Samuel married Meda Bright on 24 May 1930 in Red Bank, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Meda was born on 18 Oct 1908 in Tilton, Murray County, Georgia; died on 28 Apr 1992 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Thomas Welch was born on 7 Nov 1936 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jul 1981 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Thomas married Mary Clementine Jenkins on 23 Dec 1900 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Dr Samuel Washington Jenkins and Elizabeth Jane Rose) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Catherine Jane Thomas on 19 Mar 1879 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Catherine (daughter of Rev. Thomas Thomas and Ann Lewis) was born on 20 May 1847 in Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 28 Nov 1934 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 1 Dec 1934 in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza Rose Age: 4 Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Birth place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Subdivision 33, Gilmer, Georgia Page: 411 Roll: M432_70

CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza Rose Age in 1860: 14 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Georgia Militia District 980, Fannin, Georgia Gender: Female Post Office: Chestnut Gap Roll: M653_120 Page: 1025 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Enoch Rose

CENSUS: 1870 US Federal Census
Name: Jane Rose Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Age in 1870: 24 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: Militia District 844, Fannin, Georgia Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Morganton Roll: M593_148 Page: 373 Image: 751 Year: 1870

CENSUS: 1880 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza J. JENKINS Age: 34 Estimated birth year: <1846> Birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Keeping House Relationship to head-of-household: Wife Home in 1880: District 10, Polk, Tennessee Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Spouse's name: Samuel W. JENKINS Father's birthplace: NC Mother's birthplace: NC Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: District 10, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1275; Family History Film: 1255275; Page: 64A; Enumeration District: 98; Image: .

Notes:

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

Thomas married Ann Lewis. Ann was born on 16 Nov 1816 in Wales; died on 25 Mar 1891 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Enoch married Mary Crisp. Mary was born on 7 Jan 1820 in North Carolina; died on 8 Aug 1904 in Tennessee; was buried in Cumberland Shed Cemetery, Oldfort, Polk County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]