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

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           JAMES M. JENKS, of the firm of J. JENKS & Co., at Sand Beach,
        was born July 14, 1850, at Crown Point, N.Y.  He is the son of
        BENJAMIN L. and AMANDA (MESSER) JENKS, and when he was five years
        old his parents removed from Crown Point to St. Clair, Mich.  His
        father died at Port Sanilac in 1869.  His mother is yet living, and
        is now the wife of JEREMIAH JENKS, the senior member of the firm
        above mentioned.
           MR. JENKS was reared and educated at St. Clair, and just before
        attaining his majority, in January, 1871, he went to Port Crescent,
        Huron County, to operate as a clerk in the employment of WOODS &
        Co. This relation continued until the formation of the firm of J.
        JENKS & Co. at Sand Beach, in 1876, when he was made a member of
        that partnership. The departments of their business comprise heavy
        transactions in general merchandise, in the manufacture of salt,
        flour, and in real estate.
           MR. JENKS was married July 20, 1877, at Port Austin, to NELLIE
        L. NEILL. One child, MAX, was born of this union June 3, 1878, at
        Port Austin.  MRS. JENKS was born Aug. 2, 1855, in Goderich, Can.,
        and is the daughter of CAPT. THOMAS and FANNY NEILL. Her father was
        a resident of Port Huron for some years.
           The fine residence of MR. JENKS was built in 1877.

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