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         RICHARD JENKINS, a farmer residing on section 28, Columbus City Township, was born in Wales, in the month of September, 1847, and is a son of William and Jane (Rees) Jenkins, who were also natives of Wales. In 1869, bidding good-by to his native land, Richard crossed the ocean and landed in America, settling in this county, where he secured employment as a farm hand. He engaged in this line of business until 1877, when he made his first purchase of land, consisting of 120 acres on section 34 of Columbus City Township. For six years he made that farm his home, when he sold out, and bought 240 ˝ acres, eighty of which are on section 28 of the same township, where he still continues to reside.

In 1876 the marriage of Richard Jenkins and Miss Catherine Rees, daughter of John A. Rees, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume, was celebrated, and to this happy couple have been born two children, a daughter and a son—Elizabeth J. and John. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are members of the Calvinistic church, and, politically, he is a supporter of the Republican party. Mr. Jenkins is financially one of the self-made men of the county. Nineteen years ago, a stranger in a strange land, he is now one of the well-to-do farmers of the community; his energy and ceaseless activity overcame all obstacles, and his honesty and fair dealing won him the confidence of all, and he is now one of the respected citizens of Louisa county.