The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . se, used for the opening of Baylor, per-formed the ceremony that inseparably linked their destinies forlife. Many acts of wisdom, in private, as well as public life,are to be justly placed to Dr. Burlesons credit, but in no stepever taken was more wisdom displayed than in this affair ofthe heart, as was fully verified by forty-eight years of mar-ried life. Miss Jenkins was born in Merriweather. Green Dr. Rufus C. Burleson. 135 County, Georgia, and when a mere child, came to Texas in1
The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . se, used for the opening of Baylor, per-formed the ceremony that inseparably linked their destinies forlife. Many acts of wisdom, in private, as well as public life,are to be justly placed to Dr. Burlesons credit, but in no stepever taken was more wisdom displayed than in this affair ofthe heart, as was fully verified by forty-eight years of mar-ried life. Miss Jenkins was born in Merriweather. Green Dr. Rufus C. Burleson. 135 County, Georgia, and when a mere child, came to Texas in1836 with her father, Judge P. C. Jenkins, an eminent lawyerand statesman, and settled in Washington. Three years after her arrival in Texas, in 1839, JudsonFemale Institute was established in Marion, Alabama, underthe able management of Dr. Milo P. Jewett, who has the dis-tinction of being the first President of Vassar College, a schoolof world wide renown. Judson soon became one of the firstinstitutions in the south, and when in 1849, Miss Jenkins wasready to enter college, she was sent to this DR. BURLESON AND WIFE IN 1853. Although designed for young ladies, it does not neglectsolid and thorough education, yet it has always given specialattention to the gesthetic branches, and as a consequence hasgained great reputation for the accomplishments which itbestows upon, and weaves into the character and lives of theyoung ladies who are educated under its management. Miss Jenkins, being well prepared in the rudiments,finished the full course, and graduated with high honors in1852, and returned immediately to her home in the west. She came of a family of prominent cultivated people,and being well educated herself, was hence imbued with its 136 The Life and Writings of importance, and well fitted for all the duties of an educator swife. The Faculty of the University very generously madesome financial concessions to Dr. Burleson, and excused himfrom active teaching duties
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