Charles F. Jenkins

Charles Francis Jenkins (17 December 1865 – July 2, 1951) was an American Quaker and historian.

Early life Jenkins was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on 17 December 1865. He lived in Wilmington, Delaware, and West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he completed his basic education. He did not attend college.

Career Jenkins's early career was at the Farm Journal, which had been founded by his uncle Wilmer Atkinson.

He was a noted horticulturist who collected hemlocks and created the Hemlock Arboretum at his home in Germantown and campaigned to have the plant selected as the state tree of Pennsylvania.

Death and legacy Jenkins died in 1951.

Selected publications Quaker Poems; A Collection of Verse Relating to the Society of Friends. John C. Winston, Philadelphia, 1893. From Philadelphia to the Poconos: A Guide to the Delaware Valley and the Delaware Water Gap (1902) The Guide Book to Historic Germantown. Germantown, 1902. The People's Party in the Twenty-second Ward (1905) Washington in Germantown: Being an account of the various visits of the commander-in-chief and first president to Germantown, Pennsylvania. William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1905. Jefferson's Germantown Letters, Together with other papers relating to his stay in Germantown during the month of November, 1793. William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1906. Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825. William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1911. Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics. 1923. Button Gwinnett, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (1926, 1974)