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Sketch 'View of Parkersburg, Virginia from the south side of the Kanawha River, looking up the Ohio.' Parkersburg, Virginia later became Parkersburg, West Virginia.

1. Parkersburg, W. Va.

2. Blue Sulfur Springs and Alleghany College, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Lith of Hoyer and Ludwig, Richmond, Va. 'Hamilton Sketch'

3. Blue Sulfur Springs and Alleghany College, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Jenkins was elected to the United States Congress in 1856, at the age of 26 representating the Cabell County area. After the outbreak of the Civil War Jenkins served in the Confederate Congress and in the CSA Cavalry with the rank of Brigadier General. He fought in several battles in southern and eastern West Virginia and at Gettysburg. He was killed at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain in May, 1864.

4. Albert Gallatin Jenkins of Huntington, Va. (W. Va.)