Asa M. Jenkins1,2

M, #11962, * 25 Jan 1866, + 1 Apr 1926
FatherWilliam Jenkins3 * 14 Oct 1832, + 1 Apr 1907
MotherLucinda Agnew3 * 8 Oct 1846, + 28 Apr 1905
Asa M. Jenkins (1866-1926)

Family

Molly Blue * 24 Sep 1868, + 1 Jan 1944
Children
     Asa M. Jenkins was born on 25 Jan 1866 in Winamac, Indiana,1,2 (license (Kosciusko County Court) 24 Dec 1887.)4 They were married on 24 Dec 1887.4,5,6 He died on 1 Apr 1926 in Colonia, New Jersey.2,7

Other information:

     Molly was visiting Winamac from Maryland, when she met Asa.1
Asa M. Jenkins was a farmer. He had however no interest in farming, and went to work at the local paper in Winamac. He became foreman in the composing room of several newspapers, last of the New York Times.2,1 He and Molly Blue lived in 1921 in Oceanside, L.I.8 An death announcement in the New York Times on 2 Apr 1926.2


He is listed in the following census:
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William Jenkins, (#172), Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.9
1880 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William Jenkins, ED 154, Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.10,11
1900 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Asa M. Jenkins, 20 Lindsey, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Household consists of Asa M., his wife Mary E. and their children Hilda and Helen; and his sister Mary Jenkins. Also listed are 3 boarders (Charles R. McGee, with his wife Abby D., and his daughter Marion J.) and a servant Etta Brown.12
1910 Fed. census (15 Apr): Household of Asa M. Jenkins, Fair Hill District, Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Household consists of Asa M., his wife Mary E. and their daughters Hilda and Helen.13
1920 Fed. census (1 Jan): Asa M. Jenkins, 416 East 5th Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. He was a lodger.14

Photos:
The Jenkins children15
front: Perry, Janet and Jim and Asa M., back: William B., Joseph and Charles.16


Name variants: Asa Melvin Jenkins (full name.)1

Citations

  1. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 99.
  2. [S532] NYT, Obituary Asa M. Jenkins, 2 April 1926, pg. 19, col. 2.
  3. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 84.
  4. [S202] Indiana Marriages 1811-1959. Film# 1311132,. Index and/or images online at http://www.familysearch.org
  5. [S185] Daughters of the American Revolution, Hilda Jenkins, 487432.
  6. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 99 (has date as 25 Dec 1887, and place as Winamac, Pulaski Cty).
  7. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 100.
  8. [S532] NYT, Marriage announcement George Robertson Leslie and Helen Blue Jenkins, 3 Sep 1921, 6 Sep 1921, pg 14.
  9. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. Indiana. Pulaski County. Monroe Township. page 20, line 18-23 (NARA: M593, Roll 352, Page 487) Household of William Jenkins.
  10. [S108] Fed. Census: 1880. Indiana. Pulaski County. Monroe Township. ED 154, page 2B, line 31-38 (NARA: T9, Roll 305, Page 265B) Household of William B. Jenkins.
  11. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 85.
  12. [S108] Fed. Census: 1900. Tennessee, Hamilton County, 14th District, Chattanooga City, sheet 9B, line 65-73 (NARA: T623, Roll ?, Page 311). Household of Asa M. Jenkins.
  13. [S108] Fed. Census: 1910. Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Hilltown Township, Fair Hill District. ED 25, sheet 14B, line 71-74. (NARA: T624, Roll 1320, Page 94) Household of Asa M. Jenkins.
  14. [S108] Fed. Census: 1920. Ohio, Hamilton County, Precinct R, Cincinnati, 6th Ward, ED 114, sheet 2B, line 87. (NARA: T625, Roll 1388, Page 296). Asa Jenkins, lodger (household not clear, probably a rental building).
  15. Jenkins, Rick. The Long and Winding Road: A History of the Jenkins Family, 1705-1993. N.p.: n.pub., 1993
  16. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg 295b.
  17. [S92] Death Cert., New Jersey State Department of Health, Borough of Fair Lawn, Health Department. Hilda T. Kent. 19 Dec 1977.
  18. [S104] Marr. Cert., New York, Manhattan : 1921 #23649. George Robertson Leslie and Helen Blue Jenkins, 3 Sep 1921.