Brief Life History of John Columbus
When John Columbus Jenkins was born on 19 January 1879, in Magisterial District 4 Marble Creek, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Jenkins, was 47 and his mother, Cassandra Fitzgerald, was 38. He had at least 3 sons with Lucille D Russell. He lived in Kaufman, Texas, United States in 1910 and Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States in 1910. His occupation is listed as stationary engineer in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States. He died on 12 March 1930, in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States.
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- J C Jenkins, "United States Census, 1910"
- Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
- J C Jenkins, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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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