Jenkins, Giddeon, Moore, Smith, Ruff, Cox, Sherrell--Looking for the families of James Richard Jenkins (born 1824 died 1885/1895) and wife Elizabeth Jane Giddeon (born 1834 died 4 July 1910).  They were married about 1853.  We have copies of their participation in the Midway Missionary Baptist Church, and the 1870/1880 Calhoun County Census.   We do not know the parents of James, but Elizabeth's parents were William Giddeon and Mary A. Moore.   Their son, James Monroe Jenkins (born 8 January 1860 died 23 Sept 1917) married first Alice Smith (her mother was a Cherokee Indian) (and second Amy Ruff).  Their son,  Arthur Leonard Jenkins, married Eunice Cox, daughter of Marion McDonald Cox (born July 1833 died 1903/1908) and Mary Jane Sherrel (born April 1833 died about 1903).  bteaster@cogwm.org   or   bjbtb0304@worldnet.att.net    ^06-03