Submitted by 
Marti Graham

Bokoshe Boy Lost On U.S. Transport

Bokoshe, Okla., Aug 10 (Special) Another golden star has been added to the service flags of the Fort Smith & Western railroad. The latest addition is for John A. Jenkins, former agent for the company here, who was lost when an enemy submarine sank the transport, the President Lincoln while she was returning from abroad on May 31. Jenkins is a brother of O. O. Jenkins, cashier of the Bank of Bokoshe.

The young man was 25 years old. He entered the Great Lakes Naval Trailing academy near Chicago on February 4, last. His trip on the President Lincoln was his first sea voyage.

The Fort Smith & Western company's flag now has fifty-five blue stars and two golden stars. Capt. Leo P. LeBron, chief engineer for the company, lost his life on the ill-aged Tuscania. About twenty more employees of the company are in the nation's service, but the company has not yet completed their records. Stars will be added to the flag for them as soon as the records are finished.

The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
June 5, 1918 pg 4

Former Oklahoman Lost On U.S. Vessel
Second Ft. Smith and Western Employee To Die

Fort Smith, Ark., June 4 (Special) John A. Jenkins, one of twenty-six enlisted men of the navy reported missing from the torpedoed American transport President Lincoln, is a brother of O. O. Jenkins of this city, president of the First State Bank of Bokoshe, Okla. The missing man was formerly agent for the Fort Smith and Western railroad at Bokoshe and for a time was night telegraph operator for the same road at Okemah, Okla. His mother, Mrs. Augusta Jenkins, a widow, lives at Eugene, Mo., Jenkin's emergency address. So far as is known his relatives have not been officially advised by the navy department he is missing.

Jenkins is 23 years old. He quit his position with the Fort Smith and Western road at Bokoshe last fall and enlisted in the navy, receiving his training at the Great Lakes naval training school near Chicago. Two months ago he was sent to sea.

He has five brothers, Sam and Charles Jenkins, who reside in western Oklahoma; Dwight of Eugene, Mo.; Raphael of Camp Fair, Mo., and O. O. Jenkins of Fort Smith and Bokoshe. He also has one sister, Miss Loise of Eugene.

Young Jenkins is the second Fort Smith and Western employee to fall victim of the German submarine. Capt. Leo Lebron, former engineer of the road, went down with the United States transport Tuscania.

The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
June 10, 1918 pg 2

Memorial For Lost Sailor
Bokoshe Honors John A. Jenkins
Who Was On Lost Transport

Bokoshe, Okla. June 9 (Special)  Memorial services were held at the first Presbyterian church today for John A. Jenkins, 23 year old of this place, who lost his life aboard the United States transport President Lincoln, which was destroyed by a German submarine on May 31, while enroute to America.

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