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Benjamin Warren Jenkins
(1898-1956)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Prudence Kathryn Grant
2. Grace Ethel Switzer

Benjamin Warren Jenkins

  • Born: 21 Mar 1898, Cumberland County, Illinois, United States 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Prudence Kathryn Grant on 4 Jul 1917 in Effingham County, Illinois, United States 1 2
  • Marriage (2): Grace Ethel Switzer
  • Died: 2 Jan 1956, Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States at age 57 4
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1900 United States Federal: Spring Point Township, Cumberland, Illinois, United States. 6

• Census: 1910 United States Federal: Liberty Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States. 7

• Census: 1920 United States Federal: Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States. 8

• Census: 1930 United States Federal: Raccoon Township, Parke, Indiana, United States. 9

• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Raccoon Township, Parke, Indiana, United States. 10

• Obituary: The Martinsville Planet, 4 Jan 1956, Martinsville, Clark, Illinois, United States. 11

Ben Jenkins' Rites Conducted Saturday, Burial at Ridgelawn
Funeral services for Ben Jenkins, 57, who died Thursday morning in the Paris hospital from a heart ailment, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Greenwell funeral home at 2 o'clock. Burial was in the Ridgelawn cemetery. Mr Jenkins was an employee of the Ohio Oil company. Surviving are the wife, Grace, two daughters, Mrs. Doris Talbott of Greencastle, and Marjorie Ann Williams of Michigantown, Ind., three sons, Walter Eugene Rockville, Ind., Keneth Evan with the U.S. Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, and Bobby at home, four brothers and one sister.


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Benjamin married Prudence Kathryn Grant on 4 Jul 1917 in Effingham County, Illinois, United States.1 2 (Prudence Kathryn Grant was born on 30 Jul 1900 in Chesterville, Douglas, Illinois, United States 12 and died on 30 Jan 1921 in Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois, United States 12.)


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Benjamin next married Grace Ethel Switzer. (Grace Ethel Switzer was born on 10 Sep 1901 in Martinsville, Clark, Illinois, United States 13 14 and died on 16 Dec 1987 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States 13 14.)


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Sources


1 "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 14 Jul 2018);

Name: Ben Jenkins
Name Note:
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 04 Jul 1917
Event Place: Effingham, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original): Effingham, Effingham, Illinois
Registration Date:
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Race:
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1898
Birthplace:
Marriage License Date:
Marriage License Date:
Father's Name: Erwin Jenkins
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sarah Rollins
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Paternal Grandfather's Name:
Paternal Grandmother's Name:
Maternal Grandfather's Name:
Maternal Grandmother's Name:
Spouse's Name: Catherine Grant
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Gender:Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1899
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Father's Name: Albert Grant
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: Gertrude Grider
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Paternal Grandfather's Name:
Spouse's Paternal Grandmother's Name:
Spouse's Maternal Grandfather's Name:
Spouse's Maternal Grandmother's Name:
Note:
Page:
Reference ID: im265 p 484 on 135
GS Film Number: 001010049
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 004661379
Image Number: 00264

2 Illinois State Archives, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900," database(https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp : accessed 30 Jan 2019);

Groom: JENKINS, BEN
Bride: GRANT, CATHERINE
Date: 1917-07-04
Volume: 3
Page: 484
License No.:
County: EFFINGHAM

3 <i>U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).

4 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Ben Jenkins
SSN: 334-03-9857
Born: 21 Mar 1889
Died: Jan 1956
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951).

5 "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 1 Mar 2019);

Name: Benjamen Warren Jenkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 43
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1898
Birth Place: Cumberland, Illinois
Residence Place: Catlin, Parke, Indiana
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Employer: Ill Pipe Line
Weight: 210
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Grace E Jenkins

6 <i>1900 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.).

7 <i>1910 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.).

8 <i>1920 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.).

9 <i>1930 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.).

10 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Raccoon, sheet 11B, household 242; digital images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

11 <i>The Martinsville Planet</i>, 4 Jan 1956, online archives.

12 "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 17 Mar 2019);

Name: Prudence K. Jenkins
Titles and Terms (Original):
Event Date: 30 Jan 1921
Event Place: Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois
Gender: Female
Marital Status:
Race: white
Age: 20
Birth Year (Estimated): 1901
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1900
Birthplace: Chesterville, Ill.
Father's Name: Albert Grant
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Bagdad, Douglas, Ill.
Mother's Name: Gertruide Ginder
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Boulson, Ill.
Occupation: Housewife
Residence Place:
Address:
Spouse's Name: Ben Jenkins
Spouse's Titles and Terms (Original):
Spouse's Birthplace:
Burial Date: 02 Feb 1921
Burial Place: Chesterville, Illinois
Cemetery:
Informant's Name:
Additional Relatives:
Digital Folder Number: 4008107
Image Number: 1677
GS Film number: 1570359
Reference ID:

13 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Grace Plikerd
SSN: 324-40-5820 Last Residence: 62442 Martinsville, Clark, Illinois, United States of America
Born: 10 Sep 1901
Died: 16 Dec 1987
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1963).

14 "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (htp://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Grace E Plikerd
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 86
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1901
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 16 Dec 1987
Death Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Widowed
Father: Daniel Seitzer
Mother: Lettie Robinson


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