George G. Jenkins
George G. Jenkins, grocer, was born in Franklin, Ross County, Ohio, November 13, 1842, and is a son of James M. and Sarah Jenkins. His father is a native of Ohio, and his mother of Pennsylvania; they had a family of four children.
Our subject, the only son, was married December 14, 1869, to Miss Mary E. McLean, daughter of Joseph McLean, of this county they have four children : Mertie M., Dio L., Lucy D., and Harvey G., all living.
Our subject enlisted the 19th of May, 1861, in Company B, in the 21st Illinois Infantry, and served with this regiment some two months, and then was attached to the 2d Illinois Light Artillery, where he served two and a half years ; when he was promoted to second lieutenant in 1st Alabama cavalry, U, S. V., and was again promoted to captain ; when on the 10th of March, 1865, he was wounded, in the battle of Monroe's cross roads, in the left arm and right instep, which kept him off duty some three months; when he returned to his command on the 3d of July, 1865. This was the last regular engagement he was in, and after serving four years, five months and one day, he was, on the 20th of October, 1865, honorably discharged. He was in twenty-seven regular engagements, besides hundreds of minor battles. He is a member of the Methodist Church, also of the Grand Army of the Republic. He received his education at Washington, where his youth was spent. He is now engaged in the grocery business, of which he has his full share of patronage.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County