Jenkins family papers 1905-1955

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Jenkins family papers 1905-1955

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Correspondence and other papers of the Jenkins family of Hudson, Ohio.

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Hudson Library & Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6397923

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Grohe, Betty Jenkins.

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Jenkins family

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Gustavus ("Gus") Evan Jenkins (1887-1982) and his wife, Martha ("Mattie") Myers Jenkins (1891-1974) moved to Hudson in 1910. Gus and Mattie chose Hudson because of its convenient train connection to Cleveland, Ohio, where Gus worked as a claim clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Gus and Mattie were longtime residents of 26 Baldwin and were actively involved in the Hudson community. Gus worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for 51 years (retiring in 1958) and also served ...

Jenkins, Martha.

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Jenkins, G. E. (Gustavus Evan), 1887-1982.

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Jenkins, A. B. (Arthur B.)

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Jenkins, Charlie.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...