Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Alexander "Alex" Jenkins 1 Census name: Alexander Jenkins
Born: ca 1859 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 2 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1910 drayman 3 Father: Jesse Jenkins (1828 - 1908) Mother: Elizabeth Urzula Costilow (1822 - 1908)
Wife: Arena "Rena" Costilow Also known as: Rena Costilow 4 Married: May- 2-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: ca 1859 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 2 Resided: 1926 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Father: James Costilow Mother: Matilda ___
F Child 1: Clara India Jenkins Born: Apr-29-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,7 (see note 1) Died: Oct-24-1926 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Buried: West Union 6 Cause of death: lobar pneumonia 6 Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Husband: William Lewis Gain b. Mar- 9-1874 d. Jun-21-1923 Also known as: William Gains 8 Married: Jan-30-1896 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9 Husband: William Snoden Jones b. Sep- 1-1867 d. Jan-30-1940 Married: Jan-10-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 (see note 2)
M Child 2: Filden Jenkins Born: ca 1889 3 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1910 teamster 3
F Child 3: Birdie Jenkins Born: 1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12,3 Died: Feb-26-1946 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,13 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1910, 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Benjamin Harrison Smith b. May-20-1889 d. Dec- 9-1964 Also known as: Harrison Smith 14,15,4,16,17,18,19 Married: Apr- 1-1913 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,2
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (4) Death record of daughter. (5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John A. Jenkins, 21, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jesse & Elizabeth; and Arena Costlow [sic], 21, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Matilda. Married May 2 1880. (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (8) Death record of son. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 162 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792676&Type=Marriage. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 384 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795955&Type=Marriage. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 9, p. 146. (13) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (15) Marriage record of daughter. (16) Obituary of daughter. (17) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 241. (18) Birth record of son. (19) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) Event Notes Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1879, and 1900 Census shows it as May 1879. But her age is younger in subsequent censuses, and her death record states her birth date as Apr 29 1882, with the informant being her mother. Note (2) at Israel Pinnell's residenceName Index