Paul Emmott Jenks (S&B 1884)
Yale University. Skull and Bones. He Boule. Psi Upsilon. Kappa Sigma Epsilon.
Member St. Paul’s Church, Waterbury.[2]
President, Continental Filter Co.[2]
Had a very wide knowledge of the Japanese dialect and idioms; contributed a series of articles to Outing in 1895,under the title of “My Westering Wheel,” describing a bicycle trip through France from Paris to Biarritz.[4]
At one time writer of editorials and sport articles for the Japan Gazette.[4]
1916 until his death - With the American Consulate General \ Vice-Counsel[2], Yokohama, Japan (Chief clerk until 1916; since then vice-consul).[4] During Presidency of Woodrow Wilson and
1902 to 1906 - Secretary in the publishing office of the London Times in Yokohama.[4]
Engaged in business in Yokohama as a commission merchant, at first with Mr. George Woolsey of the Eastern Trading Company, and later with the American Trading Company.[4]
1898 - Went to Japan as representative of the J. B. Millet Company of Boston.[4] Resided there until his death, with the exception of a short period spent in the United States.[4]
1894 - in the law office of his brother, Almet F. Jenks (S&B 1875).[4]
1888 to 1892 - Assistant Treasurer, City Treasurer’s Office, Brooklyn.[4]
1887 - Cashier of the Citizens Bank, Waterbury.[4]
1884 to 1886 - Superintendent of the Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn.,
1884 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]
Died 1 Sep 1923, in the earthquake disaster at Yokohama; his remains were recovered six weeks later and interred in Nigiochi, by order of the consul.
Note:
Brother … Tudor Jenks (S&B 1878) Brother … Almet Francis Jenks (S&B 1875) - Justice of the Supreme Court of New York (1896-1921)
Father, Grenville Tudor Jenks (B A. Williams 1849), lawyer, son of the Rev. Francis Jenks (B.A. Harvard 1817), a Unitarian clergyman and editor of the Christian Examiner, and Sarah Hurd (Phillips) Jenks, whose father, John Phillips, was the first mayor of Boston; descendant of Joseph Jenks,who came to America from Colebrook, England, in 1642 and settled at Lynn, Mass, (established iron works, cut the dies for the “Pine Tree Shilling,” and was the first patentee of America). Mother, Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks; daughter of General Roland Smith, of the Massachusetts Militia,and Lucy (Snow) Smith; early ancestors (of Scotch-Irish origin) settled in Windsor, Vt., in 1730. Nephew, Almet F. Jenks, Jr., ‘14.[4]
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[4] - Yale Obituary - Page 97 / On the page 1084
[5] - Geni.com - Paul Emmott Jenks (S&B 1884)
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