Bio of Jenks, Thomas Talman c Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Jenks, Thomas Talman, Lake City, whose grandfather with two brothers came
from England and settled in Connecticut and New Hampshire just previous to
the outbreak of the war of the revolution, was born in Lamoile, Vermont,
July 4, 1823. His parents were Jeremiah and Hepcibeth (Talman) Jenks, and
were natives of Lyon, New Hampshire; the latter a descendant of a Holland
family who emigrated to the colonies about the middle of the last century.
Mr. Jenks, like his father, was reared a farmer, and followed that as a
business till his advent into Minnesota in 1856. The same season he built
a shingle mill at Central Point. Six years later he bought a planing mill
located at the foot of Dwelle street, and soon after converted it into a
shingle factory, and time converted it into a tenement, which as long
since passed out of existence. He was married at Elmore, Vermont, December
14, 1845, to Elmira Bailey, a native of the same state, born April 18,
1827. To them were born six children, three of whom are living, whose
names in the order of their birth are: Lucelia A., born in Massachusetts,
September 7, 1846, now the wife of John W. Northfield; Francis H., born in
Vermont, April 18, 1848, and Elwin T., born in same state, September 10,
1853. The three deceased are Eugene A., Emma A. and Ada, aged eighteen
months, seven years, and fourteen years, respectively.
War of Rebellion (Civil War)