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Great-uncle Will Jenkins

Will Jenkins 1881? - ? I went to a recent family reunion hosted by the descendants of my great-uncle Will Jenkins and I'm sorry to have not shared this already it was held at the Dan Ryan Woods Forest Preserve near 87th Street & Western Avenue. My time at this event was unfortunately very brief, however, it was great to meet my cousins and from one of them I certainly got some good information on my uncle Will - the man. It was interesting to hear my great-uncle referred to as grandpa Will. It was interesting to know he had his own favorite grandchild who is still with us to possibly tell us more about Will. It was also interesting to hear about Will's wife Cora who lived on the west side of Chicago on Adams Street with her son Hollis. And I went over  what my mother had told me about her visit to Hollis' residence and that funeral whom we had to guess who it was for . Unfortunately I didn't have the time to talk to everyone on this day, hopefully there will be more...