I found the following article in "The Heritage" of the Mulenberg Co. Gen. Soc., Jan., Feb., March, 1999, Vol 13, No 1. "In a special edition of Ancestor Retrieval Messenger, by Bobby Anderson. . . he poses the question: Did they ever find Joel's wife's grave? The answer is "we think so" and "we hope so". The question refers to the wife of Joel Jenkins, Sarah "Sallie" Wood Jenkins, who mothered the first 14 of Joel's 24 children. On a farm in the edge of Butler Co. (next to Muhl. Co) near Arnold's Bridge (Hwy 949). "Sallie Jenkins, b 20 Jul 1795, d. 13 Nov 1839." This was the only engraved stone found in the undergrowth. A check of records reveals that Joel Jenkins, the son of Jesse and Martha House Jenkins came to Butler co. from North Carolina shortly after 1800. These were the first Jenkins to settle in South Muhlenberg and North Logan Co. Joel was b. 24 Jul 1774 in NC(probably Rowan Co) and m. Sarah Wood in Muhlenberg 17 Dec 1811. (Note: some genealogists still contend Joel Jenkins m. Polly Neill in Logan Co. the same year.) Joel and sarah had 14 children (13 of whom can be named) before her death. Joel remarried in 1840, when he was 66 years old, he and a 13-year-old Martha (Patsey) Tooley on 29 Oct 1840. On two horses, they rode to Springfield, TN and were married. This marriage produced 10 children all of whom are documented. Joel Jenkins d. 13 Feb 1863, almost 89 years old. He is buried in the Green Hill cemetery, on his old farm, just across the road and up the hill from his residence and that of Crawford Hunt. The fact that he remarried in 1840, about a year following the death of Sallie, whose grave was recently found, is one bit of evidence that this is his first wife. The second, and perhaps a stronger bit of evidence is that the tombstone at Sallie's grave is exactly the same as the one marking Joel's grave, with the exception of their names and dates. A descendant of Richmond V. Jenkins, s/o Joel and Sallie, tells the story, told by her grandmother, that Sally was buried in the backyard of their home. So this could be, would be, and probably is the same Sallie Jenkins, wife of Joel." ************************************************************************ Thanks to those of you who attended the Twelfth Annual William "Grancer" Embry Reunion. I hope that you all enjoyed it. Next year the reunion will be held on Saturday, September 25, 1999, at Morgantown City Park.