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MILITARY: enlisted 20 April 1864 at Maryville, Tennessee
Company L, 3rd Tennessee Union Calvary
captured at Sulpher Trestle, Alabama on 25 Sept 1864
sent with 300 members of the 3rd to the Confederate prison, Castle Morgan, in Cahaba, Alabama
boarded the Sultana on 26 April 1865; the Sultana's boilers exploded at 1.00 a.m. on 27 April 1865
survived the disaster, but sustained a hernia
discharged 10 June 1865

MILITARY: Name: Samuel W. Jenkins
Company: L
Unit: 3 Tennessee Cavalry.
Rank - Discharge: Corporal
Allegiance: Union
Source Citation: Box: 392;Extraction: 8; Record: 327

BIOGRAPHY: On 18 Dec 1874, J. A. Thompson and wife N. A. Thompson sold Daniel E. Evans 100 acres of land on "Flat Branch" for $125. Witnessed by Samuel W. Jenkins. (Swain Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 307)

DEATH: Obituary Name JENKINS, SAMUEL W. (DR.) Date JAN. 20 1933 Newspaper TIMES
Dr S. W. Jenkins Dies At Bakewell
Union Veteran Fought With Tennessee Regiment
Was Medical Examiner
Dr Samuel W. Jenkins, 84, died at his home in Bakewell yesterday morning after a long illness.
Dr Jenkins was born March 19, 1848 and was a Union veteran of the War Between the States , being a member of Company L, Third Tennesse regiment. He served for more than three years and was one of the 2,120 soldiers on the boat Sultan when it was destroyed during the war on the Mississippi river.
Dr Jenkins was captured at Sulphur Trussel, Ala., and was in prison for six months at Andersonville. He helped to build the pontoon bridge across the Tennessee river here during the war and was also in the Battle of Orchard Knob. He was a practicing physician for more than sixty years and was pension examiner for the Southern railroad under Dr George Baxter and Dr W. A. Applegate of Chattanooga.
Dr Jenkins had lived in the section of Soddy and Bakewell for more than fifty years and was a charter member of the Masonic lodge of Soddy.
Dr Jenkins is survived by seven sons, E. A., S. W. Jr. And William, all of Soddy; Arthur of Emory Gap, Tenn. and John, Eddie and Theodore Jenkins of Bakewell; nine daughters, Mrs T. J. Welch, Red Bank; Mrs Elizabeth Woods, Toledo, Ohio; Miss Grace Jenkins, Chattanooga; Mrs Harry Sanders, Chattanooga; Mrs Walter Constigan, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs Jessie Ledford and Misses Glenna and Sallie Maude Jenkins, all of Bakewell; and Mrs Crystal Minnis of North Carolina; also a large number of grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Congregational church at Soddy, with the Reverend A. L. DeJarnette in charge, assisted by Reverend W. O. Peeples. Interment with be in Varner cemetery, with Hallett's in charge. The Masonic order will have charge of the services at the grave.

Samuel married Elizabeth Jane Rose on 6 May 1866 in Macon County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Enoch Rose and Mary Crisp) was born on 24 Jan 1846 in North Carolina; died on 6 Dec 1899 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Groom: S W Jenkins Bride: Eliza Rose Bond Date: 21 Apr 1860 Bond #: 000077447 Marriage Date: XX XXX XXXX Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868ImageNum: 006904 County: Macon Record #: 01 006 Witness: R. C. Slagle (C Performed By: A. B. Welch, Justice of the Peace

1. William Francis Jenkins was born on 8 Mar 1868 in Fannin County, Georgia; died on 4 Aug 1886 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
2. Emanuel Alexander Jenkins was born on 6 Feb 1872 in Higdonville, Macon County, North Carolina; died on 7 Feb 1938 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 9 Feb 1938 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
3. Mary Clementine Jenkins was born on 29 Nov 1873 in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina; died on 28 Mar 1959 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
4. Samuel Washington Jenkins was born on 29 May 1876 in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina; died on 17 Jun 1956 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 20 Jun 1956 in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
5. Elizabeth Jane Jenkins was born on 21 Jun 1881 in Ducktown, Polk County, Tennessee; died on 10 Oct 1958 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
6. Arthur Augustus Jenkins was born on 3 Feb 1884 in Ducktown, Polk County, Tennessee; died on 29 Aug 1970 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried on 1 Sep 1970 in Roane Memorial Gardens, Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee.
7. Charles A. Jenkins was born on 18 Aug 1886 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 25 Dec 1909 in Emory Gap, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Samuel married Sarah Ann Good on 25 Jul 1901 in Coulterville, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of John Ewing Good and Martha Frances Davis) was born on 19 Jul 1883 in Coulterville, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 27 Jun 1924 in Highlands Sanatorium, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 29 Jun 1924 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Betty Grace Jenkins was born on 13 Jul 1902 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 5 Feb 1993 in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California.
2. Willie Irene Jenkins was born on 12 Dec 1903 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 31 Jan 1947 in Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried on 2 Feb 1947 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
3. Charlotte Marie Jenkins was born on 6 Apr 1905 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 1 Dec 1992 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.
4. Chrystal Margaret Jenkins was born on 19 Feb 1907 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 24 Nov 1986 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 26 Nov 1986 in Rhea Memory Gardens, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee.
5. Agnes Magdalene Jenkins was born on 25 Sep 1909 in Millers Grove, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 21 Nov 1996 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; was buried in Rest Haven Memorial Park, Evendale, Hamilton County, Ohio.
6. John Thomas Jenkins was born on 2 Jun 1911 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 27 Aug 1988 in Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Gray Cemetery, Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
7. Theodore Edison Jenkins was born on 16 May 1913 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 15 Jul 1993 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Gray Cemetery, Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
8. James Arthur Jenkins was born on 13 Nov 1914 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died in in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
9. Edwin Lloyd Jenkins was born on 25 Sep 1916 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 27 Feb 1995 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Rhea Memory Gardens, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee.
10. Clarence McKinley Jenkins was born on 26 Mar 1918 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 6 Aug 1918 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 7 Aug 1918 in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
11. Glenna Roberta Jenkins was born on 18 Nov 1919 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 1 Jun 2010 in Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee; was buried in Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
12. Sallye Maude Jenkins was born on 13 Dec 1921 in Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 2 Mar 1993 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
13. William George Jenkins was born on 29 May 1924 in Highlands Sanatorium, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 26 Sep 1975 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in in Rhea Memory Gardens, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee.

John married Mary Nations on 30 Mar 1825 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Mary was born in in South Carolina; died in in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]