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James Blackstone Bartow Wilks + Harriett Virginia Lindsey

6 children
Birth: July 11, 1882 23 17 — LaFayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Census: June 22, 1900 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Marriage: 1906 — Texas, USA
Family census: April 20, 1910 — Jones, Texas, USA
Family census: January 10, 1920 — Montague, Texas, USA
Family census: April 10, 1930 — Montague, Texas, USA
Family census: April 8, 1940 — Montague, Texas, USA
Number of children: 4
Death: April 5, 1953 — Temple, Bell, Texas, USA
Burial: April 6, 1953 — Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 54D809CD3436A5FF43C5C3B7C2D81975
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lena Sarah Grady Martie E Wilks Cyrene M. Wilks Josephine G. Wilks Thomas Benjamin Wilks Jr
Thomas Benjamin Wilks
1882–1953
Birth: July 11, 1882 23 17 — LaFayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: April 5, 1953 — Temple, Bell, Texas, USA
Birth: December 16, 1884 25 20 — Upshur, Texas, USA
Census: April 19, 1910 — Haskell, Texas, USA
Marriage: July 22, 1918 — Texas, USA
Family census: April 17, 1930 — Taylor, Texas, USA
Occupation: Bookkeeper — before March 3, 1962 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Death: March 3, 1962 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Burial: March 5, 1962 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 0634184491F188AA4110397404AD55F9
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Edward Stowe
Cyrena Washington Wilks
1884–1962
Birth: December 16, 1884 25 20 — Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: March 3, 1962 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Birth: September 4, 1888 29 23 — DeKalb, Bowie, Texas, USA
Census: June 22, 1900 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Marriage: 1908 — Upshur, Texas, USA
Family census: April 23, 1910 — Upshur, Texas, USA
Divorce: about 1915 — Texas, USA
Death: November 27, 1949 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Burial: November 1949 — Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 1325F0DA0C23A47B46B51A7C385F8C29
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Augusta Octo Sorrells Virginia Othell Wilks Dorothy Wilks
John Wilks
1888–1949
Birth: September 4, 1888 29 23 — DeKalb, Bowie, Texas, USA
Death: November 27, 1949 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Birth: November 19, 1894 35 30 — LaFayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Census: June 22, 1900 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Census: April 19, 1910 — Haskell, Texas, USA
Marriage: about 1926 — Texas, USA
Occupation: Sales — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Death: January 12, 1978 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Burial: January 16, 1978 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: CB19B04BE706889A46DA6CA00AAD8DB3
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Fred Hunter
Martha Lou Wilks
1894–1978
Birth: November 19, 1894 35 30 — LaFayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: January 12, 1978 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Birth: October 24, 1895 36 31 — La Fayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Marriage:
Census: June 22, 1900 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Census: April 19, 1910 — Haskell, Texas, USA
Death: April 1, 1967 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Burial: April 3, 1967 — Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 0E8A93A4E6CBA83E458F4CD0BB0281F7
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Harry Pemberton Ragan
Sallie Lowe Wilks
1895–1967
Birth: October 24, 1895 36 31 — La Fayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: April 1, 1967 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Birth: 1901 41 36 — Texas, USA
Census: April 19, 1910 — Haskell, Texas, USA
Death:
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Janis Eleanor Wilks
1901–
Birth: 1901 41 36 — Texas, USA
Death:
Birth: March 28, 1859 24 21 — Troup, Georgia, USA
Census: August 1, 1860 — Heard, Georgia, USA
Census: August 16, 1870 — Heard, Georgia, USA
Marriage: September 26, 1880 — Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Family census: June 22, 1900 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Family census: April 19, 1910 — Haskell, Texas, USA
Death: October 11, 1912 — Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Burial: October 13, 1912 — Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: EFBC29562FA7B3A24FD30EA9499AA903
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Harriett Virginia Lindsey Thomas Benjamin Wilks Cyrena Washington Wilks John Wilks Martha Lou Wilks Sallie Lowe Wilks Janis Eleanor Wilks
James Blackstone Bartow Wilks
1859–1912
Birth: March 28, 1859 24 21 — Troup, Georgia, USA
Death: October 11, 1912 — Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Birth: January 19, 1835 41 35 — Troup, Georgia, USA
Census: November 1, 1840 — Troup, Georgia, USA
Census: November 1, 1850 — Troup, Georgia, USA
Marriage: July 1, 1856 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Family census: August 1, 1860 — Heard, Georgia, USA
Family census: August 16, 1870 — Heard, Georgia, USA
Unique identifier: 761F22AC8373AA154B01D07653AD5617
Marriage: 1875 — Texas, USA
Family census: June 17, 1880 — Red River, Texas, USA
Death: April 29, 1891 — Lydia, Red River, Texas, USA
Burial: April 1891 — Avery, Red River, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: BDF710517C329A714BCEE77DC0F65929
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cyrena Washington Birdsong Talula Avalene Wilks James Blackstone Bartow Wilks Family with spouse Margaret Elizabeth Taafe Lydia D. Wilks
James Blackstone Wilks
1835–1891
Birth: January 19, 1835 41 35 — Troup, Georgia, USA
Death: April 29, 1891 — Lydia, Red River, Texas, USA
Birth: July 31, 1837 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Marriage: July 1, 1856 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Family census: August 1, 1860 — Heard, Georgia, USA
Family census: August 16, 1870 — Heard, Georgia, USA
Death: September 3, 1870 — Houston, Georgia, USA
Burial: September 1870 — Heard, Georgia, USA
Unique identifier: 761F22AC8373AA154B01D07653AD5617
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Blackstone Wilks Talula Avalene Wilks James Blackstone Bartow Wilks
Cyrena Washington Birdsong
1837–1870
Birth: July 31, 1837 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Death: September 3, 1870 — Houston, Georgia, USA
Birth: October 16, 1864 — LaFayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Marriage: September 26, 1880 — Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Family census: June 22, 1900 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Family census: April 19, 1910 — Haskell, Texas, USA
Death: January 11, 1949 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Burial: January 13, 1949 — Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: EFBC29562FA7B3A24FD30EA9499AA903
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Blackstone Bartow Wilks Thomas Benjamin Wilks Cyrena Washington Wilks John Wilks Martha Lou Wilks Sallie Lowe Wilks Janis Eleanor Wilks
Harriett Virginia Lindsey
1864–1949
Birth: October 16, 1864 — LaFayette, Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: January 11, 1949 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA

Facts and events
Marriage
September 26, 1880
Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA
Citation details: database: marhsall1942
Family census
June 22, 1900
Navarro, Texas, USA
Address: Precinct 3, Navarro County, Texas, USA
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 9
Enumeration District: 106
Enumerator: G. L. Wilson

Quality of data: census image
Citation details: Sheet 24B
Note: in hh 424-425 as Jas B. Wilks, Head, White, Male, Born: Mar 1859, Age: 41, Married: 19 yrs, GA GA GA, Farmer, Home: rent, farm# 290; Jennie, Wife, White, Female, Born: Sept 1866, Age: 33, Married: 19 years, Children born: 9, Children living: 5, TX TN TN; Thomas, Son, White, Male, Born: June 1882, Age: 18, Single, Farm laborer; John, Son, White, Male, Born: Sept 1888, Age: 11, Single, At school: 7 mos; Mattie L., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Jan 1894, Age: 6, Single, Sallie L., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Nov 1895, Age: 4, Single. All children TX GA TX.
Family census
April 19, 1910
Haskell, Texas, USA
Address: Precinct 6, Adams Avenue, Rule, Haskell County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet 6A, Stamped page 163, Reel 1562, Page 866
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 16
Enumeration District: 118
Enumerator: N. V. Speer

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 107-107 as James B. B. Wilkes, Head, Male, White, Age: 51, 1st marriage, Married: 29 yrs, GA GA GA, Farmer, Ordinary work, Own account, Home: free, house; Harriett V., Wife, Female, White, Age: 44, 1st marriage, Married: 29 yrs, Children born: 10, Children living: 6, TX MS GA, None; Cyrena W., Daughter, Female, White, Age: 22, Single, Book keeper, Dry goods store, Wages; Mattie L., Daughter, Female, White, Age: 16, Single, None; Sallie L., Daughter, Female, White, Age: 14, Single, None; Janis E., Daughter, Female, White, Age: 9, Single, None. All children TX GA TX.
Unique identifier
EFBC29562FA7B3A24FD30EA9499AA903
Last change
August 10, 2013 – 13:12:55
Author of last change: barbaracorner
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