Founder of J.W. Jenkins & Sons music company in Kansas City, Missouri. First opened in the late 1800's. His son John Wesley Jenkins expanded his family music business from a small room rented from a sewing machine and wall paper shop, to numerous store locations throughout the Midwest. John Wesley Jenkins was a millionaire when he died in 1932. John Woodward Jenkins died at his home at 1903 East 9th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. There is still a Jenkins Music Company store operating in Kansas City, Missouri, as of 2002.
Founder of J.W. Jenkins & Sons music company in Kansas City, Missouri. First opened in the late 1800's. His son John Wesley Jenkins expanded his family music business from a small room rented from a sewing machine and wall paper shop, to numerous store locations throughout the Midwest. John Wesley Jenkins was a millionaire when he died in 1932. John Woodward Jenkins died at his home at 1903 East 9th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. There is still a Jenkins Music Company store operating in Kansas City, Missouri, as of 2002.
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