♂ 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
1838 • The people of the Cherokee Nation are forcibly relocated during the Trail of Tears in the United States.

1840


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

1840


Mar 5
Age: 28y
1840 • The frigate Belle-Poule arrives in Cherbourg, bringing back the remains of Napoléon from Saint Helena to France. He is buried in the Invalides.

1843


Sep 10
Age: 31y
1843 Argentina supports Rosas of Uruguay and begins a siege of Montevideo.

1845


Nov 26
Age: 34y
1845 • Due to different transition dates to the Gregorian calendar, Finland (then part of the Russian Empire) is the only place in the world to have Easter day on this particular Sunday.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 36y

1850


Age: 38y
1850 • The first settlers for the settlement of Christchurch arrive at the Port of Lyttelton (New Zealand).

1852


Jan 1
Age: 40y
1852 • The first British public toilet for women was opened in Bedford Street, London.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 42y

1856


Mar 24
Age: 44y
1856 Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate, for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). Sumner is unable to return to duty for 3 years while he recovers; Brooks becomes a hero across the South.

1861


Age: 49y
1861 • American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Weed Convention at Montgomery, Alabama.

1870


Age: 58y
1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

1887


Age: 75y

occupation


Missouri, USA ⇓
He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. (Seal from 1834.)
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1887 Florida A&M University opens its doors in Tallahassee, Florida.
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1896


Aug 18
1896 • Construction of the Uganda Railway starts.

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