Jenkins, Hudson – Daughters of Zion Cemetery

Name: Jenkins, Hudson
Occupation: Blacksmith; Proprietor, Livery Stable; Drayman
aka: Hud
Sex: M
Birth: 2 Jun 1861, Nelson Co., VA
Death: 4 Jul 1927, Charlottesville
Marker: No
Spouse(s): Lucy A. Bullock Jenkins
Parents: Benjamin and Mariah Jenkins
Children: Emma C. Jenkins Brown, Annie L. Jenkins Joyce
Affiliations: Member, Monticello Lodge, No. 55, Knights of Pythias
Notes: Undertaker – J F Bell

THE DAILY PROGRESS
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
Thursday July 7, 1927
Page 3

The bride, Annie Lena Jenkins,
was the daughter of
Hudson and Lucy Jenkins.

RICHMOND PLANET
(Richmond, Virginia)
Saturday April 18, 1896
Page 3

The name of Hudson Jenkins appears above on the list of committee members that organized the first anniversary celebration of the Monticello Lodge No. 55, Knights of Pythias. There’s no year on the flyer but the *Richmond Planet* report below tells us that the Charlottesville chapter formed in 1903 so the celebration must have taken place in 1904.
Image Courtesy of First Baptist Church on West Main Street

In 1903 the Richmond Planet reported that John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, visited Charlottesville and that a “Pythian club has been organized here.”

RICHMOND PLANET
(Richmond, Virginia)
Saturday February 14, 1903
Page 1

RICHMOND PLANET
(Richmond, Virginia)
Saturday May 14, 1898
Page 4

THE DAILY PROGRESS
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
Monday June 27, 1898
Page 4

Perhaps this Holsinger photo features one of Hudson Jenkins’ first class horses.
Holsinger Studio Collection
Image Courtesy of Special Collections Library
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Mr. Hudson Jenkins’ stable was located next to Charlottesville’s 8th Street Underpass (near the Electric Light House).
A new City Park is now under construction on that land.
Image from Map #8, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, Sanborn Map Company, 1907

THE DAILY PROGRESS
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
Saturday January 18, 1913
Page 1