birth_date: 1951-07-08 00:00:00
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name: Peter Jenkins
about: Born July 8th, 1951 in Greenwich, Connecticut,Peter is the eldest of the six children of Frederick and Mary Jenkins.Graduated from Greenwich High School in 1969.Attended Woodstock in summer of 1969.Graduated from Alfred University in 1973 with a BFA, majoring in Sculptor/ Ceramics.Began his Walk Across America on October 15, 1973 in Alfred, New York. It ended in mid-January of 1979 in Florence, Oregon.When not traveling and exploring he lives on a farm in middle Tennessee . He is the proud father of six children, Aaron, Brooke, Rebekah, Jedidiah, Luke and Julianne and is married to the former Rita Jorgensen of Michigan .