2.12.8.4. Arthur Edwin Jenks (1906-1989)

Arthur Edwin Jenks was born on 31 March 1906 in Elkhart County, Indiana, to Samuel Edward Jenks and Bertha "Birdie" M. Krontz. When the 1910 census was enumerated the family lived on Hickory Street in Wilmington, Indiana. Arthur's father was a laborer for the railroad. In 1924 Arthur was a member of the senior class of Butler High School, in Butler, Indiana.

Arthur Edwin "Jiggs" Jenks; 1924 Butler High School
Yearbook, Tropaeum; courtesy of Ancestry.com

Arthur married Bessie Iryton Matson, daughter of L. Alonzo Matson and Rose Durst, about 1927. They had a son:

• Bruce A. Jenks born 1 January 1928 in Indiana. The 1956 and 1958 Fort Wayne city directories indicated he was married to a woman named Gloria. His most recently documented location was Pleasant Lake, Indiana, as of 1995.

In 1930 Arthur and his family lived at 211 Walnut Street in Butler in a house the couple owned, which was valued at $1,200. Arthur worked as a machinist at a auto repair shop. It seems the couple divorced not long after 1930.

On 31 December 1932 Arthur married Mabel Lillian Koch, daughter of Martin Luther Koch, and Martha Johnson, in Van Wert County, Ohio, where Arthur resided and worked as a farmer. This marriage did not last long either. By 1935 Arthur was living in Catlin, Illinois.

Arthur married Elizabeth Caswell on 12 May 1936 in Peru, Indiana. They both resided in Danville, Illinois, at the time of their marriage and Arthur worked as a coal miner. The couple had two children during their marriage.

In 1944 Arthur got a job as policeman with the State Police. He and his family resided in Tilton, a village in Danville Township. In 1951 he was working as a dock man for Merchants Delivery in Danville.

Arthur and Elizabeth's son died in 1979 at the age of 40. Arthur died on on 23 May 1989 in Hillsborough County, Florida. He was interred at Lakeview Cemetery in Hertel, Wisconsin.

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'Arthur Edwin Senior Class Photograph,' Ancestry.com
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Smithfield, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: T624_345; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1374358
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Spencer, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: T624_345; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0083, FHL microfilm: 1374358
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Wilmington, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: T624_345; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1374358
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Smithfield, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: T625_430; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 107; Image 927
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Spencer, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: T625_430; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 108; Image: 945
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Wilmington, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: T625_430; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 1124
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Butler, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: 585; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0027; Image: 1091.0; FHL microfilm: 2340320
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Spencer, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: 585; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0020; Image: 915.0; FHL microfilm: 234320
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T627_898; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 92-39
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Spencer, De Kalb, Illinois; Roll T627_1036; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 17-20
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, page 17
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial No. 86549384
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1939 Danville, IL (Arthur E and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1940 Danville, IL (Arthur E and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1944 Danville, IL (Arthur E and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1945 Danville, IL (Arthur E and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1947 Danville, IL (Arthur E and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1949 Danville, IL (Arthur E and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1951 Danville, IL (Arthur A and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1951 Fort Wayne, IN (Bruce A Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1953 Danville, IL (Arthur A and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1953 Fort Wayne, IL (Bruce A Jenks)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1956 Fort Wayne, IL (Bruce A Jenks)
US, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, 1989 Jenks, Arthur E
US, Indiana Births, 1880-1920, 1908 Matson, Bessie I.
US, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, 1936 Jenks, Arther - Caswell, Elizabeth (3 pages)
US, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, 1941 McKee, Clayton - Koch, Mabel
US, Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2013, 1932 Jenks, Arthur - Koch, Mabel
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 1993-1995 Jenks, Bruce A (Pleasant Lake, IN)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1963 Fort Wayne, IN (Jenks, Bruce A)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1992 Fort Wayne, IN (Jenks, Bruce)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1993 Fort Wayne, IN (Jenks, Bruce A)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1950-1993 Jenks, Bruce (Leo, IN)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1950-1993 Jenks, Bruce A. (Pleasant Lake, IN)
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1923, Waterloo High School The Rosebud, page 23
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1924 Butler High School Tropaeum, pages 17 and 23
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1925 Waterloo High School The Rosebud, pages 29 and 50
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1926 Waterloo High School The Rosebud, pages 19, 24, 48-49, 61, 76, and 106
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1927 Waterloo High School The Rosebud, page 118
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1928 Waterloo High School The Rosebud, page 69
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1929 Waterloo High School The Rosebud, page 110
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1945 Waterloo High School The Rosebud, page 24
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 343-09-8621; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951
US, Wisconsin Find A Grave Index, 1836-2012, Memorial No. 86539384