriet Jenkins
Harriet Jenkins
1810 - 1900

Jeremiah owned 240 acres of land in Scotland County, was a member of the I.O.O.F., (Independent Order of Odd Fellows), and he and his wife were members of the Old School Presbyterian Church.

1836


May 25
Age: 24y
1836 Whig Party holds its first national convention, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 26y

1840


Mar 5
Age: 28y

1841


Nov 28
Age: 30y
1841 • Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror.

1843


Sep 10
Age: 31y
1843 Brazil becomes the second country, after Great Britain, to issue nationally valid postage stamps with the release of its "Bull's Eye" series.

1845


Nov 26
Age: 34y
1845 • President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 36y
1848 Phi Gamma Delta is founded as a North American collegiate fraternity.

1850


Age: 38y
1850 Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose-built exhibition hall, opens in Birmingham, England.

1852


Jan 1
Age: 40y
1852 • Nine men representing various Hebrew charitable organizations came together to form what became the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 42y
1854 Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale University is the first person to fractionate petroleum into its individual components by distillation.

1856


Mar 24
Age: 44y

1860


Aug 9
Age: 48y
1860 • Piedmontese forces invade the Papal States, hoping to link up with Garibaldi in Naples.

1887


Age: 75y
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1896


Aug 18
1896 Battle of Adwa: Ethiopia defends its independence from Italy, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

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