When Elizabeth Jenkins was born on 15 July 1834, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Jenkins, was 39 and her mother, Martha, was 34. She married Coleman Law Poynter on 13 March 1858, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hooker Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Eldridge Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 3 September 1903, in Prosperine, Laclede, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bradshaw, Washington, Missouri, United States.
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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