Her husband was Leonidas Jenkins (he was born about 1819 Sacketts Harbor, NY and died from yellow fever on Oct. 18, 1847 in Vera Cruz, Mexico). He was a graduate of West Point, and an officer of the First Dragoons, U. S. A., and served in the Mexican War.
Obituary:
Mrs. Jenkins, Mexican War widow, is dead
Was daughter of Late General E.V. Sumner--husband Army lieutenant
Mrs. Nancy Jenkins, widow of Lieutenant Leonidas Jenkins of the First Dragoons, United States army, died at her home, No. 412 Fayette Park, yesterday afternoon. She was 88 years of age and one of the few widows of the Mexican War.
Mrs. Jenkins was the eldest daughter of the late Major General E.V. Sumner and his wife, Mrs. Hannah Foster Sumner. She was born at Sackets Harbor February 12, 1823, and was married to Lieutenant Jenkins at Fort Atkinson, Wis., in 1845.
Lieutenant Jenkins died during the Mexican War. Their only child, a son, died of yellow fever during the Civil War. He was an officer of the First New York Mounted Rifles.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by one sister, Mrs. S.M. Teall of this city, and by two brothers, General E.V. Sumner, retired, and General S.S. Sumner, retired.
Syracuse Post Standard, Feb. 11, 1911
Obituary:
Mrs. Jenkins, Mexican War widow, is dead
Was daughter of Late General E.V. Sumner--husband Army lieutenant
Mrs. Nancy Jenkins, widow of Lieutenant Leonidas Jenkins of the First Dragoons, United States army, died at her home, No. 412 Fayette Park, yesterday afternoon. She was 88 years of age and one of the few widows of the Mexican War.
Mrs. Jenkins was the eldest daughter of the late Major General E.V. Sumner and his wife, Mrs. Hannah Foster Sumner. She was born at Sackets Harbor February 12, 1823, and was married to Lieutenant Jenkins at Fort Atkinson, Wis., in 1845.
Lieutenant Jenkins died during the Mexican War. Their only child, a son, died of yellow fever during the Civil War. He was an officer of the First New York Mounted Rifles.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by one sister, Mrs. S.M. Teall of this city, and by two brothers, General E.V. Sumner, retired, and General S.S. Sumner, retired.
Syracuse Post Standard, Feb. 11, 1911
Her husband was Leonidas Jenkins (he was born about 1819 Sacketts Harbor, NY and died from yellow fever on Oct. 18, 1847 in Vera Cruz, Mexico). He was a graduate of West Point, and an officer of the First Dragoons, U. S. A., and served in the Mexican War.
Obituary:
Mrs. Jenkins, Mexican War widow, is dead
Was daughter of Late General E.V. Sumner--husband Army lieutenant
Mrs. Nancy Jenkins, widow of Lieutenant Leonidas Jenkins of the First Dragoons, United States army, died at her home, No. 412 Fayette Park, yesterday afternoon. She was 88 years of age and one of the few widows of the Mexican War.
Mrs. Jenkins was the eldest daughter of the late Major General E.V. Sumner and his wife, Mrs. Hannah Foster Sumner. She was born at Sackets Harbor February 12, 1823, and was married to Lieutenant Jenkins at Fort Atkinson, Wis., in 1845.
Lieutenant Jenkins died during the Mexican War. Their only child, a son, died of yellow fever during the Civil War. He was an officer of the First New York Mounted Rifles.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by one sister, Mrs. S.M. Teall of this city, and by two brothers, General E.V. Sumner, retired, and General S.S. Sumner, retired.
Syracuse Post Standard, Feb. 11, 1911
Obituary:
Mrs. Jenkins, Mexican War widow, is dead
Was daughter of Late General E.V. Sumner--husband Army lieutenant
Mrs. Nancy Jenkins, widow of Lieutenant Leonidas Jenkins of the First Dragoons, United States army, died at her home, No. 412 Fayette Park, yesterday afternoon. She was 88 years of age and one of the few widows of the Mexican War.
Mrs. Jenkins was the eldest daughter of the late Major General E.V. Sumner and his wife, Mrs. Hannah Foster Sumner. She was born at Sackets Harbor February 12, 1823, and was married to Lieutenant Jenkins at Fort Atkinson, Wis., in 1845.
Lieutenant Jenkins died during the Mexican War. Their only child, a son, died of yellow fever during the Civil War. He was an officer of the First New York Mounted Rifles.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by one sister, Mrs. S.M. Teall of this city, and by two brothers, General E.V. Sumner, retired, and General S.S. Sumner, retired.
Syracuse Post Standard, Feb. 11, 1911
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