Presley Crawford Wilks, 18851980 (aged 94 years)

Name
Presley Crawford /Wilks/
Given names
Presley Crawford
Surname
Wilks
Birth
Marriage
Occupation
Farmer
Note: owned a farm, which he lost in the Depression, then moved to Downey County, California, and grew corn on a rented farm. About 1930? in Rivera, CA
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Marriage of a sister
Census
Address: East 1/2 of Precinct 5
Bartlett Division
Bell County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet 22, Page 153A
Text:

Enumerator: W. B. May
Supervisor's District: 10
Enumeration District: 21

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 348 352 as Wilkes, Amos K., Head, White, Male, Born: May 1843, Age: 57, Married: 34 years, MO AL AL, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm 340; Ellzie, Wife, White, Female, Born: Jan 1847, Age: 53, Married: 34 years, Children born: 10, Children living: 10, AR TN IL; William, Son, White, Male, Born: May 1875, Age: 25, Single, AR MO AR, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 4 months; John, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1882, Age: 16, Single, AR MO AR, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 2 months; Isaac, Son, White, Male, Born: Apr 1886, Age: 14, Single, AR MO AR, At school; Pressley, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1888, Age: 11, Single, AR MO AR, At school; Bird Ella, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Feb 1892, Age: 8, Single, AR MO AR, At school; Calvin, Charles, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Apr 1873, Age: 27, Single, LA LA LA, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 2 months. All could read write and speak English.
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
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
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Death of a paternal grandmother
Citation details: Memorial# 5361243 Added 14 APR 2001 by dee
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Cemetery: Hindsville Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 36.14000, Longitude: -93.85171
Citation details: Memorial# 5361243 Added 14 APR 2001 by dee
Note: tombstone inscription: Manervie. Wife; Of Amos Wilks; Born; July 13, 1817.; Died; Oct. 14, 1906
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Census
1910 (aged 24 years)
Address: Precinct 3
Hopkins County, Texas, USA
Note: in household as Amos K. Wilks, Age: 66; Presley Wilks, Age: 21; Tennessee Swatsworth, Age: 65; Flossie Harrison, Age: 16
Birth of a daughter
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Death of a mother
Marriage of a brother
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 father
Note: according to California death certificate
Burial of a father
Cemetery: Graceland Cemetery
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Downey District Cemetery
Address: Block 18, Lot 01, Grave 3 W. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.91028, Longitude: -118.14000
Citation details: Memorial# 8020196 Added 23 OCT 2003 by Peggy Hooper
Note: tombstone inscription: Husband - Father; John P. Wilks' 1883 - 1987; At Rest.
Death of a brother
British King
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
Death of a brother
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
Death of a brother
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963
Death of a sister
Death of a wife
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977
Death
Family with parents
father
18421926
Birth: May 22, 1842 28 24 Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Death: February 17, 1926Downey, Los Angeles, California, USA
mother
18471918
Birth: January 1847Arkansas, USA
Death: before 1918Texas, USA
Marriage Marriageafter 1866
21 months
elder brother
18671945
Birth: September 13, 1867 25 20 Arkansas, USA
Death: June 15, 1945Los Angeles, California, USA
3 years
elder sister
1870
Birth: about 1870 27 23 Arkansas, USA
Death:
21 months
elder brother
18711942
Birth: September 29, 1871 29 24 Arkansas, USA
Death: May 11, 1942Los Angeles, California, USA
4 years
elder brother
1875
Birth: May 29, 1875 33 28 Arkansas, USA
Death:
3 years
elder sister
18781968
Birth: August 28, 1878 36 31 Arkansas, USA
Death: August 1968Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, USA
5 years
elder brother
18831937
Birth: October 1883 41 36 Arkansas, USA
Death: 1937Downey, Los Angeles, California, USA
2 years
himself
18851980
Birth: October 25, 1885 43 38 Arkansas, USA
Death: February 27, 1980Fallbrook, San Diego, California, USA
6 months
younger brother
18861960
Birth: April 15, 1886 43 39 Arkansas, USA
Death: November 2, 1960Los Angeles, California, USA
6 years
younger sister
Family with Nancy Gist
himself
18851980
Birth: October 25, 1885 43 38 Arkansas, USA
Death: February 27, 1980Fallbrook, San Diego, California, USA
wife
18961968
Birth: April 30, 1896Missouri, USA
Death: November 8, 1968San Diego, California, USA
Marriage Marriage
daughter
4 years
daughter
1915
Birth: 1915 29 18 Rivera, Los Angeles, California, USA
Death:
3 years
daughter
Birth
Marriage
Census
Citation details: Sheet 22, Page 153A
Text:

Enumerator: W. B. May
Supervisor's District: 10
Enumeration District: 21

Quality of data: census image
Census
Occupation
Death
Census

in hh 348 352 as Wilkes, Amos K., Head, White, Male, Born: May 1843, Age: 57, Married: 34 years, MO AL AL, Farmer, Unemployed: 1 month, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm 340; Ellzie, Wife, White, Female, Born: Jan 1847, Age: 53, Married: 34 years, Children born: 10, Children living: 10, AR TN IL; William, Son, White, Male, Born: May 1875, Age: 25, Single, AR MO AR, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 4 months; John, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1882, Age: 16, Single, AR MO AR, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 2 months; Isaac, Son, White, Male, Born: Apr 1886, Age: 14, Single, AR MO AR, At school; Pressley, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1888, Age: 11, Single, AR MO AR, At school; Bird Ella, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Feb 1892, Age: 8, Single, AR MO AR, At school; Calvin, Charles, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Apr 1873, Age: 27, Single, LA LA LA, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 2 months. All could read write and speak English.

Census

in household as Amos K. Wilks, Age: 66; Presley Wilks, Age: 21; Tennessee Swatsworth, Age: 65; Flossie Harrison, Age: 16

Occupation

owned a farm, which he lost in the Depression, then moved to Downey County, California, and grew corn on a rented farm. About 1930? in Rivera, CA

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