Tudor Jenks, B.A. 1878
Born May 7, 1857, in Brooklyn, N Y.
Died February 11, 1922, in Bronxville, N. Y.
Tudor [Storrs] Jenks was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 7, 1857, the son of Grenville Tudor and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks. His father attended Amherst and Williams, graduating from the latter college in 1849, and later practiced law in Brooklyn He was the son of the Rev. Francis Jenks, a graduate of Harvard College in 1817 and of the Harvard Divinity School in 1820, who was a Unitarian clergyman and the proprietor and editor of the Christian Examiner y and Sarah Hurd (Phillips) Jenks, whose father was John Phillips, the first mayor of Boston, and who was a descendant of Governor Dudley of the Massachusetts Colony. The Jenks family was of Welsh-English origin. Joseph Jenks, the founder of the family in America, came from Colebrook, England, to Lynn, Mass, in 1642, upon an invitation from the Massachusetts Colony to establish an iron works. He made the first fire engine and cut the dies for the "Pine Tree Shilling," and was the first patentee of America. Persis Smith Jenks' parents were General Roland Smith of the Massachusetts Militia and Lucy (Snow) Smith. She was of Scotch and Irish descent. Her ancestors settled in Windsor, Vt., upon their arrival in America in 1730. Tudor Jenks was a grandnephew of Wendell Phillips, and was also related to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
His preparation for Yale was received at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute He was an editor of the Tale Literary Magazine, served on the Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee in Sophomore and Junior years, and in Senior year was president of the Yale Athletic Association and a class historian.
Mr. Jenks attended the Columbia Law School after leaving Yale, receiving the degree of LL B in 1880, and then studied art in Paris for a time. Upon his return to America he became a member of the law firm of Kent, Seaman & Jenks in Brook- lyn. He practiced alone from 1884 to 1887 and then gave up the law to join the editorial staff of St Nicholas as associate editor, retaining this connection until October 1, 1902. He had contributed extensively to other magazines, writing many essays and much verse, and was the author of a number of books, among them The Defense of the Castle, Imaginations•, In the Days of Milton, Electricityfor Toung People, and When America was New. In 1913 Mr. Jenks resumed the practice of law as a member of the firm of Jenks & Bntton in Bronxville,
N. Y., and continued in this connection until 1918. From that time until 1921 he was secretary for the Second Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn. At the time of his death he was a member of the New York law firm of Jenks & Rogers. He died, of apoplexy, at his home in Bronxville, February 11, 1922.
Mr. Jenks was married October 5, 1882, in Brooklyn, to Mary Donnison, daughter of Augustus and Anna (Hall) Ford, who survives him with three daughters, Dorothy, Pauline, and Amabel (Mrs. Pickett). Their only son, Donnison, died in infancy. In addition to his wife and daughters, Mr Jenks leaves two brothers, Almet F. Jenks, '75, and Paul E Jenks, '84, and a sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Simpkins. Almet
F. Jenks, Jr., '14, is a nephew.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1922-23.pdf
Born May 7, 1857, in Brooklyn, N Y.
Died February 11, 1922, in Bronxville, N. Y.
Tudor [Storrs] Jenks was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 7, 1857, the son of Grenville Tudor and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks. His father attended Amherst and Williams, graduating from the latter college in 1849, and later practiced law in Brooklyn He was the son of the Rev. Francis Jenks, a graduate of Harvard College in 1817 and of the Harvard Divinity School in 1820, who was a Unitarian clergyman and the proprietor and editor of the Christian Examiner y and Sarah Hurd (Phillips) Jenks, whose father was John Phillips, the first mayor of Boston, and who was a descendant of Governor Dudley of the Massachusetts Colony. The Jenks family was of Welsh-English origin. Joseph Jenks, the founder of the family in America, came from Colebrook, England, to Lynn, Mass, in 1642, upon an invitation from the Massachusetts Colony to establish an iron works. He made the first fire engine and cut the dies for the "Pine Tree Shilling," and was the first patentee of America. Persis Smith Jenks' parents were General Roland Smith of the Massachusetts Militia and Lucy (Snow) Smith. She was of Scotch and Irish descent. Her ancestors settled in Windsor, Vt., upon their arrival in America in 1730. Tudor Jenks was a grandnephew of Wendell Phillips, and was also related to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
His preparation for Yale was received at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute He was an editor of the Tale Literary Magazine, served on the Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee in Sophomore and Junior years, and in Senior year was president of the Yale Athletic Association and a class historian.
Mr. Jenks attended the Columbia Law School after leaving Yale, receiving the degree of LL B in 1880, and then studied art in Paris for a time. Upon his return to America he became a member of the law firm of Kent, Seaman & Jenks in Brook- lyn. He practiced alone from 1884 to 1887 and then gave up the law to join the editorial staff of St Nicholas as associate editor, retaining this connection until October 1, 1902. He had contributed extensively to other magazines, writing many essays and much verse, and was the author of a number of books, among them The Defense of the Castle, Imaginations•, In the Days of Milton, Electricityfor Toung People, and When America was New. In 1913 Mr. Jenks resumed the practice of law as a member of the firm of Jenks & Bntton in Bronxville,
N. Y., and continued in this connection until 1918. From that time until 1921 he was secretary for the Second Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn. At the time of his death he was a member of the New York law firm of Jenks & Rogers. He died, of apoplexy, at his home in Bronxville, February 11, 1922.
Mr. Jenks was married October 5, 1882, in Brooklyn, to Mary Donnison, daughter of Augustus and Anna (Hall) Ford, who survives him with three daughters, Dorothy, Pauline, and Amabel (Mrs. Pickett). Their only son, Donnison, died in infancy. In addition to his wife and daughters, Mr Jenks leaves two brothers, Almet F. Jenks, '75, and Paul E Jenks, '84, and a sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Simpkins. Almet
F. Jenks, Jr., '14, is a nephew.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1922-23.pdf
Tudor Jenks, B.A. 1878
Born May 7, 1857, in Brooklyn, N Y.
Died February 11, 1922, in Bronxville, N. Y.
Tudor [Storrs] Jenks was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 7, 1857, the son of Grenville Tudor and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks. His father attended Amherst and Williams, graduating from the latter college in 1849, and later practiced law in Brooklyn He was the son of the Rev. Francis Jenks, a graduate of Harvard College in 1817 and of the Harvard Divinity School in 1820, who was a Unitarian clergyman and the proprietor and editor of the Christian Examiner y and Sarah Hurd (Phillips) Jenks, whose father was John Phillips, the first mayor of Boston, and who was a descendant of Governor Dudley of the Massachusetts Colony. The Jenks family was of Welsh-English origin. Joseph Jenks, the founder of the family in America, came from Colebrook, England, to Lynn, Mass, in 1642, upon an invitation from the Massachusetts Colony to establish an iron works. He made the first fire engine and cut the dies for the "Pine Tree Shilling," and was the first patentee of America. Persis Smith Jenks' parents were General Roland Smith of the Massachusetts Militia and Lucy (Snow) Smith. She was of Scotch and Irish descent. Her ancestors settled in Windsor, Vt., upon their arrival in America in 1730. Tudor Jenks was a grandnephew of Wendell Phillips, and was also related to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
His preparation for Yale was received at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute He was an editor of the Tale Literary Magazine, served on the Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee in Sophomore and Junior years, and in Senior year was president of the Yale Athletic Association and a class historian.
Mr. Jenks attended the Columbia Law School after leaving Yale, receiving the degree of LL B in 1880, and then studied art in Paris for a time. Upon his return to America he became a member of the law firm of Kent, Seaman & Jenks in Brook- lyn. He practiced alone from 1884 to 1887 and then gave up the law to join the editorial staff of St Nicholas as associate editor, retaining this connection until October 1, 1902. He had contributed extensively to other magazines, writing many essays and much verse, and was the author of a number of books, among them The Defense of the Castle, Imaginations•, In the Days of Milton, Electricityfor Toung People, and When America was New. In 1913 Mr. Jenks resumed the practice of law as a member of the firm of Jenks & Bntton in Bronxville,
N. Y., and continued in this connection until 1918. From that time until 1921 he was secretary for the Second Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn. At the time of his death he was a member of the New York law firm of Jenks & Rogers. He died, of apoplexy, at his home in Bronxville, February 11, 1922.
Mr. Jenks was married October 5, 1882, in Brooklyn, to Mary Donnison, daughter of Augustus and Anna (Hall) Ford, who survives him with three daughters, Dorothy, Pauline, and Amabel (Mrs. Pickett). Their only son, Donnison, died in infancy. In addition to his wife and daughters, Mr Jenks leaves two brothers, Almet F. Jenks, '75, and Paul E Jenks, '84, and a sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Simpkins. Almet
F. Jenks, Jr., '14, is a nephew.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1922-23.pdf
Born May 7, 1857, in Brooklyn, N Y.
Died February 11, 1922, in Bronxville, N. Y.
Tudor [Storrs] Jenks was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 7, 1857, the son of Grenville Tudor and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks. His father attended Amherst and Williams, graduating from the latter college in 1849, and later practiced law in Brooklyn He was the son of the Rev. Francis Jenks, a graduate of Harvard College in 1817 and of the Harvard Divinity School in 1820, who was a Unitarian clergyman and the proprietor and editor of the Christian Examiner y and Sarah Hurd (Phillips) Jenks, whose father was John Phillips, the first mayor of Boston, and who was a descendant of Governor Dudley of the Massachusetts Colony. The Jenks family was of Welsh-English origin. Joseph Jenks, the founder of the family in America, came from Colebrook, England, to Lynn, Mass, in 1642, upon an invitation from the Massachusetts Colony to establish an iron works. He made the first fire engine and cut the dies for the "Pine Tree Shilling," and was the first patentee of America. Persis Smith Jenks' parents were General Roland Smith of the Massachusetts Militia and Lucy (Snow) Smith. She was of Scotch and Irish descent. Her ancestors settled in Windsor, Vt., upon their arrival in America in 1730. Tudor Jenks was a grandnephew of Wendell Phillips, and was also related to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
His preparation for Yale was received at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute He was an editor of the Tale Literary Magazine, served on the Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee in Sophomore and Junior years, and in Senior year was president of the Yale Athletic Association and a class historian.
Mr. Jenks attended the Columbia Law School after leaving Yale, receiving the degree of LL B in 1880, and then studied art in Paris for a time. Upon his return to America he became a member of the law firm of Kent, Seaman & Jenks in Brook- lyn. He practiced alone from 1884 to 1887 and then gave up the law to join the editorial staff of St Nicholas as associate editor, retaining this connection until October 1, 1902. He had contributed extensively to other magazines, writing many essays and much verse, and was the author of a number of books, among them The Defense of the Castle, Imaginations•, In the Days of Milton, Electricityfor Toung People, and When America was New. In 1913 Mr. Jenks resumed the practice of law as a member of the firm of Jenks & Bntton in Bronxville,
N. Y., and continued in this connection until 1918. From that time until 1921 he was secretary for the Second Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn. At the time of his death he was a member of the New York law firm of Jenks & Rogers. He died, of apoplexy, at his home in Bronxville, February 11, 1922.
Mr. Jenks was married October 5, 1882, in Brooklyn, to Mary Donnison, daughter of Augustus and Anna (Hall) Ford, who survives him with three daughters, Dorothy, Pauline, and Amabel (Mrs. Pickett). Their only son, Donnison, died in infancy. In addition to his wife and daughters, Mr Jenks leaves two brothers, Almet F. Jenks, '75, and Paul E Jenks, '84, and a sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Simpkins. Almet
F. Jenks, Jr., '14, is a nephew.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1922-23.pdf
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