Robert Jenkins, Jr. and Rachel Elwell

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Husband Robert Jenkins, Jr. ¹

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           Born: Abt 1859
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           Died: 2 Apr 1908 2
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         Father: Robert Jenkins (      -Aft 1906) 1 3
         Mother: Jane Morton (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Rachel Elwell ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1918
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Jenkins, Jr.

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He and his brother, Thomas Morton Jenkins, were educated at the public schools and at the Western University of Pennsylvania. They did a wholesale and retail coal business on the Youghiogheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, and were the owners of three steamboats, the "Vigilant," the "Resolute" and the "Robert Jenkins." Besides, they were interested in many corporations and industrial enterprises, and left a large amount of property in the shape of personal and real estate. The firm of Jenkins Brothers was known in the city of Pittsburgh and they soon became one of the leading shippers of bituminous coal in eastern Pennsylvania.
After the death of his brother, he disposed of all his coal interests to the Monongahela Coal Company. He then became interested in a number of corporations, banks and business enterprises and at the time of his death was the first vice-president and director of the Duquesne National Bank, director in the Connellsville Manufacturing and Mining Supply Company, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Fort Pitt Lodge, No. 634, Free and Accepted Masons; Shiloh Chapter; Tancred Commandery, No. 48, and the Pennsylvania Consistory of the Scottish Rite. He was also a member of Christ Methodist Episcopal Church.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 307.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 308.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 361.