Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

Lucy Nelson, Laura Ecll., Fannie Cor
nclia. Mary ElIosc.
Twen,y-siX generations including tho
nr"sent or at thuty-,hr"c Years each.
500 years, taking the line back to \. d.
lU:I,
Some inni,y History.
.\Oiguil Minerva JCnvi<a OF De;,uN;rr,
Mndtson County. y Y. WAS daughter OF
Colonel Elmer bickmsun Jcncks, who
Was born at LencX, Mass, October y.
1879. Ia 1876 his parents moved 10 the
town OF smyrna, Chcnnnrn County. s..
v, then Il forest. In 1879 he settled in
DcItuytcr huriuE the way Of l%la-I5
he served in Ia" army aud was promct-
q" IN lSli. ana FROM the position OF SER
lgcant passed through the several grades
until lie became colonel of the regiment
For many years he was postmaster OF
Deituytcr. merchant. and extensively
engaged In the ctttlu business and the
manufacture or cheese. He was widely
! known, ana such was his integrity all
through life, that ali men houorcd him
with their confidence. and such his pub-
lie spirit that local enterprises desired
his sanction to receive the approval of
the public generally. Though not n
member Of any church. he was Il sun
porter of religious societies, and built
largely at his own cost union church
1871. So great was the esteem in which
he was held the other churches clos Ell
their services and all attended the
meetings to hear Colonel Jencks's
grandson" My grandfather said TO me
after sermon OH the divinity of
Christ: You believe those thingy be-
cause your mother taught YOU to be-
lievc them" We'll, sir" / said YOU
vii aGrc" with me that she is good
woman and a safe teacher" yes. YES"
said the old man lie was a Unitarian in
his views, kept Thomas l'ainc's Age of
Reason. on his center table with the
Bible, had the highest reverence for
God. but thought the ola Testament
misrcprcscnted Him; told me he be-
lievcd in preachers as good mora
teachers" and lived himsclf "A strictly
moral life.
My grandfather WAS tho son OF
Thomas Jencks who was born Fcbru-
AIRY =, 1851, and Esther Guthrie, born
June IL, 1865. first cousin OF Dir. Thomas
Guthrie. the great Scotch preacher. lie
was relation OF Governor Jencks. OF
Connecticut, and Of Hon Thomas
Jcncks. NJ. c.. from Rhode Island, who
offered the first bill on Civil Service RE-
form ever presented in Congress- lie
had one sister. Belinda. horn March 90
$50, and brother, James Ladd Jenckg,
born December Is. 1857. who died at
Sackctts liarbor, y. y. and whose only
daughter. Orthona married Bradley \.
Griffin, of Dubuque, la.
My grandmother was Abigail Gard
ncr. born November 81. 1891, and mar
ricd 10 my grandfather August -, ISIS.
She died when my mother was a babe
December 10, 1925. Her father was
Samuel Gardner, brother Of Lord Alan
Gardner of England. Her mother was
iiicksitc Puaker, a daughter OF Ecnja
min Fra nklil, brother OF Josiah Frank
lin. The father Of the patriot and phil
osophcr. The Franklins lived for 500
years at Acton. Northhamptonsbirc
England. They were Smiths. Josiah
Frankiin'S father. Thomas Franklin
married Jane White, aud there were
nine children born to them. Thomas
John, benjamin and Josiah were the
sons Josiah Franklin says: There
were nine children of us, who we're
happy in our parents, who took great