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LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p.405-406
Jenkins, John, first counselor to Bishop Wm. H. Griffin of Newton Ward, is the oldest child of Evan and Ann Jenkins, and was born May 8, 1845, in Cowbridge, South Wales. Together with his parents he emigrated to America in the spring of 1850, arriving in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in May of the same year. Here the family remained until June, 1861, when the journey to the West was continued. They traveled in an independent company under Capt. Homer Duncan, arriving in Utah in September, 1861, and located at Farmington, Davis county. In the spring of 1863 Bro. Jenkins went to the Missouri river, to meet the emigrants in Capt. Thomas Ricks' ox-train. He made a similar trip in 1864 under Capt. Israel Canfield, and again under Horton D. Haight in 1866; on the two latter trips he drove the lead wagon in the train. He took part in the so-called Morrisite war in 1862. Dec. 28, 1867, he married Mary Oviatt. In June, 1869, he removed to Cache valley and located with the first settlers at Newton. He married Ann Clarke Sept. 22, [p.406] 1873. In the summer of 1882 he was called on a mission to Europe; upon his departure he married Marie Jensen, Oct. 12, 1882. On his arrival in Liverpool he was appointed to labor in South Wales, the land of his birth. Owing to ill health he was released to return home in August, 1883. In the fall of 1887 he was arrested on the charge of unlawful cohabitation, for which he served six months in the Territorial penitentiary, and paid a fine of $300 and costs. Jan. 30, 1899, he was ordained a High Priest and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Wm. H. Griffin in the Newton Ward, which position he still holds.
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