Horatio JENKINS

1837 - 1908  (70 years)

• Name	Horatio JENKINS
  Birth	23 Mar 1837	Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Civil War - 5th Mass. Inf., Co. G., 40th Mass. Inf., 4th Mass. Cav.
  Enlisted for three months 5th Mass. Inf., was in the first Battle of Bull Run, 21 Jul 1861. When mustered out he went home and in 1862 raised a company in Chelsea, MA., which became Co. G, 40th Mass. Inf. Made First Lieutenant, later promoted to Captain, Major, and Lieutenant Colonel of this regiment. Taken prisoner 16 May 1864 at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, held at Libby, Macon, Charleston and Columbia. Escaped Columbia Dec 1864, picked up by federal gunboat and returned to seat of war as Lieutenant Colonel 4th Mass. Cav. 6 Apr 1865 was wounded and taken prisoner at High Bridge, VA, released the next day. Given special brevet as Colonel, later breveted as Brigadier General. Following the war he was Military Governor of Florida.
  Death	13 Jan 1908	Alexandria, Douglas Co., MN   [1]
  Burial	Universalist Church Cemetery - Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH   [2]
  Person ID	I4403	Main | Descendants and families of Thomas Jameson 1709-1764

  
  

  Father	Horatio JENKINS,   b. 25 Jul 1804, Situate, Plymouth Co., MA d. 22 Mar 1879, Alexandria, Douglas Co., MN (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Stickney SIMS,   b. 17 Aug 1812, Woburn. Middlesex Co., MA d. 3 Jul 1899, Alexandria, Douglas Co., MN (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1828/1829	MA
  Family ID	F2624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Lang JAMESON,   b. 15 Aug 1841, Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH d. 15 Nov 1905, Alexandria, Douglas Co., MN (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1862	Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA
  Children	+ 1. Gertrude JENKINS,   b. 23 Oct 1865, Tyngsborough, MA   2. Horation JENKINS,   b. 25 Feb 1867   3. Jeannie Osgood JENKINS,   b. 10 Jun 1870, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL
  Family ID	F2512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 23 Mar 1837 - Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA Marriage - 17 Aug 1862 - Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA Death - 13 Jan 1908 - Alexandria, Douglas Co., MN  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S23] Obituary, 16 Jan 1908, p.1, col.6 - Parkers Prairie Independent - Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail Co., MN. General Jenkins Dies at Alexandria General Horatio Jenkins, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Alexandria, since 1882, died at his home here at 1:30 a.m. Monday, from the effects of pneumonia. He was born at Chelsea, Mass., and was 72 years old. He served in the Civil war in a Massachusetts regiment; enlisting as a private and winning the rank of brevet brigadier general. The survivors are his three children, Horatio Jenkins of Ada, Minn., Mrs. H. A. Barnes of Minneapolis; and Mrs. W. D. Plant of Lorain, Ohio. [S120] Find A Grave. Find A Grave Memorial# 174515759