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Charles Simms Jenkins

C.S. Jenkins
Full Name: Charles Simms Jenkins
Birth date: February 25, 1825
Death date: June 27, 1906

Terms of Service

  • House, 14th (1) Legislature
    1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
    Democrat
(1) In 1877 Titus County, which had originally included Daingerfield and the surrounding area, was divided, and Daingerfield became the county seat of the new Morris County. Handbook of Texas Online .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • Charles Simms Jenkins, birth date 2/25/1825 in Georgia, death date 6/27/1906. CaseLiles Family Tree-1. Ancestry.com .
  • C.S. Jenkins, postoffice Dangerfield, Titus County, farmer, born in Georgia, moved to Texas in 1869, age 48, Democrat. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
  • Census of 1880 - Charles Jenkins, Morris County, age 55, born circa 1825 in Georgia, farmer, wife Lucy, sons James and Donnie.
    Census of 1900 - Charles Jenkins, Morris County, age 75, born February 1825 in Georgia, farmer, widowed, son William S. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
  • Col. C.S. Jenkins, birth date 2/25/1825, death date 6/27/1906, burial in Daingerfield Cemetery, Daingerfield, Morris County. Find a Grave .
  • Obituary, "Col. C.S. Jenkins Is Dead," The Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas), 6/29/1906, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "Colonel Jenkins came to Texas in 1870, and represented Titus and Red River Counties in the Fourteenth Legislature, when Morris County was organized." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Confederate States Army, Captain under General Robert E. Lee and later Colonel of the 64th Georgia Regiment. Obituary, "Col. C.S. Jenkins Is Dead," The Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas), 6/29/1906, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

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