Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Jenkins
First Name	Lucy
Middle Name
Maiden Name	Merrill
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Brownville, ME
Date of Birth	1845-09-23
Place of Death	Dexter, ME
Date of Death	1933-07
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 7-20-1933, p.5
Obituary	Mrs. Lucy M. Jenkins Funeral services for the late Mrs. Lucy Merrill Jenkins were held Friday afternoon at the First Unversalist church of Dexter of which she had been for many years a faithful member Rev. William J. Metz, pastor of the church, officiated and the bearers were Herbert M. Gates, Nathan Daggett, Samuel E. Moore and Roy Thomas. Many beautiful floral offerings bore tribute to the deep esteem in which the deceased was held. Lucy Merrill Jenkins was the daughter of the late Seth W. Merrill and Lucy Gliden Merrill of Brownville where she was born Sept. 23, 1845. She came to Dexter around 60 years ago and has lived here ever since. Her first husband was Thomas Mithee, a Civil War veteran and her second husband was David Jenkins of Dexter. One son by the second marriage died in infancy. Mrs. Jenkins was employed for many years in the old Dexter Woolen Mills. She joined Martha Washington Rebekah lodge when a young woman, but had severed her connections with this organization during her later years. Mrs. Jenkins was one of eight children, only one of whom, Mrs. Julia Robinson, of Dexter, survives. She leaves the following nephews and nieces: H. E. Morrill and Mrs. Fred Hescock of Monson; Mrs. J. H. Matthews, Seattle, Wash.; R. N. Morrill, Plainville, Conn.; S. W. Morrill, Everett, Mass.; Mrs. Maud Wilkinson, Storrs, Conn.; Miss Alice Wallace, Spencer, Mass.; Edgar Robinson and Mrs. Stanley Bement, Dexter; Mrs. Annie Driscoll, Mrs. F. P. Denaco and Mrs. Inez McDonald, all of Bangor. Those attending the services from out-of-town were: Miss Annie Wallace of Spencer, Mass., and her father, Robert Wallace, Bangor; Mrs. Annie Driscoll, Bangor; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Morrill and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Hescock, Monson; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Campbell, Augusta.