History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

              988 HISTORY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
he discovered that he could not conscientiously continue at the head of so large an organization. He is now and has been for the past twenty-five years leader of the Music Club, which is composed of about thirty members. For many years he was the controlling spirit and president of the Shakespeare Club. Nat¬ urally possessed of dramatic ability in addition to his musical talents, he has been a prominent figure in conducting entertain¬ ments by local talent, and has contributed largely to the enjoy¬ ment as well as to the literary and musical cultivation of a large number of people.
Mr. Jenkins is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been made a Alason in Oshkosh Lodge in 1870. He is now a member of Centennial Lodge, No. 205, A. F. and A. M.; of Tyrian Chapter, No. 15, R, A, M.; of Oshkosh Commandery, No. 10, K. T., and of the Wisconsin Consistory. He has attained to the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite and is a noble of the Alystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Milwaukee Commandery, Loyal Legion of the United States,
Mr. Jenkins was married in 1867 to Mary L. Turnbull, of Hartford, Connecticut, a lady of Scotch descent. Her father. Rev. Robert Turnbull, was one of the most prominent ministers of the Baptist Church in the United States. He was pastor of one church in Hartford for twenty-five years and enjoyed a na¬ tional reputation. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are the parents of three children—two daughters and a son. Their names are Hester Donaldson, Anna Laurence and James. They have re¬ ceived a thorough education and, like their father, are untiring devotees of music, literature and art. A large and well selected library, which includes many engraved productions of the works of the masters, in addition to the opportunities evolving the ^'Harmony of Sweet Sounds," renders theirs a most cheerful and happy home circle, a haven of rest and abode of happiness.
Mr. Jenkins has traveled extensively over the United States and portions of Europe. While upon the continent he visited Leyden, and upon going into an old church to see the tomb of John Robinson, from whom his grandmother lineally descended, he discovered that some of the old pastor's descendants had erected a handsome tomb to serve as a monument. Mr. Jenkins' life has been a busy one and proves in a marked manner that success comes more often from a fixed purpose, bravely and faithfully earried out, than from any chance or happy accident.