BARNET JENKINS, farmer j P. 0. Westville. One of the most it biographies will be that of Barnet Jenkins, not only from the fact of his being one of the prominent men of the township, but also that his reminiscences of incidents  by his ancestors and others of the occurrences taking place in the early settlement ofChampaign County, can be correctly given. Among the earliest settlers of this county were Thomas Jenkins and his wife, Nelly Sisk. They were natives of Virginia imgrating from that State in 1806. He entered a quarter-section on Owen's Creek township, and was one of the first to erect a cabin. There were only a few settlers with  cabins miles apart. Dense woods, wild deer and Indians were plenty. Indians would  frequently pass the cabins in squads, and sometimes would show signs of co mitting depredations, although they never did any actual violence. Somewhere about 1812, a number of the settlers from this locality were called to do duty at the blockhouse that was built at Defiance, to which many of the people had taken their wives and children to safety. Horses running loose in the woods during the winter became almost famished for want of food, and when squirrels were killed and their skins thrown away,, they were greedily eaten by them. This is remarkable, but could be by numbers of men whose veracity was beyond question. One of the first churches  built was known as the Nettle Creek Baptist Church. The children of Thomas and Nelly Jenkins were nine in number-Philip, Elijah, Jesse, the father of our subject,  Edin, Thomas and Russell, Milly, Ellen and Dica. All of these children are with those that sleep the sleep that knows no waking. Jesse was married in 1815 to  Annie Pence. The Pence family were numerous, and will be spoken of at length in this history. Jesse was next to the youngest child, and, during the lifetime of his paents, lived on the home farm and cared for them. Shortly before their death, he purchased a farm in Jackson Township. They had seven children-Barnet,  Elijah, Thomas, Rhoda, Elizabeth and Rebecca. The three eldest were born in Mad River Township. The death of Thomas, the grandfather of Barnet, occurred in 1830;  and his wife Nelly, long before that period. Jesse died in 1869, and his wife in September, 1868. They had done much toward the development of this county and lived  long and useful lives. Six of the children are yet living, the four sons in Champaign Co., and they well represent the name of the man who first settled in the beautiful valley of Mad River. Barnet is one of the influential and wealthy men of this  township and resides near Westville. Thomas Jenkins, after the death of his first wife, md Mrs Susannah Maggert. Her maiden name was Pence. .