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VICTORIA JENKINS, born April 20, 1897 in Bowie Co. Texas and had a twin
brother, John R. Jenkins. John passed away at the age of 18
months and is buried in Bowie Co., Texas. Their parents were
Isreal Jenkins and Martha Jane Roberts.
The Jenkins family lived in Bowie County, Texas. There, Israel Jenkins drove a freight wagon making deliveries to DeKalb, Paris, New Boston, Texarkana, and other towns around the area. He also worked at the gin. The family moved to Grayson County, Texas around 1900. The move was made in a wagon.  Edna started school in Pottsboro, going only two weeks before they moved to Collinsville. She attended the Collinsville school through the ninth grade. Her walk to school then back home was three miles each. She attended church at Hog Town, also known as Union Grove, which was southeast of Collinsville.
At
the age of sixteen, Edna Jenkins married James Belvia Ridinger on 14
Dec 1913. They made their home in the Collinsville, Texas area.
Belvie took sick with "T. B." in the spring of 1927 and passed away in
1929. Edna had to take over the farming with the help of her son,
Vernon, who was twelve at the time. They finished the crop of 1927 and
continued farming for a few years.Children
of Belvie Ridinger & Edna Jenkins
Abie Baughman's first marriage was to Martha Elizabeth Roberts, born 26 Nov 1887 in Missouri. They were married on 4 Jan. 1911. The family moved to Texas about 1919. Martha's health started failing soon after. She passed away 15 May 1927, having drank Carbolic Acid.  Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Roberts Baughman  Children of Alvie Baughman & Martha Elizabeth Roberts
Albie Parker Baughman married Edna Jenkins Ridinger 5 Dec 1931 in
Durant, Oklahoma. Prior to their marriage, Edna talked privately
with each one of Albie's children that she would never be their mother
because they already had a mother. However, she assured each child that
she would make herself a place in their hearts. The children always
considered Edna as a mother, never a step-mother. Edna and her children
moved from their family farm in Collinsville and resided at Albie's
rented farm in Southmayd, Texas. Eventually, they moved to the Gunter,
Texas area. In 1951, their home burned with them loosing almost
everything. They rented a house until their new home was built at
the farm. Albie retired in 1962. At this time Albie and Edna bought a
house in Tioga. This was their home for over four years until Albie's
death in 1967. Albie Baughman and Edna Jenkins Ridinger Baughman ca 1964 Children of Alvie Baughman & Edna Jenkins Ridinger
  Back Row (L-R): Albie Baughman; Martha Elizabeth Baughman Front Row (L-R): Luvena A. Baughman; twins, Estus Baughman & Festus Baughman; Arthur Baughman  Back Row: Albie P. "Junior" Baughman Middle Row (L-R) Forrest "Estus" Baughman, Thomas "Arthur" Baughman; "Vernon" Ralph Ridinger Front Row (L-R) "Vertie" William Ridinger; Paul Eugene "Gene" Ridinger; Horace Festus "Fess" Baughman  Back Row: Rev Forrest Estus Baughman (in hat); Horace Festus Baughman & Dennis Lowell Baughman (looking over 2 womens shoulders); Paul Eugene Ridinger (big hat); Thomas Arthur Baughman (2nd from end); Vertie William Ridinger (far right wearing hat) Middle Row: Albie Parker Baughman Jr.; Luvena Baughman McKnight (my mother); Edna Victoria Jenkins Ridinger Baughman; Albie Parker Baughman; Eula Mae Baughman Scoggins Mitchell; Helen Ridinger Duff; Vernon Ralph Ridinger (setting down) Front row: Roy Lee Baughman; Elsie Jean Baughman Primm; twins Ethel Wilma Baughman Burchett & Edna Wanda Baughman Hilliard  Personal
notes by Barbara McKnight Lintner, granddaughter of Edna Baughman &
daughter of Luvena Adele Baughman McKnight, in the early 1960's.
Barbara spent afternoons with her grandmother, writing down the stories
she told at their home in Tioga.
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