Washington Virginia Wilks 1869

Washington Virginia Wilks, 1869–1959 (aged 90 years)

Name

Washington Virginia Wilks

Name: Washington Virginia /Wilks/
Given names: Washington Virginia
Surname: Wilks
Nickname: Jenny
Married name: Washington Virginia /Fry/

Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family

Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	April 16, 1869 44 39 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.
Census	July 20, 1870 (aged 1 year) Denton, Texas, USA Address: Precinct 1 Post office: Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA Source: 1870 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 11 and page 12 Text: Enumerator: John L. Lovejoy, Jr. Quality of data: Census image 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.]
Death of a father	John Washington Wilks March 30, 1878 Denton, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 14728356 Added 25 JUN 2006 by RMLeahy
Burial of a father	John Washington Wilks March 1878 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
Census	1880 (aged 10 years) Denton, Texas, USA Address: Precinct 1 Denton County, Texas, USA Source: 1880 Census Collection for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 22 D Note: in hh as Nancy C. Wilks, Head, Widow, Female, White, Age: 47, AL, Keeping house, NC NC; Robert Wilks, Son, Single, Male, Age: 22, TX, Farmer, TN AL; Idaho Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 14, TX TN AL; Washington Virginia Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 11, TX TN AL.
Death of a brother	Robert Jones Wilks after 1880 Denton, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 15604675. Added 03 SEP 2006 by RM Leahy.
Marriage	Alexander A. Fry — View this family December 11, 1884 (aged 15 years) Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 19 A Note: married 16 years as recorded in 1900 Denton County, Texas, USA Census.
Marriage of a sister	Dock Rice Quisenberry — Idaho Wilks — View this family about 1888 Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a son	Albert Alexander Fry March 22, 1893 Denton, Texas, USA Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 19 A Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40082898 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob. Source: Texas Death Certificate Citation details: Certificate #54748
Birth of a son	Robert Eugene Fry August 20, 1896 Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083123 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Family census	Alexander A. Fry — View this family June 5, 1900 Denton, Texas, USA Address: Justice Precinct 1 "(all west of Old Wire rd. & South of Denton/McKinney rd.)" Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 19 A, Sheet 3 Text: Enumerator: Edwin M. Hawk Supervisor's District: 2 Enumeration District: 43 Note: in hh 43 44 as Fry, Alexander, Head, White, Male, Born: Apr. 1851, Age: 49, Married: 16 years, NC NC NC, Farmer, Read write & speak English, Home: Owner, Mortgaged, Farm, Farm # 37; Jennie, Wife, White, Female, Born: Apr. 1864, Age: 36, Married: 16 years, Children born: 2, Children living: 2, TX AL AL, Read write & speak English; Albert, Son, White, Male, Born: March 1893, Age: 7, Single, TX NC TX; Eugene, Son, White, Male, Born: Aug 1895, Age: 4, Single, TX NC TX; Wilkes, Nancy C., Mother-in-law, White, Female, Born: Jan. 1830, Age: 70, Widow, Children born: 3, Children living: 3, AL NC NC.
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897
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
Marriage of a son	Albert Alexander Fry — Daisy Ester Cobb — View this family 1913
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913
Death of a mother	Nancy C. Hennigan April 4, 1914 Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 32824885 Added 11 JAN 2009 by Sharon Atkinson McClelland
Burial of a mother	Nancy C. Hennigan April 1914 Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA Cemetery: Antelope Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.44580, Longitude: -98.36000. From Antelope take FM 175 east to cemetery on northeast side of town. Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 32824885 Added 11 JAN 2009 by Sharon Atkinson McClelland Nancy C. Hennigan Wilks Tombstone
Marriage of a son	Robert Eugene Fry — Ruth Imogene Brantner — View this family February 24, 1916 Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery Source: FamilySearch.org - Family History & Genealogy Records
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
Death of a sister	Idaho Wilks July 5, 1929 Garza, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial # 63683359 Quality of data: primary evidence
Burial of a sister	Idaho Wilks July 1929 Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Cemetery: Red Mud Cemetery Address: Southwest of what is now Spur, Texas at GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.42651, Longitude: -100.99877. Row H-5 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 63683359 Quality of data: primary evidence Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery
Death of a husband	Alexander A. Fry September 6, 1929 Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Cause: Stroke Address: "on his farm and ranch on Cat Fish" Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Burial of a husband	Alexander A. Fry September 7, 1929 Dickens, Texas, USA Cemetery: Red Mud Cemetery Address: Southwest of what is now Spur, Texas at GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.42651, Longitude: -100.99877. Row G-9. Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob Note: transcription of tombstone inscription uses the name "Alex Fry". He is buried next to his wife, Jenny Wilks Fry.
British King	George V from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933
British King	Edward VII from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
British King	George VI from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945
British Queen	Elizabeth II from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States	Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953
Death	June 21, 1959 (aged 90 years) Dickens, Texas, USA Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery
Burial	June 1959 (0 after death) Dickens, Texas, USA Cemetery: Red Mud Cemetery Address: Southwest of what is now Spur, Texas at GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.42651, Longitude: -100.99877. Row G-8 Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery

Date differences

Family with parents
father	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
mother	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 elder brother	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 elder sister	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 elder sister	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 herself	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

Family with Alexander A. Fry
husband	Links Birth: April 14, 1849 — Stokes, North Carolina, USA Immigration: 1859 — Texas, USA Occupation: Texas Ranger — before May 1865 — Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA Marriage: December 11, 1884 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Family census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Immigration: 1914 — Dickens, Texas, USA Occupation: Farmer/Rancher — Texas, USA Death: September 6, 1929 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Burial: September 7, 1929 — Dickens, Texas, USA Obituary: Obituary — September 13, 1929 Unique identifier: F1F19AB1281AB78A4EB5A5EF7AE80E8D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Washington Virginia Wilks Albert Alexander Fry Robert Eugene Fry Alexander A. Fry 1849–1929 Birth: April 14, 1849 — Stokes, North Carolina, USA Death: September 6, 1929 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA
herself	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
Marriage	Marriage — December 11, 1884 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA
8 years son	Links Birth: March 22, 1893 43 23 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: 1913 Immigration: 1914 — Dickens, Texas, USA Number of children: 6 sons and 2 daughters Religion: Church of Christ — before 1942 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Occupation: Farming — before July 23, 1969 Death: July 24, 1969 — Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas, USA Burial: July 25, 1969 — Dickens, Texas, USA Obituary: "The Texas Spur" — July 31, 1969 — Dickens, Texas, USA Unique identifier: FE5FB3FBF49BA43D47B1EC537BB0D854 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daisy Ester Cobb Albert Alexander Fry 1893–1969 Birth: March 22, 1893 43 23 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: July 24, 1969 — Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas, USA
4 years son	Links Birth: August 20, 1896 47 27 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: February 24, 1916 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Emigration: before 1947 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Number of children: 5 sons and 2 daughters Death: October 8, 1975 — Texline, Dallam, Texas, USA Obituary: October 9, 1975 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA Burial: October 1975 — Dickens, Texas, USA Religion: Church of Christ — Dickens, Texas, USA Unique identifier: E51D0732A046BD164E3372FA024A98CE Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ruth Imogene Brantner Robert Eugene Fry 1896–1975 Birth: August 20, 1896 47 27 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Death: October 8, 1975 — Texline, Dallam, Texas, USA

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Birth	Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery
Census	Source: 1870 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 11 and page 12 Text: Enumerator: John L. Lovejoy, Jr. Quality of data: Census image
Census	Source: 1880 Census Collection for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 22 D
Marriage	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 19 A
Family census	Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 19 A, Sheet 3 Text: Enumerator: Edwin M. Hawk Supervisor's District: 2 Enumeration District: 43
Name	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery
Death	Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery
Burial	Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery

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Birth	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.
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.]
Census	in hh as Nancy C. Wilks, Head, Widow, Female, White, Age: 47, AL, Keeping house, NC NC; Robert Wilks, Son, Single, Male, Age: 22, TX, Farmer, TN AL; Idaho Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 14, TX TN AL; Washington Virginia Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 11, TX TN AL.
Marriage	married 16 years as recorded in 1900 Denton County, Texas, USA Census.
Family census	in hh 43 44 as Fry, Alexander, Head, White, Male, Born: Apr. 1851, Age: 49, Married: 16 years, NC NC NC, Farmer, Read write & speak English, Home: Owner, Mortgaged, Farm, Farm # 37; Jennie, Wife, White, Female, Born: Apr. 1864, Age: 36, Married: 16 years, Children born: 2, Children living: 2, TX AL AL, Read write & speak English; Albert, Son, White, Male, Born: March 1893, Age: 7, Single, TX NC TX; Eugene, Son, White, Male, Born: Aug 1895, Age: 4, Single, TX NC TX; Wilkes, Nancy C., Mother-in-law, White, Female, Born: Jan. 1830, Age: 70, Widow, Children born: 3, Children living: 3, AL NC NC.

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Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

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Netherlands 24

Poland 1

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Russia 11

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Extra information

Unique identifier

DF5AFB4473EAB4794770A9F41C74F857

Last change

March 17, 2018 – 19:59:22

Author of last change: barbaracorner

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Family with parents
father Parents Philip Wilks Alcie Marrs	John Washington Wilks 1825–1878
mother Parents Robert H. Hennigan Martha Crowell	Nancy C. Hennigan 1830–1914
elder brother	Robert Jones Wilks 1856–1880
elder sister	Martha A. Wilks 1857–
elder sister 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
herself	Washington Virginia Wilks 1869–1959

Family with Alexander A. Fry
husband	Alexander A. Fry 1849–1929
herself	Washington Virginia Wilks 1869–1959
son Family Daisy Ester Cobb	Albert Alexander Fry 1893–1969
son Family Ruth Imogene Brantner	Robert Eugene Fry 1896–1975

Descendants

Washington Virginia Wilks(1869–1959)
- Alexander A. Fry1884
  - Albert Alexander Fry(1893–1969)
  - Robert Eugene Fry(1896–1975)