John Washington Wilks 1825

John Washington Wilks, 1825–1878 (aged 53 years)

Name

John Washington Wilks

Name: John Washington /Wilks/
Given names: John Washington
Surname: Wilks
Nickname: The Englishman

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	February 17, 1825 20 18 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 14728356 Added 25 JUN 2006 by RMLeahy
6th President of the United States	John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825
Birth of a brother	Benjamin Carroll Wilks August 12, 1827 Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Note: his son William Wesley's birth certificate obtained in 1945 and dated 29 January 1945 states "Alabama Tuscumbia" under the 'Father' heading [copy in possession of Barbara D. Corner].
Birth of a sister	Minerva Wilks 1829 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
British King	George IV from January 29, 1820 to June 26, 1830
7th President of the United States	Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829
Census	1830 (aged 4 years) Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: 1830 Census for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Pages 237a and 237b Note: 2 males under 5 [John Washington & Benjamin Carroll] , 1 male 20-30 [Philip]; 2 females under 5 [Minerva & Nancy L.], 1 female 20-30 [Nancy C.]
Birth of a sister	Nancy L. Wilks about 1830 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death of a father	Philip Wilks before August 1831 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Marriage of a parent	James Rhodes — Alcie Marrs — View this family August 6, 1833 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Text: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-whi.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan Citation details: Book 3, Page 31 Note: Wilks, Alicy to Rhodes, James on Aug 1833 by Womock, J. B. . JP
Death of a maternal grandfather	John A Marrs April 25, 1834 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Wills Citation details: Book 7, p. 25; and Inventory Book 6-15, pp. 88-93 Source: National Genealogical Society Quarterly Citation details: "Vital Records from the National Intelligencer 1834," quoted in Vol. 59, 1908, p. 46 Note: "was shot to death near Florence, Alabama"; intestate, The sale of his estate on 18 Oct 1834 was recorded 18 Feb 1835 and listed heirs, "his widow Nancy Marrs . . . and ten children: "was shot to death near Florence, Alabama"; intestate, The sale of his estate on 18 Oct 1834 was recorded 18 Feb 1835 and listed heirs, "his widow Nancy Marrs . . . and ten children: Alsy Rhodes wife of James Rhodes Joseph C. Marrs Elizabeth D. Murphey (a widow) Minerva B. Wilkes wife of Amos Wilkes [Jr.] Melvina G. Denson wife of Jesse Denson Lucreatia S. Hale wife of Henry Hale the following minor heirs for whom the widow is guardian: Nancy E. Marrs Emily P. Marrs Albert P. Marrs The estate included several tracts of land in Sections 17, 20, and 21, Twp. 2, Range 11 West: N.W. 1/2 of Sect. 20 W. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4, Sect. 20 S. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4, Sect. 17 S. part of W. 1/4, S.E. 1/4, Sect. 20 E. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4, Sect. 17 held by certificate of land office It was agreed the land could not be equally and fairly divided so the heirs requested that it be sold. It was inventoried and sold; the widow Nancy Marrs petitioned the court for a widow's dower and was allotted 86 acres. His death was reported in the GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION FROM THE WESTERN METHODIST 1833-1834, Compiled by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith (Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003): ADDENDA May 2, 1834, p. 2: MURDER AND ROBBERY AT FLORENCE. We are called on to record another crime, one of a most daring character. John Marrs, a respectable citizen of Lauderdale county, Ala., left the public square in Florence about half past two o'clock on Friday last [about April 18, 1834], for his residence about six miles in the country. He proceeded on his way about one mile from the courthouse, in full view of town, and in the immediate vicinity of some of our most respectable citizens when he was shot dead by some villain or villains and robbed of about seven hundred dollars. On this being announced to the citizens of Florence, they immediately assembled at the courthouse and [determined to offer] a reward of six hundred dollars for the apprehension of the murderer on conviction. They appointed a committee of vigilance and call upon the [smeared word] of justice and moral order everywhere to aid them in detecting and bringing to justice the author of this outrage. S. H. Stockton, one of the publishers of the Mobile, Ala. Register had been shot and killed by Charles A. Stuart on April 3, 1834. No particulars of the incident were given but a few days ago, after his trial, Stuart was acquitted by the jurors. NOTE ABOUT THE PUBLICATION OF THE WESTERN METHODIST: During the period covering these genealogical abstracts, 1833-1834 Garrett and Maffitt were editors of this newspaper. Unfortunately, the issues post-October 17, 1834 have apparently been completely lost.
Death of a paternal grandfather	John Wilks Jr January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Cause: tuberculosis Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: Page 295 Note: presumably in Mississippi. Samuel Newman Wilks wrote his father Samuel in Bedford County, Virginia, a letter dated 20 Jan 1836, "Dir father . . . Uncle JOHN and Aunt BARBY is both dead. Aunt died three days first. Neither one would take anything while they were sick."¶ Ben Wilks's daughter Betsy Ann Creasey died in 1835 of consumption, and family tradition is that John's family in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, with the exception of some orphan children, died of the same disease (tuberculosis).
Death of a paternal grandmother	Barbara Newman January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Note: three days before her husband, John, died of sickness, TB
British King	William IV from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837
Marriage of a sister	Jacob Rodes — Minerva Wilks — View this family July 15, 1838 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Alabama Marriages 1816 - 1957
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
9th President of the United States	William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States	John Tyler April 4, 1841
11th President of the United States	James K Polk March 4, 1845
Baptism of a brother	Benjamin Carroll Wilks 1848 Mississippi, USA Source: Erie Catherine Taylor - William Wesley Wilks Family, The
12th President of the United States	Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850
Marriage	Nancy C. Hennigan — View this family before September 11, 1850 (aged 25 years) Mississippi, USA
Family census	Nancy C. Hennigan — View this family September 11, 1850 Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA Source: 1850 Census for Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA Citation details: page 74B Text: Enumerator: Andrew J. Clark, Ass't Marshall Note: in hh 289 289 as Wilkes, John W., Age: 23, Male, Farmer, $700, AL; Nancy, Age: 18, Female, AL; Benjamin, Age: 22, Male, Farmer, AL.
Immigration	between 1851 and 1852 (aged 26 years) Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: When Benjamin was 24 years old they left from Shannon's Station - today's Shannon, Lee, Mississippi, USA. Lee County was created from Pontotoc and Itawamba Counties. John and Benjamin worked first in East Texas as overseers, but no record found as to where they actually worked.
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853
Residence	November 1854 Navarro, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: John and Benjamin bought land together.
Marriage of a brother	Benjamin Carroll Wilks — Martha Harriet Young — View this family 1856 Hill, Texas, USA Source: Erie Catherine Taylor - William Wesley Wilks Family, The 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.
Birth of a son	Robert Jones Wilks about 1856 Hill, Texas, USA Source: 1870 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA
Birth of a daughter	Martha A. Wilks about 1857 Texas, USA Source: 1870 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857
Family census	Nancy C. Hennigan — View this family 1860 Hill, Texas, USA Address: Post Office: Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Citation details: Ancestry.com Web Site Note: as John W. Wilks, Age: 35; Nancy C. Wilks, Age: 28; Robt Wilks, Age: 4; Martha A. Wilks, Age: 2.
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861
Birth of a daughter	Idaho Wilks October 11, 1862 Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Source: Texas Death Certificate Quality of data: primary evidence Citation details: Elmo David Quisenberry Death Certificate # 15630 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 63683359 Quality of data: secondary evidence
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865
Death of a maternal grandmother	Nancy J Stone after 1866
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869
Birth of a daughter	Washington Virginia Wilks April 16, 1869 Denton, Texas, USA Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery Note: The 1900 Census of Denton County, Texas, USA, shows her date of birth as April 1864. Gaylon Fry on Genforum Oct 1998 states her birth as 16 April 1869.
Family census	Nancy C. Hennigan — View this family July 20, 1870 Denton, Texas, USA Address: Precinct 1 Post office: Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA Source: 1870 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Quality of data: Census image Citation details: page 11 and page 12 Text: Enumerator: John L. Lovejoy, Jr. Note: in hh 87 87 as Wilks, John W., Age: 45, Male, White, Farmer, $1500/$550, AL, Citizen. [page 12] Wilks, Nancy, Age: 30, Female, White, Keeping house, AL; James R., Age: 14, Male, White, Works on farm, TX; Martha A., Age: 13, Female, White, Attending school, TX; Idaho, Age: 4, Female, White, TX; Washington V., Age: 1, Female, White, TX. [The census-taker got his pages mixed up, so initially it looked like John W. Wilks was in same house as: John H. Cleveland 11 MO, works on farm (top of p.), but that's part of hh 72.]
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877
Death of a mother	Alcie Marrs
Death	March 30, 1878 (aged 53 years) Denton, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 14728356 Added 25 JUN 2006 by RMLeahy
Burial	March 1878 (0 after death) Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.20850, Longitude: -97.13880. Section C Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Quality of data: primary evidence Citation details: Memorial# 14728356 Added 25 JUN 2006 by RMLeahy

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Family with parents
father	Links 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 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alcie Marrs John Washington Wilks Benjamin Carroll Wilks Minerva Wilks Nancy L. Wilks Philip Wilks 1805–1831 Birth: about 1805 30 25 — South Carolina, USA Death: before August 1831 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
mother	Links 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 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Philip Wilks John Washington Wilks Benjamin Carroll Wilks Minerva Wilks Nancy L. Wilks Family with spouse James Rhodes Alcie Marrs 1807– Birth: about 1807 27 23 — Tennessee, USA Death:
Civil marriage	Civil marriage — May 13, 1824 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
9 months himself	Links Birth: February 17, 1825 20 18 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: before September 11, 1850 — Mississippi, USA Family census: September 11, 1850 — Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA Immigration: between 1851 and 1852 — Texas, USA Family census: 1860 — Hill, Texas, USA Family census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: March 30, 1878 — Denton, Texas, USA Burial: March 1878 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Unique identifier: AFBE9CAADCB1B6924368192E33447A8D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nancy C. Hennigan Robert Jones Wilks Martha A. Wilks Idaho Wilks Washington Virginia Wilks John Washington Wilks 1825–1878 Birth: February 17, 1825 20 18 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death: March 30, 1878 — Denton, Texas, USA
3 years younger brother	Links 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 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Harriet Young 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 Benjamin Carroll Wilks 1827–1919 Birth: August 12, 1827 22 20 — Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA Death: January 15, 1919 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1829 24 22 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: July 15, 1838 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death: Unique identifier: 1717E0563859AC8849C6A5E21C188C33 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jacob Rodes Minerva Wilks 1829– Birth: 1829 24 22 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death:
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1830 25 23 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1850 — Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 09079A010B1F9CC54D2E7BD0B2193D9D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse … Beck Nancy L. Wilks 1830– Birth: about 1830 25 23 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death:

Mother’s family with James Rhodes
stepfather	Links Birth: about 1810 Marriage: August 6, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death: Unique identifier: 0FB4327B42FBEB34DD8BB2DCCC862D1FB9FE Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alcie Marrs James Rhodes 1810– Birth: about 1810 Death:
mother	Links 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 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Philip Wilks John Washington Wilks Benjamin Carroll Wilks Minerva Wilks Nancy L. Wilks Family with spouse James Rhodes Alcie Marrs 1807– Birth: about 1807 27 23 — Tennessee, USA Death:
Marriage	Marriage — August 6, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

Family with Nancy C. Hennigan
himself	Links Birth: February 17, 1825 20 18 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: before September 11, 1850 — Mississippi, USA Family census: September 11, 1850 — Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA Immigration: between 1851 and 1852 — Texas, USA Family census: 1860 — Hill, Texas, USA Family census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: March 30, 1878 — Denton, Texas, USA Burial: March 1878 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Unique identifier: AFBE9CAADCB1B6924368192E33447A8D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nancy C. Hennigan Robert Jones Wilks Martha A. Wilks Idaho Wilks Washington Virginia Wilks John Washington Wilks 1825–1878 Birth: February 17, 1825 20 18 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death: March 30, 1878 — Denton, Texas, USA
wife	Links Birth: January 25, 1830 28 30 — Alabama, USA Marriage: before September 11, 1850 — Mississippi, USA Family census: September 11, 1850 — Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA Family census: 1860 — Hill, Texas, USA Family census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: April 4, 1914 — Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA Burial: April 1914 — Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA Unique identifier: AFBE9CAADCB1B6924368192E33447A8D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Washington Wilks Robert Jones Wilks Martha A. Wilks Idaho Wilks Washington Virginia Wilks Nancy C. Hennigan 1830–1914 Birth: January 25, 1830 28 30 — Alabama, USA Death: April 4, 1914 — Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA
Marriage	Marriage — before September 11, 1850 — Mississippi, USA
6 years son	Links Birth: about 1856 30 25 — Hill, Texas, USA Census: 1860 — Hill, Texas, USA Census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: after 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA Burial: Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Robert Jones Wilks 1856–1880 Birth: about 1856 30 25 — Hill, Texas, USA Death: after 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA
2 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1857 31 26 — Texas, USA Census: 1860 — Hill, Texas, USA Census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Martha A. Wilks 1857– Birth: about 1857 31 26 — Texas, USA Death:
6 years daughter	Links Birth: October 11, 1862 37 32 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: about 1888 — Texas, USA Family census: June 13, 1900 — Clay, Texas, USA Family census: 1910 — Jack, Texas, USA Family census: 1920 — Dickens, Texas, USA Death: July 5, 1929 — Garza, Texas, USA Burial: July 1929 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 30579815A1FEAA8F4892AFB0DDE4CF6C Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dock Rice Quisenberry Robert Neal Quisenberry Thomas Lester Quisenberry Nancy Lora Quisenberry Elmo David Quisenberry Jannie H. Quisenberry Otis A. Quisenberry Annie Mae Quisenberry Idaho Wilks 1862–1929 Birth: October 11, 1862 37 32 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Death: July 5, 1929 — Garza, Texas, USA
7 years daughter	Links Birth: April 16, 1869 44 39 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: December 11, 1884 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Family census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: June 21, 1959 — Dickens, Texas, USA Burial: June 1959 — Dickens, Texas, USA Unique identifier: F1F19AB1281AB78A4EB5A5EF7AE80E8D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alexander A. Fry Albert Alexander Fry Robert Eugene Fry Washington Virginia Wilks 1869–1959 Birth: April 16, 1869 44 39 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: June 21, 1959 — Dickens, Texas, USA

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Birth	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 14728356 Added 25 JUN 2006 by RMLeahy
Census	Source: 1830 Census for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Pages 237a and 237b
Family census	Source: 1850 Census for Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA Citation details: page 74B Text: Enumerator: Andrew J. Clark, Ass't Marshall
Immigration	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Residence	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Family census	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Citation details: Ancestry.com Web Site
Family census	Source: 1870 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Quality of data: Census image Citation details: page 11 and page 12 Text: Enumerator: John L. Lovejoy, Jr.
Death	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 14728356 Added 25 JUN 2006 by RMLeahy
Burial	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Quality of data: primary evidence Citation details: Memorial# 14728356 Added 25 JUN 2006 by RMLeahy

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Census	2 males under 5 [John Washington & Benjamin Carroll] , 1 male 20-30 [Philip]; 2 females under 5 [Minerva & Nancy L.], 1 female 20-30 [Nancy C.]
Family census	in hh 289 289 as Wilkes, John W., Age: 23, Male, Farmer, $700, AL; Nancy, Age: 18, Female, AL; Benjamin, Age: 22, Male, Farmer, AL.
Immigration	When Benjamin was 24 years old they left from Shannon's Station - today's Shannon, Lee, Mississippi, USA. Lee County was created from Pontotoc and Itawamba Counties. John and Benjamin worked first in East Texas as overseers, but no record found as to where they actually worked.
Residence	John and Benjamin bought land together.
Family census	as John W. Wilks, Age: 35; Nancy C. Wilks, Age: 28; Robt Wilks, Age: 4; Martha A. Wilks, Age: 2.
Family census	in hh 87 87 as Wilks, John W., Age: 45, Male, White, Farmer, $1500/$550, AL, Citizen. [page 12] Wilks, Nancy, Age: 30, Female, White, Keeping house, AL; James R., Age: 14, Male, White, Works on farm, TX; Martha A., Age: 13, Female, White, Attending school, TX; Idaho, Age: 4, Female, White, TX; Washington V., Age: 1, Female, White, TX. [The census-taker got his pages mixed up, so initially it looked like John W. Wilks was in same house as: John H. Cleveland 11 MO, works on farm (top of p.), but that's part of hh 72.]
Note	called "The Englishman" because of his attire, per grandson Edd Fry as told to Gaylon Fry, Apr 2002

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Media object	1895 Map of Shannon, Lee County, MS
Media object	John W. Wilks

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Germany 10

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Russia 11

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Unique identifier

A150F711D33CA4B445EA8B5A3F092646F7CC

Last change

April 28, 2019 – 02:44:35

Author of last change: barbaracorner

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Family with parents
father Parents John Wilks Jr Barbara Newman	Philip Wilks 1805–1831
mother Parents John A Marrs Nancy J Stone	Alcie Marrs 1807–
himself	John Washington Wilks 1825–1878
younger brother Family Martha Harriet Young 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	Benjamin Carroll Wilks 1827–1919
younger sister Family Jacob Rodes	Minerva Wilks 1829–
younger sister Family … Beck	Nancy L. Wilks 1830–

Mother’s family with James Rhodes
stepfather	James Rhodes 1810–
mother Parents John A Marrs Nancy J Stone	Alcie Marrs 1807–

Family with Nancy C. Hennigan
himself	John Washington Wilks 1825–1878
wife Parents Robert H. Hennigan Martha Crowell	Nancy C. Hennigan 1830–1914
son	Robert Jones Wilks 1856–1880
daughter	Martha A. Wilks 1857–
daughter Family Dock Rice Quisenberry Robert Neal Quisenberry Thomas Lester Quisenberry Nancy Lora Quisenberry Elmo David Quisenberry Jannie H. Quisenberry Otis A. Quisenberry Annie Mae Quisenberry	Idaho Wilks 1862–1929
daughter Family Alexander A. Fry Albert Alexander Fry Robert Eugene Fry	Washington Virginia Wilks 1869–1959

Descendants

John Washington Wilks(1825–1878)
- Nancy C. Hennigan1850