Francis Wilks + Mary Eleanor Farmer

6 children

William Franklin Wilks

1863–

Birth: 1863 43 26 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

Death: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

Sarah Ann Wilks

1866–1905

Birth: December 16, 1866 47 30 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

Death: August 17, 1905

Lucy Alice Saffrona Wilks

1867–

Birth: December 1867 48 31 — Alabama, USA

Death:

Francis M. Wilks

1869–

Birth: July 1869 50 33 — Missouri, USA

Death:

Levi Grant Wilks

1872–1937

Birth: December 12, 1872 53 36 — Alabama, USA

Death: November 2, 1937 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

Jesse Malcom Wilks

1877–1929

Birth: June 16, 1877 58 41 — Alabama, USA

Death: April 13, 1929

Francis Wilks

1819–1903

Birth: March 9, 1819 31 38 — Virginia, USA

Death: August 19, 1903 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

Benjamin Wilks

1787–1843

Birth: December 16, 1787 23 22 — Bedford, Virginia, USA

Death: September 1843 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

Mary Foster

1781–1863

Birth: January 5, 1781 — Virginia, USA

Death: November 18, 1863 — McDonough, Illinois, USA

Mary Eleanor Farmer

1836–

Birth: March 1836 — Alabama, USA

Death:

Facts and events

Relationships

Marriage	December 22, 1862 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Text: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-bo.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan Citation details: Marriage Book 3, Part 1, 1858-1867 - Grooms List Note: Wilks, Frances to Farmer, Mary E. on 22 Dec 1862 by Fairis, Andrew, JP; married at residence of Mr. Farmer. [Other sources have a date of 15 DEC 1862 which must have been the date that license was issued.]
Family census	June 27, 1870 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Address: Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama Census & Taxes, 1870 Federal Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama Citation details: 1870laudpop-4.htm, Page 59 Note: in hh 431 419 as Wilks, Francis, Age: 51, Male, White, Farmer, AL; Mary, Age: 34, Female, White, Keeping house, VA; Charles, Age: 12, Male, White, AL; Robert, Age: 10, Male White, AL; Wm, Age: 6, Male, White, AL; Sallie, Age: 3, Female, White, AL; Lucy, Age: 2, Female, White, AL.
Family census	1880 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: 1880 Census Collection for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Quality of data: Transcription Citation details: Page 96B Note: in household as Fransice Wilks, Head, Married, White, Age: 61, VA, Farmer, VA VA; Mary Wilks, Wife, Married, Female, White, Age: 44, AL, Keeping house, NC SC; Charlie Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 22, AL, At home, VA AL; William E. Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 16, AL, Works on farm, VA AL; Sarah Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 13, AL, At home, VA AL; Lucy Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 12, AL, At home, VA AL; Fransice Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 9, AL VA AL; Levi Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 7, AL VA AL; Jessie Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 3, AL VA AL.
Family census	June 26, 1900 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Address: Precinct 10 Florence - Excl. of Florence City Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Source: 1900 Census for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Sheet 18B Text: Enumerator: Thomas J. Bond Supervisor's District: 8 Enumeration District: 55 Quality of data: Census image Note: in hh 288 300 as Wilks, Francis, Head, White, Male, Born: Mar 1819, Age: 81 Married: 38 years, VA VA VA, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm 207; Mary E., Wife, White, Female, Born: Mar 1836, Age: 64, Married: 38 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, AL NC SC; Lucy, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Dec. 1867, Age: 33, Married: 6 years, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, AL AL AL; Levie G., Son, White, Male, Born: Dec. 1872, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer; Jessie, Son, White, Male, Born June 1877, Age: 23, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer. All could read write & speak English.
Unique identifier	31FF2DB7C40B96474E8641BFA10F67AE
Last change	December 13, 2012 – 13:35:18 Author of last change: barbaracorner