Fifth Generation

197. Bertha Lee Collins^242,243,244 was born on 18 February 1885 in Anderson County, Tennessee.²⁴³

She appeared in the census in 1900 in Roane County, Tennessee. Collins Bertha 15 dau f s w Jan 1885 TN TN TN can R/W.

She appeared in the census in 1910 in Loudon County, Tennessee. Bertha 25 wife f m1-6 w TN TN TN.

Bertha died on 7 March 1914 in Loudon County, Tennessee.²⁴³

Death Certificate, Loudon County #23
1. Died: Lenoir City, Dist. 2, Loudon County
2. Name: Bertha Lee Jenkins
3. Female
4. White
5. Married
6. Born: 18 Feb 1885
7. Age 29
8. Occupation: home work
9. Birth place: Anderson Co., Tenn.
10. Father: Frank Collins
11. Father born: Tenn.
12. Mother: Annie Peters
13. Mother born: Tenn:
14. Informant: J. L. Jenkins, Lenoir City, Tenn.
15. Filed 3/9/1914, J. Cardwell
16. Died: 7 Mar 1914
17. Attended from 28 Feb 1914 to 1 Mar 1914, last seen alive 1 Mar 1914, died of tuburcuolsis, T.J. Hackman, M.D.
19. Buried: Woodlawn, 3/8/1914
20. Undertaker: C.E. Campbell, Lenoir City

The informant was Bertha's husband John L. Jenkins.

She was buried on 8 March 1914 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Loudon County, Tennessee.

Bertha Lee Collins and John Lee Jenkins were married on 24 December 1903 in Loudon County, Tennessee.²⁴⁴ p.458, County Marriage Record, Licens #108, Loudon, Tenn., 12/24/1903. This day issued to John Lee Jenkins to marry Bertha Collins, Jos. Malcom, Clerk. State of Tennessee, Loudon County. I solemnized the rite of matrimony between the within named parties, on the 24 day of Dec, 1903. P M Pardue, M.G.

John Lee Jenkins^110,244,245 was born on 20 April 1873 in Tennessee.¹¹⁰

He appeared in the census in 1900 in Loudon County, Tennessee. Dist. 10, Loudon County, Tennessee, 25 Jun 1900; p.112a, dwelling number 187, family number 188; Jenkins John L. 25 head m m4 w Apr 1874 farmer TN TN TN; Minnie B. 23 wife f m4 w May 1877 TN TN TN 1 child, 1 living; Nona G. 2 dau f s w Aug 1897 TN TN TN.

He appeared in the census in 1910 in Loudon County, Tennessee. Dist. 2, Enumeration Distict 138, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, 10 May 1910; p.157b, First Avenue, dwelling number 397, family number 396; Jenkins J. L. 37 head m m2-6 w house carpenter TN TN TN; Bertha 25 wife f m1-6 w TN TN TN; Grace 12 dau f s w TN TN TN; Gladys 4 dau f s w TN TN TN; Homer 2 son m s w TN TN TN; Willie 6/12 son m s w TN TN TN.

Bertha Lee Collins and John Lee Jenkins had the following children:

479
i.
Gladys Jenkins (private).
480
ii.
Homer Jenkins²⁴⁶ was born on 18 June 1908 in [Loudon County], Tennessee.²⁴⁶ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Loudon County, Tennessee. Homer 2 son m s w TN TN TN. He died in April 1977 in [Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee].²⁴⁶ Social Security Death Index Information: Name: Homer Jenkins; Last Residence: 37771 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee; Born: 18 Jun 1908; Last Benefit: 37771 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee; Died: Apr 1977; State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951).
481
iii.
Willie Jenkins (private).