Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-15
Death Of Col. J. D. Jenkins.

On saturday dllernOou Iue Ieuldius
Vt Col. J. d. jenkins arrived in Usage
ind were met at the depot by nearly
all of the older residents, and inter
ment was made in the Usage cemetery
besides those of a daughter who had
gone before. Col. Jenkins was regis
ter of the land Office here in 1861
and is well remembered by all who
lived here in that early days. Jenkins
township, in this county, was named
in his honor.
j. d. jenkins was born In Madison
county, Alabama, Jan. Z, 1918, where
he lived with his parents until lie was
IA years of age; the family then moved
Co the lead mines OF Dodgeville, Wis.
In 1882 MI. Jenkins enlisted in the
Blackhawk war, and remained in the
service until the war closed. After
the war he followed mining with his
father for u time, then attended
school at ST. Genevieve, Mo. On leav-
ing school he returned to Dodgeville,
Wis. In 1887 he was appointed United
States marshal for the Territory of
Wisconsin, and remained in the Office
for three years. During 1S47-43 he
! was member of the legislature of
Wisconsin, having been elected to
that office in Iowa county. In 1S49
he was appointed government survey
or and spent some time in eastern
/ In H.,
plains to California, aud was again
appointed surveyor by the govern
ment. In the spring of 1854 he moved
to Lansing, Iowa. In 1876 lie was APP
pointed United States register of the
Red River land office, at DEBORAH,
Iowa, which Office was afterward re-
moved to Usage, Iowa, which town
was started by himself and Genera,
A. X. Eaton. He hold the Office until
the lands were all sold. In 1866 he
he went to Stevenson, Alabama,
where he lived until the fall of 1868
In the spring of 1868 he was chairman
of the board of registration under the
new reconstruction law. In the early
fall of that year he was elected dis.
trict attorney at a salary of $500 90,
but not wishing to remain in the south
he resigned and returned to Usage
In 1885 he went to Dakota, and il
1886 he was appointed Indian agent
in charge of Sisseton Agency, which
position he held for three years.
Mr.. Jenkins was married Feb. II
1889, at Dodgeville, Wis. to Mis-.
Narcissa Stipp, of Paris, Kentucky
+ who survives him. BY this union he
had six children, four daughters anG
two sons, all of whom preceded hiu
. in death, except George j. jenkins
of Wilmot, S. d.. with whom he spen
: the last years of his life. For severa
! years he has been in feeble health
e growing more intirm as the year
passed. A few weeks ago his Hines
became more marked, and it was evi
dent that he was approaching to the
! close of life. Loving his family ant
friends most tenderly, he chung t.
life for their sake, but at the last b
S expressed the utmost willingness t.
go, i'll the hope of a happy reunion il
, a glorious future. He passed iron
: earth without q struggle, in full pos
v session of his faculties, in the earl
: morning of April Goth, in his 10th yea
a For nearly thirty years Mr.. Jenkin
: was constant member of the NJ. L
church. He possessed kind un,
a generous nature, and an affable dis
, position. Many will remember hiI
l as a genial companion, q courtly gen
t tleman and helpful friend. -Osag
z News.