Elizabeth Caswell was born on 13 January 1914 in Novinger, Missouri, to Robert Caswell and Margaret "Maggie" Muir. Her father was a coal miner. The family moved to Danville, Illinois, between 1922 and 1928 when they were listed in the Danville city directory living at 502 South B Street in Tilton, a village in Danville Township. Elizabeth was listed in the 1929 Danville High School yearbook as a sophomore and in 1930 as a junior. I do not know if she graduated.
Elizabeth married Arthur Edwin Jenks, son of Samuel Edward Jenks and Bertha "Birdie" M. Krontz, on 12 May 1936. He had been married twice previously and had a son by his first marriage. He lived in Danville and worked as a miner. Elizabeth and Arthur had two children.
When the 1940 census was enumerated the family lived at 25 North Jefferson in South Danville, but had moved to the Village of Tilton by 1944 where they lived at 508 South D Street. They moved to another house by 1947 at 500 South D Street, which was next door to Elizabeth's parents.
Their son, Robert Samuel Jenks, died in September 1979 at the age of 40. Elizabeth lost her husband and daughter in 1989. When she died on 5 March 1995 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, she had outlived her husband and both children. She was interred, along with her husband and son, at Lakeview Cemetery in Hertel, Wisconsin.
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1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 325
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: 564; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 36; Image: 973.0; FHL microfilm: 2340299
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T627_898; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 92-39
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, page 17
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial No. 86538419
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, 1953 Danville, IL (Arthur A and Elizabeth Jenks)
US, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, 1936 Jenks, Arthur Edwin - Caswell, Elizabeth (3 pages)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1950-1993 Jenks, Elizabeth C (Grantsburg, WI)
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Danville High School 1929 The Medley, page 61
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Danville High School 1930 The Medley, page 59
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 329-09-5981; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951
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