Elam Waters Jinks Family
Born. Nov 19, 1872
Died. Nov 29, 1953
- Minnie M (b. Sept 1896 m. John Hays)
- Mattie Drucilla (b. Sept 1899) m. Henry Christopher
- Elba m. Marion Sloan
- Louisa m. G.B. McCants
- Hattie m. Clarence Williams
From family source told to Teresa Woods: teresa_woods@hotmail.com O'riska's health never was that good, worked herself to death. Elam was the type if he saw the chain gang out working on the road, he'd invite them in to lunch. O'riska would just cook for them all. He was the type of person that would give away everything he had. They did not travel much…O'riska visited Fitzgerald, but they never travelled together. Elam didn't really leave home until he gave up housekeeping. He thought somebody ought to always be at the homeplace. Methodist church in Mauk. Elam and Oriska lived about halfway between Butler and Mauk. They got their mail at Mauk. Mauk had one store and a gas station. O'riska was a charter member of that church, and all the family was members of that church. Elam was living with Elba and her family when he died. The undertaker came down all the way from Taylor Co to get the body. It was decided that Marion (Jr.) would come back with the body. Marion Jr: " But the thing I really remembered was driving through all these little towns in North Florida, and you had to stop and get gas, and can you imagine a hearse pulling in? Everybody had to look..I remember thinking to myself "Papa (Elam) would have loved this, making all of this excitement. And then I remember when I got there, Uncle Gordon, who was the last one to die, met us there, and he was weeping and wailing and said "Well, I guess I'll be the next one. And someone turned around and said "Well, I guess you will, you're the last one" It's terrible to laugh about such things, but…. "[Marion Jr.] went to Uncle Johnny's funeral, which was just a few months before [Elam] passed away, and they got up there, and Elam was living with us, so we couldnt' go, so [Marion] went to go represent the family. And they stayed with some friends of Aunt Minnies. Aunt Matt and Uncle Henry stayed at the same place there, and when Aunt Matt went in to kiss Marion goodnight, the bed fell down… You have to remember that Aunt Mattie weighed about 400 pounds!" Marion: "Now I laugh because in rural Taylor county, the pronunciation, the t's and the k's, and so on… It took me years to realize…On the back porch of the old farmhouse at [Elam and O'Riska's}, there was, of course, the thing with the vessel thing, and the mirror and wash bowl, and so on…..it was the washstand. I grew up, all I ever heard was warsh-tan…warsh-tan…and I had no idea until I was grown that it was a washSTAND. Marion: But I'll tell you the most exciting thing about going to see Aunt Hattie and Uncle Clarence was…you know he drove the school bus…and having that school bus there was EXCITING, I mean my gosh, you could walk on the school bus and you weren't going anywhere. Marion: …but I do remember the Butler town square, and I remember where the feed store was, because every Saturday, [Elam} would, whatever kids were there, he would hitch old Maud, the mule, to the wagon, and we would all take off to Butler, which is the greatest journey in the world , about ten miles….I want to know how in the world that poor mule dragged all those people, and then all the feed. No, it was two mules, Jack and Maud, That's right, when we went to Butler, it was two of them.. Now he had a buggy, and that Maud pulled by herself, but he did't use the buggy too often… He married Nettie O'Riska HOBBS, daughter of Willis HOBBS & Drucilla PEACOCK, About 1894. Buried in Charing At The Cemetery Next To The Church, Taylor Co, GA.
Elam and Oriska Jinks
Elam and Oriska Jinks Family ca 1915-1920
Left to right
Elam, Oriska, Minnie, Henry Christopher, Matt Jinks Christopher(holding Gazelle) Louisa, Elba, Hattie.
Mr. and Mrs. Molin Rustin
Mr. and Mrs. Molin Rustin, Oriska and Elam Jinks
Close friends.
Isiah Jinks, ORiska Jinks, Elam Jinks, Cousin Buddy Averett
Buddy must have been a nick name for Drury L. Averett, son of Mary Ann (Polly) Jinks and Drury W. Averett. Polly was Elam's Aunt; sister to his father, John F. Jinks. Buddy's mother remarried after the War (Drury W was killed in the CSA) to Lemuel Streetman.
Matt-Oriska-Mrs Barfield-Doshia Christopher-Fannie and John Chrisopher.
Mrs. Barfield is the mother of Mangram "Punt" Barfield who married Gazelle Christopher, granddaughter of Elam and Oriska. Fannie and John Christopher are parents of Henry Christopher, Sr. (Also Gazelle's grandparents, I guess). Doshia is sister of Henry Sr.
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