Rufus Washington Wilks, 18781940 (aged 62 years)

Name
Rufus Washington /Wilks/
Given names
Rufus Washington
Surname
Wilks
Birth
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
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
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
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
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Marriage
Marriage of a brother
Birth of a son
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.
Birth of a son
Family census
Citation details: page 8775
Note: in hh 154 154 as RUFUS W. WILKS, head, 41, TX AL IL; OLIVE, wife, 24, OK IN OH, Jack M., son, 2 3/12, OK; Ferris W., son, 10/12, OK
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Death of a sister
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Death of a brother
Family census
Citation details: page 232
Note: in hh 423 4441 as RUFUS WILKES, 51, head, TX AL TX, age at first marriage 35; OLIVE, 38, OK IN OH, age at first marriage 22; Jack, 12, son, OK in school; Ferris, 11, son, OK, in school; Benjamin C., 9, OK in school; Janas, 7, daughter, NM in school; Rosalee, 6, daughter, CO; Aneta, 4 3/12, daughter
Death of a brother
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
Death of a brother
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Death of a sister
Death of a son
British King
Death
after December 8, 1940 (aged 62 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
elder brother
18621935
Birth: September 2, 1862 35 21 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: 1935Oklahoma, USA
2 years
elder brother
18641951
Birth: October 20, 1864 37 23 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 8, 1951Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
18 months
elder sister
18661924
Birth: April 20, 1866 38 24 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: March 26, 1924
3 years
elder brother
18691944
Birth: July 28, 1869 41 27 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: December 2, 1944
3 years
elder sister
18721937
Birth: September 5, 1872 45 31 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: January 18, 1937
16 months
elder brother
18741932
Birth: January 2, 1874 46 32 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: between 1931 and 1932
3 years
elder brother
18761951
Birth: August 16, 1876 49 35 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: September 9, 1951Comanche, Comanche, Texas, USA
2 years
himself
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
Family with Olive Alice Milner
himself
18781940
Birth: August 14, 1878 51 37 Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Death: after December 8, 1940
wife
18921977
Birth: 1892Oklahoma, USA
Death: March 7, 1977
Marriage Marriage1915
3 years
son
19171939
Birth: 1917 38 25 Oklahoma, USA
Death: 1939
3 years
son
19191945
Birth: about 1919 40 27 Oklahoma, USA
Death: between 1941 and 1945
3 years
son
19211944
Birth: 1921 42 29 Oklahoma, USA
Death: July 10, 1944
3 years
daughter
1923
Birth: 1923 44 31 New Mexico, USA
2 years
daughter
1924
Birth: 1924 45 32 Colorado, USA
2 years
daughter
1926
Birth: February 15, 1926 47 34 Texas, USA
Marriage
Family census
Citation details: page 8775
Family census
Citation details: page 232
Family census

in hh 154 154 as RUFUS W. WILKS, head, 41, TX AL IL; OLIVE, wife, 24, OK IN OH, Jack M., son, 2 3/12, OK; Ferris W., son, 10/12, OK

Family census

in hh 423 4441 as RUFUS WILKES, 51, head, TX AL TX, age at first marriage 35; OLIVE, 38, OK IN OH, age at first marriage 22; Jack, 12, son, OK in school; Ferris, 11, son, OK, in school; Benjamin C., 9, OK in school; Janas, 7, daughter, NM in school; Rosalee, 6, daughter, CO; Aneta, 4 3/12, daughter

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William Alfred Ross (1878–1960) Minnie Bell Wilks (1893–1978) Myrl Jean Wilks (1916–2016) Sarah Priscilla Vance (1780–1847) Charles Grandison McLean (1808–1853) Sheron Kuhn McLean (1940–1980) William R. Newman (1885–1918) Nancy Elizabeth McLean (1845–1924) Ethel A. Reneker (1865–) Ethel Herring (1895–1985) John Bailey Newman (1878–1969) James Tandy Osborne (1862–1891) Charles Rolland McLean (1934–2015) Anna Mozella Newman (1918–1991) Myrl Jean Wilks (1916–2016) Mima Cater (1870–1918) William Wesley Wilks (1884–1946) Robert Neal Quisenberry (1889–1976) Arrie Luncinda Taylor (1879–1964) Yutha Angeline Taylor (1885–1888) Ellen Malinda Zimmerman (1838–1921) Eliza Ann Knight (1854–1945) Karl Douglas Wilks (1942–1972) Willie Earl Newman Sr (1926–1993) Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor (1851–1936) Sheron Kuhn McLean (1940–1980) Gwyn Voy Wilks (1920–2010) Joseph William McLean (1851–1940) Catherine Bodkin (Botkin) (1831–1920) Robert Irvine McLean (1806–1837) Eura A. Newman (1903–1908) Lenora Jane Barron (1921–) George J. Foster (1859–1951) Alpha Olevia Moore (1903–1996) Elizabeth Margaret Riggs (1853–1891) Marcus Monroe McLean (1872–1934) Carl Franklin McLean Jr (1903–1980) David A Cole (1845–1924) Thomas Eubank Newman (1920–1975) Lee Perry Hitt (1889–1982) Byron Adelbert Hitt (1900–1972) Tarlton Jones Taylor (1828–1867)