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Margaret and Jeremiah were married for 60 years, and had five sons and four daughters. She was married previously to a Michael Conley. Her sister Martha married Jeremiah's brother, George Washington Jenkins.
1814
Jun 24
| 1814 • The Hartford Convention is convened by members of the American Federalist Party. |
1836
May 25
Age: 21y
marriageJeremiah Franklin Jenkins Kentucky, USA ⇓ A David Cravens signed their marriage contract. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. |
1838
Aug 1
Age: 24y
birth of childWilliam Washington Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1838 • The Boers win a decisive victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River. |
1840
Age: 25y
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residenceWest Divison, Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ There is a David Cravens living right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • New Zealand is declared a British colony. |
1840
Mar 5
Age: 25y
birth of childDavid Cravens Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment premieres in Paris. |
1841
Nov 28
Age: 27y
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birth of childMary Melvina Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1841 • U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Wigga members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. |
1843
Sep 10
Age: 29y
birth of childEleven Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1843 • Graduation from a class of 39 at the United States Military Academy, West Point, of Ulysses S. Grant (21st) and John J. Peck (8th). |
1845
Nov 26
Age: 31y
birth of childJohn Seldon Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1845 • A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the United States Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state. |
1848
Feb 20
Age: 33y
birth of childRodney King Jenkins Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1848 • In Catalonia, Spain, the Barcelona–Mataró railroad route (the first to be constructed in the Iberian Peninsula) is inaugurated. |
1850
Age: 35y
| 1850 • United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. |
1852
Jan 1
Age: 37y
birth of childPriscilla Ann Jenkins Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • Leo Tolstoy's first novel, Childhood, was published in book form. |
1854
Apr 10
Age: 39y
birth of childHarriet Madison Jenkins Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1854 • Crimean War – Alma: The French–British alliance wins the first battle of the war. |
1856
Mar 24
Age: 41y
birth of childEliza Arabella Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution, as King-Grand Duke William III signs the new constitution without the Chamber of Deputies' consent. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 46y
| 1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
1861
Age: 46y
| 1861 • Giovanni Schiaparelli discovers the asteroid 69 Hesperia. |
1870
Age: 55y
| 1870 • The first rugby match is played in New Zealand, between the Nelson Football Club and Nelson College. |
1900
Age: 85y
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residenceMarshall, Saline, Missouri, USA ⇓ She was living with her son, John Seldon. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • The Second Boer War: At the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer troops defeat the British Army. |
1900
Age: 85y
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residenceMarshall, Saline, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with her son John, who was a gardener. Both her parents are listed as being born in Virginia. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • The arrival of a Russian naval fleet in Korea causes concern to the Imperial Japanese government. |
1906
Oct 16
Age: 92y
| 1906 • Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. |
1906
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burialMarshall, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Ridgepark Cemetery 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage. |