CFR0271

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Jenks, James Benton
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1866
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
Yes
Homestead Information: 
No. 52. Notification No. 2004. Homestead of Charles & Lucy Ann Williams.
Other: 
No
County: 
Linn
Who farms or ranches today: 
Jenks, Marlowe D.; Jenks, Melvin C.
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
Part of original home
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Wheat, oats, cheat, barley, cattle, hogs, horses, fruits, vegetables. Enoch Jenks established a poultry Hatchery in 1910 and started the original Jenks Hatchery. Oldest hatchery in the NW.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Poultry, grass seed.
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Marlowe; Melvin
Date of application: 
1969-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award: 
1970
Please describe attachments: 
Applications; Certifications of ownership; Typewritten letter.
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
grandsons
Origin of original owners: 
Fillmore, Missouri
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
2
Notes and comments property: 
139 acres in original farm. 215 acres in present farm.
Original Acreage: 
0.0acres
Current Acreage: 
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0