Levi Jenks
Levi Jenks, farmer, Edgefield, a native of this county, was born October 10, 1821. October 15, 1840, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Sanderson. They have eight children living: Ruth, Smith, Taylor, Solomon, Jane, Leander, John, and Sherman. Three are deceased: Harvey, Charles, and one who died in infancy.
Mr. Jenks has a farm of three hundred acres, well improved, situated two and one-half miles west of West Lancaster, where he lives, and fifty-four acres in Greene County. This is the result of his own industry and good management. He assisted in driving the noted Morgan from Ohio, and placed a substitute in the actual service during the war. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
His father (Sylvester) was born in Virginia about 1819, and died in this county, October 7, 1834.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County