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William “The Captain” Jinks

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William “The Captain” Jinks

Birth
LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death
21 Mar 1914 (aged 65–66)
DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Effingham County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Williams parents are Unknown.

Family History is that William and his Brother where Orphans and William remembered Sleeping in a wooden box behind the wood stove with his brother when they where young.

He had a Brother David Jinks Born 1845 in Illinois last known info on him is that he was working as a Stage Coach Driver out West.

Info below shows David living in Maroa Macon Co. Illinois in 1906.

In Decatur Review Thursday Evening January 11th 1906

WANTS NEWS OF HIS BROTHER

David Jinks of Maroa is sending out postal cards.

David Jinks of Maroa is sending out several hundred postal cards asking for news of his brother William Jinks who left Home in Effingham Co. December 26th instead of going to Altamont as he told his people.
He went somewhere else and did not return.
He is almost 60 Years old 5 feet 2 inches tall 115 pounds weight has black hair mixed with gray and a brown mustache.


25 March 1914 Wed

WILLIAM JINKS DIES
IN DAUGHTERS HOME

MAROA, March 24 - William Jinks
died in the home of his son-in-law
Rufus Jones, Saturday of cancer of
the stomach. He came to Maroa last
November from Effingham county and
had made his home with his daughter,
Mrs. Rufus Jones one mile North of
Maroa.
He was 66 years old and leaves nine
children all of whom were at his bed-
side except two David of Idaho and
William of Canada. Those present
were John of Edgewood, Jesse of Wel-
don, Mrs John Smith Mrs. Rufus,
Jones Mrs. Della Perry, Mrs. Anna
Devall and Miss Jolla Jinks all living
in the neighborhood of Maroa. His
wife died several years ago. Burial
was in Altamont.

Williams parents are Unknown.

Family History is that William and his Brother where Orphans and William remembered Sleeping in a wooden box behind the wood stove with his brother when they where young.

He had a Brother David Jinks Born 1845 in Illinois last known info on him is that he was working as a Stage Coach Driver out West.

Info below shows David living in Maroa Macon Co. Illinois in 1906.

In Decatur Review Thursday Evening January 11th 1906

WANTS NEWS OF HIS BROTHER

David Jinks of Maroa is sending out postal cards.

David Jinks of Maroa is sending out several hundred postal cards asking for news of his brother William Jinks who left Home in Effingham Co. December 26th instead of going to Altamont as he told his people.
He went somewhere else and did not return.
He is almost 60 Years old 5 feet 2 inches tall 115 pounds weight has black hair mixed with gray and a brown mustache.


25 March 1914 Wed

WILLIAM JINKS DIES
IN DAUGHTERS HOME

MAROA, March 24 - William Jinks
died in the home of his son-in-law
Rufus Jones, Saturday of cancer of
the stomach. He came to Maroa last
November from Effingham county and
had made his home with his daughter,
Mrs. Rufus Jones one mile North of
Maroa.
He was 66 years old and leaves nine
children all of whom were at his bed-
side except two David of Idaho and
William of Canada. Those present
were John of Edgewood, Jesse of Wel-
don, Mrs John Smith Mrs. Rufus,
Jones Mrs. Della Perry, Mrs. Anna
Devall and Miss Jolla Jinks all living
in the neighborhood of Maroa. His
wife died several years ago. Burial
was in Altamont.



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  • Created by: Scotty P
  • Added: Feb 21, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48427124/william-jinks: accessed ), memorial page for William “The Captain” Jinks (1848–21 Mar 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48427124, citing Little Prairie Cemetery, Effingham County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Scotty P (contributor 47238235).