OCCGS Civil War Veterans Project Veteran s Information Veteran s Name: Benjamin F. JENKINS Birth Date: abt. 1838 1,5 Location: Ohio 5 Death Date: 2 March 1906 Location: unknown Buried at (Cemetery): Santa Ana Cemetery Plot Location: L-8-25-1 GPS Coordinates: N33 46' 04.25392 W 117 50' 27.62671 (DMS) Datum: NAD83. Coordinates are +/- 1.00 feet of the grave location Side Served: Union Rank: Private (3 mos service 1861) Company: C Unit: 15 th Infantry Regiment State: Ohio Rank: Private Company: H Unit: 101 st Infantry Regiment State: Ohio Occupation: Farmer Family Information Parents Father: John Jenkins Birth Date/Location: abt. 1798, Pennsylvania Death Date/Location: 9 January 1857, Seneca County, Ohio Mother: Mary Birth Date/Location: abt. 1816, Pennsylvania Death Date/Location: 19 May 1862, Seneca County, Ohio Spouse: Lucy Annetta Burns Birth Date/Location: 14 December 1840, Ohio Death Date/Location: 23 November 1881, Missouri Marriage Date/Location: 6 January 1860, Seneca County, Ohio
Children Name: Carl Benjamin Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 22 November 1860, Ohio Death Date/Location:4 February 1952, Los Angeles County, California Name: David Alonzo Jenkins Birth Date/Location: abt. 1864, Ohio Death Date/Location: aft 1930 Name: Dellafield Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 1866, Ohio Death Date/Location: 21 July 1942, Ada County, Idaho Name: Infant Jenkins Birth Date/Location: Missouri Death Date/Location: Missouri Name: John E. Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 3 February 1868 Death Date/Location: 18 October 1871, Andrew County, Missouri Name: Fowler Brayton Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 9 December 1872, Missouri Death Date/Location: 5 May 1957, Williamson County, Tennessee Name: Guy G. Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 21 June 1874, Missouri Death Date/Location: 4 October 1960, Los Angeles County, California World War I Draft Registration, Tennessee Name: Mary A. Jenkins ( Wymer) Birth Date/Location: 1876, Missouri Death Date/Location: 1955, Ada County, Idaho Name: Jessie J. Jenkins (Keller) Birth Date/Location: 11 January 1879, Missouri Death Date/Location: 7 May 1964, Ada County, Idaho Spouse: Alice P. Lester Birth Date/Location: 6 July 1863, Virginia Death Date/Location: 31 December 1915, San Diego County, California Marriage Date/Location: 16 March 1882, Andrew County, Missouri Children Name: Roy V Jenkins Birth Date/Location:24 February 1883, Missouri Death Date/Location: 31 July 1884, Andrew County, Missouri Name: Frank Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 5 May 1884, St Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Death Date/Location: 28 February 1920, San Diego County, California World War I Draft Registration, San Diego County, California Name: Edward L. Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 5 June 1890, Missouri Death Date/Location: 24 August 1966, Los Angeles County, California Name: Shirley Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 26 May 1892, Missouri Death Date/Location: 4 December 1973, San Mateo County, California
Name: Harry Lee Jenkins Birth Date/Location: 21 May 1900, Missouri Death Date/Location: 9 October 1965, San Diego County, California World War I Draft Registration, San Diego County, California Additional Information Member of Sedgwick Post No 17, GAR American Civil War Soldiers Enlisted in Co B, 15 th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 27 April 1861 and mustered out 30 August 1861 at Columbus,Ohio. Enlisted in Co H, 101 st Ohio Infantry, 11 August 1862, mustered in 30 August 1862, mustered out 12 June 1865 at Camp Harker, Tennessee Civil War Pension Index C 15 Ohio Inf H 101 Ohio Inf Benjamin F Jenkins, invalid, 9 February 1880 Alice P. Jenkins, widow, 12 March 1906, California Benjamin Jenkins' son Edward P was a Private in the US Army during World War I Benjamin Jenkins' son Shirley Jenkins was an Engineer 1 st Class with the US Naval Reserve Forces during World War I Photograph of tombstone for B F Jenkins, Santa Ana Cemetery, Orange County, California taken by Judy Kendig, 3/36/2012. Used with the permission of Judy Kendig. Sources 1. Pioneers in Blue and Gray, Civil War Veterans in Orange County by Gordon Bricken, First Edition, The Bricken Press, Santa Ana, California, Copyright 2009 2. National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000 3. Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999 4. 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Nodaway, Andrew County, Missouri; Roll M593_755, page 263A, Family 179, Record for Bey F Jenkins
5. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Empire, Andrew County, Missouri; Roll T9_671, Page 297A, Enumeration District: 044, Family 83, Record for Benj F Jenkins 6. Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005 7. Findagrave.com, searchable database of cemeteries with tombstone inscriptions, memorials and photographs Memorial 8722015, Created by Shiver, Record for Benjamin Jenkens Memorial 40998636, Created by Gary and Jan Watts, Record for Lucy Annetta Burns Jenkins Memorial 97028274, Created by Jodine Bergen, Record for Alice P Lester Jenkins Memorial 116215305, Created by Frank Stephens, Record for John Jenkins Memorial 116215152, Created by Frank Stephens, Record for Mary Jenkins Memorial 96970392, Created by Jodine Bergen, Record for Frank Jenkins Memorial 3720996, Created by US Veterans Affairs, Record for Pvt Edward L Jenkins Memorial 3409293, Created by US Veterans Affairs, Record for Shirley Jenkins Memorial 85434000, Created by Chris Mills, Record for Carl Benjamin Jenkins Memorial 38776359, Created by David Mills, Record for Del Jenkins Memorial 82397018, Created by bbarnhill, Record for Fowler Byron Fal Jenkins Memorial 85895840, Created by Chris Mills, Record for Guy G. Jenkins Memorial 61235644, Created by Gravely and Morticia, Record for Mary A Jenkins Wymer Memorial 120225126, Created by Linda Claxton, Record for Jessie Jenkins Keller Memorial 40998531, Created by Gary and Jane Watts, Record for John E Jenkins, son of B.F. And L. A. Jenkins Memorial 40998458, Created by Gary and Jane Watts, Record for Infant Jenkins, Infant of B.F. And L. A. Jenkins Memorial 40998743, Created by Gary and Jane Watts, Record for Roy V Jenkins, son of B.F. And A. Jenkins 8. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000 Record for Guy G. Jenkins, Mother's Maiden Name: Burns Record for Carl Benjamin Jenkins, Mother's Maiden Name: Burns Record for Shirley Jenkins Record for Edward L Jenkins, Mother's Maiden Name: Lester Record for Carl Benjamin Jenkins, Mother's Maiden Name: Burns Record for Harry L Jenkins, Mother's Maiden Name: Lester 9. Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001 Record for Lucy Burns and Benjamin Jenkins 10. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio; Roll M653_1034, Page 54, Family 739, Record for Benjamin Jenkins
11. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Big Spring, Seneca County, Ohio; Roll M432_728, Page 340B, Family 195, Record for Benj F Jenkins 12. Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Record for Benjamin F. Jenkins and Alice R Lester 13. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013 Record for Benjamin F Jenkins Record for Frank Jenkins 14. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Rochester, Andrew County, Missouri; Roll T623_836, Page 7B, ED: 0013, Family 140, Record for Benjamin H Jenkins 15. Ancestry.com. Web: RootsWeb Death Index, 1796-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Record for Dell Jenkins 16. Ancestry.com. Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Record for Twila Roice Jenkins, daughter of David Alonzo Jenkins and Nellie Ellen Roice