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Jesse Jenkins
and Sarah Sally Gilliam

Jesse Jenkins b 14 May 1848 KY d 4 Nov 1940; s/o Abner Jenkins and Martha Jane Blair. Jesse Jenkins m. 31 Jan 1872 Harlan Co KY to Sarah Sally Gilliam b 1843 KY. Children of Jesse Jenkins and Sarah Sally Gilliam;

1. Harvey Jenkins b 1876 KY

2. Hiram C Jenkins b 1877 KY

3. Anthony Jenkins b abt 1879 KY; m. Millie A Day b 1883 KY; d/o Sally Day. Children of Anthony Jenkins and Millie A Day; i. Margaret Jenkins b 1905 KY ii. Newton Jenkins b 1908 KY iii. Sallie Jenkins b abt 1912 KY iv. Oscar Jenkins b abt 1914 KY v. Leonard Jenkins b abt 1918 KY

4. Susannah Jenkins b 28 Jan 1880 KY d 25 Feb 1954; m. 19 May 1901 Harlan Co KY to Abner Nathan Howard b 1880 Harlan Co KY d 25 Feb 1954 Harlan Co KY; s/o John N Howard and Charlotte Lewis. Children of Abner Nathan Howard and Susannah Jenkins; i Corbin Howard b 30 May 1903 Harlan Co KY ii. Gillis Howard b abt 1906 Harlan Co KY iii. Denver Howard b abt 1907 Harlan Co KY iv. Grant Howard b abt 1909 Harlan Co KY

5. Finley Jenkins b 1881 KY d 8 Dec 1952 Harlan Co KY; buried Maggard Cemetery, Ovenfork, Letcher Co KY; m. Amanda Scott b 1891 KY d 19 Aug 1971 Hharlan Co KY; buried Maggard Cemetery, Ovenfork, Letcher Co KY; d/o Winfield Scott and Catherine Katie Collier.

6. Margaret Jenkins b 1883 KY

7. William Jenkins b abt 1886 KY

8. James M Jenkins b 13 Apr 1888 KY d 13 Jul 1966; buried Maggard Cemetery, Oven Fork, KY; m. abt 1908 to Maudie Wells b 1892 KY d 21 Sept 1921 Harlan Co KY; d/o William J Wells and Martha Ann Bohannon. Children of James M Jenkins and Maudie Wells;

i. Guss Jenkins b abt 1909 KY

ii. Samuel Jenkins b 1914 KY

iii. Golda Jenkins b 1915 KY; m. Owen Columbus Maggard b 15 Feb 1908 Partridge KY d 7 Apr 1953 Letcher Co KY; s/o Samuel P Maggard and Martha Day.

iv. Martha Jenkins b 1918 KY

v. Lila Jenkins b abt 1920 KY

James M Jenkins m. 1930 to Martha Day b 15 Aug 1886 Letcher Co KY d 1969 Letcher Co KY; buried Old Maggard Cemetery, Eolia, Oven Fork, KY; d/o James Day and Sarah Gilliam.

Martha Day m. 24 Mar 1904 to Samuel P Maggard b 5 Mar 1886 KY d 30 Apr 1921 Harlan Co KY; buried Old Maggard Cemetery, Eolia, Oven Fork, KY; Alfred Maggard and Mary Jane Polly Maggard. Children of Samuel P Maggard and Martha Day;

i. Verna Edna Maggard b 27 Feb 1905 KY d 26 Oct 1962 Norwood, Hamilton Co OH; m. Luther Higgins b 24 Aug 1903 d Jul 1973

ii. Owen Columbus Maggard b 15 Feb 1908 Partridge KY d 7 Apr 1953 Letcher Co KY; m. Golda Jenkins b 1915 KY; d/o James M Jenkins and Maudie Wells (Golda Jenkins was stepdaughter of Martha Day, #iii, d/o James M Jenkins and Maudie Wells above #8).


James Jim Jenkins
"21 months for 21 Gallons"

Lisa Tucker added this on 18 Dec 2009 In the late 1950s, Rolland J "Vaughn" Tucker took his wife, Rena Kathryn Higgins Tucker, to visit her grandmother in the mountains of Letcher County, Kentucky. Rena's grandmother, Martha Day Maggard Jenkins, and her step-grandfather, James "Jim" Jenkins, welcomed the young couple graciously to their home. Grandma Martha Day Maggard Jenkins prepared a large meal on her cast-iron, woodburning stove. James Jim Jenkins, when talking of his past, confessed that he had been arrested years before and sent to prison in Beattyville, Kentucky, for making moonshine. He said, "I got 21 months for 21 gallons." Grandma Martha Day Maggard Jenkins giggled, adding, "We hadn't been married but three days and they come and lawed him!" James Jim Jenkins stated, "I never been out of these mountains before that, and I ain't never goin' out of 'em again."


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