When Henry C Jenkins was born in 1840, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, his father, Obediah Jenkins, was 56 and his mother, Elizabeth McGinnis, was 40. He married Florence Webb on 22 December 1864, in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. He lived in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1860.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
English and Welsh: variant of Jenkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Jenkins is one of the most common surnames in England, especially southwestern England, but is also especially associated with Wales.
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