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JENKINS, GEORGE LUCKEY, Methodist minister, was born July 22, 1863, near Port Deposit, Lowndes County, and died at Ensley, March 13, 1915; son of Rev. Andrew Jackson and Georgia Josephine (Watson) Jenkins, the former a native of Camden, a graduate of Alabama university, in 1845 with A. M. degree and became a Methodist Protestant minister in 1856; grandson of Rev. John and Mary Ann (Dunham) Jenkins of Camden, S. C., later of Wilcox County; and of Emsley and Mary (Ellis) Watson, who lived near Fort Deposit; great-grandson of Joseph Jenkins who fought under General Francis Marion in the Revolution. Rev. G. L. Jenkins attended the village schools of Letohatchie, under Professors D. F. Gaffney and George W. Thigpen; Emory college, Oxford, Ga„ 1883-84, during the presidency of Dr. A. G. Haygood, later bishop; and the Southern university, Greensboro, 1886-88, receiving the degree of B. S. He entered the Methodist ministry, November 22, 1888, and has had pastorates at North Birmingham, Madison, Tuseumbia, Bridgeport, Bessemer, Roanoke, Anniston, New Decatur, Tuscaloosa, Florence and Ensley; was presiding elder of Talladega District; trustee Birmingham college. He was a Democrat; a Mason; Knight of Pythias; Odd Fellow; and a member of Kappa Alpha college fraternity. Married: January 26, 1898, at Lafayette, to Myrtis Viola, daughter of Hon. Lewis S. and Sallie (Trammell) Schuessler of Lafayette; granddaughter of Lewis Scheussler and of Col. Elisha Trammell of Georgia, founder of the cotton mills at La-nette and Langdale, Ga. Children: 1. John Lewis; 2. George L., jr.; 3. James Andrew; 4. William H.; 5. Edward Schuessler; 6. Joseph Embree; 7. Frank Willard. Last residence:Ensley.
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History of Alabama and Dictionary Biography
Montgomery, Alabama, US
Sat, Jan 01, 1921
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