Benjamin Wilks 1833

Benjamin Wilks, 1833–

Name

Benjamin Wilks

Name: Benjamin /Wilks/
Given names: Benjamin
Surname: Wilks

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	1833 22 21 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Indexing Project# M86847-9, Film# 30597, Reference# 60
Birth of a sister	Elizabeth Wilks 1835 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
British King	William IV from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
Birth of a sister	Armanetta Wilks 1837 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837
Birth of a sister	Mary Wilks 1839 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Census	1840 (aged 7 years) Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: 1840 Census for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Quality of data: census image Citation details: Page 71a and 71b Note: listed as S. N. Wilks with 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30 and 3 females 0-5, 1 female 20-30. 1 in agriculture.
Death of a paternal grandfather	Benjamin Wilks September 1843 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a sister	Caroline Wilks 1845 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a brother	Thomas G. Wilks 1847 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940
Census	August 15, 1850 (aged 17 years) Bedford, Virginia, USA Address: Southern Division Bedford County, Virginia, USA Source: 1850 Census for Bedford County, Virginia, USA Citation details: Page 225 Text: Enumerator: G. A. Burton Quality of data: census image Note: in hh 208 208 next to her parents in 207 207, as Sally Wilks, Age: 38, Female, VA; Benjamin, Age: 16, Male, Laborer, VA; Betsy, Age: 15, Female, AL; Armanetta, Age: 13, Female, AL, Attended school; Mary, Age: 11, Female, VA, Attended school; Nancy, Age: 9, Female, AL; Caroline, Age: 5, Female, AL; Thomas, Age: 3, Male, AL.
Death of a father	Samuel Norman Wilks between 1847 and 1850 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: Family tradition says that he was murdered during an attempted robbery. His widow and children returned to Virginia near her family.
Birth of a son	Benjamin Wilks Jr about 1850 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage	Emily A. Martin — View this family February 13, 1855 (aged 22 years) Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Death Records 1853-60 and 1868-80 Citation details: Page 53 Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Indexing Project# M86847-9, Film# 30597, Reference# 60 Note: age 21 at marriage. listed as Benj. Wilkes
Birth of a son	William S Wilks 1855 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a son	William S Wilks July 1858 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Death Records 1853-60 and 1868-80 Citation details: Page 58 Note: at age 3 of flux, same month his one-day old unnamed sister died.
Birth of a daughter	Unnamed Girl Wilks July 1858 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Death Records 1853-60 and 1868-80 Citation details: page 53
Death of a daughter	Unnamed Girl Wilks July 1858 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Death Records 1853-60 and 1868-80 Citation details: page 53
Death of a maternal grandfather	Abner Dobyns May 1, 1859 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853 - 1912 Citation details: Indexing Project# 109193-7, Film# 2056975, Reference# 2056975
Death of a paternal grandmother	Mary Foster November 18, 1863 McDonough, Illinois, USA Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Biographies - Bird Smith Creasey Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 26710824, Added 09 MAY 2008 by Janet
Burial of a paternal grandmother	Mary Foster November 1863 McDonough, Illinois, USA Cemetery: Friendship Cemetery Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Biographies - Bird Smith Creasey Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 26710824, Added 09 MAY 2008 by Janet Note: "Stone is north of her son-in-law, Bird Smith Creasey. It is lying flat on the ground and partially covered by sod."
Marriage of a brother	Thomas G. Wilks — Almira Francis Drewry — View this family January 8, 1867 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Indexing Project# M868479-9, Film # 39597, Reference# 63 Note: listed as Thos. B. Wilkes
Marriage of a sister	Samuel L. Witt — Elizabeth Wilks — View this family December 8, 1868 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Selected Bedford County Virginia Marriages Citation details: Vol 1, Page 64, License # 1581 Note: Sam'l L WITT, age 32, wid, bp Bedford Co, res Campbell Co, parents: Cha's & Mary B WITT, occ: farmer Elizabeth WILKES, 30, sngl, bp Bedford, res Bedford, par: Sam'l & Sarah WILKES Sam'l L WITT, age 32, wid, bp Bedford Co, res Campbell Co, parents: Cha's & Mary B WITT, occ: farmer Elizabeth WILKES, 30, sngl, bp Bedford, res Bedford, par: Sam'l & Sarah WILKES by C.W. WOOD Note: Elizabeth was his 2nd wife; Samuel L. Witt was her 1st husband
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
12th President of the United States	Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869
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
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
Death of a mother	Sarah Dobyns
Death	yes

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: October 29, 1810 22 29 — Virginia, USA Marriage: November 28, 1832 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Immigration: 1839 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death: between 1847 and 1850 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Unique identifier: 5F70C019C429858148C528072F47A233 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Dobyns Benjamin Wilks Elizabeth Wilks Armanetta Wilks Mary Wilks Caroline Wilks Thomas G. Wilks Samuel Norman Wilks 1810–1850 Birth: October 29, 1810 22 29 — Virginia, USA Death: between 1847 and 1850 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
mother	Links Birth: 1812 24 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: November 28, 1832 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Immigration: 1839 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: 5F70C019C429858148C528072F47A233 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel Norman Wilks Benjamin Wilks Elizabeth Wilks Armanetta Wilks Mary Wilks Caroline Wilks Thomas G. Wilks Sarah Dobyns 1812– Birth: 1812 24 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:
Marriage	Marriage — November 28, 1832 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
13 months himself	Links Birth: 1833 22 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: February 13, 1855 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: E5085CEDBA529D714EB52C3A0C9DA7E2 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emily A. Martin Benjamin Wilks Jr William S Wilks Unnamed Girl Wilks Benjamin Wilks 1833– Birth: 1833 22 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1835 24 23 — Virginia, USA Census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: December 8, 1868 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: 3CB1CAA08B3C8A40458DE6BA1BA08F9E Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel L. Witt Elizabeth Wilks 1835– Birth: 1835 24 23 — Virginia, USA Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1837 26 25 — Alabama, USA Census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Armanetta Wilks 1837– Birth: 1837 26 25 — Alabama, USA Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1839 28 27 — Virginia, USA Census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary Wilks 1839– Birth: 1839 28 27 — Virginia, USA Death:
7 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1845 34 33 — Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Caroline Wilks 1845– Birth: 1845 34 33 — Alabama, USA Death:
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1847 36 35 — Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: January 8, 1867 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: C6510078D79C96464C3D2E7DF7850F3B Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Almira Francis Drewry Daniel Thomas Wilks Thomas G. Wilks 1847– Birth: 1847 36 35 — Alabama, USA Death:

Family with Emily A. Martin
himself	Links Birth: 1833 22 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: August 15, 1850 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: February 13, 1855 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: E5085CEDBA529D714EB52C3A0C9DA7E2 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emily A. Martin Benjamin Wilks Jr William S Wilks Unnamed Girl Wilks Benjamin Wilks 1833– Birth: 1833 22 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:
wife	Links Birth: 1834 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: February 13, 1855 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: E5085CEDBA529D714EB52C3A0C9DA7E2 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Wilks Benjamin Wilks Jr William S Wilks Unnamed Girl Wilks Emily A. Martin 1834– Birth: 1834 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:
Marriage	Marriage — February 13, 1855 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
-4 years son	Links Birth: about 1850 17 16 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Benjamin Wilks Jr 1850– Birth: about 1850 17 16 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:
6 years son	Links Birth: 1855 22 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: July 1858 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William S Wilks 1855–1858 Birth: 1855 22 21 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: July 1858 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
4 years daughter	Links Birth: July 1858 25 24 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: July 1858 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Unnamed Girl Wilks 1858–1858 Birth: July 1858 25 24 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: July 1858 — Bedford, Virginia, USA

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Birth	Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Indexing Project# M86847-9, Film# 30597, Reference# 60
Census	Source: 1840 Census for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Quality of data: census image Citation details: Page 71a and 71b
Census	Source: 1850 Census for Bedford County, Virginia, USA Citation details: Page 225 Text: Enumerator: G. A. Burton Quality of data: census image
Marriage	Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Death Records 1853-60 and 1868-80 Citation details: Page 53 Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Indexing Project# M86847-9, Film# 30597, Reference# 60

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Census	listed as S. N. Wilks with 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30 and 3 females 0-5, 1 female 20-30. 1 in agriculture.
Census	in hh 208 208 next to her parents in 207 207, as Sally Wilks, Age: 38, Female, VA; Benjamin, Age: 16, Male, Laborer, VA; Betsy, Age: 15, Female, AL; Armanetta, Age: 13, Female, AL, Attended school; Mary, Age: 11, Female, VA, Attended school; Nancy, Age: 9, Female, AL; Caroline, Age: 5, Female, AL; Thomas, Age: 3, Male, AL.
Marriage	age 21 at marriage. listed as Benj. Wilkes

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Belgium 1

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Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

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Netherlands 24

Poland 1

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Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Last change

June 19, 2010 – 06:48:26

Author of last change: barbaracorner

Unique identifier

4AB2F6660B20B9CB488C57B345222C60

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Family with parents
father Parents Benjamin Wilks Mary Foster	Samuel Norman Wilks 1810–1850
mother Parents Abner Dobyns Elizabeth Wilks	Sarah Dobyns 1812–
himself	Benjamin Wilks 1833–
younger sister Family Samuel L. Witt	Elizabeth Wilks 1835–
younger sister	Armanetta Wilks 1837–
younger sister	Mary Wilks 1839–
younger sister	Caroline Wilks 1845–
younger brother Family Almira Francis Drewry Daniel Thomas Wilks	Thomas G. Wilks 1847–

Family with Emily A. Martin
himself	Benjamin Wilks 1833–
wife	Emily A. Martin 1834–
son	Benjamin Wilks Jr 1850–
son	William S Wilks 1855–1858
daughter	Unnamed Girl Wilks 1858–1858

Descendants

Benjamin Wilks(1833–)
- Emily A. Martin1855