Death of Charles Jenkins
Typhoid Fever Again in Our Midst.
The Times
regrets to chronicle, and the many
friends will painfully learn
of the death of Charles
Jenkins, the
popular fireman on the C. and E.
Railroad. He had been suffering for
several weeks
with typhoid fever, and at
6:40 last Monday
morning a severe hemorrhage of the
lungs, the
result of weakness from the fever,
resulted in his
death. His brother, John Jenkins,
yard master at
the C.W. & B. Railroad depot,
discontinued work
at his post and never left the
bedside of his beloved
brother until death separated them.
Imagine the
shock a brother who leaves his work
and sits by
the bedside for two weeks, expecting
through
careful nursing and attention to
bring him to health,
and at last when worn out to see
his brothers spirit
wing its flight. Tis sad, but we
are all taught that
we must die, and Charley Jenkins was
called to a
home without end.
He leaves an estimable wife,
whose maiden
name was Ella Leesburg, and two
children to
mourn his lose. Mr. Jenkins was
born March 24th,
1857.
The funeral services took
place Wednesday
morning at nine oclock, and the
remains were
interred in the cemetery at Dogwood
Ridge, near
Wheelersburg. The wife and brother
desire to
return their sincere thanks through
the Times to
the many friends who showed their
kindness
during his long illness, and
espescially the
Knights of Pythias.
"The Portsmouth Times"
12/18/1886
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