David H. Jenkins Biography


	This biography appears on pages 725-726 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				DAVID H. JENKINS. 

	David H. Jenkins is the president of the Garden City State Bank 
at Garden City, Clark County. He is yet a young man and few of his 
years have attained to the position of business importance and 
distinction which he now occupies. His birth occurred in Williamsburg, 
Iowa, on the 23d of December, 1888, his parents being William D. and 
Kate J. (Jones) Jenkins, both of whom survive. In early life the father 
learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed until 1903, when he 
embarked in the lumber business at Sibley, Iowa. He later disposed of 
his business there and established a yard at Cedar Rapids. 

	In the acquirement of his education David H. Jenkins attended the 
public schools and was graduated from the high school of Sibley, Iowa, 
with the class of 1906. He afterward entered Grinnell College, in which 
he spent three years as a student, but before his college days he had 
had about two years, business experience in a bank and was also engaged 
in real-estate operations in Canada. After leaving college he returned 
to the First National Bank at Sibley, Iowa, and spent altogether about 
six years in connection with that institution, during which period he 
gained thorough, comprehensive and accurate knowledge of the various 
phases of the banking business. 

	Mr. Jenkins left Sibley to come to Garden City, where he located 
in June, 1912. Here he purchased the controlling interest in the Garden 
City State Bank and was elected its president. He has brought to bear 
in its conduct the most progressive ideas, and that his plans are 
practical and resultant is shown in the fact that when he became 
interested in the bank its deposits were fifty thousand dollars, and 
today they are double that amount. In 1912 the company erected a new 
bank building, so that the institution is situated in a pleasant home, 
splendidly equipped and appointed for the purposes intended. Mr. 
Jenkins has already gained for himself a most creditable position among 
the financiers of his section of the state and is also prominently 
known in other business connections, being treasurer of the Farmers 
Elevator Company and treasurer of the Garden City Telephone Company. 

	In the 3d of October, 1911, Mr. Jenkins was married to Miss Marie 
Hahne, a daughter of Fred and Sophia M. Hahne. Her father was one of 
the early settlers of Iowa, and was engaged in the grain and banking 
business at Schaller, Iowa, where his demise occurred in 1900. Mr. and 
Mrs. Jenkins have two daughters: Mary Louise, born July 9, 1912; and 
Elizabeth, born October 4, 1914. The parents are members of the 
Methodist church, and Mr. Jenkins belongs to Garden City Lodge, A. F. & 
A. M. He gives his political support to the republican party, which has 
elected him a member of the town board, while his wife is serving as a 
member of the school board. They are interested in everything 
pertaining to the welfare and progress of this section, and their 
influence is far-reaching and beneficial. Mr. Jenkins is alert, 
energetic and wide-awake. He understands thoroughly the conditions of 
trade, so that he is able to carry on his banking business in a manner 
that will result beneficially for the institution and at the same time 
will prove a help in promoting the business growth of town and county.