Teckla H. Cox
Francis Thomas Anderson Junkin was born in 1864 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, son of Anna Aylett Anderson Junkin (1833-1911) and the Rev. William Finney Junkin (1831-1900), a Presbyterian minister. He was the grandson of the Rev. George Junkin (1790-1868), founder and President of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and a President of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia. His aunt, Rev. William Finney Junkin's sister, Elinor (1825-1854), was the first wife of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863).
Junkin attended Kenyon College and Columbia University, where he received a law degree in 1887. He practiced law in New York City until 1898. He was appointed General Attorney of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in 1899. He resided in Chicago and New York City, but retained close ties with Lexington and Rockbridge County. His sister, Elinor Jackson Junkin Cox Latane (1867-1939), purchased "Mulberry Hill" in 1903 where she lived with their mother. The property was originally built by Junkin's ancestors and changed hands a number of times in the 19th century. The house still stands on the outskirts of Lexington.
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