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
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