Weston Jenkins was a great-grandson of the Revolutionary War patriot James Jenkins of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and grandson of Capt. Westson Jenkins who defended the town from the British in the War of 1812.
A son of John Jenkins and his second wife, Chloe Thompson, Weston was born in the house his father built at 20 Hewins Street, which still stands today.
He served in the Civil War, serving as an officer of the 36th Colored Infantry. Sent to Texas, he was never engaged in battle.
Most of his adult life was given to the education of the deaf, and he married one of his students, Isabel Van DeWater, who also became an educator of the deaf.
Weston served as a teacher and administrator at the Fanwood School in Schenectady, New York, and was later Superintendent of the New Jersey School for Deaf-Mutes at Trenton. At the time of his death he was the principal of Alabama's State School for the deaf at Talladega.
Weston and Isabel were the parents of four children. Their eldest, Katharine, died before she was two years old. The others were Ruth Lord Jenkins, Weston Jenkins Jr., and Donald Vandewater Jenkins.
Contributed by Barbara Haines (#47313090).
A son of John Jenkins and his second wife, Chloe Thompson, Weston was born in the house his father built at 20 Hewins Street, which still stands today.
He served in the Civil War, serving as an officer of the 36th Colored Infantry. Sent to Texas, he was never engaged in battle.
Most of his adult life was given to the education of the deaf, and he married one of his students, Isabel Van DeWater, who also became an educator of the deaf.
Weston served as a teacher and administrator at the Fanwood School in Schenectady, New York, and was later Superintendent of the New Jersey School for Deaf-Mutes at Trenton. At the time of his death he was the principal of Alabama's State School for the deaf at Talladega.
Weston and Isabel were the parents of four children. Their eldest, Katharine, died before she was two years old. The others were Ruth Lord Jenkins, Weston Jenkins Jr., and Donald Vandewater Jenkins.
Contributed by Barbara Haines (#47313090).
Weston Jenkins was a great-grandson of the Revolutionary War patriot James Jenkins of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and grandson of Capt. Westson Jenkins who defended the town from the British in the War of 1812.
A son of John Jenkins and his second wife, Chloe Thompson, Weston was born in the house his father built at 20 Hewins Street, which still stands today.
He served in the Civil War, serving as an officer of the 36th Colored Infantry. Sent to Texas, he was never engaged in battle.
Most of his adult life was given to the education of the deaf, and he married one of his students, Isabel Van DeWater, who also became an educator of the deaf.
Weston served as a teacher and administrator at the Fanwood School in Schenectady, New York, and was later Superintendent of the New Jersey School for Deaf-Mutes at Trenton. At the time of his death he was the principal of Alabama's State School for the deaf at Talladega.
Weston and Isabel were the parents of four children. Their eldest, Katharine, died before she was two years old. The others were Ruth Lord Jenkins, Weston Jenkins Jr., and Donald Vandewater Jenkins.
Contributed by Barbara Haines (#47313090).
A son of John Jenkins and his second wife, Chloe Thompson, Weston was born in the house his father built at 20 Hewins Street, which still stands today.
He served in the Civil War, serving as an officer of the 36th Colored Infantry. Sent to Texas, he was never engaged in battle.
Most of his adult life was given to the education of the deaf, and he married one of his students, Isabel Van DeWater, who also became an educator of the deaf.
Weston served as a teacher and administrator at the Fanwood School in Schenectady, New York, and was later Superintendent of the New Jersey School for Deaf-Mutes at Trenton. At the time of his death he was the principal of Alabama's State School for the deaf at Talladega.
Weston and Isabel were the parents of four children. Their eldest, Katharine, died before she was two years old. The others were Ruth Lord Jenkins, Weston Jenkins Jr., and Donald Vandewater Jenkins.
Contributed by Barbara Haines (#47313090).
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