First Husband - William T. Jenkins; MRS. EDITH JENKINS is one of the most extensive wool and sheep growers in the state of Nevada, her home being located at Battle Mountain, Lander county. She is the widow of William T. Jenkins, who at the time of his death was extensively engaged in the sheep business. He came to Nevada in 1873, and was born in South Wales in 1851, and emigrated to Canada when eighteen years of age. He was there engaged in mining until 1873, when he removed to Eureka, Nevada, which was at that time an active mining town, and there worked for wages in timbering the mines, but was afterward robbed of his money. Going to the I. X. L. district in Churchill county, Nevada, Mr. Jenkins again went into mining in company with John E. Jones and subsequently went into the sheep business, purchasing his first sheep from Charles E. Kaiser. He started in a small way but his flocks were subsequently increased to twenty thousand head, and these he sold in 1891 and returned to Europe, remaining at his old home near Port Talbot, South Wales, for one year.
On the 1st of June, 1892, Mr. Jenkins was married to Miss Edith Williams, a native of South Wales, her birthplace having been only twenty miles from the Jenkins family home. .After their marriage this couple made their way to Nevada. Here Mr. Jenkins repurchased his flock of sheep, and his wife became interested with him in his business, keeping his accounts and in many ways assisting him in the enterprise. But like many others engaged in the sheep industry, they subsequently witnessed hard times and he also became interested in a large mining deal which proved a failure. Their good management, however, enabled them to surmount all the obstacles in their path to success, and at the time of his death he was the owner of twenty-two thousand sheep in Elko, Lander and Humboldt counties. He was called to his final rest on the 31st of July, 1899, dying of heart disease, and was buried with Masonic honors at Battle Mountain, he having been long a member of that fraternity. His political support was given to the Republican party, and he was an esteemed and honored citizen, a generous neighbor and a loving, kind and indulgent husband and father.
At his death he left his widow with four little daughters: Edith, who died in her eighth year, on the 30th of July, 1902; Mary; and Dorothy and Louise, twins. Mrs. Jenkins bravely took up the burdens of life alone, and has carried on the business in a very successful manner, thus demonstrating what a woman can do in the conduct of a large and somewhat precarious business. She now owns several immense bands of sheep, and also has large tracts of land, a portion of which is devoted to alfalfa. She is the largest taxpayer in Lander county. The family reside in a pleasant and commodious residence in Battle Mountain, and Mrs. Jenkins is a member of the Eastern Star and of the Episcopal church.
Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
On the 1st of June, 1892, Mr. Jenkins was married to Miss Edith Williams, a native of South Wales, her birthplace having been only twenty miles from the Jenkins family home. .After their marriage this couple made their way to Nevada. Here Mr. Jenkins repurchased his flock of sheep, and his wife became interested with him in his business, keeping his accounts and in many ways assisting him in the enterprise. But like many others engaged in the sheep industry, they subsequently witnessed hard times and he also became interested in a large mining deal which proved a failure. Their good management, however, enabled them to surmount all the obstacles in their path to success, and at the time of his death he was the owner of twenty-two thousand sheep in Elko, Lander and Humboldt counties. He was called to his final rest on the 31st of July, 1899, dying of heart disease, and was buried with Masonic honors at Battle Mountain, he having been long a member of that fraternity. His political support was given to the Republican party, and he was an esteemed and honored citizen, a generous neighbor and a loving, kind and indulgent husband and father.
At his death he left his widow with four little daughters: Edith, who died in her eighth year, on the 30th of July, 1902; Mary; and Dorothy and Louise, twins. Mrs. Jenkins bravely took up the burdens of life alone, and has carried on the business in a very successful manner, thus demonstrating what a woman can do in the conduct of a large and somewhat precarious business. She now owns several immense bands of sheep, and also has large tracts of land, a portion of which is devoted to alfalfa. She is the largest taxpayer in Lander county. The family reside in a pleasant and commodious residence in Battle Mountain, and Mrs. Jenkins is a member of the Eastern Star and of the Episcopal church.
Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
First Husband - William T. Jenkins; MRS. EDITH JENKINS is one of the most extensive wool and sheep growers in the state of Nevada, her home being located at Battle Mountain, Lander county. She is the widow of William T. Jenkins, who at the time of his death was extensively engaged in the sheep business. He came to Nevada in 1873, and was born in South Wales in 1851, and emigrated to Canada when eighteen years of age. He was there engaged in mining until 1873, when he removed to Eureka, Nevada, which was at that time an active mining town, and there worked for wages in timbering the mines, but was afterward robbed of his money. Going to the I. X. L. district in Churchill county, Nevada, Mr. Jenkins again went into mining in company with John E. Jones and subsequently went into the sheep business, purchasing his first sheep from Charles E. Kaiser. He started in a small way but his flocks were subsequently increased to twenty thousand head, and these he sold in 1891 and returned to Europe, remaining at his old home near Port Talbot, South Wales, for one year.
On the 1st of June, 1892, Mr. Jenkins was married to Miss Edith Williams, a native of South Wales, her birthplace having been only twenty miles from the Jenkins family home. .After their marriage this couple made their way to Nevada. Here Mr. Jenkins repurchased his flock of sheep, and his wife became interested with him in his business, keeping his accounts and in many ways assisting him in the enterprise. But like many others engaged in the sheep industry, they subsequently witnessed hard times and he also became interested in a large mining deal which proved a failure. Their good management, however, enabled them to surmount all the obstacles in their path to success, and at the time of his death he was the owner of twenty-two thousand sheep in Elko, Lander and Humboldt counties. He was called to his final rest on the 31st of July, 1899, dying of heart disease, and was buried with Masonic honors at Battle Mountain, he having been long a member of that fraternity. His political support was given to the Republican party, and he was an esteemed and honored citizen, a generous neighbor and a loving, kind and indulgent husband and father.
At his death he left his widow with four little daughters: Edith, who died in her eighth year, on the 30th of July, 1902; Mary; and Dorothy and Louise, twins. Mrs. Jenkins bravely took up the burdens of life alone, and has carried on the business in a very successful manner, thus demonstrating what a woman can do in the conduct of a large and somewhat precarious business. She now owns several immense bands of sheep, and also has large tracts of land, a portion of which is devoted to alfalfa. She is the largest taxpayer in Lander county. The family reside in a pleasant and commodious residence in Battle Mountain, and Mrs. Jenkins is a member of the Eastern Star and of the Episcopal church.
Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
On the 1st of June, 1892, Mr. Jenkins was married to Miss Edith Williams, a native of South Wales, her birthplace having been only twenty miles from the Jenkins family home. .After their marriage this couple made their way to Nevada. Here Mr. Jenkins repurchased his flock of sheep, and his wife became interested with him in his business, keeping his accounts and in many ways assisting him in the enterprise. But like many others engaged in the sheep industry, they subsequently witnessed hard times and he also became interested in a large mining deal which proved a failure. Their good management, however, enabled them to surmount all the obstacles in their path to success, and at the time of his death he was the owner of twenty-two thousand sheep in Elko, Lander and Humboldt counties. He was called to his final rest on the 31st of July, 1899, dying of heart disease, and was buried with Masonic honors at Battle Mountain, he having been long a member of that fraternity. His political support was given to the Republican party, and he was an esteemed and honored citizen, a generous neighbor and a loving, kind and indulgent husband and father.
At his death he left his widow with four little daughters: Edith, who died in her eighth year, on the 30th of July, 1902; Mary; and Dorothy and Louise, twins. Mrs. Jenkins bravely took up the burdens of life alone, and has carried on the business in a very successful manner, thus demonstrating what a woman can do in the conduct of a large and somewhat precarious business. She now owns several immense bands of sheep, and also has large tracts of land, a portion of which is devoted to alfalfa. She is the largest taxpayer in Lander county. The family reside in a pleasant and commodious residence in Battle Mountain, and Mrs. Jenkins is a member of the Eastern Star and of the Episcopal church.
Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
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w/ of George M. Mother of Edith, Mary, Louise & Dorothy Jenkins. Edith Southward and Mary Eckman on same stone
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