  EDNA 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 Israel 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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