Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-16
EXTRA.

past week.
Mr.. Wilson and Irving and Mr..
George Bliss returned from Geneseo
Friday. Mr.. Bliss started for his
home in Corning Wednesday.
Miss Amber Kelsey has been an Au-
dubon visitor the past week.
The Woodmen held an informal So
cial in their hall Thursday night
Mr.. VOORHEES, was in Audubon
Thursday.
Miss Emig entertained the Round
Dozen club Friday evening.
Miss Lou Knox returned from Iowa
City Friday.
Danish Brotherhood hall Thursday
evening.
Miss Mollie Delahoyde spent Sun
day in Audubon.
A dozen youngfolk were entertained
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oldaker
| Wednesday evening. The evening
was spent in playing whist after which
three course supper was served
Rev. julius Jesperson lectured in
the Danish brotherhood hall We'd
nesday evening.
Presiding Elder Stevenson preached
| at the Methodist church Sunday.
Martin Jensen will move his family
into the Yates house. He himself in
tends to go south for his health.
J. J. Dimick has rented the AL Voor-
hees farm for the next year.
Mrs. WHITAKER drove to Audubon
Sunday on account of the illness of
her mother Mrs. Bowman.
The public scho u closed Tuesday
and will have vacation till coal can
be obtained.
Miss Lancelot. of Gray, is keeping
house for her father and brother in E.
G. Wilson's house till the rest of the
family move here in spring.
Minnie Campbell will go to Des
Moines the last of the week to work
| this season in wholesale millinery
| house.
The teachers had valentine party
| at the home of Miss Anna Hanson
| Tuesday evening.
| The Extra teachers in the country
| schools have been having vacation
the last few days on account OF the
bad weather.
| The sad news reached Extra at an
early hour on Thursday morning,
| February Is, 1905, that Isaac Fl. Jen-
kins, a former we'll known resident of
this county; had just died at his home
| in Atlantic after less than a two
weeks siege of typhoid pneumonia.
| No one in this community, excepting
his relatives; we're aware of his illness
which made the shock the more keenly
felt.
Isaac H. Jenkins, son of John S. and
| Malinda Miller Jenkins, was born in
Meade county, Kentucky, June 5, 1916
His school days were passed in Wapel-
| 10 county. Iowa. At the age of nine
teen years he crossed the plains with
Charles Van Gorder, the well known
Audubon banker. At Central City,
Colorado, and having disposed of a
| portion of their effects, they engaged
[ in gulch mining. On returning to
Audubon county Mr.. Jenkins was oc-
cupied with farm work for some
time. At one time he took charge of
/
In 1886 he was running a saw mill at
| Oaktield, Iowa, and met with a very
| serious accident by which he lost one
of his fingers; he then abandoned
this enterprise and spent some time
in breaking out pairie. March %,
1868, he married Miss Clarissa, daugh-
er of Allen Chase; she died five years
| later, leaving no children. In 1874
he formed copardnership with |. P.
| Hallock, ]. Fl. Jerer and d. W. Pow
ers, in general store at Oakfeld;
this continued in operation for four
| years. Mr.. jenkins was united in mar
rage to Miss Mollie, daughter, of
| Patrick and Mary Devine, of Madison
Wisconsin. They have two children
willis S and Jennie Irene. When
he retired from the mercantile trade
ne built h tel in the winter of 1879,
and was the first landlord in Brayton.
| Mr.. jenkins also dealt in the real es-
tate business in partnership with w.
e. Stotts. For a time he acted as
deputy sheriff in this county. He was
a brother of John T. Jenkins of Bray
ton and as soon as the news reached
the relatives there, his nephew Frank
jenkins, went down to Atlantic over
land; there being no trains running
on account of snow blockade; to rem
der what assistance he could and TO
| console the bereaved wife and her
| children in their hour of sorrow and
to look after the preparing of the
body for burial aud on Saturday they
| will reach the Oakfield Cemetry
where all that is mortal of Isaac H.
| Jenkens will be laid away in a grave
in the family lot where sleeps his
| father, his mother, the wife of his
youth and his brother, Benjamin r.
Jenkins, who died December "a, 1887,
The community joins with the fami-~
ly in mourning the death of one of
its best known and highly respected
| citizens, who has been ca led to his
reward at the right hand of The NJ as