JENKINSON, ISAAC: 1825-1911.
Isaac Jenkinson was the son of John Jenkinson of Piqua, O. He was born on Apr. 29, 1825. Little information on his youth is available, but in his early manhood he lived on a farm in Randolph County, Ind., and in the early Fifties he married Narcissa Lewis and settled in Fort Wayne, Ind.
In partnership with David W. Jones he founded the FORT WAYNE GAZETTE in 1863 and acted as its editor through the Civil War years.
He was appointed U. S. consul at Glasgow in 1869 and served until 1874, when he returned to Indiana and purchased the RICHMOND FALLADIUM, then a weekly newspaper. He began its daily issue and managed it for twenty-five years. He was interested in state and national affairs, wrote for the press and spoke considerably. He served as a trustee of Indiana University for more than thirty years.
Isaac Jenkinson died on Oct. 25, 1911.
Information from the Richmond Public Library.
- The Peace Party and Its Policy. Speech of Isaac Jenkinson, at
Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 16, 1863. Fort Wayne,
Ind., 1863.
- Aaron Burr; His Personal and Political Relations with Thomas
Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Richmond,
Ind., 1902.
