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===Early life===
===Early life===
John Carmichael Jenkins was born on December 13, 1809 at the [[Windsor Forge Mansion]] in [[Churchtown, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="miami">[http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/?p=creators/creator&id=273 University of Miami Libraries]</ref><ref name="mississippidepartment">[http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z1574.html JENKINS (JOHN CARMICHAEL) AND FAMILY PAPERS], [[Mississippi Department of Archives & History]]</ref><ref name="thepeerage">[http://www.thepeerage.com/p40674.htm#i406736 The Peerage: Dr. John Carmichael Jenkins]</ref><ref name="williamkauffman">William Kauffman Scarborough, ''Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-nineteenth-century South'', New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, pp. 128–129 [https://books.google.com/books?id=NHhh94m2PPsC&pg=PA128]</ref><ref name="ancestrycom">[http://records.ancestry.com/john_carmichael_jenkins_records.ashx?pid=37401806 ancestry.com]</ref><ref name="lsulibraries">[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/0141.pdf Louisiana State University Libraries: Jenkins (John C. and Family) Papers]</ref> His father was [[Robert Jenkins (Pennsylvania)|Robert Jenkins]] (1769–1848), a Congressman from Pennsylvania, and Catherine Carmichael (1774–1853).<ref name="williamkauffman"/><ref name="ancestrycom"/><ref name="cortlandt">[[Cortlandt Van Rensselaer]] (ed.), ''The Presbyterian Magazine'', W. H. Mitchell, 1857, Volume 7, Issue 4, p. 188 [https://books.google.com/books?id=wrBKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA188]</ref> He had one brother, David Jenkins (1800–1850), and six sisters, Elizabeth Jenkins (1803–1870), Mary Jenkins (1805–1859), Martha Jenkins (1805–1890), Phoebe Ann Jenkins (1807–1872), Catharine Jenkins (1812–1886), and Sarah Jenkins (1817-unknown).<ref name="ancestrycom"/>
John Carmichael Jenkins was born on December 13, 1809 at the [[Windsor Forge Mansion]] in [[Churchtown, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="miami">[http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/?p=creators/creator&id=273 University of Miami Libraries]</ref><ref name="mississippidepartment">[http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z1574.html JENKINS (JOHN CARMICHAEL) AND FAMILY PAPERS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419235021/http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z1574.html |date=2014-04-19 }}, [[Mississippi Department of Archives & History]]</ref><ref name="thepeerage">[http://www.thepeerage.com/p40674.htm#i406736 The Peerage: Dr. John Carmichael Jenkins]</ref><ref name="williamkauffman">William Kauffman Scarborough, ''Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-nineteenth-century South'', New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, pp. 128–129 [https://books.google.com/books?id=NHhh94m2PPsC&pg=PA128]</ref><ref name="ancestrycom">[http://records.ancestry.com/john_carmichael_jenkins_records.ashx?pid=37401806 ancestry.com]</ref><ref name="lsulibraries">[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/0141.pdf Louisiana State University Libraries: Jenkins (John C. and Family) Papers]</ref> His father was [[Robert Jenkins (Pennsylvania)|Robert Jenkins]] (1769–1848), a Congressman from Pennsylvania, and Catherine Carmichael (1774–1853).<ref name="williamkauffman"/><ref name="ancestrycom"/><ref name="cortlandt">[[Cortlandt Van Rensselaer]] (ed.), ''The Presbyterian Magazine'', W. H. Mitchell, 1857, Volume 7, Issue 4, p. 188 [https://books.google.com/books?id=wrBKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA188]</ref> He had one brother, David Jenkins (1800–1850), and six sisters, Elizabeth Jenkins (1803–1870), Mary Jenkins (1805–1859), Martha Jenkins (1805–1890), Phoebe Ann Jenkins (1807–1872), Catharine Jenkins (1812–1886), and Sarah Jenkins (1817-unknown).<ref name="ancestrycom"/>


He graduated from [[Dickinson College]] in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]] and received a Doctorate in Medicine from the [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|Medical School]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]] in 1833.<ref name="mississippidepartment"/><ref name="williamkauffman"/><ref name="lsulibraries"/>
He graduated from [[Dickinson College]] in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]] and received a Doctorate in Medicine from the [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|Medical School]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]] in 1833.<ref name="mississippidepartment"/><ref name="williamkauffman"/><ref name="lsulibraries"/>

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John Carmichael Jenkins
BornDecember 13, 1809
Churchtown, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 14, 1855
Natchez, Mississippi
Cause of deathYellow fever
Resting placeElgin, Natchez, Mississippi
Occupation(s)Planter, medical doctor, horticulturalist
SpouseAnnis Dunbar Jenkins
Children4
Parent(s)Robert Jenkins
Catherine (Carmichael) Jenkins

John Carmichael Jenkins (1809–1855) was an American plantation owner, medical doctor and horticulturalist in the Antebellum South.

Biography

Early life

John Carmichael Jenkins was born on December 13, 1809 at the Windsor Forge Mansion in Churchtown, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His father was Robert Jenkins (1769–1848), a Congressman from Pennsylvania, and Catherine Carmichael (1774–1853).[4][5][7] He had one brother, David Jenkins (1800–1850), and six sisters, Elizabeth Jenkins (1803–1870), Mary Jenkins (1805–1859), Martha Jenkins (1805–1890), Phoebe Ann Jenkins (1807–1872), Catharine Jenkins (1812–1886), and Sarah Jenkins (1817-unknown).[5]

He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and received a Doctorate in Medicine from the Medical School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1833.[2][4][6]

Career

He moved to the Wilkinson County, Mississippi to take over the medical practise of his uncle, John Flavel Carmichael (unknown-1837), a medical doctor and plantation owner who had become blind.[2][8]

He owned several plantations in the Natchez District, some of which he inherited, some of which he purchased and developed. For example, he owned the Cold Spring Plantation in Pinckneyville, Mississippi.[9] Additionally, he owned several other plantations like the Stock Farm Plantation near Nesbit, Mississippi in DeSoto County, Mississippi, the Tarbert Plantation in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, and another plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.[2][6][10]

A horticulturalist, he would use his Natchez residence, Elgin, as a plant nursery for different varieties of fruit trees and cotton he would later used on other plantations.[4][6][8][9] He also produced hybrid species of orchids.[11] Additionally, he was a wine connoisseur and collector of wine vintages.[9] He was a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the American Pomological Society.[12] He kept a diary from 1841 to 1855.[6]

He was a proponent of slavery, both as an economic necessity and a constitutional right.[2]

Personal life

In 1839, he married Annis (Field Dunbar) Jenkins (1820–1855), the daughter of Dr. William Dunbar (1793–1847) and granddaughter of Sir William Dunbar (1750–1810), of the Forest Plantation near Natchez, Mississippi.[2][3][4][6][11] They resided at Elgin in Natchez.[2][4][11] They had four children:

Death

He died of yellow fever on October 14, 1855 in Natchez.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ University of Miami Libraries
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h JENKINS (JOHN CARMICHAEL) AND FAMILY PAPERS Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Mississippi Department of Archives & History
  3. ^ a b c d e f g The Peerage: Dr. John Carmichael Jenkins
  4. ^ a b c d e f William Kauffman Scarborough, Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-nineteenth-century South, New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, pp. 128–129 [1]
  5. ^ a b c ancestry.com
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Louisiana State University Libraries: Jenkins (John C. and Family) Papers
  7. ^ Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (ed.), The Presbyterian Magazine, W. H. Mitchell, 1857, Volume 7, Issue 4, p. 188 [2]
  8. ^ a b Jack Baldwin, Winnie Baldwin, Baldwin's Guide to Inns of Mississippi, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2000, p. 89 [3]
  9. ^ a b c Dennis William Hauck, Haunted Places: The National Directory: Ghostly Abodes, Sacred Sites, UFO Landings, and Other Supernatural Locations, New York, New York: Penguin Books, 2002, p. 227 [4]
  10. ^ A Guide to the John Carmichael Jenkins Family Papers, 1836–1900, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
  11. ^ a b c Steven Brooke, The Majesty of Natchez, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 1999, p. 87 [5]
  12. ^ Michael Wayne, The Reshaping of Plantation Society: The Natchez District, 1860–80, Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1990, p. 12 [6]
  13. ^ The Peerage: Alice Dunbar Jenkins
  14. ^ The Peerage: Mary Dunbar Jenkins
  15. ^ The Peerage: Captain John Flavel Jenkins
  16. ^ The Peerage: Major William Dunbar Jenkins

Further reading

  • Harrell, Laura D. S.. His own vine and fig tree;: A nineteenth century botanist, John Carmichael Jenkins, M.D. Reminder. 1966. 22 pages.[1]
  • Seal, Albert G.. 'John Carmichael Jenkins, Scientific Planter of Natchez District'. Journal of Mississippi History. I (1939):14–28.[2]
  1. ^ Google Books
  2. ^ Guide to manuscripts in the National Agricultural Library, Washington, D.C: United States Department of Agriculture, Science and Education Administration, 1979, p. 13 [7]
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