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     James Ion Jenkins was born on 3 September 1907 in Red Warrior, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA.^1,2,3 He was the son of John Alexander Stirling Jenkins and Margaret Burness Henderson Young Paton.^1,4,5 He married Marella Bernice Bush on 7 February 1932 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA.⁶ He died on 26 April 1966 in Santa Barbara County, California, USA, at age 58.^3,2
     Ion Jenkins (son, age 12) was enumerated in the census on 27 January 1920 in Kayford, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA, in the household of John Jenkins.⁴ James I. Jenkins (son, age 22) was enumerated in the census on 16 April 1930 in 1918 Piedmont Road, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, in the household of Margaret Jenkins. He was a mechanical engineer.⁵
     James Jenkins was enumerated in the census on 15 April 1940 in 5504 Indiana Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, as a glass plant mechanic, age 33 with Marella Jenkins in his household.⁷

     Leslie S. Jenkins was born on 19 September 1911 in West Virginia, USA.^2,3 He was the son of John Alexander Stirling Jenkins and Margaret Burness Henderson Young Paton.^2,1 He died in 1969.³
     Leslie Jenkins (son, age 8) was enumerated in the census on 27 January 1920 in Kayford, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA, in the household of John Jenkins.² Leslie S. Jenkins (son, age 18) was enumerated in the census on 16 April 1930 in 1918 Piedmont Road, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, in the household of Margaret Jenkins.¹

     John Paton Jenkins was born on 22 December 1914 in West Virginia, USA.^1,2 He was the son of John Alexander Stirling Jenkins and Margaret Burness Henderson Young Paton.^1,3 He died on 3 March 1995 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA, at age 80.²
     Peyton Jenkins (son, age 5) was enumerated in the census on 27 January 1920 in Kayford, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA, in the household of John Jenkins.¹ John P. Jenkins (son, age 15) was enumerated in the census on 16 April 1930 in 1918 Piedmont Road, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, in the household of Margaret Jenkins.³

     Richard Patrick Coffey was born on 12 December 1903 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA.^2,1 He married Dorothy Burness Jenkins, daughter of John Alexander Stirling Jenkins and Margaret Burness Henderson Young Paton, on 2 August 1927 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA.¹ He died on 31 December 1951 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA, at age 48.²
     Richard P. Coffey was enumerated in the census on 12 April 1940 in 113 Fitzgerald Street, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, as a plumber, age 36 with Dorothy B. Coffey and Margaret Jenkins in his household.³
     Obituary: Richard P. Coffey, 48, of 307 Brooks St., died unexpectedly yesterday morning at St. Francis Hospital. A lifelong city residence, he formerly was employed by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. The eldest son of Mrs. Andrew J. Coffey and the late Mr. Coffey, he is also suvived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Coffey; a daughter, Mrs. Scott MacEwen of Durham, N.C; one son, John A. Coffey, U.S. Navy; three sisters, Miss Mary Frances Coffey, Miss Isabelle Coffey and Mrs. Ernest Thayer, all of Charleston; and a brother, Andy Coffey, also of Charleston. The body is at Simpson mortuary where it will remain until service time. Requiem mass will be said at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Sacrad Heart Church, with Fr. Boniface Weckman the celebrant. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park.²

     Margaret K. Coffey is the daughter of Richard Patrick Coffey and Dorothy Burness Jenkins.¹

     John A. Coffey is the son of Richard Patrick Coffey and Dorothy Burness Jenkins.¹

     Marella Bernice Bush was born on 18 January 1911 in West Virginia, USA.^2,3 She married James Ion Jenkins, son of John Alexander Stirling Jenkins and Margaret Burness Henderson Young Paton, on 7 February 1932 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA.¹ She died on 18 March 1999 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA, at age 88.³
     Marella Jenkins (wife, age 29) was enumerated in the census on 15 April 1940 in 5504 Indiana Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, in the household of James Jenkins.²