Name: The Porters of Greene County

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Edward Krowen Jenkins: Birth: 30 SEP 1880 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 23 DEC 1926 in Washington County, Pennsylvania

  2. Clifford W. Jenkins: Birth: MAY 1882 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

  3. Earl V. Jenkins: Birth: DEC 1883 in West Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

  4. Carma E. Jenkins: Birth: OCT 1888 in West Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania.


Sources
1. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Alias
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
2. Title:   1880 Federal Census
Text:   Alias
3. Title:   Obituary of Mary Jane Jenkins
Text:   Alias
4. Title:   Obituary of Montgomery Sprowls
Text:   Alias (sp)
5. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Given name/Middle initial
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
6. Title:   1860 Federal Census
Text:   Given name/Middle name/Maiden surname
7. Title:   Obituary of Mary Jane Jenkins
Text:   Given name/Middle name/Maiden surname/Married surname
8. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Date [Year]
Author:   James Fordyce
9. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Date [Month/Year]
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
10. Title:   1850 Federal Census
Text:   Date [Estimated]/Location [State]
11. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Date [Month/Year]
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
12. Title:   Obituary of Mary Jane Jenkins
Text:   Date/Location
13. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Location
Author:   James Fordyce
14. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Location
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
15. Title:   1900 Federal Census
Text:   Date [Estimated]

Notes
a. Note:   N5284 Married surname (Jenkins), residence (West Finley) and status (not deceased) in May, 1904, from the obituary of Arthur Sprowls - "Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 19, 1904
  Alias (Molly), married surname (Jenkins), cause (pneumonia) of death and status (died two weeks ago) in October, 1917, from the obituary of Montgomery Sprowls - ÒThe Washington ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 20, 1917, page three
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 1850 (October 16) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 457 - Image 16 - line 13) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was 2 years old and had not attended school within the year. She was living with her parents, 4 brothers and 1 sister. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Mary J" in this census.
  1860 (September 29) census data from the census images for West Finley Township (Post Office - West Finley), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 33 - Image 33 - line 6) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 12 years old and had attended school within the year. She was living with her parents, 4 brothers and a farm laborer. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name and middle name are listed as "Mary Jane" in this census.
  1870 (June 29) census data from the census images for West Finley Township (Post Office - Claysville), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 21 - Image 21 - line 13) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 22 years old. She was living with her parents, 2 brothers, Wyatt and Morgan, and a domestic servant. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Mary J" in this census.
  1880 (June 3) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 268 - page 6 - image 6 - line 4) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 31 years old and keeping house. She was married and living with her husband. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Mollie J" in this census.
  1900 (June 5) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 178 - sheet 2B - image 4 - line 54) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 51 years old and born in August, 1848. She was the mother of 5 children, 4 of whom were living. She had been married for 23 years and was living with her husband, 3 sons, 1 daughter, 1 servant, her husbandÕs cousin and 1 boarder on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as was her father. Her mother is listed as having been born in Ohio. Her given name and middle initial are listed as ÒMary JÓ in this census.
  1910 (May 3) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 254 - sheet 8A - image 15 - line 19) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 61 years old and the mother of 5 children, 4 of whom were living. She had been married for 33 years and was living with her husband, 2 sons and 1 daughter on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage, on the Burnsville-Majorsville Road. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Mollie J" in this census.
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 AGED WEST FINLEY
 WOMAN PASSES AWAY
  Mrs. Mary Jane Jenkins, Life-
 long Resident of That Section,
 Succumbs to Pneumonia While
 on Visit.
  West Finley, Oct. [--?--]. - Mrs. Mary Jane Jenkins, aged 69 years of this place, died at 2 o'clock this morning at the home of her son Ed Jenkins, near Roney's Point, W. Va. The cause of her death was pneumonia and she had been ill but a week, being taken down shortly after going to visit her son.
  Mrs. Jenkins, better known to the residents of this section as Mrs. Mollie Jenkins, was a most estimable woman and highly respected by every one. She was a native of West Finley township and had spent all her life here. She was a daughter of James and Elizabeth Sprowls and was the widow of William Jenkins, whose death occurred four years ago. A year ago last May she fell and broke her hip but had recovered from this accident sufficiently to get around with the aid of a cane. The deceased had been a member of the Windy Gap church for 57 years.
  The following children survive: Ed, of Roney's Point; C. W. and Earl, of West Finley, and Miss Carma, who made her home with her mother. Three brothers also survive, Montgomery, Wyatt and M. V. Sprowls, all of West Finley. The funeral services will be held at her late home Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. Samuel Davis, pastor of the Windy Gap church. The interment will be in the West Finley cemetery.
  Source - "The Washington Observer" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Monday, October 8, 1917, page 1
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 The following information is found at the Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery, Contributed by Karen Hucko, http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley2_i-l.html:
  Surname: Jenkins
 Given name: Mary J. (Mollie)
 Parents: w/o William Jenkins
 Date of Death: 7 Oct. 1917 (NOTE: THE DAY OF DEATH CONFLICTS WITH INFORMNATION FOUND IN ANOTHER SOURCE)
 Date of Birth: Aug 1848
 Place of Death: W. Finley (NOTE: THE LOCATION OF DEATH CONFLICTS WITH INFORMNATION FOUND IN ANOTHER SOURCE)
 Notes:
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 Monument in West Finley Cemetery (Section 2), West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania from "Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM Volume 5" - James Fordyce (2004)
  JENKINS
  WILLIAM JENKINS
 1835 - 1913
 MOLLIE - His Wife
 1848 - 1917

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