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An ambrotype showing Gaius Jenkins, who was born in New York state in 1812. He and his wife came to Kansas City, Missouri in 1853, and they moved to Lawrence, Kansas Territory, in 1854. Jenkins was active in the free-state cause, serving as a colonel in the Free State Militia. He was taken prisoner along with John Brown, Jr., Charles Robinson and several others and held near Lecompton, Kansas Territory. On June 3, 1858, Jenkins was killed by James Lane over a land dispute in Lawrence.
Date: Between 1854 and 1858
Item Number: 3921
Call Number: B Jenkins, Gaius *1a
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3921
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Militia
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Ambrotypes
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable Kansans - Jenkins, Gaius
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Ambrotypes
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