Levi Thurston Wilkes, 18581922 (aged 64 years)

Name
Levi Thurston /Wilkes/
Given names
Levi Thurston
Surname
Wilkes
Birth
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Note: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside states birth as being 4 Mar 1851, page 138. Find a Grave transcriber has year as 1854.
Birth of a sister
Address: Oregon Territory, USA
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: page 135
Census
Address: Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: page 16
Text:

Enumerator: W. Mulky

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 135-118 as Archibald Wilks, Age: 38, Male, Farmer, $4000/$1316, VA ; Mahala, Age: 34, Female, $1200, TN; Samuel, Age: 16, Male, MO; Jesse, Age: 13, Male, OR; Mary, Age: 11, Female, OR; Archibald, Age: 9, Male, OR; Levi, Age: 7, Male, OR; Florentine, Age: 5, Female, OR; William, Age: 3, Male, OR; Minerva, Age: 11/12, Female, OR; Jacob Ruff, Age: 35, Male, Farm laborer, __/$200, PA
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Birth of a brother
Citation details: page 139
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 136
Birth of a sister
Citation details: page 139
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Census
1870 (aged 11 years)
Address: Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: page 34
Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 265-244 as Archibald Wilkes, Age: 49, Male, White, Farmer, $2,500/$725, VA, Citizen; Mahala, Age: 46, Female, White, Keeping House, TN; Archibald, Age: 19, Male, White, Farm laborer, OR; Thurston, Age: 17, Male, White, Attending school, OR, Attended school; William, Age: 13, Male, White, Attending school, OR, Attended school; George, Age: 8, Male, White, At home, OR; Anna, Age: 6, Female, White, At home, OR.
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Bride-Wilks
Note: at the School House, Dist. #12; N. McNemar, W. D. Ewing, witness. David Enos, Minister. Florentine was age 15.
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 136
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Groom-Wilkes
Citation details: page 136
Marriage
Citation details: Groom-Wilkes
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: page 138
Birth of a daughter
Citation details: Memorial# 25627087. Added 30 Mar 2008 by A Seeker.
Note: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside has her birth as 2 Apr 1877, page 138
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Birth of a daughter
Citation details: page 138
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Groom-Wilkes
Family census
Address: Dairy Creek, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: page 11, page 328C, Reel 1084, Page 660
Note: in hh 105-105 as Samuel Wilkes, White, Male, Age: 36, Head, Married, Farmer, MO VA TN; Lucy A., White, Female, Age: 36, Wife, Married, Housekeeping, MO NY OH; Granville A., White, Male, Age: 18, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Amos C., White, Male, Age: 16, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Willis R., White, Male, Age: 7, Son, Attended school, OR MO MO; Levi L., White, Male, Age: 25, Brother, Married, Farmer, OR VA TN; Ruth Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 22, Sister-in-law, Married, Housekeeper, IA IN IN; Maude E. Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 2, Niece, OR OR IA; Bertha Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 1, Niece, OR OR IA
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 139
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Groom-Wilks
Birth of a daughter
Citation details: page 138
Citation details: Memorial# 6756090. Added 28 Mar 2011 by John Trundle.
Note: Find a grave tombstone shows birth as 14 Feb 1888.
Death of a paternal grandmother
Citation details: Memorial# 20362667. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp.
Note: her grave marker in Union Point Ceme. reads, "Annie Wilkes died March 13, 1888 age 90y 11m 18d"
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Cemetery: Union Point Cemetery
Address: Banks, Washington County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.61970, Longitude: -123.10250
Citation details: Memorial# 20362667. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp.
Note: double tombstone inscription: tombstone inscription: Annie; Wilkes, Died; Mar. 13, 1888; aged; 90 Yrs. 11 Ms. 18 ds ---Peyton; Wilkes; Born; July 15, 1791; Died; Nov. 25, 1889.
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
Death of a paternal grandfather
Citation details: Memorial# 20372541. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp
Burial of a paternal grandfather
Cemetery: Union Point Cemetery
Address: Banks, Washington, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.61970, Longitude: -123.10250
Citation details: Memorial# 20372541. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp
Note: double tombstone inscription: Annie; Wilkes; Died; Mar. 13, 1888; aged; 90 Yrs. 11 Ms.;18 Ds -- Peyton; Wilkes; Born: July 15, 1791; Died; Nov. 25, 1889.
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Bride-Wilks
Citation details: Bride- Wilks
Marriage of a sister
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Wilks-Bride
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Census
Address: South Hillsboro Precinct, Hillsboro City, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: Sheet 1A, page 283
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 1
Enumeration District: 157
Enumerator: Radolph Crundall.

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 13-13 as Mahala Wilkes, Head, White, Female, Born: Aug 1835, Age: 74, Widowed, Children born: 11, Children Living: 9, TN TN TN, Rent, house; Thurston, Son, White, Male, Born: Mch 1854, Age: 46, Widowed, OR VA TN, Laborer, Unemployed: 10 mos.
Death of a father
Address: Wagner, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Marriage of a sister
Address: in his home
Note: in his home in Wheeler County, Oregon, by J. A. Kelsay, Justice of Peace; Witnesses: R. Fields, C.W. Rutherford
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: page 138
Quality of data: record image
Citation details: license 2168
Note: 1st marriages for both. married by Rev Jno Hinn at 10:00 a.m. Witnesses: M. E. Fleming, Miss Charlotte Hinn
Death of a mother
Address: William Thompson home on Alder Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon.
Note: Clipping from the Fossil Journal of September 1905 - DEATH OF AN EARLY PIONEER - Wife of Archibald Wilkes - Mahala Glenn Wilkes

Clipping from the Fossil Journal of September 1905 - DEATH OF AN EARLY PIONEER - Wife of Archibald Wilkes - Mahala Glenn Wilkes

"Died at the home of Wm. Thompson on Alder Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon, September 9 , 1905 , Grandma Wilkes , a pioneer of Oregon, who crossed the plains with an ox team from Missouri in 1845. She was 81 years of age at the time of her death.
Thus passeth away another of the pioneer people of Oregon and none other of the writers acquaintances has filled a larger, or better, place in the pioneer history of Oregon than she."

Death of a brother
Citation details: page 135
Marriage of a daughter
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 sister
Death of a sister
Citation details: page 139
Death of a brother
Address: at his home in Dilley, Washington County, Oregon, USA.
Citation details: page 139
Citation details: Memorial# 90956069. Added 29 May 2012 by Tracy Turner.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Forest View Cemetery
Address: Lot 416, Grave 7. Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.52170, Longitude: -123.12670
Citation details: Memorial# 90956069. Added 29 May 2012 by Tracy Turner.
Note: double tombstone inscription: William A. Wilkes; 1857 – 1919; Mary E. His Wife; 1861 – 1933; WILKES
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: page 375
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
Death
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Citation details: certificate# 532
Note: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside states the death as being 16 July 1922, page 138
Burial
Cemetery: Salem Pioneer Cemetery
Address: Plot: 236. Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 44.92022, Longitude: -123.04594
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Family with parents
father
18211901
Birth: February 8, 1821 29 23 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: May 24, 1901Wagner, Wheeler, Oregon, USA
mother
18231905
Birth: February 27, 1823Walton, Georgia, USA
Death: September 9, 1905Wheeler, Oregon, USA
Marriage MarriageMarch 5, 1843Newton, Missouri, USA
10 months
elder brother
18441908
Birth: January 8, 1844 22 20 Missouri, USA
Death: May 4, 1908
4 years
elder brother
18471927
Birth: August 11, 1847 26 24 Buxton, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: March 2, 1927Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
21 months
elder sister
18491911
Birth: May 13, 1849 28 26 Oregon, USA
Death: September 27, 1911Yamhill, Oregon, USA
9 years
himself
18581922
Birth: March 9, 1858 37 35 Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: July 12, 1922Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA
-7 years
elder brother
18511926
Birth: March 9, 1851 30 28 Gales Creek, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: July 12, 1926Tillamook, Oregon, USA
4 years
elder sister
18551929
Birth: March 10, 1855 34 32 Oregon, USA
Death: March 4, 1929Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, USA
2 years
elder brother
18571919
Birth: July 10, 1857 36 34 Greenville, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: July 4, 1919Dilley, Washington, Oregon, USA
2 years
younger sister
1859
Birth: July 1859 38 36 Oregon, USA
Death:
3 years
younger brother
18621934
Birth: April 19, 1862 41 39 Oregon, USA
Death: October 24, 1934Tillamook, Oregon, USA
2 years
younger sister
18641913
Birth: June 11, 1864 43 41 Oregon, USA
Death: January 6, 1913
Family with Ruth E. Clearwater
himself
18581922
Birth: March 9, 1858 37 35 Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: July 12, 1922Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA
wife
18561935
Birth: September 1856Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Death: July 16, 1935Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA
Marriage MarriageJune 8, 1874
3 years
daughter
18771952
Birth: February 1877 18 20 Dilley, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: November 11, 1952Lincoln, Oregon, USA
23 months
daughter
18791948
Birth: January 1, 1879 20 22 Oregon, USA
Death: 1948Multnomah, Oregon, USA
7 years
daughter
18861948
Birth: February 14, 1886 27 29 Oregon, USA
Death: May 12, 1948Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Henry Lederer + Ruth E. Clearwater
wife’s husband
18411919
Birth: January 1841Bavaria, Germany
Death: June 4, 1919Tillamook, Oregon, USA
wife
18561935
Birth: September 1856Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Death: July 16, 1935Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA
Marriage Marriageabout 1887
Birth
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Census
Citation details: page 16
Text:

Enumerator: W. Mulky

Quality of data: census image
Census
Citation details: page 34
Quality of data: census image
Marriage
Citation details: Groom-Wilkes
Family census
Citation details: page 11, page 328C, Reel 1084, Page 660
Census
Citation details: Sheet 1A, page 283
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 1
Enumeration District: 157
Enumerator: Radolph Crundall.

Quality of data: census image
Death
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Citation details: certificate# 532
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Birth

By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside states birth as being 4 Mar 1851, page 138. Find a Grave transcriber has year as 1854.

Census

in hh 135-118 as Archibald Wilks, Age: 38, Male, Farmer, $4000/$1316, VA ; Mahala, Age: 34, Female, $1200, TN; Samuel, Age: 16, Male, MO; Jesse, Age: 13, Male, OR; Mary, Age: 11, Female, OR; Archibald, Age: 9, Male, OR; Levi, Age: 7, Male, OR; Florentine, Age: 5, Female, OR; William, Age: 3, Male, OR; Minerva, Age: 11/12, Female, OR; Jacob Ruff, Age: 35, Male, Farm laborer, __/$200, PA

Census

in hh 265-244 as Archibald Wilkes, Age: 49, Male, White, Farmer, $2,500/$725, VA, Citizen; Mahala, Age: 46, Female, White, Keeping House, TN; Archibald, Age: 19, Male, White, Farm laborer, OR; Thurston, Age: 17, Male, White, Attending school, OR, Attended school; William, Age: 13, Male, White, Attending school, OR, Attended school; George, Age: 8, Male, White, At home, OR; Anna, Age: 6, Female, White, At home, OR.

Family census

in hh 105-105 as Samuel Wilkes, White, Male, Age: 36, Head, Married, Farmer, MO VA TN; Lucy A., White, Female, Age: 36, Wife, Married, Housekeeping, MO NY OH; Granville A., White, Male, Age: 18, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Amos C., White, Male, Age: 16, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Willis R., White, Male, Age: 7, Son, Attended school, OR MO MO; Levi L., White, Male, Age: 25, Brother, Married, Farmer, OR VA TN; Ruth Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 22, Sister-in-law, Married, Housekeeper, IA IN IN; Maude E. Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 2, Niece, OR OR IA; Bertha Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 1, Niece, OR OR IA

Census

in hh 13-13 as Mahala Wilkes, Head, White, Female, Born: Aug 1835, Age: 74, Widowed, Children born: 11, Children Living: 9, TN TN TN, Rent, house; Thurston, Son, White, Male, Born: Mch 1854, Age: 46, Widowed, OR VA TN, Laborer, Unemployed: 10 mos.

Death

By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside states the death as being 16 July 1922, page 138

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