WILLIAM HALL JENKINS was born November 28, 1853, at Salubria Springs, Christian Co., Ky., and in 1858, was taken by his parents to Hopkins County. His father, Rev. Dr. Warren L. Jenkins, a native of Hardin County, Ky., was born in 1811, removed with his parents in 1825, to Montgomery County, Ill.; was a member of the Illinois conference, a legislator in Wisconsin, a pioneer at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; next lived in Huntsville, Ala., then went to California in 1850; settled in Sumner Co., Tenn., in 1851, and then in Hopkins County, Ky., in 1858, where he died in 1875. He was a brilliant man, an erudite scholar, made his mark wherever he lived, and was extensively lamented in death. He was the son of Jehu Jenkins, a native of Pennsylvania, who married Hannah Buzan, of Hardin County, Ky., in 1804, and died at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in 1859, at the age of seventy-five years. Dr. Warren L. first married Elizabeth A. Killingsworth, of Montgomery County, Ill., to whom were born Laura A. (Lander), Celeste I., Ellen L. and Thomas B. His second wife was Miss Thankful, daughter of Gen. William and Mary (Alexander) Hall, of Sumner County, Tenn., and from this union sprang the subject of this sketch. Gen. Hall was a pioneer Indian fighter in Tennessee, where his father and two brothers were killed by the savages. He was governor of the State and a member of congress. Our subject was married, April 28, 1874, to Miss Mary E., daughter of James D. and Mary A. Couch, of Webster County (born, February 29, 1852), and to them have been born Mary T., Ellen D., William H., Jr., and Thomas S. Our subject is engaged in farming, and acting as insurance agent. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., a Methodist and a Democrat.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1037.