J. A. JENKINS, foreman J. W. Bradford & Son, Necedah, a native of the State of New York; born in 1836; received a common school education and when not attending school was employed in the manufacture of lumber, until 1857, when he concluded to see some of the country, and accordingly traveled over the West and South of the United States, for about two and one-half years, during which times he attended one term at the Oberlin College of Ohio, and in 1860, came to Necedah and was in the employ of Geo. B. Burch & Co. and T. Weston & Co. most of the time until 1860. He then went to Ohio and acted as foreman of a mill for four years. Then went to Keokuk, Iowa, where he had charge of the mill of B. P. Faber & Co., for nearly six years, after which, in April 1879, he returned to Necedah and has since been foreman for J. W. Bradford & Son. Mr. Jenkins is a hard working man who is faithful to his employers, and a man who understands the manufacture of lumber, thoroughly. Was married in 1860, to Sarah Jane WATKINS, born in the State of New York in 1840, and who died in November, 1866, leaving one child, Carrie, now living in Allegany Co., N.Y., and in May, 1874, he married Mary McINTYRE, a native of Kentucky, born in 1852. They have three children - Grace, Glen and a small boy.
Source: Biographical history of LaCrosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin, The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - 1892, p. 385