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County Records [Digital Image] - First District, Register of Births, 1896, West Virginia; Page 35; Line# 38,Birth: May 15; Child: Wilkes, Albert; White, Male, Born alive; Born: Cabell Co.; Father - Name: Wilkes, Alexander; Occupation: Farmer, Residence: Cabell Co.; Mother - Name: Wilkes, Mary A.; 1 child born; Three proofs, Informant: Father.

in hh 68 68 as Wilks, Alexander, Head, White, Male, Born: Dec 1847, Age: 52, Married: 11 years, WV KY KY, Farmer, Can read write & speak English; Home: owner, free, Farm# 57; Mary, Wife, White, Female, Born: May 1857, Age: 43, Married: 11 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 7, WV, Ireland, KY, Cannot read or write, can speak English; Lizzie, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1889, Age: 10, Single, WV WV WV, Can read write & speak English; William, Son, White, Male, Born: July 1891, Age: 8, Single, WV WV WV, At school: 2 months, Can read write & speak English; [next page: dated 8 JUN 1900, Sheet 4, page 67B], Franklin, Son, White, Male, Born: March 1894, Age: 6, Single, WV WV WV, Cannot read or write, can speak English; Albert, Son, White, Male, Born: May 1896, Age: 4, Single, WV WV WV, Cannot read or write, can speak English; James, Son, Born: June 1897, Age: 2, Single, WV WV WV, Cannot read or write, can speak English; Alexander, Son, White, Male, Born: Jan 1899, Age: 6/12, Single, WV WV WV, Cannot read write or speak English; Barbara, Mother, White, Female, Born: Sept. 1822, Age: 77, Widow, Children born: 5, Children living: 4, VA Unk Unk, Cannot read or write, can speak English.

County Records [Digital Image] - Register of Deaths - 1924, Vol. 3, Page 272 , Line 5 - Wilks, Albert; Death Place: Braeholm, Logan Co., WV, Male, White, Widowed; Birth: 1896; Age: 28; Occupation: Mill Foreman; Birth Place: WV; Father: Alex Wilks; Date of death: 3 20 1924; Cause of death: Fracture skull; Burial: Dickson, WV; Undertaker: C. A. Martin