Henry Clay Wilks, 18581935 (aged 77 years)

Name
Henry Clay /Wilks/
Given names
Henry Clay
Surname
Wilks
Birth
Citation details: Film# 1953906, Folder# 4257528, Image# 295 County Records
Birth of a sister
Census
Address: Guyandotte
Cabell, Virginia (later West Virginia), USA
Citation details: Page 83
Quality of data: transcription
Note: with his parents in hh 568 - 551 as Burwell Wilks, Age: 40, Farmer, VA; Barbary, Age: 40, James, Age: 22, Day laborer; George W., Age: 19, Mary, Age: 17, Sarah, Age: 12, Alexander, Age: 10, Martha, Age: 7, Albert, Age: 5, Henry, Age: 2.
Death of a paternal grandfather
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
Number of children
3 sons, 3 daughters known
Citation details: Sheet 13B
Number of children
2 sons known
Citation details: Sheet 13B
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Film# 559887, Digital Folder# 4130635, Image# 171, Reference# Vol. 2, page, 14, line 17
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Film# 559887, Digital Folder# 4130635, Image# 175, Reference# Vol. 2, page 18, line 15.
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Census
Address: Guyandotte Township
Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: sheet 5, page 571
Text:

Enumerator: James Wright

Note: with his parents in hh 29-28 as Wilkes, Burwell, Age: 54, Male, White, Farmer, $650/375, OH, Citizen; Barbery, Age: 53, Female, White, Keeps house, VA, Father of foreign birth, Cannot write; Alexander, Age: 21, Male, White, Works on farm, WV, Attended school, Cannot write, Citizen; Albert, Age: 15, Male, White, Works on farm, WV; Henry, Age: 12, Male, White, WV; America, Age: 10, Female White, WV.
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Marriage
July 13, 1878 Husband: 20 years, 8 months Wife: 16 years, 8 months
Address: Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Citation details: vol 2, page 41, ln 50, County Records
Quality of data: transcription
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Film# 559887, Digital Folder# 4130635, Image# 198, Reference# Vol 2, Page 42, Line 91.
Family residence
Address: Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: Sheet 144D, Reel 1401, Page 292
Note: in the 1880 census Henry, age 21, and Elizabeth, age 18, were boarders in hh 231-274 of John Bates, age 23, Laborer, and son, age 0.
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
Death of a father
Citation details: page 55, 1st District 1886 Register
Burial of a father
Cemetery: New Centenary Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinate: NW1/4, S21, T2, R16. CR2, two parts, on opposite sides of road, about 1.47a combined.
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Film# 559887, Digital Folder# 4139635, Image# 241, Reference# Vol. 1, page 85, line 28
Note: County Records - Register of Marriages - 1889, Vol. 1, Page 85, Line 28; Sep. 11, Cabell Co., Groom: Wilks, Alexr., Bride: M.A. Crabtree; Husband Age: 40; Wife Age: 22, Husband Birth: Cabell Co.; Wife Birth: __ KY; Husband residence: Cabell Co.; Wife residence: Cabell Co.; Married by: W. P. Walker [digital image]
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Marriage of a brother
Marriage
Quality of data: transcription
Citation details: vol 2, page 125, line 24, County Records
Death of a wife
Burial of a wife
Cemetery: Mount Union Cemetery
Address: Hodges, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 38.36490, Longitude: -82.41900
Note: double tombstone inscription: Henry C. Wilkes; 1857 - 1935; Scharves E. Wilks; His Wife; 1862- 1895.
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Death of a mother
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Death of a brother
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
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
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
Death
July 12, 1935 Age: 77 years, 7 months, 27 days
Address: Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Citation details: Film# 1953906, Folder# 4257528, Image# 295 County Records
Note: certificate# 9284
Burial
Cemetery: Mount Union Cemetery
Address: Hodges, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 38.36490, Longitude: -82.41900
Note: double tombstone inscription: Henry C. Wilkes; 1857 - 1935; Scharves E. Wilks; His Wife; 1862 - 1895.
Family with parents
father
18181886
Birth: 1818 35 28 Virginia, USA
Death: December 14, 1886Cabell, West Virginia, USA
mother
18221900
Birth: September 1822Virginia, USA
Death: after June 7, 1900
Marriage MarriageMarch 2, 1837Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
22 months
elder brother
1838
Birth: 1838 20 15 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death:
4 years
elder brother
1841
Birth: 1841 23 18 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death:
3 years
elder sister
1843
Birth: 1843 25 20 Virginia, USA
Death:
4 years
elder sister
18461939
Birth: 1846 28 23 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death: before 1939
4 years
elder brother
1849
Birth: 1849 31 26 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death:
5 years
elder sister
1853
Birth: 1853 35 30 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death:
18 months
elder brother
18541904
Birth: July 9, 1854 36 31 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death: 1904Cabell, West Virginia, USA
5 years
himself
18581935
Birth: about 1858 40 35 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death: July 12, 1935Cabell, West Virginia, USA
22 months
younger sister
1859
Birth: October 1859 41 37 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death:
Family with Elizabeth Scharves Fodge
himself
18581935
Birth: about 1858 40 35 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death: July 12, 1935Cabell, West Virginia, USA
wife
18621895
Birth: 1862Ohio, USA
Death: 1895West Virginia, USA
Marriage MarriageJuly 13, 1878Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Family with Maggie Kyle
himself
18581935
Birth: about 1858 40 35 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA
Death: July 12, 1935Cabell, West Virginia, USA
wife
18671939
Birth: November 15, 1867Trenton, Ohio, USA
Death: October 27, 1939Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Marriage MarriageNovember 18, 1895Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Birth
Citation details: Film# 1953906, Folder# 4257528, Image# 295 County Records
Census
Citation details: Page 83
Quality of data: transcription
Census
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: sheet 5, page 571
Text:

Enumerator: James Wright

Marriage
Citation details: vol 2, page 41, ln 50, County Records
Quality of data: transcription
Family residence
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: Sheet 144D, Reel 1401, Page 292
Number of children
Citation details: Sheet 13B
Marriage
Quality of data: transcription
Citation details: vol 2, page 125, line 24, County Records
Number of children
Citation details: Sheet 13B
Death
Citation details: Film# 1953906, Folder# 4257528, Image# 295 County Records
Burial
Note
Citation details: Sheet 13B
Census

with his parents in hh 568 - 551 as Burwell Wilks, Age: 40, Farmer, VA; Barbary, Age: 40, James, Age: 22, Day laborer; George W., Age: 19, Mary, Age: 17, Sarah, Age: 12, Alexander, Age: 10, Martha, Age: 7, Albert, Age: 5, Henry, Age: 2.

Census

with his parents in hh 29-28 as Wilkes, Burwell, Age: 54, Male, White, Farmer, $650/375, OH, Citizen; Barbery, Age: 53, Female, White, Keeps house, VA, Father of foreign birth, Cannot write; Alexander, Age: 21, Male, White, Works on farm, WV, Attended school, Cannot write, Citizen; Albert, Age: 15, Male, White, Works on farm, WV; Henry, Age: 12, Male, White, WV; America, Age: 10, Female White, WV.

Family residence

in the 1880 census Henry, age 21, and Elizabeth, age 18, were boarders in hh 231-274 of John Bates, age 23, Laborer, and son, age 0.

Death

certificate# 9284

Burial

double tombstone inscription: Henry C. Wilkes; 1857 - 1935; Scharves E. Wilks; His Wife; 1862 - 1895.

Note

in the 26 June 1900 census of Guyandotte District, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA, in hh 260-260 were Henry, Maggie and 6 children from 1st marriage and 2 children from second marriage. In hh 258 (father and step-mother?) and in hh 259 (brother & family?) were relatives of Maggie Kyle Wilks.

Citation details: Sheet 13B
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