Generation I

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Oliver Jenkins:

Born: Mar 1845 – Arkansas

Died: After 1920, New Edinburg, Arkansas

Burial: Unknown

Father’s Birthplace: Georgia

Mother’s Birthplace: Alabama

Occupation: Farmer, Servant during the Civil War, Ex-slave

Education: Could not read or write

Emily Jane Pankard:

Born: May 1848 – Arkansas

Died: May 22, 1909 – New Edinburg, Arkansas

Burial: Bethel Cemetery, New Edinburg, Arkansas

No. of Children: 15; 12 living as of 1900

Father’s Birthplace: Georgia

Mother’s Birthplace: Alabama

Occupation: Housekeeper

Education: Could not read or write

Oliver and Emily were married in 1867

 1. Warren Jenkins (July 1869)

2. Henry Jenkins (Sept 1872)

3. Columbus Jenkins (Jun 1873/Sept 1926)

4. Kizzie Jenkins (Dec 1874/Nov 1948)

5. Tom Jenkins (Dec 1876/1910)

6. Sophia Jenkins (Mar 1880/Nov 1937)

7. Beulah Jenkins (Mar 1882)

8. Patience Jenkins (Sept 1883)

9. Bettie Lee Jenkins (Jan 1886/Aug 1973)

10. Mattie (Mentoria) Jenkins (Feb 1888)

11. Jodie Jenkins (Jun 1891)

12. Dolly Jenkins (Jul 1893)

Warren J. Jenkins -July 1869 

Spouse: Ella (Sept 1872)

Children:

Lilly Jenkins - Feb 1891 –Before 1910

Noble C. Jenkins –Jan 1892 – May 1964

Eunice Jenkins – Nov 1895

Virgie Jenkins – Dec 1894

Bessie Jenkins – Apr 1899

Kizzie Jenkins – 1902

Mable Jenkins -1903

Henry Jenkins - Sept 1872 

Spouse: Mary Parks – Oct 1873

Child:

John Henry Jenkins – Apr 1893

Spouse: Hanna Parks – 1866

Columbus Jenkins -Jun 1873/Sep 1926 

Spouse- Lepsie Broughton – Mar 1875

No Children

Spouse - Ella Mae Bradley – Aug 1886

Children:

Claude Columbus Jenkins – Dec 1907/Nov 1975

Clyde Green Jenkins – Sep 1909 – Aug 1974

Hazel Amanda Jenkins – Jan 1912/Sep 1987

James “Bully” Jenkins - 1913

Robert Jenkins Sr. – Aug 1919/Apr 2001

Jeanette Jenkins – Mar 1921/Apr 2009

Eula Lee Jenkins – May 1922/Jun 2010

Milburn Jenkins Sr. – Jan 1924/Oct 1996

Myrtle Jenkins -   

Kizzie Jenkins – Dec 1874/Nov 1948 

Spouse: Jonah Smith – Sep 1871/Apr 1942

Children:

Relia Smith – Nov 1892/Unk

Minnie Smith – Nov 1894/1956

Easter Smith – Jul 1900/Feb 1984

Cassandra Smith – 1902/Jan 1992

Lester H. Smith – Aug 1905/Nov 1986

Oliver Doc Smith – Jun 1908/Unk

Mentoria “Mattie” Smith – Jul 1917/May 1995

Jewel Smith – May 1924/Feb 2004

 Tom Jenkins – Dec 1876/Before 1910 

Spouse: Dorris Jackson – 1882/Unk

Children:

Theodore Jenkins – May 1902/Nov 1970

Eva Mae Jenkins – May 1906 – Dec 1970

Abe Jenkins – 1907/Oct 1960

Zeb Jenkins – Mar 1909/May 1993

Sophia Jenkins – Mar 1880/Nov 1937 

Spouse: Henry Clay Smith – Mar 1874/Nov 1945

Children:

Neppie Smith – 1900 - Aug 1967

Everdia Smith – 1901 - 1995

Lisa Smith – 1903 - 1903

Ethel Smith – 1906 - 1967

Van D. Smith – 1908 - Aug 1952

Lillian Smith –  Jul 1910 - Jul 2004

Ellen Smith - 1911 - 1911

Jodie Smith – Jul 1912 - Jul 1992

Beulah Jenkins – Mar 1882 

Spouse: Felix G. Tolefree – 1875/1959

Children:

Celestine Tolefree - 1902

Bertie Tolefree - 1904

Spouse: George Williams – 1892

Patience Jenkins – Sep 1883 

Spouse: Toliver Smith – Dec 1881

Children:

Toliver Smith, Jr. - 1903

Met L. Smith - 1905

Clara Etta Smith - 1907

Myrtle Smith - 1909

Bettie Lee Jenkins – Jan 1886/Aug 1973 

Spouse: Albert Parks, Sr. – Mar 1870/Mar 1917

Children:

Audrey Lee Parks – 1910/Dec 1963

Albert Booker Parks – Jul 1912/May 1967

Ruby Maxine Parks – Apr 1914/Apr 1962

Ernest “Tina” Parks – 1917/Oct 1937

Spouse: Albert L. Gilbert, Sr. – Jan 1879/Dec 1942 

Child:

Mazola Alden Gilbert – Aug 1923/Nov 2012 

Mattie (Mentori) Jenkins – Feb 1888 

Spouse: John Henderson

No children 

Jodie Jenkins – Jun 1891 

Spouse: None

Dollie Jenkins – Jul 1893 

Spouse: Walter Taylor – 1888/Nov 1958

Children:

Fred Douglas Taylor – Dec 1911/Jun 1989

Ray T. Taylor – May 1912/Aug 1910

Parylee Taylor – Mar 1914/Aug 1989 

Walter Taylor, Jr. – Oct 1917/Jan 2001

Bertha Lee Taylor – Sep 1928/Dec 2004

Velma L. Taylor – May 1932/May 2008

Spouse: Allan Jackson – Dec 1877/Mar 1951 

Child:

Victor Jackson - 1918