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Benjamin Carroll Wilks + Martha Harriet Young

13 children
Birth: November 11, 1857 30 16 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: November 26, 1857 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Burial: Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
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Martha Ellen Wilks
1857–1857
Birth: November 11, 1857 30 16 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: November 26, 1857 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Birth: December 1, 1858 31 17 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 18, 1858 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Burial: Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
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John Henry Wilks
1858–1858
Birth: December 1, 1858 31 17 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 18, 1858 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Birth: June 16, 1860 32 18 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Marriage: before 1890
Unique identifier: 36BB9C41DA704B14A169CB7522684C059C23
Marriage: 1890 — Hill, Texas, USA
Death: July 3, 1929 — Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: EA43B86C21914E8C84DB7214B8E6E3145771
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Samuel Theodore Wilks
1860–1929
Birth: June 16, 1860 32 18 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: July 3, 1929 — Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
Birth: September 2, 1862 35 21 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Death: 1935 — Oklahoma, USA
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Benjamin Franklin Wilks
1862–1935
Birth: September 2, 1862 35 21 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: 1935 — Oklahoma, USA
Birth: October 20, 1864 37 23 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Marriage: September 7, 1902
Occupation: Farmer
Death: December 8, 1951 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Burial: December 9, 1951 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 6D78BD125BEA4F58A3BBE9E227BD745A7BC2
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George Clinton Wilks
1864–1951
Birth: October 20, 1864 37 23 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 8, 1951 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Birth: April 20, 1866 38 24 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Marriage: 1885 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Death: March 26, 1924
Unique identifier: CCFC8420E0074DDE8C11436E44FD50CB28FA
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Alicie Anna Wilks
1866–1924
Birth: April 20, 1866 38 24 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: March 26, 1924
Birth: July 28, 1869 41 27 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Marriage: January 7, 1894
Death: December 2, 1944
Unique identifier: A41A7A717052430A863BCE7C99D3EA70891B
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James Edward Wilks
1869–1944
Birth: July 28, 1869 41 27 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 2, 1944
Birth: September 5, 1872 45 31 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Marriage: June 15, 1890
Death: January 18, 1937
Unique identifier: C5336010652043C8A2EF5AD5F28C8697530C
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Nora Geneva Wilks
1872–1937
Birth: September 5, 1872 45 31 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: January 18, 1937
Birth: January 2, 1874 46 32 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Occupation: Agent Pianos — 1880 — Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, USA
Marriage: about 1902 — Spanish Fort, Montague, Texas, USA
Family census: April 10, 1910 — Comanche, Oklahoma, USA
Death: between 1931 and 1932
Unique identifier: 017C2EDE4A0745CE8DD68D85EBE58145F89E
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Phillip Leonidas Wilks
1874–1932
Birth: January 2, 1874 46 32 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: between 1931 and 1932
Birth: August 16, 1876 49 35 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Marriage: June 8, 1917
Death: September 9, 1951 — Comanche, Comanche, Texas, USA
Burial: Winchell, Brown, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: A1D7CBF27EBF4A82A76D54CC8688026BEDE6
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Claude Rivers Wilks
1876–1951
Birth: August 16, 1876 49 35 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: September 9, 1951 — Comanche, Comanche, Texas, USA
Birth: August 14, 1878 51 37 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Marriage: 1915
Family census: January 7, 1920 — Snyder, Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA
Family census: April 16, 1930 — Canadian, Hemphill, Texas, USA
Death: after December 8, 1940
Unique identifier: 50E02337A5C545238867D742C79EA3CC3862
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Rufus Washington Wilks
1878–1940
Birth: August 14, 1878 51 37 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: after December 8, 1940
Birth: September 29, 1881 54 40 — Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA
Death: October 3, 1882 — Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA
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Bessie Pearl Wilks
1881–1882
Birth: September 29, 1881 54 40 — Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA
Death: October 3, 1882 — Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA
William Wesley Wilks Portrait
Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Civil marriage: August 28, 1905 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Event: Organization of Populist Party Club — October 17, 1908 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Baptism: August 17, 1912 85 71 — Lanham's Mill, Somervell, Texas, USA
Religion: Church of Christ Anti-Sunday School — 1912
Family census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Family residence: between January 15, 1922 and February 6, 1927 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Immigration: about 1927 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Immigration: December 31, 1928 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA
Family census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Family residence: between November 31, 1928 and December 1938 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA
Immigration: December 1938 — Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA
Family census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA
Occupation: itinerate preacher — between 1912 and 1946
Death: November 26, 1946 — Erath, Texas, USA
Burial: November 27, 1946 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: B6F24CB900BF9464411C6EA02AD620EFB002
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William Wesley Wilks
1884–1946
Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Death: November 26, 1946 — Erath, Texas, USA
Benjamin Carroll Wilks
Birth: August 12, 1827 22 20 — Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA
Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Census: 1840 — Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
Baptism: 1848 43 41 — Mississippi, USA
Census: September 11, 1850 — Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
Emigration: between 1851 and 1852 — Shannon Station, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
Immigration: about 1852 — Texas, USA
Marriage: 1856 — Hill, Texas, USA
Event: Military Beginning — August 26, 1862 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Event: Military Beginning — July 2, 1863 — Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Event: Military End — April 10, 1865 — Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia, USA
Family census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Property: 1890 — Erath, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: January 15, 1919 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Burial: January 18, 1919 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: FEE10540AED393E4D952297E9D8B20744273
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Benjamin Carroll Wilks
1827–1919
Birth: August 12, 1827 22 20 — Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA
Death: January 15, 1919 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Birth: about 1805 30 25 — South Carolina, USA
Civil marriage: May 13, 1824 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Family census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: before August 1831 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Unique identifier: 8365664E7723EBA43556227F74FE56446696
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Philip Wilks
1805–1831
Birth: about 1805 30 25 — South Carolina, USA
Death: before August 1831 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Birth: about 1807 27 23 — Tennessee, USA
Civil marriage: May 13, 1824 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Family census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Marriage: August 6, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Census: 1840 — Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
Census: 1850 — Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
Death:
Unique identifier: 8365664E7723EBA43556227F74FE56446696
Unique identifier: 0FB4327B42FBEB34DD8BB2DCCC862D1FB9FE
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Alcie Marrs
1807–
Birth: about 1807 27 23 — Tennessee, USA
Death:
Harriet Young Wilks
Birth: August 14, 1841 41 35 — Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Census: October 23, 1850 — Ellis, Texas, USA
Marriage: 1856 — Hill, Texas, USA
Family census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: March 29, 1911 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Burial: March 1911 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: FEE10540AED393E4D952297E9D8B20744273
⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Carroll Wilks Martha Ellen Wilks John Henry Wilks Samuel Theodore Wilks Benjamin Franklin Wilks George Clinton Wilks Alicie Anna Wilks James Edward Wilks Nora Geneva Wilks Phillip Leonidas Wilks Claude Rivers Wilks Rufus Washington Wilks Bessie Pearl Wilks William Wesley Wilks
Martha Harriet Young
1841–1911
Birth: August 14, 1841 41 35 — Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Death: March 29, 1911 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Birth: March 5, 1800 34 31 — Kentucky, USA
Marriage: February 21, 1822 — Maury, Tennessee, USA
Immigration: November 1843 — Peters Colony, Red Oak, Texas, USA
Death: October 4, 1846 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 75A7F1F457B6BB243516B3103A0720337742
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Dr. Henry Young
1800–1846
Birth: March 5, 1800 34 31 — Kentucky, USA
Death: October 4, 1846 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Birth: January 19, 1806 32 29 — North Carolina, USA
Marriage: February 21, 1822 — Maury, Tennessee, USA
Death: October 31, 1848 — Navarro, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 75A7F1F457B6BB243516B3103A0720337742
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Mary Whitesides
1806–1848
Birth: January 19, 1806 32 29 — North Carolina, USA
Death: October 31, 1848 — Navarro, Texas, USA

Facts and events
Marriage
1856
Hill, Texas, USA
Note: "He [Benjamin Carroll Wilks] met and married Miss Harriet Young in the year ’56. They were at a camp meeting when they met. When they married she was fourteen and he was twenty-eight. She owned 300 acres of land, had a few horses and a big bunch of cattle. They had thirteen children. He named the first one John for his father John. He died with bold hives when he was eight days old. Then a girl Ellen. She also died of bold hives when she was two weeks old. Then the third child was Samuel Theodore. He had pretty brown hair blue and brown speckled eyes, short and rather potty. The next as Benjiman Franklin. He mad a short stocky man with brown hair and dark blue eyes. Then five was George, who was small with brown hair and hazel eyes. A girl Anne came next. She was medium size with black hair and dark brown eyes. Then (7) Edmon who was medium tall with blue eyes and sandy hair rather fat. A girl (8) Nora, small, with reddish brown hair and blue eyes. A boy (9) Lee who was medium tall with black hair and real dark brown eyes, handsome. A boy (10) Claud Rivers, tall brown curly hair and blue eyes. A boy (11) Rufus Washington, tall, brown hair and real blue eyes, or deep blue eyes. A girl (12) Bessie, who died with whooping cough when she was 13 months old. Last (13) a boy William Wesley, short, brown hair and hazel eyes.
Family census
July 17, 1870
Hill, Texas, USA
Address: Pct. 1
Citation details: page 377
Note: in hh 15-15 as BENJAMIN C. Wilks 45 farmer $800-$200 AL, HARRIET E. 28 IL, Samuel T. 10 TX, Benjamin P. 7 TX, George Clinton 5 TX, Allsey A. 4 TX, James E. 1 TX; Louisa Caver 24 MS; p. 377
Family census
1910
Somervell, Texas, USA
Address: Justice Precinct 2, Somervell County, Texas, USA
Citation details: page 3
Note: in family 54 as B.C. [Benjamin Carroll] Wilks, Head, White, Male, Age: 82, Married, AL KY KY; Harriate [Harriet], Wife, White, Female, Married, Age: 66, IL TN TN; C.R. [Claude Rivers], Son, White, Male, Age: 34, Single, TX AL IL; W. W. [William Wesley], Son, White, Male, Age: 25, Married, TX AL IL; Erica [Erie], Daughter-in-law, White, Female, Age: 28, Married, KY KY KY; Carl [Karl Glynn], Son [Grandson], White, Male, Age: 3 , Single, TX TX KY; Vane, Son [Grandson], White, Male, Age: 10 mo, Single, TX TX KY.
Unique identifier
FEE10540AED393E4D952297E9D8B20744273
Last change
July 26, 2011 – 08:59:06
Author of last change: barbaracorner
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