George Washington Wilks, 18581944 (aged 86 years)

Name
George Washington /Wilks/
Given names
George Washington
Surname
Wilks
Birth
Birth of a brother
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 38854003. Added 28 JUN 2009 by couchpotato
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Birth of a sister
Census
between June 8, 1870 and June 20, 1870 (aged 12 years)
Address: Buck Prairie Township
Lawrence County, Missouri, USA
Quality of data: transcription
Note: in hh 049 049 as Wilks, Abner P., Male, White, Age: 53, Farms, VA; Pegga M., Female, White, Age: 37, Keeping house, AL; Assilla M., Female, White, Age: 18, MO; George W., Male, White, Age: 12, MO; James, Male, White, Age: 9, MO; Ruth, Female, White, Age: 7, MO; Samuel, Male, White, Age: 6, MO; Asinda, Female, White, Age: 4, MO; Dorah, Female, White, Age: 2, MO; Ida, Female, White, Age: 9/12 b. Aug., MO.
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Marriage of a half-brother
Birth of a brother
Death of a father
Citation details: Memorial# 6988474. Added 04 Dec 2002 by Georgia.
Burial of a father
Cemetery: Butler Cemetery
Address: Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 37.00030, Longitude: -93.65360
Citation details: Memorial# 6988474. Added 04 Dec 2002 by Georgia.
Note: tombstone inscription: Abner P. Wilks, 1817 – 1877 [tombstone broken into three pieces but still readable]
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Death of a half-sister
Immigration
1880 (aged 21 years)
Marriage
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
Birth of a son
Citation details: Certificate # 27253
Marriage of a sister
Birth of a son
Citation details: Memorial# 10598136. Added 11 MAR 2005 by Joyce Gore Locke.
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Immigration
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Burial of a daughter
Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8 EAST SECTION
Citation details: Memorial# 50313529. Added 27 MAR 2010 by ATK.
Note: "Inscription: Limestone rock "6 mos" Note: This was the first grave in the Arlie Cemetery, the site of which was selected by Stewart Bennett and W. Brown Poling, who then became the next person buried in the cemetery in 1891. Hallie Wilks was the infant-daughter of George W. and Francis E. Fields," ATK.
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 38854003. Added 28 JUN 2009 by couchpotato
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Family census
Address: Precinct 3
Childress County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet 7 B
Text:

Enumerator: Thos. H. Egerton
Supervisor's District: 3
Enumeration District: 13

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 107 107 as Wilks, George W., Head, White, Male, Born: __ 1857, Age: 43, Married: 18 years, MO MO MO, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm #98; Nellie, Wife, White, Female, Born: June 1859, Age: 40, Married: 18 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, MO ME IL; Efton, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1882, Age: 17, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 4 months, Attended school: 4 months; Artie, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1885, Age: 14, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Merit, Son, White, Male, Born: Sep 1886, Age: 13, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Ethel, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Nov 1889, Age: 10, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months; Annie, Daughter, White Female, Born: Oct 1891, Age: 8, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months. All could read, write & speak English.
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Death of a wife
Burial of a wife
Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8, East Section.
Citation details: Memorial# 50313527. Added 27 MAR 2010 by ATK.
Note: transcription of tombstone inscription: Mother; Francis E. Wilks; 1859 - 190344
Marriage of a son
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Certificate # 83602
Marriage of a son
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Memorial# 50313531. Added 27 Mar 2010 by ATK.
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Memorial# 50313532. Added 27 Mar 2010 by ATk
Death of a granddaughter
Citation details: Memorial# 50313532. Added 27 Mar 2010 by ATk
Burial of a granddaughter
Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery
Address: Arlie, Childress County, Texas, USA. Row 8, East Section.
Citation details: Memorial# 50313532. Added 27 Mar 2010 by ATk
Note: tombstone transcription: Nellie C.; Daughter of A.E. & I.V. Wilks; Born Mar. 7, 1910; Died Aug. 20, 1910.
Death of a grandson
Citation details: Memorial# 50313531. Added 27 Mar 2010 by ATK.
Burial of a grandson
Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery
Address: Arlie, Childress County, Texas, USA. Row 8, East Section. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750
Citation details: Memorial# 50313531. Added 27 Mar 2010 by ATK.
Note: tombstone inscription: Loftis C.; Son of; A.E. & I.V. Wilks; Born Feb. 14, 1909; Died Sep. 23, 1910.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Memorial# 89320835. Added 29 Apr 2012 by Dodson Cemetery Association.
Birth of a grandson
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
Marriage of a son
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
Birth of a granddaughter
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Death of a half-brother
Citation details: Memorial# 19018269. Added 20 APR 2007 by E. M.
Burial of a half-brother
Cemetery: Little Elm Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.15780, Longitude: -96.92470. From the Colony north take FM 423 to intersection of Main St. and FM 720 (King Rd) Turn left on King rd. It will dead end right by the cemetery. Section B, Row L, Site 3
Citation details: Memorial# 19018269. Added 20 APR 2007 by E. M.
Note: double tombstone inscription: Wilks; D. J. Wilks; His Wife; Oct. 23, 1847; Jan. 17, 1927 with W. P. Wilks; July 25, 1845; Nov. 1, 1926; "At Rest" center bottom of stone.
Birth of a granddaughter
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Death of a sister
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
Birth of a granddaughter
Death of a son
June 28, 19352:30 p.m. Age: 51 years, 8 months, 1 day
Cause: Angina pectoris & Coronary thrombosis
Address: Arlie
Childress County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Certificate # 27253
Text:

Informant: Lowell Wilks, Jr., his son of Wellington, Texas

Quality of data: death certificate
Burial of a son
Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8, East Section.
Citation details: Memorial# 50313526. Added 27 MAR 2020 by ATK.
Citation details: Certificate # 27253
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Marriage of a grandson
Death of a son
Cause: heart attack
Citation details: Film# 1913309, Reference# 5058
Citation details: Memorial# 10598136. Added 11 MAR 2005 by Joyce Gore Locke.
Burial of a son
Cemetery: Causey Cemetery
Address: Causey, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.85080, Longitude: -103.14190
Citation details: Memorial# 10598136. Added 11 MAR 2005 by Joyce Gore Locke.
Note: tombstone inscription: Artie Ernest; Wilks; Feb. 27, 1884; Nov. 3, 1939; Weep not, he is at rest. [Artie and Jessie are both buried here.]
Death of a brother
Citation details: Film# 4030496, Image# 2509, Reference# cn49833
Citation details: Memorial# 38854003. Added 28 JUN 2009 by couchpotato
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Sanger Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.36080, Longitude: -97.16030. From Denton on I 35 turn right (east) on 455. Go to 5th St turn right (south) then left (east) on Willow St across the railroad tracks and the Cemetery will be on your left.
Citation details: Film# 4030496, Image# 2509, Reference# cn49833
Citation details: Memorial# 38854003. Added 28 JUN 2009 by couchpotato
Note: double tombstone inscription: Wilks; Leah Josephine; Nov. 29, 1869; Apr. 27, 1952; in center - Married; Dec. 23, 1888; [with husband] Samuel Price; Dec. 24, 1863; Nov. 14, 1940. There are two steps up to the tombstone marker with SP WILKS engraved on the top step.
British King
Death of a mother
Death
Burial
Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8, East Section.
Citation details: Memorial# 50313528. Added 27 MAR 2010 by ATK.
Note: transcription of tombstone inscription: Father; George W. Wilks; 1858 - 1944
Family with parents
father
18171877
Birth: July 17, 1817 21 15 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: January 12, 1877Lawrence, Missouri, USA
mother
Marriage MarriageSeptember 17, 1857
-5 years
elder sister
6 years
himself
18581944
Birth: April 5, 1858 40 25 Missouri, USA
Death: September 18, 1944Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
3 years
younger brother
1861
Birth: February 13, 1861 43 28 Missouri, USA
Death:
20 months
younger sister
18621929
Birth: September 30, 1862 45 30 Missouri, USA
Death: September 1929
15 months
younger brother
Samuel Price Wilks & Leah Josephine Jones Wilks Tombstone
18631940
Birth: December 24, 1863 46 31 Missouri, USA
Death: November 14, 1940Denton, Denton, Texas, USA
20 months
younger sister
1865
Birth: August 8, 1865 48 32 Missouri, USA
Death:
2 years
younger sister
18671960
Birth: August 4, 1867 50 34 Missouri, USA
Death: 1960
2 years
younger sister
1869
Birth: August 23, 1869 52 36 Missouri, USA
Death:
14 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Nancy Caroline Gammill
father
18171877
Birth: July 17, 1817 21 15 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: January 12, 1877Lawrence, Missouri, USA
stepmother
18231855
Birth: January 4, 1823Tennessee, USA
Death: June 8, 1855Missouri, USA
Marriage MarriageApril 16, 1845Missouri, USA
11 months
half-sister
18461846
Birth: March 1, 1846 28 23 Missouri, USA
Death: October 17, 1846
22 months
half-brother
1847
Birth: 1847 29 23 Missouri, USA
Death:
7 months
half-sister
18471879
Birth: August 4, 1847 30 24 Missouri, USA
Death: March 5, 1879
2 years
half-brother
18491926
Birth: July 25, 1849 32 26 Missouri, USA
Death: November 1, 1926Denton, Texas, USA
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
Family with Frances Ellen Fields
himself
18581944
Birth: April 5, 1858 40 25 Missouri, USA
Death: September 18, 1944Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
wife
18591903
Birth: June 18, 1859Iowa, USA
Death: 1903Childress, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageJanuary 9, 1881Denton, Texas, USA
3 years
son
18831935
Birth: October 27, 1883 25 24 Denton, Texas, USA
Death: June 28, 1935Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
16 months
son
18851939
Birth: February 27, 1885 26 25 Denton, Texas, USA
Death: November 3, 1939Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA
17 months
son
18861966
Birth: July 17, 1886 28 27 Denton, Texas, USA
Death: December 1966Childress, Childress, Texas, USA
2 years
daughter
18881888
Birth: August 1888 30 29 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
Death: September 1888Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
2 years
daughter
1890
Birth: November 26, 1890 32 31 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
Death:
23 months
daughter
18921970
Birth: October 16, 1892 34 33 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
Death: May 31, 1970Childress, Childress, Texas, USA
Birth
Census
Quality of data: transcription
Immigration
Marriage
Immigration
Family census
Citation details: Sheet 7 B
Text:

Enumerator: Thos. H. Egerton
Supervisor's District: 3
Enumeration District: 13

Quality of data: census image
Death
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 50313528. Added 27 MAR 2010 by ATK.
Census

in hh 049 049 as Wilks, Abner P., Male, White, Age: 53, Farms, VA; Pegga M., Female, White, Age: 37, Keeping house, AL; Assilla M., Female, White, Age: 18, MO; George W., Male, White, Age: 12, MO; James, Male, White, Age: 9, MO; Ruth, Female, White, Age: 7, MO; Samuel, Male, White, Age: 6, MO; Asinda, Female, White, Age: 4, MO; Dorah, Female, White, Age: 2, MO; Ida, Female, White, Age: 9/12 b. Aug., MO.

Family census

in hh 107 107 as Wilks, George W., Head, White, Male, Born: __ 1857, Age: 43, Married: 18 years, MO MO MO, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm #98; Nellie, Wife, White, Female, Born: June 1859, Age: 40, Married: 18 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, MO ME IL; Efton, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1882, Age: 17, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 4 months, Attended school: 4 months; Artie, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1885, Age: 14, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Merit, Son, White, Male, Born: Sep 1886, Age: 13, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Ethel, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Nov 1889, Age: 10, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months; Annie, Daughter, White Female, Born: Oct 1891, Age: 8, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months. All could read, write & speak English.

Burial

transcription of tombstone inscription: Father; George W. Wilks; 1858 - 1944

fancy-imagebar
Reta Vird Wilks (1911–1994) Carl Franklin McLean Jr (1903–1980) 1860 Census for Grayson County, Texas, USA Osmer Ervin McLean (1886–1968) John Alfred Ross (1841–1917) Ellen Malinda Zimmerman (1838–1921) Gwyn Voy Wilks (1920–2010) Etta May Hitt (1892–1993) Jane McLean (1769–1847) Julia Kate Anderson (1946–2009) Sarah Jane McLean (1829–1904) Margaret Dickerson (1847–1927) James Berl Palmer (1927–1982) Loma Irene Smith (1915–2003) Philip Wilks (1874–1929) Joseph Addison Stinson (1818–1867) John Alton Newman (1881–1907) Steven Jay Corner (1965–2010) Sarah Jane McLean (1818–1868) Delia Amanda McLean (1845–1851) Reta Vird Wilks (1911–1994) Charles Richard LaBounty (1948–1971) Margaret Elizabeth Sloss (1780–1841) Leona Mills (1905–1945) Willie Otto Newman (1902–1985) Asa Willie Howell III (1944–1982) David N. Goen (1844–1886) Francis Elizabeth Blackwell (1872–1918) French Augustus Osborne (1894–1951) Bertha Mae Gammon (1887–1963) Roy Freeman McLean (1910–1952) David Washington McLean (1909–1917) Linson Spinks Weaver (1887–1942) Robert Irvine McLean (1806–1837) Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor (1851–1936) Bailey Newman Jr (1825–1884) Bird Smith Creasy (1814–1860) Steven Jay Corner (1965–2010) Alonzo David McLean (1881–1973) Saquita Joanne McLean (1931–1992) Harry LaVaughn Perry (1938–1988)