Noah Avery Jenkins was born 19 February 1894 in West Chazy, New York, and died 28 June 1969 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. He attended schools in Mexico, Oswego County, New York. He was employed 17 years by the Citizens National Bank, Adams, Jefferson County, now Marine Midland Trust Company. From 1929 to 1935 he was district manager for Equitable Life Insurance Co. He was later employed at Carthage Machine Company for 27 years. He was a life member and past master of Rising Sun Lodge, F. & A. Masons, Adams, and a member and past president of the Businessmen’s group of the Y.M.C.A. Noah was an avid sportsman and outdoorsman. Photographs from the 1920’s show him hunting bear at his in-laws’ camp at Pleasant Lake and proudly displaying like trophies the fish he loved to catch -- a passtime which he enjoyed even on the day of his death. The fishing pole and tackle he used are still in the possession of his great-grandson, Mark Avery, who was named in his honor.

       On Tuesday, 31 August 1915, he married Ethel Aljelina Thorp, born November 20, 1891, died 22 July 1976, of Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York. Ethel graduated from the high school at Little Falls in 1908 and from Syracuse University in 1913. She was characterized as “an accomplished young lady and a brilliant scholar.” She went on to become a school teacher and was district deputy grand matron of Adams OES 156. Ethel applied for membership in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; her research notes and practice application still exist and have been invaluable in tracing her heritage back to several notable New England families, including those of two Mayflower passengers, and some of documented royal descent.

       The wedding ceremony was performed at the Thorp residence at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the Rev. Charles M. Starkweather of the Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Ethel was given away by her father in the presence of immediate relatives. She wore a gown of white crepe meteor with pearl trimming and a veil of tulle, and carried a shower bouquet of bride’s roses and lillies of the valley. The best man was Ross. P. Miller of Rochester, New York. The bride’s attendant was Marion Sheldon of Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. Sheldon wore a gown of Japanese embroidered chiffon over rose messaline. The house decorations were pink and white. Julie E. Broughton played the Lohengrin wedding march. A dinner followed at the home. The honeymoon consisted of “an extended motor trip” to Lake George, the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley.

       The couple returned on October first to make their home at a newly furnished residence at 19 Wardwell Street, Adams, Jefferson County, New York. On 21 February 1918, their only child, Donald, was born. They later held residence on RD 1 in Watertown, Jefferson County. After retirement, the couple lived at Ramsey Shores in the summer and in Englewood, Florida, in the winter. Both were members of the First Presbyterian Church.

       Noah died at 1:30 in the morning, Saturday, 28 June 1969, in the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, where he was admitted at 12:10 a.m. Calling hours were from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The funeral service was at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cleveland-McCallen Funeral Home with Rev. John B. Smiley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown. Contributions in his memory were made to the Heart Fund.

       Ethel died Thursday, 22 July 1976 at 5:30 p.m. at the Samaritan Keep Home, Watertown, where she had been a patient for one and a half years. Calling hours were Saturday from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cleveland-Spink Funeral Home. The funeral service was Sunday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. John B. Smiley officiating. Burial was Monday at 11 a.m. at Brookside Cemetery in the same plot as her husband who preceeded her.  Parents of: