Background
Jenks, John Story was born in 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William H. and Hannah M. (Hacker) Jenks.
Jenks, John Story was born in 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William H. and Hannah M. (Hacker) Jenks.
Student Haverford College, 1894-1896. Honorary Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1940.
Clerk Girard Trust Company, 1897-1899. Partner Edward B. Smith & Company, bankers, 1900-1908, Bertron, Griscom & Jenks, 1909-1912. Director Girard Trust Company, Insurance Company of North America, Indemnity Insurance Company of N. America, The Alliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Muskogee Company, Midland Valley Railroad Company, Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company, Oklahoma City, Ada, Atoka Railway Company, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, trustee Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Member of board of managers The Western Saving Fund Society, The Morris Arboretum. Member of the board of mgrs. University Museum (former president).
Club: Philadelphia.
Married Isabella F. G. Morton, 1902. Children: Thomas Story, Morton, Ann West (Mistress Henry Lyne, Junior.