Augusta Benton
b. October 1851, d. 8 October 1905
- Augusta Benton was born in October 1851 in Tennessee.
- She married Jesse Franklin Jenkins on 1 July 1877 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
- Jesse Franklin Jenkins and Augusta Benton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Harvey E. Jenkins. Also in the household were farmer David Jenkins (Jesse's brother?) and farm laborers George Benton (Augusta's brother?), and John F. Williams.
- Jesse Franklin Jenkins and Augusta Benton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, at 1014 West Houston. Other members of the household included Harvey E. Jenkins, Arthur H. Jenkins, Frank Jenkins, Genevieve Mildred Jenkins and Fred H. Jenkins.
- Her husband Jesse Franklin Jenkins became a widower at her death.
- Augusta Benton died on 8 October 1905 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, at Stell's Infirmary.
- She was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 13 Oct 2012
Family: Jesse Franklin Jenkins b. circa 1849, d. 1 August 1918
- Harvey E. Jenkins b. August 1878, d. 22 September 1906
- Arthur H. Jenkins b. July 1880, d. 31 July 1964
- Frank Jenkins b. July 1883
- Genevieve Mildred Jenkins b. April 1885, d. 3 September 1938
- Fred H. Jenkins b. 20 March 1890, d. 8 June 1948