Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Jesse Jenkins

Full Name: Jesse Jenkins
Birth date: January 1832
Death date: December 4, 1889

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Death notice, Honorable Jesse Jenkins of Bosque County, "Death of a Representative," 12/8/1889, p. 3. Austin Statesman .
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company E, 12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, elected 5/1/1862. Born circa 1832 (29 in 1861). FamilySearch . United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865
Jesse Jenkins, birth date January 1832 in North Carolina; death date 12/4/1889 in Meridian, Texas; burial in Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. Find a Grave .
Jesse Jenkins, Democrat, lawyer, age 50 in 1889, born in North Carolina. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Obituary, "Death of Major Jesse Jenkins: His Remains Carried from Meridian, Texas, to Shelby—The Funeral," The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 12/10/1889, p. 1. "Died at his home in Meridian, Texas, on Wednesday last (death date 12/4/1889)." Newspapers.com .
Biographical sketch, Jesse Jenkins, pp. 264-265. Born 1/16/1839 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, served in the Senate of North Carolina in 1874-1875. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company E, 12th North Carolina Infantry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.