Person Information

Biography

Leonidas Jenkins graduated from the Military Academy in 1841. After two years of service on the Great Plains he went to serve in Mexico. On October 18, 1847 he died of sickness at Vera Cruz.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 14, 1847

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 

Leonidas Jenkins graduated from the Military Academy in 1841. After two years of service on the Great Plains he went to serve in Mexico. On October 18, 1847 he died of sickness at Vera Cruz.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Kearny's Dragoons Out West: The Birth of the U.S. Cavalry
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Will Gorenfeld, John Gorenfeld
Publisher Location: 
Oklahoma
Publisher Name: 
University of Oklahoma Press
Year: 
2016
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=q-YbDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT327&lpg=PT327&dq=leonidas+jenkins+death+1847&source=bl&ots=GYyBVurML_&sig=004Y0B52fT1pyVEt4qanO50cN0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSy_ulvKjZAhXBwFMKHf2uBr0Q6AEISTAK#v=onepage&q=leonidas%20jenkins%20death%201847&f=false
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/50015/40699_1220705043_3571-00606?pid=78293&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DCje2116%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dl
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry.com
Website Viewing Date: 
Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:30
Citation Notes: 
Leonadis Jenkins death notice in the New York post lists his age as 26y. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/50015/40699_1220705043_3571-00606?pid=78293&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DCje2116%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dleonidas%26gsfn_x%3DNN%26gsln%3Djenkins%26gsln_x%3D1%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbdp%3D2%26msbdy%3D1819%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D0%26uidh%3Dif4%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D78293%26recoff%3D15%252016%26dbid%3D50015%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Cje2116&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true The book "Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time: Derived from Various Sources, and Register of Graduates of the United States Military Academy" lists his age of the time of death as 28. https://books.google.com/books?id=21RHAAAAYAAJ&dq=leonidas+jenkins+28&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Volume 2 of Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.: From Its Establishment, March 16, 1802, to the Army Re-organization of 1866-67, George Washington Cullum
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
D. Van Nostrand
Publisher Location: 
New York
Year: 
1868
Start Page: 
13
End Page: 
13
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=godPAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=leonidas+jenkins+1847&source=bl&ots=_OhuCQc3Rj&sig=DDEBT6590T8dM52OTQVYULvt_VQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip6ePo26PZAhXEuVkKHTGXDkkQ6AEIQDAG#v=onepage&q=leonidas%20jenkins%201847&f=false