Jenkins Genealogy

Child of Elijah Daniel Jenkins and Mary Ann Arledge Hodges

John Daniel Jenkins

January 27, 1877 – September 16, 1944

John Daniel Jenkins was born on January 27, 1877, in Jasper County, Mississippi, and died on September 16, 1944, at Bay Springs.15 He married Fannie Louena Thigpen, who was born on March 9, 1881, and died on July 12, 1973.

Original photograph of John Daniel Jenkins, a seated bearded young man in a dark coat, showing age and damage.
John Daniel Jenkins. Photograph provided by a descendant.
John Daniel Jenkins1877–1944KD3J-SY9Fannie Louena Thigpen1881–1973K4JT-2GS
Children of John Daniel Jenkins and Fannie Louena Thigpen
ChildDatesSpouse
Iva Mae JenkinsJuly 6, 1899 – November 25, 1988Newton Morgan Walters, July 9, 1889 – January 12, 1940; Lazerus Bush
John Ira Jenkins Sr.December 26, 1901 – June 9, 1990Eleanor Lorette Parker, May 16, 1915 – February 21, 1996
Judson Charles “J.C.” JenkinsSeptember 2, 1907 – June 16, 1992Susan Wells, 1913–2010
Inda Louena JenkinsOctober 1, 1910 – June 6, 2006Ernest Cecil Pearce, born May 8, 1905, at Estabutchie, Mississippi; died March 18, 1971, at Bay Springs, Mississippi

Dates from family research notes.15

John Daniel Jenkins and Fannie Louena Thigpen Jenkins seated before a split-rail fence, with their four children.
The family of John Daniel Jenkins and Fannie Louena Thigpen Jenkins, about 1911. Seated: John Daniel, holding Inda Louena, and Fannie. Standing: Judson Charles beside his father, Iva Mae at the back, and John Ira beside his mother. Photograph provided by a descendant. Restored from the original by the author of this site.
Portrait of a young woman with long dark hair in a white lace dress.
Fannie Louena Thigpen, who married John Daniel Jenkins. Photograph provided by a descendant. Restored from the original by the author of this site.
Two young women with long dark hair in white lace dresses, seated close together.
Fannie Louena Thigpen, left, who married John Daniel Jenkins, with her double first cousin, Pearl Thigpen Price. Mid to late 1890s. Photograph provided by a descendant. Restored from the original by the author of this site.
Elijah seated in a dark suit and Mary Ann in a dark dress, with a small girl in a white dress and hair bow standing between them.
Elijah Daniel Jenkins and Mary Ann Arledge Jenkins with their first grandchild, Iva Mae Jenkins, daughter of John Daniel and Fannie Jenkins, about 1905. Iva Mae later married Newton Walters and Lazerus Bush. Photograph provided by a descendant. Restored from the original by the author of this site.

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