John Carmichael Jenkins
| John Carmichael Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 13, 1809 Churchtown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 14, 1855 Natchez, Mississippi |
| Cause of death | Yellow fever |
| Resting place | Elgin, Natchez, Mississippi |
| Occupation | Planter, medical doctor, horticulturalist |
| Spouse(s) | Annis Dunbar Jenkins |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) |
Robert Jenkins Catherine (Carmichael) Jenkins |
John Carmichael Jenkins (1809–1855) was an American plantation owner, medical doctor and horticulturalist in the Antebellum South.
John Carmichael Jenkins was born on December 13, 1809 at the Windsor Forge Mansion in Churchtown, Pennsylvania. His father was Robert Jenkins (1769–1848), a Congressman from Pennsylvania, and Catherine Carmichael (1774–1853). He had one brother, David Jenkins (1800–1850), and six sisters, Elizabeth Jenkins (1803–1870), Mary Jenkins (1805–1859), Martha Jenkins (1805–1890), Phoebe Ann Jenkins (1807–1872), Catharine Jenkins (1812–1886), and Sarah Jenkins (1817-unknown).
He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and received a Doctorate in Medicine from the Medical School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1833.
He moved to the Wilkinson County, Mississippi to take over the medical practise of his uncle, John Flavel Carmichael (unknown-1837), a medical doctor and plantation owner who had become blind.
He owned several plantations in the Natchez District, some of which he inherited, some of which he purchased and developed. For example, he owned the Cold Spring Plantation in Pinckneyville, Mississippi. Additionally, he owned several other plantations like the Stock Farm Plantation near Nesbit, Mississippi in DeSoto County, Mississippi, the Tarbert Plantation in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, and another plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
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