Dr. Phineas Jenks and Amelia Snyder

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Husband Dr. Phineas Jenks ¹

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            AKA: Dr. Phineas Jencks 2
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         Father: Thomas Jenks (      -      ) 1
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Wife Amelia Snyder ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 21 Jun 1791 2 3
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         Father: Hon. Simon Snyder (1759-1819) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Michael (      -1794) 6

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Mary Jenks

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            AKA: [Unk] Jencks
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         Spouse: Rev. J. I. Elsegood (      -      ) 2

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2 M George A. Jenks ¹

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           Born: 9 Oct 1829 - Newtown, Bucks Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Ellen Davis (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1850 1

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Phineas Jenks

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He practised medicine in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for nearly fifty years. He was a student of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin Rush. He was a member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention of 1837-8, and for several years a member of the legislature. He was also one of the founders of St. Luke's Episcopal church in Newtown.

1 J. H. Battle, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 1016.

2 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 1480.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 221.

4 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 308.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 206.

6 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 320.

7 J. H. Battle, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 1017.