Obituary of JENKINS, NEWTON H.   1905 Oconee, SC
Keowee Courier, April 12, 1905
   Westminster, April 12---We regret to chronicle the death of Capt. N. H. 
Jenkins, which occurred on Saturday, April 8, at 5 a. m., after a short illness 
from erysipelas and a bilious attack.  It was known that his health had been 
failing since a serious spell of sickness a year ago, but as he had been able 
to attend to his accustomed duties on his farm no one was prepared for the 
announcement ot his death.  Capt. Jenkins was in town Thursday attending to 
business and the sadness of his death was a great shock to his friends.  He 
worked on Friday and at the close of the day he was taken violently ill and 
soon passed from earthly scenes. Capt. Jenkins was in the 74th year of his age, 
having been born in this county on December 8, 1831.  His home at the hickory 
grove on Colonel's Fork Creek is known to every one who is familiar with the 
road leading from Fair Play to Walhalla.  With the exception of the four years 
spent in the Civil war Capt. Jenkins had resided on the plantation on which he 
died for more than half a century and had reared a family of eleven children.   
His wife was Miss  Elizabeth McKay.  They were married January 14, 1857.  Eight 
children survive.  The names of the living children are Mrs. William Ballenger, 
who resides in Texas; S. P. and W. H. Jenkins, Mrs. Alice Herring, Mrs. J. J. 
Duncan, Mrs. W. A. Couch, Misses Lillie and Cora Jenkins.  Capt. Jenkins was a 
gallant soldier, serving in the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee.  He received 
his title as Captain in the army.  He was with Gen. Lee at the surrender at 
Appomattox court house on April 9, 1865.  A remarkable co-incidence in the life 
and death of Capt. Jenkins is that his body was lowered in the grave exactly 
forty years after the surrender.  A Confederate veteran informs us that Capt. 
Jenkins's(sic) bravery in was was evidenced by the bullet holes pierced in his 
garments.  After a brief funeral service conducted in the Baptist church by 
Rev. J. I. Spinks, of the Methodist church, the body was interred in the town 
cemetery at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
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