Dr. Ebenezer Dickey Junkin (1829-1891)

Dr. Ebenezer Dickey Junkin (1829-1902)

Agnes Anne Penick

D6 Dr. Ebenezer Dickey Junkin, born February 8, 1829 in Milton, Pennsylvania; died July 31, 1891 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Dr. Junkin is buried in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia, He married September 14, 1858 Agnes Anne Penick, born July 31, 1838 Cabarrus County, North Carolina, died April 14, 1911.

Ebenezer Dickey Junkin graduated from La Fayette College in Pennsylvania in 1847 and from Princeton Seminary in 1854. He was licensed to preach in the spring of 1854 by the Second Presbytery of New York and served at Bethel and Prospect churches in Concord, North Carolina for five years and at New Providence Church in Rockbridge County, Virginia for almost 20 years (1860-1880) before arriving in Houston. He began his duties at First Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas in May, 1880, and served as pastor until his death in 1891.

Ebenezer Dickey Junkin received his Doctorate of Divinity from Washington & Jefferson College. He was elected in 1884 as moderator for the Texas Synod.

Children of Dr. Ebenezer Dickey Junkin and Agnes Anne Penick:

E1 Margaret Penick Junkin, born 1859, died young.

E2 Julia Rush Junkin, born June 7, 1860 in Cabarras County, North Carolina , died March 15, 1931 in Lexington, Virginia; married June 16, 1886 William Pryor Irwin, born December 1, 1859, died February 8, 1941 in Lexington, Virginia.

E3 Rev. Daniel Penick Junkin, born August 26, 1861 in New Providence, Virginia, died October 11, 1925; married Annie Louise Sherfesee, born 1875, died 1947; both are buried in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia. Dr. Junkin was a Presbyterian minister for 39 years, serving as a missionary to Japan for 3 years.

E4 George Ebenezer Junkin, born July 10, 1863 in New Providence Manse, Virginia, died September 15, 1882 in Lexington, Virginia.

E5 Edward Dixon Junkin, born March 12, 1865 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, died August 18, 1939 in Austin, Texas; married December 25, 1899 Ruth Martindale Hastings, born November 2, 1872 in Mount Morris, New York, died July 29, 1965 in Austin, Texas.

E6 Margaret Junkin, born 1866, died 1870; buried in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia.

E7 Maria Elizabeth Junkin, born April 21, 1869, died April 15, 1937.

E8 William Francis Junkin, born December 26, 1870 in New Providence, Virginia, died 1947 in Tazewell, Virginia; married April 3, 1900 in Soochow, China Nettie Lambeth DuBose, born 1878.

E9 Tinsley Penick Junkin, born April 21, 1873 in Rockbridge County, Virginia; married December 24, 1895 in Mexia, Texas Mary P. Parker.

E10 Agnes Tinsley Junkin, born May 2, 1875 in Lexington, Virginia, died November 23, 1929 in Glade Springs, Virginia; married September 7, 1906 in Shanghai, China John Wilson Bradley, born September 3, 1873 in Bishopville, South Carolina, died November 23, 1929 in Tsichiangpa, Kiang, China.

E11 Jeanie deForest Junkin, born February 26, 1877 in New Providence, Virginia, died March 25, 1923 in Haichou, China; married April 30, 1908 John Walker Vinson, born December 29, 1880 in Whiteoak, Fairfield County, South Carolina, died November 2, 1931 in Haichou, China.