Phineas Jenkins

Brief Life History of Phineas

When Phineas Jenkins was born on 31 January 1802, in Mill Creek MM, Miami, Ohio, United States, his father, Jesse Jenkins, was 35 and his mother, Hannah Russell, was 22. He married Mary Shepherd on 23 January 1826, in Miami, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.

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Family Time Line

Phineas Jenkins
1802–
Mary Shepherd
1804–
Marriage: 23 January 1826
Hannah Jenkins
1829–1902

Sources (5)

  • Phinehas Jenkins, "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962"
  • Phinehas Hawkins, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Phineas Jenkins in entry for Anna Priest, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

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World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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