James Rufus Wilks Headstone Photo, Auxvasse Cemetery

James Rufus Wilks, May 30, 1871 - Oct. 23, 1951. James Rufus Wilks was born in Taylors Store Virginia, a son of William Henry Wilks and Rebecca Ann Wilks. He was a grandson of Blade Wilkes and Anne Wilkes. He was my great grandfather. On Jan. 2, 1894 in Auxvasse, Missouri, he married Oddie Elizabeth Day. They raised a family of 12 children, and lived in Bachelor, Missouri.

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