Husband Dr. John Wildman Jenks 1 2
Born: 24 Jun 1793 - Bucks Co, PA 3
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Died: 1850 1 4
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Wife Mary Dey Barclay 1 5
Born: 1 Mar 1798 - New Jersey 3
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Died: Aft 1850
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Father: Rev. David Barclay ( - ) 3
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Children
1 M David Barclay Jenks 6
Born: 1815 or 1816 - New Jersey 4
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Died: 6 May 1848 4
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2 M Phineas W. Jenks 4
Born: 1819 - Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co, PA 4
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3 M Hon. William P. Jenks 1 7
Born: 27 May 1821 - Jefferson Co, PA 6
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Died: 25 Apr 1902 8
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Spouse: Sara(h) C. Corbett ( -1894) 1 9
Marr: 23 Dec 1845 8
4 M John W. Jenks, Jr. 4 10
Born: 13 Jul 1823 - Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co, PA 4
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Died: Bef 1906
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Spouse: Eliza Richey ( -1897) 4 10
5 M Charles D. Jenks 4
Born: 21 Mar 1825 4
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Died: 1849 4
Buried: - at sea
6 F Mary Caroline Jenks 11 12
Born: 26 Apr 1829 - Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co, PA 4
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Died: 19 Feb 1916 13
Buried: - Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA
Spouse: Judge Isaac Grantham Gordon (1819-1893) 14 15
Marr: 1847 11
7 M Joseph Jenks 4
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Died: when sixteen years old
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8 F Sarah Jenks 4
Born:
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Died: when fourteen years old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 M James D. Jenks 4
Born: 19 Apr 1834 4
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Died: 20 Dec 1915 4
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10 M Hon. George A. Jenks 16 17 18
Born: 26 Mar 1836 - Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co, PA 4 16 18
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Died: 10 Feb 1908 - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 19
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Spouse: Mary Agnes Elizabeth Mabon ( - ) 19 20 21
Marr: 3 Jan 1860 19 20 21
General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Wildman Jenks
He was of Welsh descent, a grandson of Thomas Jenks, who was a follower of William Penn.
He is of Welsh descent, his father [sic] having come to the New World from Wales in 1690. [CBRCP-CCJC, 1140]
He was brought up in the doctrines of the Friends. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was brought up there, at Newtown, receiving unusual educational advantages for the time. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania before the War of 1812, studied medicine and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, and in 1817 settled in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
He was the founder of this family in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, and until his removal there lived in Bucks County, having been reared there, at Newtown. He was highly educated, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania before the War of 1812, and from the medical department of that institution in 1816. He commenced the study of medicine in early life, and his principal instructor in that science was Dr. Phineas Jenks. He had about completed arrangements to go to Europe to continue his medical studies in one of the universities when he was persuaded by his father-in-law, Rev. David Barclay, to join him as one of a little colony of pioneers about to settle in the wilds of Jefferson County, in western Pennsylvania. In 1818 Dr. Jenks came out to this region with several others of the party and built a cabin, besides making a few other improvements necessary for the reception of their families. Dr. Jenks and Rev. Mr. Barclay purchased 327 acres of land at what is now Punxsutawney, brought their families out in 1819, and laid out the borough within a short time. Dr. Jenks was the first physician there, and his coming was welcomed by the early settlers, but they were so few and scattered that he could not depend upon his profession for a livelihood, and he took an active part in the material development of the country and in the administration of the local government. His cabin was the first within the original borough limits. In 1824 he and Rev. Mr. Barclay erected a gristmill on Elk run, a short distance above Punxsutawney; he had learned to tan hides and had the first tannery in that section; he was also interested in a sawmill and a general store. Dr. Jenks was one of the first associate judges of the county, appointed in 1830, and serving most of the time thereafter until he died; he was elected a member of its first board of commissioners in the fall of 1824; and filled other offices with honor and good judgment. As a physician he was beloved and respected in every home. He had a very sociable and hospitable nature, and his home was freely opened to all comers.
Dr. Jenks was one of the leading spirits who assisted Rev. Mr. Barclay in the organization of the Presbyterian Church afterwards known as the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. These two men donated to the borough the burial place known as the old graveyard, and there Dr. Jenks and his wife are buried. He continued the practice of medicine until his health failed. Mrs. Jenks survived him, but was sorely afflicted by the news of the death of her son, Charles D. Jenks, who died in 1849 on his way to California. A letter came to his mother describing his death and burial in the ocean, and she never recovered from the shock.
The Masonic blue lodge of Punxsutawney was named in honor of Dr. Jenks.