♂ 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 • Sam Houston is inaugurated as first elected President of the Republic of Texas.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 26y

1840


Age: 28y
1840 Britain issues the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.

1840


Mar 5
Age: 28y

1841


Nov 28
Age: 30y
1841 • First known reference to Groundhog Day, in the diary of a James Morris.

1843


Sep 10
Age: 31y

1845


Nov 26
Age: 34y
1845 • The Republic of Yucatán separates for a second time from Mexico.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 36y

1852


Jan 1
Age: 40y
1852 Antioch College was founded. Its first president was Horace Mann.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 42y
1854 • The United States packet ship Powhattan is wrecked off the New Jersey shore with more than 200 + victims.

1856


Mar 24
Age: 44y
1856 • Legal protection of widow remarriage is extended in India.

1860


Aug 9
Age: 48y
1860 • Austria, Britain, France, Prussia and the Ottoman Empire form a commission to investigate the causes of the massacres of Maronite Christians, committed by Druzes in Lebanon earlier in the year.

1861


Age: 49y

1887


Age: 75y

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Missouri, USA ⇓
He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. (Seal from 1834.)
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1887 Teachers College, later part of Columbia University, is founded.

1896


Aug 18
Age: 84y
1896 • The Ford Quadricycle, the first Ford vehicle ever developed, is completed, eventually leading Henry Ford to build the empire that "put America on wheels".
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1896


Aug 18
1896 • The Glasgow Subway, the third-oldest underground metro system in the world, opens.

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