Background
Jenks, Arthur Whipple was born on August 9, 1863 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of George Edwin and Eliza J. (Grover) Jenks.
clergyman Episcopal theologian
Jenks, Arthur Whipple was born on August 9, 1863 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of George Edwin and Eliza J. (Grover) Jenks.
Dartmouth College.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Dartmouth in 1911. He published Notes for Meditation on the Beatitudes of the Psalter (1914). Arthur Whipple Jenks was a clergyman, ecclasiastical writer and historian.
State House of Representatives in 1873 and 1874.
Mr. Jenks was a descendant of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Rhode Island (sp variations Jenks, Jencks, Jenckes). SOURCE: "Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America".
Mr. Jenks was born to George Edwin Jenks, member of the New Hampshire (U.S.) Mr. Jenks ancestors were members of the first Baptist church in America, established by Roger Williams, Providence, Rhode Island.