D. C. Jenkins

David Charles Jenkins Birth 24 May 1854 Pittsburgh, Pennssylvania Death 23 Aug 1930 Union twp. Culver, Marshall county, Indiana Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana son of David Jenkins and Elizabeth Evans

D. C. JENKINS, PIONEER COTTAGER DIES SUDDENLY

Cerebral hemorrhage caused the sudden death of David C. Jenkins, 76 year old Indianapolis resident, glass manufacturer and former state senator, at his cottage on the east shores of Lake Maxinkuckee Saturday evening.

He was president of the D. C. Jenkins Glass Company of Kokomo and Arcadia.

He has been a cottager at Culver for about 15 years.

A number of years ago he participated actively in Republican politics, being first chairman of the Indiana state highway commission when that body was organized. He served in the legislature as senator from Howard and Miami counties.

Mr. Jenkins was born in Ohio, and came to Indianapolis twelve years ago.

He was prominent in Masonic activities, being a member of the Mystic Shrine and the Scottish Rite. He was also a member of the Columbia Club and of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church.

Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Anna Jenkins of Indianapolis, two sons, Howard Jenkins of Indianapolis and Addison Jenkins of Kokomo, and two sisters, Miss Addie Jenkins of Long Beach, Cal., and Mrs. Florence Schute of N. Y.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the home of Addison Jenkins in Kokomo.

Burial was in Crown Point cemetery at Kokomo. - Citizen Aug 27, 1930

D.C. Jenkins Dies

Owner of Factories At Kokomo and Arcadia Died Suddenly

D.C. Jenkins, age 76, owner of glass factories at Kokomo and Arcadia died suddenly Saturday evening at his cottage at Lake Maxincuckee. He was stricken with a heart attack and medical aid was of no avail.

The body was taken to Kokomo Sunday afternoon. It was taken first to the Rich mortuary and later removed to the home of Addison Jenkins, 703 West Walnut street, where funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. David F. Bent, a former pastor of the First Congregational church here now pastor of the First Congregational church, Oshkosh, Wis., officiating.

The burial will be made In Crown Point cemetery, in a family lot which Mr. Jenkins had provided several years ago.

David Charles Jenkins was born in Pittsburgh, Penna., May 24, 1854 , son of David and Elizabeth (Evans) Jenkins, both of whom were natives of Wales.

His schooling was obtained in Pittsburgh, where he grew to manhood, and there he became connected with glass manufacturing, taking his first job at the age of eleven in the flint glass factory of McKee Bros., in that city.

From the day in 1865 on which he obtained his first employmentin a glass plant to the day of his death, Mr. Jenkins was continuously connected with the glass industry, a period of sixty-five years.

On January 4, 1876, at Pittsburgh, Mr. Jenkins was united in marriage with Miss Anna Jones, who, with two sons, Addison Jenkins of Kokomo and Howard Jenkins of Indianapolis, survives him. - - Tipton Daily Tribune August 25, 1930:

D. C. Jenkins Passed Away of Heart Trouble Saturday Night

WIDELY KNOWN IN HAMILTON COUNTY

Former State Senator and Connected With Highway Commission

David C. Jenkins, seventy-six years of age, former state senator and glass manufacturer, died suddenly of heart trouble at his summer home on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee, Saturday night.

He lived at Indianapolis and owned the glass factories at Arcadia and Kokomo which bears his name.

A number of years ago he participated actively in Republican politics, being first chairman of the Indiana state highway commission when that body was organized. He served in the Legislature as senator from Howard and Miami counties.

Mr. Jenkins was born in Ohio. He went to Indianapolis twelve years ago.

He was prominent in Masonic activities, being a member of the Mystic Shrine and the S Scottish Rite. He also was a member of the Columbia Club and of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church of the capital city.

Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Anna Jenkins; two sons, Howard Jenkins of Indianapolis and Addison Jenkins of Kokomo, and two sisters, Miss Addie Jenkins of Long Beachgo Cal., and Mrs. Florence Schute*of New York.

Funeral services will be held at 2:80 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Addison Jenkins in Kokomo.

Burial will be in Crown Point cemetery at Kokomo. - - The Noblesville Ledger Noblesville, Indiana Mon, Aug 25, 1930 Page 1

FIRST STATE HIGHWAY CHAIRMAN IS BURIED

Kokomo. Ind., Aug. 27.-David C. Jenkins, first chairman of the state highway commission and former state senator, and head of the Kokomo and Arcadia glass company, which bore his name, was buried here in Crown Point Cemetery, Tuesday.

Mr. Jenkins, who died Saturday at his summer home on Lake Maxinkuckee. was widely known in business and political circles. lived at 3957 Washington boulevard. - The Star Press Muncie, Indiana Thu, Aug 28, 1930 Page 4

married January 4, 1876 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Annie Mary Jones Birth 19 Feb 1858 Dresden, Ohio Death 19 Apr 1935 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana daughter of David Jones and Hannah McGinnis

MRS. ANNIE JENKINS DIES; RITE MONDAY

Mrs. Annie Mary Jenkins, 77 years old, 3957 Washington boulevard, a resident of Indianapolis sixteen years, died in the Methodist Hospital yesterday after an illness of two weeks.

She was a the former widow president of David of the C. D. C. Jenkins Glass Company of Kokomo, who died four years ago.

She was born in Dresden, O., and spent most of her life in Kokomo.

Mrs. Jenkins was a charter member of the Gen. James Cox chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, at Kokomo, and for the last three years had been a member of the Caroline Scott Harrison chapter of Indianapolis.

She was an active member of circle No. 4 of the Woman's Association of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church.

At Greentown, where she lived in her early married life, she was a member of the Past Matrons Club of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Mrs. Jenkins was well known at Culver, where she had spent the summers for twenty years.

Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary,

Burial will be in Kokomo.

Survivors are two sons, Addison Jenkins of Kokomo and Howard Jenkins of Indianapolis: three sisters, Miss Minnie Jones, who lived with Mrs. Jenkins: Mrs. Hannah Stofford Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs M. D. Neff of Findlay, O., and two grandsons, David Francis Jenkins of Arcadia and Richard William Jenkins of Kokomo. - Indianapolis Star Apr 20, 1935

Children:

David Addison “Add” Jenkins Birth 9 Feb 1878 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Death 17 Oct 1962 South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana married 24 Jun 1908 Miami, Indiana Marie Drumm Birth 31 Dec 1885 Peru, Miami County, Indiana Death 13 Apr 1954 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Howard C Jenkins Birth Date 13 Nov 1880 Pittsburgh, Alleghany, Pennsylvania Death 1 Mar 1941 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indian
HOWARD JENKINS BURIED, MONDAY

Formerly Associated With the Arcadia Glass Factory Howard C. Jenkins, aged 60, sales manager for the D. C. Jenkins Glass Company at Kokomo, died Saturday at his home in Indianapolis.

Services were held Monday and burial occurred in Kokomo. Members of the Masonic lodge were in charge

Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Freda C. Jenkins; a brother, Addison Jenkins and two nephews, David and R. W. Jenkins, all of Indianapolis.

The natural gas boom Indiana brought the Jenkins family to early the nineties and the father, the late D. C. Jenkins, operated for many years the glass factory at Arcadia.

The son was also identified with this plant, but during the latter years of his life he was associated with the parents factory at Kokomo.- Noblesville Ledger Noblesville, Indiana Mar 3, 1941
married 7 Jun 1936 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Frdea/ Frieda Cecelia Mooney Birth 13 Aug 1895 Indiana Death 11 Oct 1968 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana daughter of Patrick Joseph Mooney and Sarah Ann Fallen
Freda Jenkins, Ex-Bell Employee

Mrs. Freda Mooney Jenkins, 73, former telephone company employeE, died today in Winona Hospital.

Her home was at 3321. Washington Blvd.

In the days before Indiana Bell Telephone Co, took over in Indianapolis, Mrs. Jenkins was chief operator for the Indianapolis branch of the American Telephone & Telegraph co.

When Indiana Bell took over AT& T she worked for a while for Indiana Bell,then went to Detroit, where she worked for Michigan Bell,

Eleven years ago she retired of the and then came back here.

Her husband was Howard Jenkins, who died in 1938. He was one of the owners of D. C. Jenkins Glassworks of Kokomo.

The Jenkins family promoted the town of Gas City Ex-Naval Chef with a glass factory and had another in Arcadia.

Mrs. Jenkins was a life member of the Columbia Club.

Funeral Monday In Indianapolis she had lived since 1954 with a nephew, John Overman, service manager at Tutwiller Cadillac.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Flanner & Buchanan Fall Creek Mortuary.

Survivors - sister Mrs. Marie G. Kanouse, brother Robert A. Mooney - Indianapolis News Fri, Oct 11, 1968