Jinkins, William

JINKINS

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 12:11:27

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.637

JINKINS, WILLIAM, farmer, Belmont Township, Sec. 20; P. O. Schonberg; born March 13, 1824, in Warren county, Ohio; came to this county and settled where he now lives in 1871; after having lived in Indiana, Illinois and Missouri; he enlisted July 17, 1861, in Co. E, 6th Iowa infantry, as a private, and served till November 17, 1862, when he was discharged for general disability; he was in the battle of Pittsburg Landing; was county supervisor two years in Monroe county, Iowa; has been married twice; first, in October, 1844, to Sarah A. Vansickle, who died September 17, 1871, and left five children: Elizabeth, Mary J., Martha, William T. and Cyrus, all living; married again February 16, 1875, Mrs. Amanda E. Stoops; they have no children; he owns eighty acres of land.