This photo is believed to be Malinda J. Stone, the first wife of Willis Jenkins. She was born about 1838 in Kentucky.

Malinda was the daughter of John C. Stone and Ellen Elizabeth Russell. She married Willis Jenkins 11 Jul 1859 in Union Co., KY and they became the parents of eight children, including twins George Washington Jenkins and Andrew Jackson Jenkins and Samuel Nathan Jenkins.

Malinda Stone Jenkins died in 1879, probably in Ozark Co., MO.

This photo was given to us by Dennis Leslie.