William M. Jenkins
William M. Jenkins was
born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1856, of Quaker parentage.
He was educated in the
public schools and at Mt. Union College. While teaching school
he read law. He located at Arkansas City, Kansas, in 1888, and
engaged in the practice of law.
In 1893 he secured a
homestead in Kay county when the Cherokee Strip was opened to
settlement. he was appointed Secretary of the Territory by
President McKinley in June, 1897. After filling that position
for nearly four years he was appointed governor of Oklahoma, April 15,
1901. Since his retirement from the Governor's office he has
been engaged in farming in Kay County, where he still lives (1908).
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
