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Robert Owen Jenkins

Birth
English, Crawford County, Indiana, USA
Death
24 Jun 1914 (aged 70)
Fanning, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Iowa Point, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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A Kansas enlisment record shows that Robert Jenkins enlisted at Atchison, Kansas in September of 1862 at age 19. There are several Civil War records on Ancestry, including a widow's pension granted July 16, 1914 for Rebecca. The pension record shows service in Co. D, 13th Kansas Infantry and also Co. H, 19 Kansas Cavalry.

Robert & Rebecca Jenkins were in Iowa Township, Doniphan County, Kansas from 1875 to 1910. In 1875 their children were Rosey, 7, & Samuel, 1. By 1895, their children were Edward, 18; William, 17; Annie, 14; Dollie, 13; Joseph, 8; & John, 5. This census also records Robert's Civil War service.

Hedrick Cemetery records list the dates entered above and also his Civil War service. A photo of his bronze Civil War military marker in this cemetery is posted in an Ancestry family tree.

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Thanks to Have a Heart for submitting parental links on 19 Jan 2017.

Thanks to Ron for submitting the middle name and birth & death towns or townships.
A Kansas enlisment record shows that Robert Jenkins enlisted at Atchison, Kansas in September of 1862 at age 19. There are several Civil War records on Ancestry, including a widow's pension granted July 16, 1914 for Rebecca. The pension record shows service in Co. D, 13th Kansas Infantry and also Co. H, 19 Kansas Cavalry.

Robert & Rebecca Jenkins were in Iowa Township, Doniphan County, Kansas from 1875 to 1910. In 1875 their children were Rosey, 7, & Samuel, 1. By 1895, their children were Edward, 18; William, 17; Annie, 14; Dollie, 13; Joseph, 8; & John, 5. This census also records Robert's Civil War service.

Hedrick Cemetery records list the dates entered above and also his Civil War service. A photo of his bronze Civil War military marker in this cemetery is posted in an Ancestry family tree.

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Thanks to Have a Heart for submitting parental links on 19 Jan 2017.

Thanks to Ron for submitting the middle name and birth & death towns or townships.


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