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William Lee Jenks

Born: 12/27/1856  St. Clair County, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 1936
Parents: Bela W. Jenks, Sarah Jenks
Children: Elizabeth

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Bibliography of the Printed Maps of Michigan, 1804-1880 Non Fiction, Michigan History, Travel Adult Lansing, MI : Michigan Historical Commission 1931
First National Exchange Bank: Fifty Years of Banking, 1871-1921 Non Fiction, Michigan History Adult Port Huron, MI : Riverside Printing 1921
Life and Times of Stevens Thomson Mason, the Boy Governor of Michigan
- Wrote the last chapter.
Non Fiction, Biography, Michigan History Adult Lansing, MI : Michigan Historical Commission 1920
The First Bank in Michigan, the Detroit Bank Non Fiction, Michigan History Adult Port Huron, MI : The First National Exchange Bank 1916
Patrick Sinclair Non Fiction, Biography, Michigan History Adult Lansing, MI : Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. (state printers) 1914
St. Clair County, Michigan: Its History and its People; a Narrative Account of its Historical Progress and its Principle Interests Non Fiction, Biography, History, Michigan Adult Chicago, IL : Lewis Publishing 1912
- Published in Michigan Historical Magazine, Michigan Law Review, Mississippi Valley Historical Review Non Fiction, Michigan History Adult

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Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Who's Who in Michigan 1936 1936
Dictionary of North American Authors
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography

Memberships:

Name Date
Bench and Bar of Michigan 1897 1897

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
- Studied law and admitted to the Bar in 1879 Brown & Farrand Port Huron, MI 1879
- Classical course University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1878

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
- Organized Port Huron Public Library 1885
- One of the original promoters of the Michigan Historical Commission
Practiced law alone and with various firms.
Director and attorney Electric Railway Company of Port Huron, and other corporations, banks

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