Jenkins, Mrs. Sarah M. 1848-1917

JENKINS

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 1/2/2006 at 20:54:29

From the Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, (Woodbury), Iowa, Sunday, April 29, 1917, Page 13, Columns 6-7:
JENKINS FUNERAL MONDAY.
Pioneer Woman Came to Sioux City in 1869.

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah M. Jenkins, 69 years old, a resident of Sioux City since 1869, who died yesterday in a hospital after an operation, will be held Monday (actually Tuesday according to death record) afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence, 1628 Grand View boulevard. Rev. J. R. Perkins, pastor of the First Christian church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Graceland Park cemetery.

For several weeks before being taken to the hospital for an operation Mrs. Jenkins had been ill.

Mrs. Jenkins was born in New York state in 1848. When she was still a young girl her family moved to Iowa. She has lived in and about Sioux City, in northwestern Iowa, since 1869. (Actually primarily in Plymouth county.)

She is survived by two daughters, three sisters and six brothers. Her husband, Dr. J. M. Jenkins, died in Sioux City twenty-three years ago.

The daughters are: Mrs. Annie (sic--Abbie) Stewart, of Rapid City, S. D., and Mrs. J. L. Van Buskirk, of Sioux City, with whom she has made her home. The sisters are: Mrs. Charles Brooks, of Coldwater, Mich.; Mrs. George Darville, of Morningside, and Mrs. M. K. (sic--H.) Sheeley, of Albion, Ia. The brothers are: T. J. Reeves, of Hawarden, Ia.; W. H. Reeves, of Monmouth, Ill.; M. S. Reeves, A. M. Reeves and W. S. Reeves, all of Sioux City, and J. M. Reeves, of Edmonton, Can.