Dorothy L. Gossage

Dorothy married Clarence W. Jordan on 2 Apr 1948. Clarence was born on 6 Jul 1928 in Bentlyville, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Jan 1998 in Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edna Jordan

Roy married Edna Lucille Jenkins on 17 Jan 1927 in Putnam County, Tennessee, and was divorced. Edna (daughter of Arthur Augustus Jenkins and Lennie Bell Bailey) was born on 7 Aug 1909 in Emory Gap, Roane County, Tennessee; died on 20 Aug 1995 in Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Lennie Bell Bailey on 26 Aug 1908. Lennie was born on 5 Dec 1892 in Tennessee; died on 24 Jul 1967 in Roane County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 5 Jan 1920, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; According to the 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Samuel Washington Jenkins and his family were living in a house that he owned free and clear at 703 Dodson Avenue, Chattanooga.

Notes:

MILITARY: Enlisted 20 April 1864 at Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee and served in Company L, 3rd Tennessee Union Calvary. He was captured at Sulpher Trestle, Alabama on 25 Sept 1864 and sent with 300 members of the 3rd Tennessee Union Calvary to the Confederate prison, Castle Morgan, in Cahaba, Alabama. He boarded the Sultana on 26 April 1865 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Sultana's boilers exploded at 1.00 a.m. on 27 April 1865. He was rescued and taken to Adams Hospital in Memphis where he was treated for a fever. He survived the disaster, but sustained a hernia as a result. He was discharged from the US Army on 10 June 1865 in Nashville.

MILITARY: Samuel W. Jenkins
Company: L
Unit: 3 Tennessee Cavalry.
Rank - Discharge: Corporal
Allegiance: Union
Source Citation: Box: 392; Extraction: 8; Record: 327

BIOGRAPHY: On 18 Dec 1874, J. A. Thompson and wife N. A. Thompson sold Daniel E. Evans 100 acres of land on "Flat Branch" for $125. Witnessed by Samuel W. Jenkins. (Swain Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 307)

Samuel married Elizabeth Jane Rose on 6 May 1866 in Macon County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Enoch Rose and Mary Matilda Crisp) was born on 24 Jan 1846 in North Carolina; died on 6 Dec 1899 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza Rose Age: 4 Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Birth place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Subdivision 33, Gilmer, Georgia Page: 411 Roll: M432_70

CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza Rose Age in 1860: 14 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Georgia Militia District 980, Fannin, Georgia Gender: Female Post Office: Chestnut Gap Roll: M653_120 Page: 1025 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Enoch Rose

CENSUS: 1870 US Federal Census
Name: Jane Rose Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Age in 1870: 24 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: Militia District 844, Fannin, Georgia Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Morganton Roll: M593_148 Page: 373 Image: 751 Year: 1870

CENSUS: 1880 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza J. JENKINS Age: 34 Estimated birth year: <1846> Birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Keeping House Relationship to head-of-household: Wife Home in 1880: District 10, Polk, Tennessee Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Spouse's name: Samuel W. JENKINS Father's birthplace: NC Mother's birthplace: NC Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: District 10, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1275; Family History Film: 1255275; Page: 64A; Enumeration District: 98; Image: .

Notes:

Groom: S W Jenkins Bride: Eliza Rose Bond Date: 21 Apr 1860 Bond #: 000077447 Marriage Date: XX XXX XXXX Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868ImageNum: 006904 County: Macon Record #: 01 006 Witness: R. C. Slagle (C Performed By: A. B. Welch, Justice of the Peace