Edward Courtney Jenkins

Edward Courtney Jenkins, son of Edward Jenkins, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1840, died in Richmond, Virginia, in 1890. He was educated under private tutors in the city of his birth, and afterward completed an academic course in Loyola College, soon after his graduation enlisting in the Confederate States army. He was actively engaged throughout the four years of the war's continuance, and at its close went to Richmond, Virginia, where he immediately engaged in mercantile pursuits and followed this line until his retirement in 1883. His good works were not only done through organized societies but when in his daily course he found need and want he personally came to the relief of those in misfortune, all of his kindly acts performed sincerely, quietly and without ostentation. In his private life his tastes ran much to literature and the drama, and he was the close friend of many of the most noted actors who graced the American stage, among them Joseph Jefferson, Lawrence Barrett and Edwin Booth. The fact that Mr. Jenkins was an amateur actor of no mean ability struck a common note between them, and Mr. Jenkin's son, James Iredell Jenkins, is in possession of many personal letters exchanged between these talented gentleman and his father. Edward Courtney Jenkins was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. He married, November 8, 1865, Frances Lenox, born in 1843. daughter of James Iredell and Mary B. (Blount) Tredwell. The Tredwell family is one of the oldest and most honored of North Carolina.

Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Volume 5