Benjamin Franklin Wilks, 18621935 (aged 72 years)

Name
Benjamin Franklin /Wilks/
Given names
Benjamin Franklin
Surname
Wilks
Nickname
Frank
Birth
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Certificate # 60705
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
Birth of a sister
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Birth of a brother
Census
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
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Birth of a brother
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
Birth of a sister
Death of a sister
Birth of a brother
Address: four miles west of Walnut Springs, Bosque County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1845916, Reference# 393
Text:

"Our Departed I was called to speak words of comfort to the bereaved family and the many friends who had gathered at the church near Chalk Mountain Cemetery to pay their last respects to our beloved brother, and friend. T. T. COPELAND, Dublin, Texas."

Quality of data: primary evidence
Marriage of a sister
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a sister
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Marriage of a brother
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Census
Address: Altus township (east part), Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Citation details: Sheet 27A
Text:

Supervisor's District 219
Enumeration District 79
Enumerator: Benjamin F. Flowers

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 514-514 as Wilks, Benjamin F., Head, White, Male, Born: Sep 1862, Age: 37, Single, TX AL IL, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm# 527; Benjamin C., Father, White, Male, Born: Aug 1827, Age: 72, Married: 41 yrs, AL MO Ireland; Martha, Mother, White, Female, Born: Aug 1841, Age: 58, Married: 41 yrs, Children born: 13, Children living: 10, IL TN TN; Claudie, Brother, White, Male, Born: Aug 1876, Age: 23, Single, TX AL IL, Farmer, Home: farm# 528; William, Brother, White, Male, Born: Aug 1884, Age: 16, Single, TX AL IL, At school: 5 mo. All could read write & speak English.
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a brother
Address: Courthouse, Glen Rose, Somervell County, Texas, USA.
Text:

They lived in the home of Willie's parents, B. C. and Harriet Wilks, first 19 months of their marriage.

Citation details: Book 2 - A, Page 216
Note: Witnessed by Rev. Joe Newman and others; marriage performed by C.M. Wright, Justice of Peace, Precinct No. 1, Glen Rose, Somervell. Texas, USA [Holy Matrimony Certificate]
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Death of a mother
Note: on farm near Oden Chapel
Burial of a mother
Cemetery: Chalk Mountain Cemetery
Note: tombstone inscription: Thy Will be Done; Harriet; Wife of; B.C. Wilks; Born; Aug. 14, 1841; Died; Mar. 29, 1911; of such is the; Kingdom of Heaven; WILKS.
Baptism of a brother
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: by John T. Bentley in the Paluxy River, Lanham's Mill, Somervell County, Texas
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a brother
Death of a father
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: in the home of his son William Wesley Wilks
Burial of a father
Cemetery: Chalk Mountain Cemetery
Quality of data: primary evidence

because of a 2 foot snow he wasn't buried until the 18th of January

Note: Tombstone inscription: B. C. Wilks; 1827 - 1919.
Death of a sister
Death of a brother
Death of a brother
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
Death
1935 (aged 72 years)
Family with parents
father
Benjamin Carroll Wilks
18271919
Birth: August 12, 1827 22 20 Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA
Death: January 15, 1919Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
mother
Harriet Young Wilks
18411911
Birth: August 14, 1841 41 35 Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Death: March 29, 1911Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Marriage Marriage1856Hill, Texas, USA
23 months
elder sister
18571857
Birth: November 11, 1857 30 16 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: November 26, 1857Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
13 months
elder brother
18581858
Birth: December 1, 1858 31 17 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 18, 1858Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
19 months
elder brother
18601929
Birth: June 16, 1860 32 18 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: July 3, 1929Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
2 years
himself
18621935
Birth: September 2, 1862 35 21 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: 1935Oklahoma, USA
2 years
younger brother
18641951
Birth: October 20, 1864 37 23 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 8, 1951Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
18 months
younger sister
18661924
Birth: April 20, 1866 38 24 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: March 26, 1924
3 years
younger brother
18691944
Birth: July 28, 1869 41 27 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 2, 1944
3 years
younger sister
18721937
Birth: September 5, 1872 45 31 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: January 18, 1937
16 months
younger brother
18741932
Birth: January 2, 1874 46 32 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: between 1931 and 1932
3 years
younger brother
18761951
Birth: August 16, 1876 49 35 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: September 9, 1951Comanche, Comanche, Texas, USA
2 years
younger brother
18781940
Birth: August 14, 1878 51 37 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: after December 8, 1940
3 years
younger sister
18811882
Birth: September 29, 1881 54 40 Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA
Death: October 3, 1882Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA
3 years
younger brother
William Wesley Wilks Portrait
18841946
Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Death: November 26, 1946Erath, Texas, USA
Birth
Census
Citation details: PAGE 377
Census
Citation details: Sheet 27A
Text:

Supervisor's District 219
Enumeration District 79
Enumerator: Benjamin F. Flowers

Quality of data: census image
Death
Census

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

Census

in hh 514-514 as Wilks, Benjamin F., Head, White, Male, Born: Sep 1862, Age: 37, Single, TX AL IL, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm# 527; Benjamin C., Father, White, Male, Born: Aug 1827, Age: 72, Married: 41 yrs, AL MO Ireland; Martha, Mother, White, Female, Born: Aug 1841, Age: 58, Married: 41 yrs, Children born: 13, Children living: 10, IL TN TN; Claudie, Brother, White, Male, Born: Aug 1876, Age: 23, Single, TX AL IL, Farmer, Home: farm# 528; William, Brother, White, Male, Born: Aug 1884, Age: 16, Single, TX AL IL, At school: 5 mo. All could read write & speak English.

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