Levi Grant Wilks, 18721937 (aged 64 years)

Levi [Lee] Grant Wilks
Name
Levi Grant /Wilks/
Given names
Levi Grant
Nickname
Lee
Surname
Wilks
Citation details: Film# 1908559, Reference# cn26372
Birth
Marriage
Citation details: Film# 1908559, Reference# cn26372
Death of a half-sister
Note: her last child was born in Alabama
Birth of a brother
Census
Citation details: Page 96B
Quality of data: Transcription
Note: in household as Fransice Wilks, Head, Married, White, Age: 61, VA, Farmer, VA VA; Mary Wilks, Wife, Married, Female, White, Age: 44, AL, Keeping house, NC SC; Charlie Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 22, AL, At home, VA AL; William E. Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 16, AL, Works on farm, VA AL; Sarah Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 13, AL, At home, VA AL; Lucy Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 12, AL, At home, VA AL; Fransice Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 9, AL VA AL; Levi Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 7, AL VA AL; Jessie Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 3, AL VA AL.
Marriage of a half-brother
Marriage of a brother
Note: Wilks, W. F. to Cravens, Sallie on 2 Nov 1885 by Jones, T. E., Justice Peace recorded in Book E, page 252
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a sister
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Indexing Batch # M59329-6, Film # 1025720, Reference # V11 P167
Census
Address: Precinct 10
Florence - Excl. of Florence City
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Citation details: Sheet 18B
Text:

Enumerator: Thomas J. Bond
Supervisor's District: 8
Enumeration District: 55

Quality of data: Census image
Note: in hh 288 300 as Wilks, Francis, Head, White, Male, Born: Mar 1819, Age: 81 Married: 38 years, VA VA VA, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm 207; Mary E., Wife, White, Female, Born: Mar 1836, Age: 64, Married: 38 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, AL NC SC; Lucy, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Dec. 1867, Age: 33, Married: 6 years, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, AL AL AL; Levie G., Son, White, Male, Born: Dec. 1872, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer; Jessie, Son, White, Male, Born June 1877, Age: 23, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer. All could read write & speak English.
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
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Death of a father
Note: interred in Denson Graveyard, oldest in that part of county. [unable to find a Denson Graveyard in Lauderdale County, Alabama]
Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Denson Cemetery
Address: on farm northwest of Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
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 brother
Citation details: Memorial# 7783260 Added 21 AUG 2003 by Brenda Legate
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Stoney Point Church of Christ Cemetery
Address: From Cox Creek Parkway, go North on US 157 to Petersville; right on County Road 7; left on County Road 24 to the Stoney Point Church of Christ. Row # 1 is next to County Road 24.
Citation details: Memorial# 7783260 Added 21 AUG 2003 by Brenda Legate
Note: Buried on Row 07 with wife, Virginia.
Death of a half-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
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
British King
Death of a mother
Death
November 2, 1937 Age: 64 years, 10 months, 20 days
Citation details: Film# 1908559, Reference # cn26372
Note: His Alabama death record uses the name Lee G. Wilkes.
Burial
Cemetery: Stoney Point Church of Christ Cemetery
Address: From Cox Creek Parkway, go North on US 157 to Petersville; right on County Road 7; left on County Road 24 to the Stoney Point Church of Christ. Row # 1 is next to County Road 24.
Citation details: Memorial# 7783264 Added 21 AUG 2003 by Brenda Legate
Note: Buried on Row 22 with wife, Eula.
Family with parents
father
Francis Wilks & Mary Eleanor Farmer Wilks
18191903
Birth: March 9, 1819 31 38 Virginia, USA
Death: August 19, 1903Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
mother
Francis Wilks & Mary Eleanor Farmer Wilks
1836
Birth: March 1836Alabama, USA
Death:
Marriage MarriageDecember 22, 1862Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
1 year
elder brother
1863
Birth: 1863 43 26 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
4 years
elder sister
Sarah Ann Wilks Photo
18661905
Birth: December 16, 1866 47 30 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: August 17, 1905
13 months
elder sister
Lucy Alice Saffrona Wilks
1867
Birth: December 1867 48 31 Alabama, USA
Death:
20 months
elder brother
1869
Birth: July 1869 50 33 Missouri, USA
Death:
4 years
himself
Levi [Lee] Grant Wilks
18721937
Birth: December 12, 1872 53 36 Alabama, USA
Death: November 2, 1937Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
5 years
younger brother
18771929
Birth: June 16, 1877 58 41 Alabama, USA
Death: April 13, 1929
Father’s family with Emily Caroline Carr
father
Francis Wilks & Mary Eleanor Farmer Wilks
18191903
Birth: March 9, 1819 31 38 Virginia, USA
Death: August 19, 1903Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
stepmother
18261862
Birth: 1826 41 33 Alabama, USA
Death: before December 15, 1862Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Marriage MarriageJanuary 10, 1836Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
9 years
half-sister
18451875
Birth: May 1, 1845 26 19 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: between 1873 and 1875Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
20 months
half-brother
1846
Birth: 1846 26 20 Alabama, USA
Death:
4 years
half-brother
18491931
Birth: September 1849 30 23 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: May 20, 1931Verdunville, Saint Mary, Louisiana, USA
5 years
half-sister
1854
Birth: 1854 34 28 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death:
5 years
half-sister
1858
Birth: 1858 38 32 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death:
3 years
half-brother
1860
Birth: 1860 40 34
Death:
Family with Eula L.
himself
Levi [Lee] Grant Wilks
18721937
Birth: December 12, 1872 53 36 Alabama, USA
Death: November 2, 1937Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
wife
18871977
Birth: March 6, 1887
Death: July 13, 1977
Marriage Marriage
Birth
Marriage
Citation details: Film# 1908559, Reference# cn26372
Census
Citation details: Page 96B
Quality of data: Transcription
Census
Citation details: Sheet 18B
Text:

Enumerator: Thomas J. Bond
Supervisor's District: 8
Enumeration District: 55

Quality of data: Census image
Name
Citation details: Film# 1908559, Reference# cn26372
Death
Citation details: Film# 1908559, Reference # cn26372
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 7783264 Added 21 AUG 2003 by Brenda Legate
Note
Census

in household as Fransice Wilks, Head, Married, White, Age: 61, VA, Farmer, VA VA; Mary Wilks, Wife, Married, Female, White, Age: 44, AL, Keeping house, NC SC; Charlie Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 22, AL, At home, VA AL; William E. Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 16, AL, Works on farm, VA AL; Sarah Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 13, AL, At home, VA AL; Lucy Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 12, AL, At home, VA AL; Fransice Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 9, AL VA AL; Levi Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 7, AL VA AL; Jessie Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 3, AL VA AL.

Census

in hh 288 300 as Wilks, Francis, Head, White, Male, Born: Mar 1819, Age: 81 Married: 38 years, VA VA VA, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm 207; Mary E., Wife, White, Female, Born: Mar 1836, Age: 64, Married: 38 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, AL NC SC; Lucy, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Dec. 1867, Age: 33, Married: 6 years, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, AL AL AL; Levie G., Son, White, Male, Born: Dec. 1872, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer; Jessie, Son, White, Male, Born June 1877, Age: 23, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer. All could read write & speak English.

Death

His Alabama death record uses the name Lee G. Wilkes.

Burial

Buried on Row 22 with wife, Eula.

Note

in 1903 probate on his father's will he was 30 years old, living in Lauderdale County, Alabama.

Media object
Levi [Lee] Grant Wilks
Levi [Lee] Grant Wilks
Note: "[We think his name is Levi, and if so, he is the son of Francis and Mary (Farmer) Wilks.]"
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