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biography
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Jenkins, Edwin B., a prominent and successful broker of Pittsburgh, Penna,
was born in Kingwood, West Virginia, September 16, 1868, and is the son
of William M Jenkins and Elizabeth Gibson Jenkins. His education was
acquired in the common schools of his native town. When he was twenty
years of age he came to Pittsburg and went into business with his uncle,
Marshall L Jenkins, in the oil trade. Edwin B Jenkins was elected a
member of the oil exchange in the fall of 1889 and continued a member
until the exchange went out of business. He then engaged in business as a
broker of stocks and grain in Pittsburg under the firm name of E B
Jenkins & Co in which he is at present. In November, 1892, the firm was
incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000.
On February 12, 1893, Mr Jenkins was married to A Lora Crumrine, daughter
of Valentine Crumrine of Beallsville, Penna. To this marriage two
daughters--Helen Jenkins and Gertrude Jenkins--have been born, both girls
still in school. Mr Jenkins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church
of the East End, Pittsburg.
Contributed by Marta Burns.
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