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Joseph JENKINS

Joseph JENKINS

Male 1836 - 1891  (~ 55 years)

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  • Name Joseph JENKINS 
    Born CA 1836  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co K, 10th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [2] 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1866  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1870  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1891  [2] 
    Person ID I127435  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 May 2020 

    Father John JENKINS 
    Mother Nancy ___,   b. CA 1800, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F55467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann MALONEY,   b. CA 1841,   d. 18 Aug 1931, Carroll Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married 15 Nov 1866  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy Twp), enumerated on Sep 7 1870:
      Joseph Jenkins, 45, b. (W)Va, farm laborer, cannot write; Mary A, 25, b. Ohio, cannot write; James B, 7; William E, 3.
      NOTE: All family members are indicated as having the Jenkins surname. However, James was born before Mary's marriage to Joseph and was known as James B. Maloney. Whether Joseph was still James' biological father is unclear. In 1891 a Minor's claim was filed by James B. Maloney on Joseph Jenkins' Civil War record.
    Children 
     1. James B. MALONEY,   b. 1861, Calhoun Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1931, Carroll Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +2. William Ellis JENKINS,   b. 7 Feb 1867, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1938, Mineral Wells, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Nancy Mariah Jane JENKINS,   b. CA 1871, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1901, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
    Family ID F55466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 15, Line 61 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538458&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 15, Line 61 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538458&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Joseph Jenkins, single, 30, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Nancy; and Mary Maloney, single, 25, b. Wirt Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of James & Maria. Married Nov 15 1866 in Ritchie County.
      NOTE: Wife's birthplace is consistently given as the state of Ohio in other records.