Individual Details

Jemima Minerva HIMES

(25 Sep 1865 - 14 Nov 1936)

Jemima gave her birth date as 25 September 1865 in her deposition in August, 1898 that is in the pension file of Jacob Himes' widow.  The 1860 birth date on her death certificate and tombstone is probably incorrect.  She also stated in her deposition that she had been married to an Andrew Hays and had a child by him.  She gave her deposition under the name of Jemima (Himes) Vasbinder and signed her name J. M. Vasbinder.  The death certificate for her son, Clarence E. Vasbinder, gives his father's name as Jim Vasbinder.  She is listed as the wife of David Jenkins in the 1900 and 1910 censuses and has 4 children by him.  She is listed as Jenne in the 1900 census and Minerva or a corrupted spelling of it in the 1910 through the 1930 censuses.  Her death certificate has Mrs. Minerva Jenkins on it. David Jenkins was listed as black in the 1900 census and as a mulatto in the 1910 census. No marriage licenses were found for her in Pennsylvania on Family Search.

Events

Birth26 Sep 1860Pennsylvania
Birth25 Sep 1865
MarriageAndrew HAYS
MarriageJim VASBINDER
MarriageDavid JENKINS
Death14 Nov 1936from senility, hypertension, nephritis, chronic myocarditis - Drummond, Horton Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
Burial16 Nov 1936Mountain Church Cemetery, Elk County, Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseAndrew HAYS ( - )
SpouseJim VASBINDER ( - )
ChildClarence Edward VASBINDER (1888 - 1949)
ChildWilliam VASBINDER (1893 - )
SpouseDavid JENKINS ( - )
FatherJacob HIMES (1807 - 1896)
MotherEsther Ann "Hetty" MOHNEY (1820 - 1887)
SiblingCristena HIMES (1839 - 1902)
SiblingMatthew HIMES (1843 - 1911)
SiblingAdam HIMES (1845 - 1915)
SiblingWilliam HIMES (1849 - 1860)
SiblingJohn HIMES (1852 - )
SiblingSusana HIMES (1854 - )
SiblingLavina HIMES (1858 - )
SiblingSarah Jane HIMES (1861 - 1931)

Endnotes

1. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 June 2017), Mrs. Minerva Jenkins, died 14 November 1936; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 102778.

2. Mountain Church Cemetery (Elk County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2017), memorial page for Minerva Himes Jenkins, Find A Grave Memorial # 84078668, memorial created by Sherry Bish Jesberger, photograph by MRB.

3. Deposition of Jemima (Himes) Vasbinder dated 9 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..

4. Deposition of Jemima (Himes) Vasbinder dated 9 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..

5. Deposition of Jemima (Himes) Vasbinder dated 9 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..

6. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 June 2017), Mrs. Minerva Jenkins, died 14 November 1936; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 102778.

7. Mountain Church Cemetery (Elk County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2017), memorial page for Minerva Himes Jenkins, Find A Grave Memorial # 84078668, memorial created by Sherry Bish Jesberger, photograph by MRB.

8. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 June 2017), Mrs. Minerva Jenkins, died 14 November 1936; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 102778.

9. Mountain Church Cemetery (Elk County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2017), memorial page for Minerva Himes Jenkins, Find A Grave Memorial # 84078668, memorial created by Sherry Bish Jesberger, photograph by MRB.