jgEBQS TQN HERAL D 



THURSDAY. DECEMBER 36, 1939 



^iharles W. Jenks 



■■'^ Dies in Bedford 



Charles William Jenks. who died in 

 Bedford Wednesda.v evening, was the 

 joungest son of John Henry Jenks and 

 Marv Rand (Fitch) Jenks and was boro 

 i,i Boston, Oct. 3, 1S48. He was a pupil 

 ftt the Phillips Si-hool and also studied at 

 the Boston Latin School, and entering 

 Jiarvard was graduated with the class 

 tif '71. 



. He then entered the paper business in 

 Poston but subsequently retired because 

 of failing health and took up his resl- 

 clence at tlie farm in Bedford, which was 

 thfi home of his uncestor, Jeremiah Fitch, 

 y,nd there he continued to reside for tlie 

 v,est of his life. Mr. Jenks was active la 

 town affair.s and was town moderator up 

 to two years ago. He also was one of 

 the board of trustees of the public libra- 

 ry and was a member of the cemetery 

 commission and had also been tree warden 

 for several years. 



■ Mr. Jenks was Interested In botany and 

 was the oldest member In years of mem- 

 bership, of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. He also was a member of 

 the Buniter Hill Monument Association, 

 and the Appalachian Mountain Ciub. He 

 was' a bachelor. His survivors are three 

 nepliews, Henry Angier Jenlcs of Cam- 

 bridge, Charles Fitch Jenks of Wellesley 

 and Frederic Angler Jenks of Boston, a 

 well-known lawyer. 



