My cousin Neil sent me some articles today. The first four images contain a description of our grandfather’s grandfather, Stephen Jenkins, who was the scout on the first wagon train that took the really rough southern route of the Oregon Trail. When he was in his 40’s, he became a Baptist minister. This describes a little of his history, his conversion experience, and how he lead his life as a preacher. The last document is a newspaper article from the June 21, 1929 issue of the Eugene Register Guard. That would have been just a couple of months before when both Neil’s father Roy and my father Grandpa Milo were born.
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Stephen Jenkins Part 1
Stephen Jenkins Part 2
Shelton Jenkins Article
Somehow, I have visions of wagons crossing the prairie whose canvas tops were tie-died … I mean they were going to Eugene, after all.
Seriously, this is great stuff. Most of the genealoical records that I’ve researched just give dates of birth, marriage, death, etc. This is really cool … plenty of clues for additional contemporary/historical research.
Thanks Eric. The cool thing is that Neil is digging pretty hard for some additional information and materials. It will be fun to see what gets uncovered.
Ken, that was very interesting stuff! There were parts that were extremely sad. We forget how hard people had it. So you descend from Stephen Jenkins. I’m wondering if “very tenacious when decisions were reached” sounds like something that might have been passed down the family tree to anyone we know. 🙂
Lynn
I thought it was all pretty interesting. I could even relate to Stephen J., but mostly with respect to the being convicted of sin thing.
Ken, it is indeed all interesting. The part about the loose roof really amazed me. Definitely the sin passage was touching. I could relate to that too. There just seemed to be a very strong determination in the men in that family. Not everyone has that trait! 🙂
Lynn