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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [395-396]

           GEORGE W. JENKS, of the firm of J. JENKS & Co., at Sand Beach,
        was born May 9,1838, at Crown Point, N.Y.  He is the son of
        JEREMIAH and RELIEF (HUESTIS) JENKS. (See sketch of J. JENKS.)  MR.
        JENKS was 16 years old when his parents removed, in 1854, from the
        Empire State to Michigan. They made a brief stay of eight months at
        St. Clair, and came thence to Lexington, Sanilac County. He became
        a salesman in the general store of J. L. WOODS and operated in that
        capacity until the country called on its sons to defend her in her
        peril from an internal conflict.  He enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, as a
        private in Co. D, 10th Mich. Vol. Inf., enrolling in Lexington.
        The company was known as the "Sanilac Pioneers" and was under the
        command of CAPT. ISRAEL HUCKINS, who still survives. The regiment
        was mustered in at Flint. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant at
        Flint, April 22, 1862. His command was sent to Hamburg Landing, on
        the Tennessee River, and went thence to Corinth, and was present at
        the evacuation of that city. It proceeded to. Tuscumbia, Ala.,
        where it was stationed at Florence, and was on duty as ferrymen.
        LIEUTENANT JENKS was in charge of a steam-boat which plied up and
        down the river, conveying troops and military supplies from
        Florence to Hamburg Landing. He received his appointment as Comman-
        der on the river from GENERAL PAYNE. The regiment went thence to
        Nashville,Tenn., where it was engaged during the siege. While there
        we was commissioned First Lieutenant by GOVERNOR BLAIR, his creden-
        tials bearing date of July 5, 1862. He resigned Feb. 11, 1863, at
        Nashville, on account of sickness, and returned to his home, where
        he passed many months endeavoring to recover his health. A year
        after his return he attempted to re-enlist, but his application was
        rejected because of physical disability. He received an appointment
        as Deputy Provost Marshal under WILLIAM McCONNELL, of Pontiac, and
        retained the position until the spring of 1864, when he resigned,
        and took charge of his father's saw-mill, five miles north of
        Lexington.
           In the winter following, he entered the employment of PACK,
        JENKS & Co., and went to Rock Falls, operating as general manager
        in the interests of the firm from Dec. 11, 1864, until Jan. 1,
        1876, when the firm dissolved, and he received from his father one-
        half of his business, including all lands of CARRINGTON, PACK &
        Co., and PACK, JENKS & Co.  A partnership was formed, which still
        exists and is known as "J. JENKS & Co." The firm are engaged in a
        general mercantile business and in the manufacture of flour and
        salt, besides the transaction of an extensive business in real
        estate. They employ an average of 75 assistants in the various
        departments of their business.
           MR. JENKS is Supervisor of Sand Beach Township, and has served
        several terms in the same position. He was elected Presidential
        Elector on the Republican ticket in 1884.
           His marriage to ARABELLA KNAPP occurred Oct. 15, 1867, at Jeddo,
        St. Clair County. Two children have been born of this union: GEORGE
        J., Feb. 13, 1869, and ANNA BELLE, Aug. 4, 1877.  MRS. JENKS was
        born July 19, 1848, at Bath, New Hampshire, and is the daughter of
        HENRY and MARY ANN KNAPP.
           MR. JENKS is a member of the Knights of Honor and of the Royal
        Arcanum. He was appointed distributing agent at Sand Beach for the
        relief of the sufferers from the fires of 1871 and 1881, and dis-
        charged the duties of the position with credit to himself and the
        general satisfaction of those interested.
           The publishers are happy to place in this Album a lithographic
        portrait of MR. JENKS, in proximity to the foregoing sketch.

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