Charles F. Jenkins (Quaker)

Charles Francis Jenkins (17 December 1865 – 1951) was an American Quaker and historian.
Early life.
Jenkins was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on 17 December 1865. He lived in Wilmington, Delaware, and West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he completed his basic education. He did not attend college.
Career.
Jenkins's early career was at the "Farm Journal", which had been founded by his uncle Wilmer Atkinson.
He was a member and president of the Buck Hill Falls Company for fifty years, and a member and president of the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College for forty years.
He was a noted horticulturist who collected hemlocks and created the Hemlock Arboretum at his home in Germantown and campaigned to have the plant selected as the state tree of Pennsylvania.
Death and legacy.
Jenkins died in 1951.