The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
One of Founders of Republi-
can Party, Organized 20
Regiments and Was u. S.
Consul to Glasgow.
Interesting articles on the late
Mr.. Jenkinson's eventful career
will be found elsewhere In this is-
sue.

The eventful life of one Of Rich
mond's most honored citisens. . man
who served his state and country de-
votedly and faithfully. came to q trag-
ic end early Wednesday evening. when
the Hon. Isaac Jenkinson, aged Se
years, fell down the cellar stairway It
his home. South Thirteenth and A
streets and died about an hour later
from the effects of conclusion Of the
brain and hemorrhage Of the lungs.
Mr.. Jenhnson was the last one OF In
diana's Lincoln electors.
Mr.. Jenkinson about 81 80 hast might
heard the telephone bell ring and
went to answer 1t. The telephone 80 10
Gated in small closet next to the osl-
lar doorway. 1t II presumed, - tho
hallway leading to the telephone clos
ct and the cellar door was dark, NJ s
Jenltnson BY mistake openea thu
wrong door. stepped ID and fell hGad-
long into the haseIoept- .ss=ss .sssA..s...sss :
/ A few mfnutes after Mr.. Jenklnson
went to answer the phone Mrs Jen-
kinson. who is about s3 years old. be-
came uneasy because she had not
heard him speaking to the party on
the phone, and she went to see II any
accident had befallen him. When she
saw the open stairway door she rea-
Hzed that he must have fallen down
the stairs and she hurriedly turned on
the basement light. the switch being
located at the top Of the stairway.
Saw Hvddisd Heap.
She saw q huddled heap on the base
ment floor. and with scream went to
her PROSTATE husband. She found him
unconscious and In dying condition.
Neighbors and physician were mott
fed and at 1928 o'clock, shortly after
the arrival Of the physician. Mr.. Jen-
kinson expired.
The funeral OF Mr.. Isaac Jenkfnson
will be held at tho home, 1O1 South
Thirteenth street, Saturday afternoon
at two O'Clock. Interment will be in
Earlham Cemetery. Friends are asked
to call Friday between two and Avs
in the afternoon, or between seven
and nine in the evening.
Isaac Jenhnson was the former cd.
itor of the Palladium, and one Of Indi.
ana's most distinguished citizens. He
was the personal friend Of the mar
Ftyred Abraham Lincoln and the trust
ed friend Of Indiana's great war gov.
ernor, Oliver p. Morton, also . Wayne
county man. In the field OF education
he won renown by his successful light
to establish the co-educational system
at Indiana university, BLOOMINGTON.
Ind, for which institution he served 10
a trustee for IS years. In the 6eId OF
journalism he was DISTINGUISHED - the
founder Of the Ft. Wayne, Ind. Jour
mad, In 1865. which paper 10 now
known al the TT. Wayne IournaEG Ga.
zette;- and also a. editor Of the Rich
mond Palladium, founding IT. daily IL
sue in 1876. and continuing In its con
troll for twenty years.
Active in Politics.
Prior to the Civil War Mr.. Jenkinson
was active in politics. and was pne Of
the founders of the Republican party.
in 1856. At the time Of Mr. Jenlinson,s
death he was the only surviving Indi-
ana Lincoln elector. He cast Indiana's
electoral vote at the Electoral College
at Warrington for Lincoln and Ham
lin. having been chosen 40 the states
messenger by lot. In the service Of his
country he acted AZ general mastering
ofncer Of the IT. Wayne district during
the War Of the Rebellion. He personal
Ily supervised the orgznization or e.
cry Indiana regiment, from the Thir-
tieth to the One Hundred and F1ffy-
Second, with the exception Of the For
ty-Fourth- He discovered and fofJed
plot to assassinate Governor Morton,
and after the election Of President
Grant was appointed United States
Consul to Glasgow, Scotland, i most
important post, which he held from
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