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10601	She was crippled for many years. Name on 1920 census was Ulah, name on death certificate was Fula, name on headstone was spelled Eula. Eula Rebecca Wilkes 28 Apr 1921 5 May 1921 Fulton Telegraph Callaway Weekly Gazette	Eula Rebecca Wilkes
10602	It appears that Francis and Elizabeth spent some time in Ohio after their marriage and some of their children were settled there in 1810. The 1840 Ohio Census lists Francis in Lawrence Co, however, he appears to have lived in southern Virginia before settling in Ohio. Francis appears to have owned a sizeable amount of land in Franklin County [formerly a part of Bedford and Henry countiies] on Gill's Creek which he disposed of over the years. In 1789 John [probably his father] and Francis were together in a deed concerning land on Gill's Creek. There were two Gill's Creeks in Franklin County. Francis' land was on the creek to the southwest. Wilkes of the Lunenburg County group lived on Gill's Creek to the northeast. In a 1789 deed between William Martin and Francis Wilkes, on both sides of Gill's Creek, the deed refers to Francis as "late of Franklin County" FCV 2 Deeds for Francis and land deals continued for some years, hoiwever, Francis appears to have moved into Patrick county before 1800. In 1787 Francis Wilks sold 180 acres of land to John Ozbin [Osburn] and 157 acres of land to Samuel Ozbin. Francis' brother, Benjamin Wilkes, was married to Sarah Osburn so these Ozbin men may have been near relatives. Other deeds in 1797 show Francis and Elizabeth Wilks selling land on Gill's Creek and on the Black Water River. Both husband and wife signed those deeds. In 1801 on March 23 Francis was named with his brother Samuel of Bedford County in a legal action. Francis was on the 1810 tax list for Patrick County, which showed two males and one female in the household. By 1810 Francis would have been fifty years old, thus most of his children would have been married by then. A deed of land was made in 1808 by Francis to Israel and Benjamin Wilks in Patrick and Montgomery Counties, and in 1815 Francis sold land to Benjamin Wilks in Patrick on the Middle Fork of the S. Mayo River. Francis Wilks was active in the local and legal affairs of Patrick County, serving on the grand jury in 1814 and 1815. In 1814 Francis was involved in some action concerning the courthouse. The last known record of Francis Wilkes is his letter, written in 1839, from Lawrence County, Ohio, to his nephew, Henry Wilkes, in Bedford County, Virginia, in which he described the long, 13 day journey from Virginia to the Ohio destination. He also mentioned that all of the good land had been taken up. The listed children are not exactly proven. A Francis Wilks married in 1819 to Lucy Dobyns in Bedford County, VA. for which there are deeds over the ensuing years. How was this younger Francis Wilkes related to "Old Uncle Francis" of the 1837 letter? Were Susannah Wikes and Nancy Wilkes, listed in the 1860 Ohio Census for Lawrence County, members of the family of Francis Wilkes, Senior? When Francis and Elizabeth journeyed to Union Township, Ohio in 1837, were they returning home or were they moving there to live out their few remaining years among beloved children and grandchildren? Francis was nearly 80 years old at that time and appears to have died sometime after 1840. ------------------------- Francis Wilks land grants - 19 May 1795 - Franklin County - 6182. Between Blackwater River and Gills Creek. - Grants No. 31, p. 626.	Francis Wilkes
10603	The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister ******************************* In 1735 he was deeded 200A in Bucks Co PA, and in 1741 was granted 250A in Prince William Co VA. In 1771 his wife Martha witnessed a wedding at Fairfax Monthly Meeting. He sold his Loudoun Co land in 1771 and moved to Bedford Co VA --------------- From Lillian Jones Crews Book: Francis first appears in the records of Pennsylvania in 1735 when he bought th 200 acres of land, WFR 1 - on which he had lived for two years, from the proprietors of Plumstead Township of Bucks County. His parents and birhplace are unknown. During the 1720s and 1730s there was an agent to London for Connecticut and Massachusetts by the name of Francis Wilkes, who died in London in 1742. A relationship between the agent and our subject has not been established. BFG 1 In 1741 Francis Wilkes, Gent. received a grant of 250 acres of land in Prince William County from the Proprietor of the Northern Neck, Lord Fairfax. VLP 1 The family has a lovely large document of Lord Thomas Fairfax to Francis Wilks of Pennsylvania, on Goose Creek dated 20 Nov. 1741. This Pennsylvania document was signed by M. O. Penn; William Penn's son, Thomas, took over and "managed interests until 1741 according to World Book Encyclopedia. However, the signature is said, clearly, to be that of a Penn. A first division in the County of Prince William resulted in creating Fairfax County and a subsequent division created Loudoun County. Records for Francis Wilkes are found in both counties. In the land patent Francis is referred to as "late of Pennsylvania" and the land is described thus in folio 384: "beginning by a small drain of Goose Creek by a corner of George Atwood's tract, adjoining Amos Janney and William Martin. References in Fairfax County, VA show the name of Francis Wilks on the 1744 Poll List of those who voted for the House of Booghes [Burgesses]. His name is under the name of Captain Lawrence Washington. Elsewhere he voted for Slaughter. Frederick Wilks voted for Captain Lewis Ellzey. The identity of Frederick Wilks has not been determined. Francis Wilks was also involved with various court actions as follows: Appraisers: Ordered that Jacob Jannay, Jeremiah Fairfirst, Francis Wilks and John Anderson or any ot the three being sworn Justice inventory and appraise the estate of Robert Stuckberry in current money and that the administration do return the amount to the next court. CMB 1 To Francis Wilkes for an old wolf and eight young ones cetified by Joseph Watkins 500 pounds of tobacco Francis Wilkes against Isaac Headen on petition. Suit is contitnued. It is considered that Francis Wilkes receive against said Richard [?] 800 pounds of tobacco and cash and cost also. During this same period, another suit against Isaac Headen. One petition is dismissed Another action involved the church - Masen, Linton and Richard Coleman church wardens of Cameron Parish against Francis Wilkes. This suit was deferred and the defendant was ordered to pay cost. Francis Wilkes against Richard Freeman ordered that Margaret Git be sent from constable to constable till she is delivered to her master, Thomas Fields. Her complaint: appearing frivolous On August 19, 1755, Francis acknowledged a deed to his son, John Wilks, found also was a transfer of indentures of lease and release from Thomas Clowes to John Wilks. FDB 1 In 1754 Francis brought two court actions, one against Richard Freeman on attachment, which was continued, another was against John Eaton on petition which was decided in Wilkes' favor, to recover against said John Eaton three pounds and also cost. Francies was a member of the Virginia Militia under Captain Nicholas Minor in September of 1758. VCM 1 During the period 1766-1769 Franics Wilkes and wife, Martha Wilkes, were involved with thieir son, Samuel, and his wife, Rebecca in some land transactions. In these actions Francis signed his name, Martha signed by mark; Samuel made his mark, and his wife Rebecca signed her name. WFR 2 Francis Wilks was listed on the 1761 Rent Rolls in Loudoun County, Virginia and on the 1771 Tithable List. An inventory was made of his estate when he died in Loudoun County in 1784 [WIA 1] Francis and Martha had two known sons and he died intestate ----------------------------------------------------- This is our Wilks: Wilks, Francis: Prince William County, Virginia ; no wart, date from survey, 30 Jan. 1740 - 16 Feb 1740; 250 a. on dr. of Goose creek at Kittockton Mountain; adjacent George Atwood, Joseph Janney. CC- Joseph Garrett & Samuel Harris. Marker- Francis Wilks. Surv. Amos Janney (*NOTE Goose Creek runs into the Potomac River about 35 miles NW of Washington, DC and was in Prince William County in 1740) Wilks, Francis: Prince William County, Virginia ; 23 Dec 1741 - 24 Apr 1741 n. fork of Goose Crek this is a land Survey with Francis Wilks shown as MARKER land for Jacob Janney, Blacksmith. Wilks, Francis : Prince William County, Virginia ; (A different reference shows "Late of Pensilvania") 30 July 1740- 15 Sept 340 a. on NW fork of Goose Creek. Adj. Mr George Atwood, Francis Wilks. CC- Joseph Garrett & Samuel Harris MARKER - Francis Wilks. Surv. Amos Janney. Wilks, Francis: Prince William County, Virginia Captain John Minor, 30 October 1740 - 14 March 1740/41 1,373 a. near the Short Hill & on S. dr of Kitocktan on NW fork Goose Creek; adjacent Colo Tayloe's 4,000 a. tract, Colo Wm Fairfax, Amos Janney, John Mead, Edward Norton. CC- John & Sam Gregg. Marker - Francis Wilks. Surv. Amos Janney. Wilks, Francis: Prince William County, Virginia ; 19 June 1741 - 31 March 1742 shown as MARKER on Survey of Michael Gregg. Wilks, Francis: Prince William County, Virginia ; 23 December 1741- April 1742. Shown as adjacent to property of William Henry Fairfax. 2,360 a. on Goose Creek issuing out of W. side of Kittockton Mountains. Wilks, Francis: Fairfax County, VA list of voters Dec 11, 1755 From the book"Colonial Solders of the South 1732-1774" Wilks, Francis: Louden County, Virinia; 1783 June 10, 1783 Invetory as ordered by the court for Francis Wilks decesd. This list is a single page and has an amount to the right and a total apparently in Pounds, Shillings and pence L 24.7.5 Presented to the court May 10, 1784. Wilks, Henry; from the book ""The Complete book of Emigrants 1661-1699" Feb. 29- Feb 14 1672 Shipped by the ship "John & Elizabeth" From London England bound for New England. Prince William, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties were all the same area at one time. We find our Morris' in all of these counties too. Our Meads and Wilks were Quakers. Our Morris' don't seem to be. They lived in the same area as our Wilks and Meads near Goose Creek.	Francis Wilkes
10604	The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister, ******************************* Early bearers of the name Wilkes [Wylkys]: John [1st] de Wylkys of Pouleshale in Wylkyshire, tem. Hen. III. A. D. 1216-1272. John [2nd] de Wylkys, Kn., [Knight] born at Pouleshall, A.D. 1258. Removed to Hertshire before 1312. John [3rd] de Wylkys of Walton Surrey, and of Moorhouse in Yerdelaye Herts., fl. 1312. John [4th] de Wylkys, Kn. Fought in all the King's battles in the first half of the 14th century in Gascony and in France. His arms [these arms undifferenced from their original "plain" form] were carried at Crecy-en-Ponthieu 1346. Slain the same year under the walls of Calais. 1272 was the year that the English monarchy changed from Henry III to Edward . The Hundred Years War started in 1337. Probably the first of the Wilkes line in America was Robert Thomas Wilkes, known as thomas, who along with his brother Wiliam was sentenced to transportation to the colonies by Cromwell following the execution of thier father, John Wilkes, Mayor of Shrewsbury, Shopshire, England, for leading the defense of the city during Cromwerll's siege and capture of that city in 1650. This was reported in recent years by a Mr. Charles Wilkes, professor of History at London University. This John Wilkes was a descendant of the early Wilkes bearing these arms. Origins of the Wilkes' family: Prior to the year 1,000 A.D, people other than the nobility did not use surnames as we know them today. The Welsh people and others did recite their genealogy, but it was a long list of ancestors, inappropriate for use as a surname. Around the time of the Norman conquest in 1066, surnames did come into wider use, but was often applied to individuals who came from someplace else. Thus the Normal [Norman?] names "de Wylkys" as it was then written, meant "he who comes from a family in Wiltshire". The name "Wilkes", in Norman times spelled "Wylkys" originated with those of the name living in "Wylkyshire" now "Wiltshire". The Gaelic name "Wylk" meant "Wolf". Thus the name Wylkyshire" meant the province of the Wolves. About the time of the Protestant Reformation, the name was spelled both as "Wilkes" and as "Wilks" - the latter spelling being the phonetic equivalent of the true single syllable pronunciation of the name. The same name spelled "Wilkes" is also found in the Netherlands and in Germany, but there it is pronounced "Vil-kes" in two syllables. In England, some of the name became Protestants, while others remained Catholic. Such divisions always caused much trouble among family members, and this was no exception. The Catholic members kept the spelling of "Wilkes" - followers of tradition are loath to change things for the sake of changing. this group lived primarily near the city of Yorkshire in East-Central England. Others who became Protestant, spelled their name "Wilks" to differentiate themselves from their despised kinsmen who did not follow King Henry VIII's wishes. Eventually this distinction was forgotten, but both spellings persisted. In what is not the United States, most families farmed for a living, and were not of high education. When these family members bought or sold real estate, recorded births, marriages and deaths, they often verbally told the county recorders their names, who then recorded it as it sounded to them. if the recorders did not know better or were not told differently, they would write the name as "Wilks", spelling the name as it sounded. If they did know better, or if the family member thought to spell it for them, it was written as "Wilkes". At times the same name appears under both spellings in the same document. Thus families spelling their name either way were in fact the same family, and not two distinct families. [In our family, Rufus Wilks' brother, John's children went to school and the teacher told them there was supposed to be and "e" in the name, so they put it there]	Francis Wilkes
10605	The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister, Middle names were once illegal in England. The old law was very definite as to the naming of children - "a man can not have two names of baptism"-Royal personages have always been allowed to have more that one given name, but as late as 1600, it is said, there were only four persons in all England who had two given names. When the Mayflower sailed for America, there was not a single man or woman on it who had a middle name. Even a century and a half ago, double names were very uncommon.	Francis Wilkes
10606	Harriet Wilks was the common-law wife of Booker Smith and by whom she had 7 children Booker Smith was listed on page 253 1860 census D-446/430 so they were actually only 5 houses away from Rebecca Wilks on 1860 census. In 1860 they lived in Franklin County VA at Giills Creek, near Rebecca Wilkes. In 1880 they were in the same district. March 28, 1998 from (Barbara Eakley) Booker W Smith and wife Harriet Wilkes were at Gills Creek in census of 1860 and 1880. Was he son of Henry Smith and Mary Wright? Was he the Booker Smith who married Eliza Blankenship 1836 in Bedford Co? Where and when did he marry Harriet Wilkes? Their children were Drury, Minerva, Patrie, Sarah, Rosa, Lelia. Several other Wilkes at Gills Creek, no record that Booker and Harriet owned land. 1880 Census Franklin Co VA D-177/177 Booker W. Smith 66 VA VA VA Shoemaker married Harriet E. Wilks 50 VA VA VA Paramour keeps house Minerva Ann Wilks 30 VA VA VA at home daughter Patria M. " 25 VA VA VA at home daughter A. Rosa Bell " 19 VA VA VA at home daughter Lelia Vashti " 9 VA VA VA daughter James D. Wilks 7 VA VA VA grandson Sarah Wilks 6 VA VA VA granddaughter McHenry " 4 VA VA VA grandson Virginia " VA VA VA granddaughter	Harriett E. Wilkes
10607	As a young boy Henry was bound out by the Overseers of the Poor in 1797. It is possible that Henry Wilkes had moved to Newton, MO in the early 1840s [so says Lillian J. Crews] ------------------------ He was bound out to Absolom Melton - per Court order Book #11 [1795-1799] p. 213	Henry Wilkes
10608	The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister ******************************* He died about 1794. for his youngrest child was born that year, but his children were bound out from 1789 in Bedford Co VA. Lillian Jones Crews does not list him as a child of John and Elizabeth, but she sticks Sarah [wife] and children in there, saying nothing is known. Virginia Connections says [Henry?] is believed to be the son of John Wilkes and Elizabeth Mead.	Henry Wilkes
10609	He died of tuberculosis in the saniterium in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. His occupation was veternarian. He graduated from the Kansas City Veterinary College in Kansas City, MO in 1916. In 1919 a Dr. Wilkes owns 1,25 acres in Calwood, Callaway Co, MO	Dr. Jesse Clay Wilkes
10610	Jesse traveled to Georgia with members of his family and gained land in the 1803-1806 land lottery at Oglethorpe, Georgia. Later he went on to Maury County, TN with his brothers, John Wilkes, Jr and Amos Wilkes, Sr.[ BMM 4] In 1822 Jesse and Judith Wilks were involved in a deed concerning 770 acres of land on Goose Creek, Bedford Co, VA as heirs of Jesse Pratt, deceased. [BCR 9] In Lauderdale County, Alabama Jesse Wilks bought land from Basdel and Martha Darby July 20, 1830. Other data in this record is on page 385: "Return of the sale of one bale of cotton to Amos Wilkes from Jesse Wilkes." Jesse named his executors for his will dated and signed 26th day of August 1830: "Hereby nominate constitute and appoint my worthy friends Amos Wilkes' son William Morrison and Benjamin Wilkes my Executors of this my last will and Testament." He called his wife "Judah". He possibly had another son, Jesse M. Wilkes - who had moved to DeSoto county, Miss. Not in Will *** He probably died in GA, no marriage record found. Jesse and his sister, Anna, were bound over to Joseph Rhodes by the Overseers of the Poor in December 1790. Sarah Wilkes is mentioned in the record as mother of the children. Early deeds in Oglethorpe, GA, show that a Jesse obtained land in 1810-1812 from Robert Freeman. He also drew land in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery. In 1853 a Jesse Wilkes was listed in Montgomery Co, GA [so says Lillian J. Crews] ----------------------------------------- But: Marriage Records of Franklin County Virginia 1786 - 1858 - page 241 Wilkes, Jesse and Julia Pratt, dau. of Mary, Aug.3, 1801. Sur. Walter Addy. 141 Jesse Wilks had two daughters born before 1810 and one who was born c1810; he had 2 sons born before 1810-Samuel born 1800 & Jesse born 1807; all of Jesse's children born before 1810 later married.	Jesse J Wilkes
10611	Both John and Barberry died within the same week On Janurary 20, 1836 Samuel Newman Wilkes wrote to his father, Samuel Wilks of Bedford, to inform him that "Uncle John and Aunt Barby is both dead. Aunt died three days first nary one would take anything while they were sick." John Wilkes, Jr and his wife, Barberry, had been in the Chicksaw Perches lsess than three months when they died. The Wilkes and the Newmans owned a considerable amount of land in the southern Virginia, especially in Grayson County. Following the death of Conrad Newman in 1806 there were various legal actions. Other wilkes-Newman marriages took place over the years, in cluding that of Sally Wilkes, sister to John Wilkes, Jr. who married James Newman. [GCV 1] John and Barberry Wilkes bought 400 acres of land from Joseph Powell in March of 1799 on Wolf Glade Creek in Grayson County, Virginia, and in 1801 and 1806 they sold a total of over 400 acres of land to Anderson Melton. A deed signed in January 1807 with John X [his mark] Wilkes was witnessed by Edmond Franklin, Samuel Williams, Absolom Burnet, and Anne Williams. [GCV 1] John Wilkes was on the Grayson County, Virginia 1800 Tax List, however, it is believed that his family moved away, enroute to Georgia with a stop in South Carolina as his son, Newman Wilkes, was born there in 1800. John had joined others of his family in Oglethorpe County, Georgia and drew land in the Land Lottery of 1803/1806, however, John and Barberry did not remain in Georgia. [WFR 26] They spent three or four years in Maury County, Tennessee before the Alabama Chicksaw Indian lands were put up for sale by the Federal government. John Wilkes, Jr was the first patentee on his land at Florence, Alabama in 1818. [APB 1] It is likely that John returned to Virginia to dispose of lands, but he is listed in land transactions in Lauderdale county in 1823 and 1827. In 1831 this family suffered the tragedy of having their son murderd in Alabama. John Wilkes administered the estate of his dead son, Phillip Wilks, in June 1832. [WFR 27]	John Wilkes, Jr
10612	maybe born in Mercer Co VA	John Wilkes
10613	The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister ******************************* These are believed to be the parents of [Henry?] In 1755 he was a freeholder in Fairfax Co VA. In April 1758 he married Elizabeth Mead in Loudoun Co VA. In 1771 he sold his 141A in Loudoun Co, to William Homes [Recorded May 25, 1772. He moved to Bedford Co VA where the Mead relatives had settled. In 1773 he was granted 263A at Amos Creek in Bedford Co VA. In 1780 he was pardoned for being a Loyalist during the Rev War. In 1789 he lived at Gills Creek in Franklin Co VA. By 1795 he had moved to Oglethorpe Co GA with his son Benjamin. [Note:Oglethorpe Co was divided into Wilkes Co, GA] ---------------------- They were from Bucks Co, PA, Loudoun and Bedford Counties, VA --------------------------------------- John was deeded land in 1755 by his father, Francis Wilkes. In 1771 he was on the Loudoun County Tithable List with a man named Thomas Muller. He sold his land in Loudoun County in 1772 but did not purchase land in Bedford County for several years, when he moved his family to that area before the Revolution. In November 1779 John purchased 286 acres of land in the Huddleston area of Bedford County, on the north side of Goose Creek, from Col. William Mead for the sum of 150 pounds. On March 22, 1784, John and Elizabeth deeded over two hundred acres of this land to their sons, Samuel and Benjamin. John Wilkes, Sr. was a loyalist during the American Revolution. In 1780 he was named with others in southwestern Virginia who were offered a pardon for his activities by the act of taking "an oath of fidelity to this Commonwealth, and subscribing the same in the presence of the justice administering it." [Statutes at Large; Laws of Virginia, Vol. X, pp. 324, 325, by William Walter Hening.] Other records show a Paul Wilks, a Corporal John Wilks and a Corporal Thomas Wilks enlisted in the Loyalist cause. John and Thomas were in Colonel Cruger's company but have not otherwise been identified In 1782 John Wilkes, Sr. of Bedford County was a member of the Grand Jury for that county. A 1789 deed in Franklin County, next to Bedford [created 1785 from Bedford and Henry] records John and Francis Wilks on Gill's Creek, adjoining Martin and others. Francis is believed to have been John's eldest son. The Wilkes family is known to have had close dealings with the Martin family. Sometime after the Revolution John and Elizabeth emigrated to Wilkes County, Georgia, with several members of their family, including their son, Benjamin, to whom they sold some of the land they had purchased in Wilkes County. When Wilkes County was divided the family was then in Oglethorpe County. A Baldwin County grant book shows a survey of 202 1/2 acres of land for John Wilks, Sr in the Land Lottery of 1807. Fire at the court house destroyed all of the early deeds. It is not known where John and El;izabeth Wilks died, but it appears quite likely to have been in Georgia.	John Wilkes, Sr
10614	John W. Wilkes Funeral Monday Resident Of Nine-Mile Community Died At His Home Saturday John W. Wilkes, 84, died Saturday at his home in the Nine-Mile community northeast of Fulton where he had lived for forty-six years. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Nine-Mile Presbyterian Church with the Rev. S.G. Woods officiating and burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Wilkes had been a member of this church for thirty years. Mr. Wilkes was born January 11, 1862 in Roanoke, Va., and lived there unti 1900 when he moved to Missouri, settling in the Nine-Mile community where he spent the rest of his life. He was living with a son and daughter when he died. He was a member of the Auxvasse Oddfellows Lodge. On June 6, 1882, he and Miss Betty Whitworth were married. Two of their seven children and Mrs. Wilkes preceeded him in death. They were Dr. J.C. Wilkes and Miss Eula Wilkes. His wife died in 1936. Surviving their father are Mrs. F.L. McGuire, Edgar T. Wilkes, Mrs. Harvey Gilpin, Oscar Wilkes and Ollie Wilkes. Mr. Wilkes is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Anna Aliss (spelled like this in article s/b Aliff) and Mrs. Ollie Alcorn of Roanoke, and a brother, Rufus Wilkes of Fulton.	John William Wilkes
10615	MO CALLAWAY NINE MILE PRAIRIE 1900 census Wilks, John W., Jan, 1862, married 18 years, Va., Va., Va., farm labor, rent home Fannie, wife, Feb. 1863, 7 children born, 6 living, Va., Va., Va. Jesse C., son, Dec. 1882, Va., Va., Va. at school Ada B., Daughter, July 1886, Va., Va., Va., at school Edgar T., son, Dec. 1889, Va., Va., Va. at school William, son, Aug. 1892, Va., Va., Va. Anna M., daughter, Aug. 1896, Va., Va., Va. infant, daughter, 1899 6/12, Mo., Va., Va. Beard, Elijah, boarder, black, May 1880, farm labor MO CALLAWAY NINE MILE PRAIRIE 1920 census Wilkes, John, 58, Va., Va., Va., Farmer Fannie, wife, 57, Va., Va., Va. Oscar, son, 25, Va., Va., Va. Anna, daughter, 23, Va., Va., Va. Ulah, daughter, 19, Mo., Va., Va. Ollie, daughter, 16, Mo., Va., Va. 1930; Census Place: Cedar, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 1180; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 11.0. Name: John W Wilks Home in 1930: Cedar, Callaway, Missouri Age: 68 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Virginia Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Fannie Race: White Occupation: Farmer, general farm Military service: no Rent/home value: rent, no value given, owns a radio Age at first marriage: 21 Parents' birthplace: Va. Household Members: Name Age John W Wilks 68 Fannie Wilks 67, wife Oscar W Wilks 36, son, labor, general farming Olive Wilks 24, daughter He lived 2 miles north of Calwood at the time of his death, he had lived there 46 years. He died at home. He was widowed at the time of his death. His occupation was farmer. Mrs. Pete McGuire of Auxvasse, Missouri gave the information for his death certificate. Burial place given as Williamsburg, no cemetery name. William Henry Wilks is probably not the father of John William Wilks, Rebecca Anne Wilks was his mother. Obit says they moved from Roanoke to Missouri in 1900. Pat's notes: John's children say that when they went to school the teacher told them that there was supposed to be an "e" in their name, so they put it in there. They moved to Nine Mile Prairie area (near Calwood and Kingdom City) of Callaway Co, MO from VA, arriving with 5 children between 1896 and 1899. Rufus was already in Callaway Co. John and Fannie buried a child in Franklin County in 1892. John lived about 5 miles from Rufus - McCredie, MO	John William Wilkes
10616	named in his father's obituary in 1966: He is survived by his wife and two sons, Dr. John Wilkes of New York City and Thomas Wilkes of Sioux Falls, S.D.; one daughter, Mrs. Joe (Nancy) Dorst of Fond du Lac;	Dr. John William Wilkes
10617	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
10618	In 1930, single, living at home with parents.	Ollie Elizabeth Wilkes
10619	He moved to Oregon in 1845, and descendants have a scrap of blue coverlet which Peyton had purchased in 1839 from "his uncle Reuben Burchum for $7.50, his wife having spun and woven" the coverlet, per a note attached to it in 1933. Descendant:Carol Thilenius in Oregon ------------------------------------ Researcher: Barbara Eakley - Virginia Connections - < http://expage.com/page/eakley > At age 7 Peyton was bound out. The Bedford County Virginia Court order read: "22 January 1798; Ordered that Peyton Wilks, son of Sarah Wilks be bound out by the Overseers of the Poor to Stephen Martin, according to Law." Stephen Martin had married Elizabeth Dobyns in 1794. The children of Sarah Wilks, who were bound out, went into homes of near relatives or friensds, all of whom lived on Goose Creek or close by in Bedford County, VA It was further ordered in Bedford Court in January Court 1810; that Peyton Wilks be bound by Overseers of the Poor to George Walker, according to Law. George Walker was a tanner and apparently Peyton was apprenticed to Walker to learn the trade. [so says Lillian J. Crews. Think she got info from L.E. Wilks] continued: The L.E. Wilkes book about Peyton Wilkes gives little of his early life, mentioning only that he was "left an orphan [or motherless] at an ealy age .. bound out to learn the trade of tanner/" I [Lillian J. Crews] haave the impression that he and Archibald were the yuoungest of the family. Peyton's descendants record that he served in the War of 1812, enlisting as a private at Single Block on Goose Creek in Bedford County, as a private in Capt. Wiley Jones Company of Virginia Volunteers and served from Sept. 8, 1813 to March 10, 1814. "He was first a drummer and later in the artillery." He supposedly lived near Lynchburg. "We heard him tell how they packed tobacco in large hogsheads, built rims around them, attached shafts between which a horse was hitched, and rolled them into Lynchburg; hence the distance must not have been very great." "Peyton followed his trade in Virginia for several years and his three eldest children were born there. Their eldest child, Henry, died in infancy." Peyton was a witness to deeds in Grayson Co, VA in 1827 and 1828 forn his uncle Samuel Wilkes, of Bedford, who owned land in Grayson County. Peyton did not write and made his mark on the deed Oct. 22, 1827 by the name "Payton" and later proved the deed as one of hte subscribing witnesses, July 29, 1828, was signed the same, with a mark by the name "Payton." Peyton's descendants believe that he and his family spent a short time in Kentucky during the 1820s then returned to Virginia for a time before heading west permanently/ They stayed in Indiana for a while before moving to Newton Co, MO in the early 1840s, where both Peyton and Anna had beothers living in the area. Lincoln Ellsworth Wilkes and his brother. Thomas S. Wilkes, sons of Jabez Wilkes, tell his story about their grandparents, Peyton and Anna Dallas Wilkes; An amusing story is told of these Missouir days which illustrates the perfect balance between the natures and dispostions of this couple. She was a high-strung , nervous spitfire, and needed th calm, philsophic nature of such a man as her spouse to keep her in check. The cattle were stricken with murrain which carried off a large share of their herd. One morning one of the boys came in and reported that one of the work oxen was dead. Grandfather's only comment was, "Well, take his hide off, it will make good leather." [he pronounced it "luthah"]. Soon they reported a heifer was dead. "Well, skin her, her hide will make good shoe leather." Next the bull succumbed and he said, "Take the hide off, it will make good sole leather." This was niore than grandmother's thrifty sould could contemplate with anything like equanimity and she exclaimed, "Old Man, it's a judgment God has sent on you for your sins." "Well," he replied, if he's got a judgment agin me and will take it out in cattle, I can pay for it that way cheaper than any other for I've got more of them than anything else." He was gifted with this calm, unruffled nature which is such a blessing to mankind and which enabled him to carry a load that would have broken a fretful and irritable man many times over. Note: It is but justice to relate that with all grandmother's fiery temper and sharp tongue, when times of real distress came, she could, and did, meet them with the calm fortitude of the true pioneer woman. Like most of the frontiersmen of his day grandfather liked his "likker" but curiously enough when under its influence it was impossible to say or do anything to make him cross or quarrelsome. Through a life of extraordinary hardship he found many things to bring smiles to his own face and to endear himseld to all with whom he came in contact. With all his equanimity, he was a human dynamo and his rapid walk enabled acquaintances to recognize him as fara as he could be seen. Grandmother was often heard to exclaim, "Here comes the old man just rarin' and cavortin'." Grandmother was of a deeply religious nature and her pious soul was, no doubt, sorely tried by her convivial and irreverent mate. She was without education, but in her later years took up the all but insurmountable task of learning to read and says Thomas. S. Wilkes, "...the most grateful kisses I ever received from her dear old lips was when I first was able to help her to read in her old "book of common prayer." Grandfather never learned to read. Mrs. Arlene Johnson Marble, a great great granddaughter of Peyton wilkes, contributes this: My Wilkes family came to Pregon by covered wagon from Independence, Missouri in 1845; an estimated 3000 persons came that year. The family unit of 12 persons consisted of 3 generations headed by Payton Wilkes, my great great grandfather, and his wife, Anna Dallas m. 1815 Bedford County, Virginia. My great grandfather William Gardner Wilkes, was born there in 1819. The trip west was uneventful except for the death of 18 year old Marmaduke near the present Oregon-Idaho border. At the Dalles [area in Oregon] the Wilkes party joined a group of about 31 wagons under the leadership of Sam Barlow, who decided to attempt to make a wagon trail around the south side of Mt. Hood. Prior to this the Oregon Trail had ended there with the next 100 miles traveled by rafting down the Columbia River through the Cascade Mountains. Dangerous rapids, a 6 mile portage, and the high costs of renting floating equipment made these miles the most difficult and dangerous. Early snows in the Cascades and time lost hacking a passable wagon road through the dense forest forced the train to a desperate situation. It became necessary to leave the wagons in the mountains and to walk out to the settlement at Oregon City in early December. With later improvements the Barlow Toll Road became the route chosen to enter the Williamette Valley with wagons traveling all the way. That winter Peyton split cedar shakes for Dr. John McLaughlin, who had formerly been the Husdon bay factor at Fort Vancouver. Soon Peyton and his 2 married sons filed for donation land claims. Peyton chose land in Washington County, where oak trees grew in the Tualitan Valley, as he was a tanner. The town of Banks is located on his property. He and Anna wer married 73 years; she died in 1888 and he in 1889, aged 98 years. A yearly meeting of their descendants is held every summer at Hillsborough. William Gardner wilkes chose land in bordering Multnomah County. There is still a Wilkes school in use on land he donated in the 1860s. He and three brothers traveled to California during the gold rush; he is said to have paid $20 for an onion there and to have judged the flavor to be worth the price. ------------------------------------ Mar. 25, 1815; Peyton Wilks & Anne Dallas, dt John; Archelous Magann, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, March 26, 1815. --------------------------------------- Parentage is unsure - so says Barbara Eakley - < eakley@webtv.net > BA Connections -------------------------------------------- there is a Peyton Wilks on the census of Bedford Co, VA in 1810 and 1820	Peyton G Wilkes
10620	Nina Franco < ninafranco@aol.com > says he was born in Bedford Co, VA	Peyton G Wilkes
10621	Descendant: John A. Shaw < johnshaw@wans.net > A collection of letters, Day Books and Records of the Wilkes family of Bedford County, Virginia Years [1790-1871] was compiled by Harry Wilkes of Altavista, Virginia, March 9, 1949. References are made throughout this section to this collection as MSS [from the book by Lillian Jones Crews.] In his Revolutionary War papers Samuel stated that he moved to Bedford County with his parents "when a boy." He entered the patriot's cause at age sixteen, enlisting in 1780 or early 1781, served three months in Capt. John Trigg's company, Colonel Merriweather's Virginia regiment. WAR 1 He enlisted in the fall of 1781, served six months in Captains Newell's and John Slaughter's Virginia companies, and was dischargeed in March 1782. Samuel was required to swear a loyalty oath to the Virginia Commonwealth after the Revolution. This was likely due to his father's former political allegiance to the Loyalist cause. WFR 15 Samuel's pension application was allowed and executed on March 28, 1833. His wife at that time was Margaret Witt. On March 22, 1784, Samuel was deeded one hundred plus acres of land on Blackwater Road and Crab Orchard Creek by his parents, John and Elizabeth Mead Wilkes. MSS2 In 1790 Samuel and his brother, Benjamin, were granted leave to build a grist mill on their own land by the Bedford County Court. MSS 3 Samuel owned a large amount of land in Grayson County which he acquired over the years, in addition to his land in the Goose Creek area of Huddleston, in Bedford County. He also bought some land in Montgomery County. His relatives were located in several counties of southwest Virginia. In 1792 he purchased four acres on Goose Creek from Edmund Franklin and another four acres at the same location from Conrad Newman. He paid the clerk at Bedford Court $1.00 each in February of that year to record the deeds. BCR 3 For the balance of his 1792 taxes, County and Parish Levies, which included a clerk's ticket for 344, Samuel paid twenty-two shillings and ten on October 28, 1793. Conrad Newman sold Samuel 20 acres of land on Crab Orchard Creek [MSS 5] in 1796, on December 13, and in 1803 Newman sold his son-in-law the land on which he, Newman, lived in Grayson County, for 37 pounds in full. The deed was signed by Thoorod Newman. Sometimes Conrad Newman signed in a German script "Cunvard Nou Man." Conrad Newman died in 1806, and his estate was inventoried and recorded August 20. During 1806 and the years following, Samuel, his brother, John Wilkes, Jr. and various other Newman heirs were listed in deeds recorded in Grayson County. GCD 1 Recorded at the Bedford Court on October 1808, Samuel was surveyor on the Blackwater Road and Goose Creek and listed among more than a dozen hands were Conrad Newman [Jr ?], John Newman, John and Jonah Dobyns. [MSS 6] That same year, 1808, Samuel purchased 140 acres in Montgomery County from Martin Waddell for 200 pounds in trade. Signed Samuel Wilkes. Martin Waddell and Jonah Dobyns were witnesses MSS7 On March 20, 1818, William R. Porter [signed for Thomas N. Greer, D.C.] signed the receipt of Samuel Wilks seven dollars and forty cents in full for the balance of his still tax, in the year 1817. Deeds were signed during 1819 by Samuel and other heirs of Conrad Newman, Sr. selling land on Bever Dam Creek to John B. Franklin, another former son-in-law of the late Conrad Newman. GCD 2 During April of 1828, Samuel sold 70 acres of his land on Wolf Glade Creek in Grayson County to Henry Winset for fifteen dollars. [GCD 3] In 1832 Samuel gave a gift deed of 400 acres of land, in the same area, to his sons, Henry and Benjamin, for one dollar paid, which is apparently in the part of Grayson that later became Carroll County in 1842. The land on Wold Glade Creek and Crooked Creek land apparently did not have a home on it. It is believed to be about where Woodlawn is on the current map. Their grandson, Israel Wilkes, had been left motherless when Emily Newman Wilkes, S.N.'s wife, died in the mid 1820s, and by 1832 his stepmother, Matilda, has also died. Samuel and "Peggy" cared for the small boy over a period of years. After the boy's father had resettled in Alabama he tried several times to persuade his father to send his son to him with relatives who were moving south, however it was not to be. Samuel had been dead two years before S. N. was finally able to have his son, Israel, to join him in Albama in 1839. [MSS 9] One suspects that grandfather Samuel had become very attached to the lad and careful of his welfare. Over the years Samuel traded at the local stores called Brown, Leftwich and Company or Preston, Leftwich and Davis, where his accounts were listed in the name of Capt. Samuel Wilkes. This is thought, however, by his descendants to have been an honorary title rather than an earned military title. When the following notice was made public on August 28, 1833, [MSS 10] it is likely that Samuel tacked it up himself, at one ot the named stores. "I want to inform the sizens that I have got a new smith,, Claytor's Bob well known to be one of the first rate smiths and all those that will favor me with thier custom may expect to have it done in the best stile. [MSS11] I have got the reusual [sic] of him for ten years if I want. S/Samuel Wilks." When Samuel Wilkes died in 1837 his brothers and sons were scattered across the land, in Georgeia, Alabama, Mississippi, and beyond, but a few of the family had remained near him, in southern Bedford County. Over the years some had kept in touch, [WFR 16] by writing letters home or "coming in" over the long miles when health and prosperity permitted. Samuel's son, Henry, was there at the end, [MSS 12] however, living on land that touched his father's land on Goose and Crab Orchard Creeks. Henry Wilkes administered his father's estate. Peggy Wilkes received her dower land, as a widow, and she lived some twenty years beyond her husband's death. [BCR 5] Not far from the Wilkes home was the Leftwich church and cemetery where numerous graves are located. It seems likely that Samuel Wilkes and many of his family are buried there, however that proof is not available. Notes from another source - Virginia Connections who cited Lillian Crews book: "Wilkes Reocrds. 1261-1984" and Doris Ross Brock Johnston's Book: "Wilks and Young Families" Samuel Wilkes witnessed a deed on 3/6/1804 in Bedford Co, VA for deed of trust for Francis wood to Moses Fuqua. Owned land near Crab Orchard Creek [ref.book, Brown's of Bedford Co, VA 1748-1840. page 70] Samuel Wilkes was ordered to clear way for a road for James Ayers, dated 2/24/1800, ref. "The Green Stone", page 60 Samuel Wilkes enlisted late 1780 or early 1781, he served three months in Captain John Trigg's company, Colonel Marriweather's Va Regiment. He later enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served for six months in Captain Newell's and John Slaughter's Va company. he was discharged March 1782. He was allowed pension,on his application executed March 28, 1833 then a resdient of Bedford County, VA. Pension rolls of 1835: Samuel wilkes, Va. Militia, Bedford Co, Va. allowance - $30.00 Annual Allowance, he received total $90.oo. Pension started May 11, 1833, he was age 70. Lillian Crews lists children as:John-1784, Benjamin-1787, Henry, Samuel Newman and Elizabeth. I have added children as per Virginia Connections but I already had an Israel-1784 son of Francis, who married Mary Coombs.	Samuel Wilkes
10622	The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister ******************************* He was born in Pennsylvania or Virginia, settled in Culpepper, Virginia [HFH 1]. He died in 1813 in a shipyard accident Samuel was listed on the 1771 Tithable List [LTL 1]and on the petition in 1782: A petition from Sundry Inhabitants of Yahogania and Monongalia To Be Laid Before the Assembly 1782 - to His Excellency Harris [sic], Governor of the State of Virginia. James Wilkes [identity unknown] was also listed on the petition. Samuel was a witness to a will in Loudoun County in 1775 Rebeckah Wilks was among 26-31 people who witnessed the marriage of Jacob Painter and Mary Hunt on 16 April 1789, and signed the marriage certificate. Three years later Samuel Wilks signed the marriage certificate, as a witness, on 17 May 1792, when Joseph Rea and Susannah Garwood were married. [HFH 2] Samuel Wilks was listed in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1790. Samuel's father had owned land in Pennsylvania earlier. In 1791 John E. Oelschazel and wife Hannah of Culpeper sold Samuel Wilks land on Rush River, on an Island, at the food of Fodder Stack Mountains, for 50 pounds. A witness was William Wilkes. [CDB 1] A William Wilkes married Ann Adams in 1794 in Culpeper. William has not been identified. On November 19, 1795 Samuel and Rebecca of Culpeper County sold George Calvert a tract of land in Culpeper which was located, one corner to George Wheeler and Andrew Belty, and Velty on th bank of the Rush River, etc. Signed by Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes. In another transaction, William Wright and Susannah of Pitts County, Virginia sold Samuel Wilks Sr, and heirs of Culpeper County, Virginia 100 acres of land for the sum of 20 pounds. Witness, Thos. Estes, Jas. Jett, Jr, and Geo. Calvert, July 20, 1795. As Samuel was called senior in this deed he and Rebecca may have had a son by the name Samuel for whom records have not been obtained. ---------------------------------------------------- One source lists three children and wives, William Benjamin and Joseph. The others came from somewhere else	Samuel Wilkes
10623	Sophia A. Wilks (white female) d. 30 Jul 1880 Franklin Co of fever age 48yr, d/o Anna Wilks, b. Bedford Co, William E. Wilks uncle reported (p205	Sophia A. Wilkes
10624	named in his father's obituary in 1966: He is survived by his wife and two sons, Dr. John Wilkes of New York City and Thomas Wilkes of Sioux Falls, S.D.; one daughter, Mrs. Joe (Nancy) Dorst of Fond du Lac;	Thomas Mcelroy Wilkes
10625	In 1930, single, living at home with parents, working on farm.	William Oscar Wilkes
10626	She was a second wife.	Rebecca Wilkins
10627	Mentioned in her father's obit in 1995; preceeded in death by Juanita Keith	Alice Juanita Wilks
10628	In their brother John's obituary in 1946, Ollie and Anna were both living in Roanoke. Anna's last name is spelled wrong in the obit. Mrs. Anna Aliss and Mrs. Ollie Alcorn of Roanoke In 1951, Ollie and Anna were both living in Portsmouth Ohio according to Rufus Wilks obituary.	Anna Wilks
10629	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
10630	Dollie Ora Wilks Lewis, 95, died Thursday, April 13, 2000, in Pleasant Park Nursing Home, Oskaloosa, following a stroke. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Harden Funeral Chapel, What Cheer, by the Rev. Vince Homan. Interment: Indianapolis Cemetery, near What Cheer. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Sunday at the chapel, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Survivors include a son, Don Lewis of What Cheer; a daughter, Margaret Phillips of Delta; and a sister, Lucille Foulds of Albun, Calif.	Dollie Ora Wilks
10631	Dollie was born on August 15th 1904 in Callaway County, Missouri, the daughter of Rufus and Oddie Day Wilks. She was raised in Callaway County and graduated from Auxvasse High School in Missouri. On February 14th of 1925, Dollie was united in marriage to John W. Lewis in Fulton, Missouri. Shortly after they settled east of What Cheer where Dollie began raising her family. She moved to the Oskaloosa area in the early 1950's and after the death of her husband in 1966 began working as a seamstress out of her home. A resident of What Cheer for many years, Dollie had been a resident of the Pleasant Park Estates since 1992. She was a 50 year member of the Eastern Star Aspasia Chapter #198 at Sigourney and had attended the First Christian Church of Oskaloosa. Dollie's memory is honored by her son and daughter-in-law, Don and Alberta Lewis of What Cheer, her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Gerald Phillips of Delta, her five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and her sister Lucille [Mrs. Max] Foulds of Albun [Auburn], California. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Bettylu Stevenson, a son, Paul Lewis, five brothers, Leo, Ira, Lowell, Paul, and Linwood Wilks and five sisters, Bessie Owens, Mary Carrington, Iris Bost, Virginia Sherman, and Frances Wilks. Pallbearers were: Doug Swim, Jim Harris, Earl McKay, Jerry Baker, David Stevenson, Kevin Phillips Burial at Indianapolis Cemetery, near What Cheer.	Dollie Ora Wilks
10632	John and Dollie lived most of their lives in Iowa, in and around Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, and What Cheer and Grinnell. Besides farming, they did extensive cattle and hog feeding and marketing. After John's death, Dollie ran a rooming house and took in sewing for a number of years until her health failed. She lived with Donald and Berty until going to a nursing home. Dollie was born in the log house in August. Her parents left her with a wet nurse in Fulton and went to St. Louis to the World's Fair - 1904 1965 - John and Dollie came to the Wilks reunion, as they usually did. So did son, Paulie and wife and son, Jesse, all living in Oskaloosa, Iowa. 1992, March - Dollie went into a care facility -They say she has Alzheimer's Oskaloosa DOLLIE ORA WILKS LEWIS 1904 - 2000 WHAT CHEER - Dollie Ora Wilks Lewis, 95, of What Cheer, died Thursday, April 13, at Pleasant Park Estates in Oskaloosa. Her funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer, the Rev. Vince Homan officiating. Burial: Indianapolis Cemetery near What Cheer. Ottumwa Dollie Lewis WHAT CHEER - Dollie Ora Wilks Lewis, 95, of What Cheer died of complications from a stroke on April 13, 2000, at Pleasant Park Nursing Home in Oskaloosa.	Dollie Ora Wilks
10633	Pat McCallister Notes: Bessie was born in the log house. They lived most of their life in Auxvasse. They never had children. They celebrated their 60th anniversary. She and Homer lived in Auxvasse most of their married life. For a time they operated a feed store, living over the store. Later they were partners with Pete McGuire in a combined feed and grocery store. For many years Homer was a livestock feeder and dealer with some related farming interest. Bessie had two hip replacements- she spent the last 8 or so years in the nursing home. Actually she was in a nursing home in Fulton when she died. ================================ Mr. and Mrs. Homer Owen Honored at Reception on 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Homer Owen of Auxvasse were honored Sunday evening at a surprise celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary at the Love Street Christian church in Mexico, MO, following worship services. Members of the church planned the surprise. The former Miss Bessie Wilks and Homer Owen were married on Mar. 6, 1916 in Fulton at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. Eugene F. Abbott. Attending the couple were Mrs. P.L. McGuire of Auxvasse and the late Mr. McGuire. Mr. and Mrs. Owen were both born at Williamsburg and have spent their entire life in Callaway County. They moved to Auxvasse in 1923 and for 15 years operated a feed store there. He is also a retired farmer and stockman and for 20 years was part owner of Callaway County Stock Sales Co., north of Fulton. He is now serving on the board of directors of the Farmers Mutual Fire and Lighting Insurance Co. of Callaway County, a position he has held for 35 years. In keeping with the golden wedding anniversary theme the church was decorated with gold colored crepe paper streamers and the refreshment table was covered with a lace cloth over gold. The gift table also had a lace cloth over gold and was centered with a floral arrangement and gold candles, a gift of the church. The three tier anniversary cake, topped with a large gold "50" encircled with wedding bells, was served by Mrs. Childs, wife of the church pastor, and Mrs. Buell Culver and Mrs. Jack Hendrix presided at the punch bowl. Mrs. Melba Davenport and Mrs. Maud Fisher were in charge of the decorations. The remembrance book, a gift of the minister and family, was signed by 135 members and friends. Steven Childs was in charge of the book. After the guests were served and the gifts opened Mrs. Childs sang "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet." accompanied by Mrs. William Watson at the piano. ================= Mrs. P.L. McGuire was Mrs. 'Pete' - Ada Belle Wilkes - daughter of John Wilkes and cousin of Bessie. Pete and Homer were partners in the feed store. Mary Jo Herring Hubbard Notes: My mother was born at Aunt Bessie's house in Auxvasse. My grandparents were living there at the time. I remember going to their house when I was a kid. It was a brick house right in the middle of Auxvasse on main street. The house was always spotless and neat, and Aunt Bessie was always cooking for everyone.	Elizabeth Overton Wilks
10634	1930, living at home, single, farmer	Emmett Wilks
10635	Name: Frances A. Wilks Birth Date: 1921 Death Date: 1947 Pat McAlister notes: Frances was going to William Woods College in Fulton, MO, and home at the farm, when she had a cerebral hemorrhage. We were living in Fulton (801 Nichols) down the street from the college. Mother (Virginia) and Daddy (Paul) went out to get Frances and bring her into town to meet the doctor at Mary's. Frances died on the way into town, sitting in the back of our old 1937 Plymouth. She was sitting between Mother and Grandma. Mother said she knew when she died, because of the sound she made. Oddie's obituary said her name was Frances Anne. The family says her name was Frances Arlene. The story I got was that Rufus wanted to name her Anne or Frances Anne and Oddie wouldn't have it. She thought it was for an old girlfriend named Anne. (Imagine-12 children and she's jealous!) Actually, Rufus' mother was Anne and Oddie's was Frances. Lucille said the parents always called her Frances Anne. Obit:Frances Wilks, 25, dies unexpectedly -William Woods student was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wilks of Williamsburg, and a student of William Woods College, died unexpectedly Wednesday night. (Wednesday was the 5th-She probably died after midnight). Apparently in the best of health she had attended classes yesterday and returned to her parents home after school. About 11 o'clock she became ill and was being rushed to Fulton to the hospital when she died, just before midnight. She was 25 years old. Death was attributed to heart disease. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Maupin Funeral Home. The Rev. A. F. Larson will officiate. Burial will be in Auxvasse Cemetery. Miss Wilks was born Oct.13, 1921. She attended the Fulton High School and was graduated in 1942. For a year she attended Junior College at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Then taught in two Callaway County rural schools, Scott School near Williamsburg and Harrison school near Auxvasse. This fall she entered William Woods College. One of twelve children, Miss Wilks is the second in the large family to die. She is survived by her parents, and the following brothers and sisters, Leo Wilks, Mrs. Homer Owen, both of Auxvasse, Mrs. Merle Bost, Ira D. Wilks and Mrs. Max Foulds of East St. Louis, Mrs. C. D. Carrington and Mrs. Paul Sherman of Fulton, Mrs. John Lewis of What Cheer, Iowa, Lowell Wilks of Scottsbluff, Nebraska and Paul Everett Wilks of Groton, Conn., who is in the navy. (The only thing I see wrong with this one is that she was not going to the hospital. Dr. Durst was meeting them at Mary's. Virginia and Paul went out to get them and Mary stayed in Fulton to get the doctor, who had treated Mary so much that they were pretty close. Frances died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mama said she bled from the mouth and vomited blood. The doctor said that if they had not moved her at all she might not have died. Who knows. She lost blood) Scott School is the school that all the Wilks children went to. Rufus had a key when I was a child and we went there. I also went with the neighbor a time or two when Mother and I were staying with Grandma after her stroke. The book say it is four miles south of Bachelor. It is a mile or two south of Rufus' house. The road no longer goes by there. They moved it a ways west. You can still see the school, which is a residence. Aunt Frances made my unique paper dolls and doll furniture ** end of Pat's note Death certificate is dated Feb. 5, 1947 and gives time of death as about 1:30 a.m., Feb. 5. Coroner's statement says, "Was notified of this death. Deceased died suddenly, unattended by a physician. Deceased had suffered from a chronic valvular heat disease (mitral valve). It was signed by the coroner, not the doctor, on Feb. 6. Rufus gave the information for her death certificate, his address was given as Williamsburg, Missouri. From looking at the death certificate, and the date the coroner signed it, I think she must have died at 1:30 a.m. on the 6th. Death certificate says nothing about a cerebral hemorrhage.	Francis Ann Wilks
10636	Ira Day "Judgie" Wilks Ira D. Judgie Wilks, 82, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, died Sunday, July 15, at Oskaloosa. He was born May 22, 1902 in Callaway County, a son of James Rufus Wilks and Oddie Elizabeth Day Wilks. Mr. Wilks is survived by one daughter Susan Cohen of Boston, Mass., four sisters, Dollie Lewis of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Virginia Sherman of Springdale, Ark., Lucille Foulds of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Bessie Owens of Fulton, Mo. three brothers, Leo Wilks of Montgomery City, Mo., Lowell Wilks of Scotts Bluff, Neb., and Paul Wilks of San Diego, Calif. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, July 18 at 1:00 p.m. at the Auxvasse Cemetery with the Rev. Melvin Underwood officiating. Visitation will be at the Funeral Home in Auxvassse on Tuesday evening. A memorial has been established with the Mahaska Manor Nursing Home in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Maupin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.	Ira Day Wilks
10637	Pat McCallister notes: Born in the log house - nickname: Judge - Judgie - so called because someone said he looked like old Judge so-and-so. Judge was hurt in the car wreck that killed Dorothy. Later he had part of the leg below the knee removed. He did not like the artificial one and hardly wore it.	Ira Day Wilks
10638	Pat McCallister Notes: Iris was born in the log house - she died of a heart attack on a Sunday M: Merle Bost - twice - no children - but he had one from a previous marriage, Helen Bost Iris and Merle took in two foster children, Walter and Rock Smith, living in East St. Louis, Ill, in the 30s and 40s. Walter had a daughter Sandra Louise When Iris was a toddler, she fell out of the high chair and burned her face on the old black range. It left her scarred some. she wore her hair the same way - 1920s style - all her life, partly to cover the scar. She wore the bright red lipstick of the era also. Aunt Iris was always good to me and my family. She was a "shutterbug" and you see her shadow in a lot of pictures that she took. She followed her son, Tommy, to Hobbs, New Mexico and lived there from about 1950 - 1965. As a young woman, she went to East St. Louis to find work. She worked in a clothing factory. One of her jobs was to make patterns. She took the design and cut a pattern.	Iris Wilks
10639	I believe this Wilks may be related to my other Wilks/Wilkes family, just haven't found the connection yet. Their headstone is in the same plot as some of my Wilkes's in a very small cemetery. He was a farmer. His parents were James E. Wilks of Callaway Co., Missouri, and Hannah S. Kelsick of Kentucky. Mrs. J.S. Wilks of Mineola, Missouri, gave the information for his death certificate. 1910; Census Place: Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T624_774; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 413. Name: Lessie Wilks Age in 1910: 39 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head-of-house: Head Father's Birth Place: Missouri Mother's Birth Place: Missouri Spouse's name: Ida M Home in 1910: Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway, Missouri Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Lessie Wilks 39 Ida M Wilks 38 Mary H Wilks 6 Martha M Wilks 3	James Lesslie Wilks
10640	Pat McAllister Notes Lowell was the last child born in the log house Lowell went to Scottsbluff in 1929 Lowell was general manager & foreman & superintendent of lamb feeding operations - 45,000 lambs. After retirement he carried mail - substitute carrier. Lowell was too old for WWII - went for a physical and they sent him home (probably already had a hearing problem) He said he didn't think they would have taken him if he had passed the physical - he was feeding 60, 000 lambs there in the valley (Nebraska) The following is the text of the article in the paper that goes with the picture of Lowell and the lambs - Scottsbluff [Nebraska] Daily Star-Herald - Dec.20, 1969 LOWELL WILKS RECALLS DAYS OF LAMB FEEDING BOOM Forty years in the lamb feeding business has given Lowell Wilks a first-hand glimpse at its rise and fall in the North Platte Valley, and his own operation points out how much change has taken place in the enterprise in the past few decades. This year Wilks is feeing about 1,900 lambs, which he terms "a drop in the bucket to what it used to be." At one time, he recalls, he helped feed 70,000 lambs, more than the total number of young woolies that are no being fattened in the Valley. Wilks remembers that in 1929 when he came to the area from Missouri, the lamb feeding industry was booming. The mushroom continued to grow into its hey-days of the 1930s and profit -making era of the 1940s and early 1950s before gradually wilting to its present levels of today. "Since the early '50s we've done well to break even." Wilks remarks. "We've had a few good years since then but we've taken some awfully big losses, too." The lanky Scottsbluff man lists three things which have hurt the lamb feeding business during the past 15 years. They are synthetic fabrics, importing of frozen lamb and competition for lamb and poultry products. However, lack of adequate labor has probably done more than any of these things to curtail his own feeding program. Two years ago he was still feeding between 25,000 and 30,000 lambs in 15 yards in the Valley, but because it became increasingly hard to hire responsible workers, he has limited his activities to about 2,000 head in his own singke lot east of Minatare the past two winters. But Wilks prefers to talk about the glorious days of the lamb feeding business of yesteryear over its troubles of today. And despite a few problems and a sliver-thin profit margin, if that, the past few years, he still enjoys feeding lambs. Wilks recalls that he was working 18 hours a day and receiving $35 a month in his native Missouri when he decided to seek his fortune in Western Nebraska .When Wilks arrived in Scottsbluff in the fall of 1929, the first person he contacted for employment was T. C. Halley, a big lamb feeder in the Valley whose brother lived near Wilks' hometown in Missouri. Although Halley said he had no work for Wilks at that time, he told the 19-year-old Missourian he would later that winter. "So I got a job sewing potato sacks for a while," Wilks remembers. "They put two bushels in the sacks at that time, so they weighed 120 pounds. I only weighed 125 and when I grabbed ahold of them I didn't know which one of us was coming up." The first winter Wilks worked for Halley he drove a truck and the second winter he lived in a sheep wagon and fed lambs Northeast of Minatare. However, by the fourth winter, Wilks had an interest in the business and when Halley died in 1952, he owned two-thirds of it. "I went home the summer of '32 and planned to go to the University of Missouri. I'd saved a little money and put in a corn crop and bought some hogs. But hogs were selling for three cents a pound and corn for two bits a bushel, so I knew I'd never be able to go to school. I wrote the boss [Halley] and asked if I still had a job. He said I did and I came back. Wilks recollects that the first year he had a share in the Halley Sheep Co. he got the profit, 25 cents per head, from 500 head. The next year he got $4 per head from 750 head. "Three thousand dollars was a lot of money in those days," he recalls. The veteran lamb feeder has no trouble remembering the best year in the business/ It was the spring of 1951 when the profits amounted to $10 per head from $50,000 head. He notes that lambs sold for 40 cents a pound and wool was over $1 per pound that year. Currently lambs are selling from 26 to 27 cents a pound and wool has slipped to about 30 cents a pound." "Two out of three years before 1951 fat lambs would outsell fat cattle, but since then we haven't come close to cattle prices." Wilks says he never saw a finer person than Halley, and believes the pioneer lamb feeder knew the business better than anyone else he ever met. "I never knew a man who knew sheep from every angle like he did; feeding, breeding and everything. He could walk into a feed lot and tell you from what part of the country the lambs came," Wilks relates. During the 1930s when the depression was going full-scale, Halley started custom feeding lambs. Wilks has continued this practice and even this year does not own a single lamb. "There was lots of feed in the Valley and lots of lambs ready for feeding during the depression," Wilks said, "but the people with feed didn't want to take a chance and buy lambs. Halley encouraged the ranchers to bring their lambs to the Valley, buy the feed and let us feed them. We got a per cent of the profit and took none of the less. There were quite a few years that we worked for nothing." During the 1930s, the Halley Sheep Co. fed as high as 70,000 lambs and often had over 50,000 into the 1940s. They were fattened in up tp 36 lots from the Wyoming line east of Bayard. Under the arrangement, the owner of the lambs would buy the farmer's feed and pay all expenses including labor, the farmer would bed the lots and furnish the water and receive the manure and Halley would manage the activities. "We always thought it was better to take the lambs where the feed was than to haul the feed to one big lot," Wilks states. Wilks notes that he and Halley fed lambs belonging to three generations of one New Mexico family spanning from 1915 to 1960, and handled lambs for several others for over 20 years. Most of the lambs Wilks is currently feeding are off the Navajo Reservations in Arizona. He said he prefers them because they are generally ready for marketing later in the spring when the price is often at its highest point. They go on feed in October weighing about 60 pounds and are fed to around 110 pounds. The lambs are fed beet pulp in the morning, beet tops at night and corn twice a day. Some cottonseed cake and pulp pellts are also fed at times and alfalfa hay is provided for those that won't eat tops. --------------------------------------------- James ?Lowell? Wilks SCOTTSBLUFF ? James "Lowell" Wilks, 90, of Scottsbluff, died Friday, March 10, 2000 at his home in the Residency in Scottsbluff. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2000, at the Residency, 2100 Circle Drive, in Scottsbluff, with Pastor Bret Rickard officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Scottsbluff YMCA or the First Baptist Church of Scottsbluff would be appreciated. Mary Jo Herring Hubbard notes: Uncle Lowell was probably my favorite Uncle. He always had time to talk to me, tell a joke or a story, and he had the most peculiar accent (must have been the Nebraska influence). I loved to listen to him talk. He always remembered who I was (I didn't get to see the Aunts and Uncles but once a year or less while growing up). He taught me to like lamb and navy beans.	James Lowell Wilks
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10642	James Rufus Wilks Dies in Iowa Tuesday Former Resident of Callaway County Lived with a Daughter. James Rufus Wilks, 80, former resident of Callaway County, died Tuesday night at S. Francis Hospital in Grinnell, Iowa after suffering a stroke of paralysis. He and Mrs. Wilks had been making their home in Grinnell with a daughter, Mrs. John Lewis, since 1949. Funeral services will be held here at the Maupin Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. The body was brought to Fulton, Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in the Cemetery of Auxvasse. The Rev. A.F. Larson will conduct the services. Mr. Wilks was born at Taylors Store in Franklin County Va., on May 30, 1871. On January 2, 1894, he and Miss Oddie E. Day of Auxvasse were married. They had twelve children, ten of whom survive. They are; Leo Wilks of Auxvasse, Mrs. Homer Owen of Auxvasse, Mrs. T.L. Finn of Hobbs, N.M., Mrs. C.D. (Jack) Carrington of Fulton, Ira Day Wilks of East St. Louis, Ill, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Paul Sherman of Russellville, Ark., Lowell Wilks of Scottsbluff, Nebr., Paul E. Wilks, who is in the U.S. Navy and stationed at Peoria, Ill, and Mrs. max Foulds of Hobbs, N.M. He is also survived by his wife, twenty-two grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Aliff and Mrs. Ollie Alcorn, both of Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Wilks came to Callaway County when he was nineteen years old and remained here until 1949 when his health failed.	James Rufus Wilks
10643	The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McCallister ******************** M: Oddie Elizabeth Day - he was of English descent. Death certificate says - he fell and broke a hip - had uremia (1 week) - hemiplegia (4 yrs) - hypertension (10 years) - said he lived 13 days after fracture - says father is William & mother is Ann - info given by John Lewis. Hemiplegia is a stroke. I don't think it had been four years since he had a stroke. They had moved to Aunt Dollie's farm in Iowa after they could no longer stay on the farm. Aunt Dollie was picked because it was closer to what they knew, of course, Oddie was paralyzed with a stroke-since Dec.1947 Rufus came to Missouri in the early 1890s, to St. Louis. I guess he was 19. Lowell said he and Marcus were 16. They had no family in Missouri. His brother John came between 1896 and 1899. Rufus settled near Williamsburg and married Oddie at her Aunt Mag Stringer's home, south of Auxvasse, by E.J.Sanderson, Baptist Minister. Rufus lived with an older sister, Aunt Bid (Missouri Evelyn), who had a son named Marcus Wilks, about Rufus' age, after the death of his mother. She must have lived till after 1882, because I have a picture taken then at John's wedding. His father died when Rufus was young. In Virginia, Rufus worked for a man named John Cardwell Ferguson, merchant who was the father of Mrs. T. C. (Annie) Newbill who my children and I visited in 1970 when we were looking for the cabin at Taylor's Store, Franklin County, VA.The cabin was gone, but Annie thought she remembered a young Rufus. Miss Annie was white- haired, in her 80s. Rufus' sister, Missouri Evelyn married a Henry Ferguson. Probably there was a relationship. Taylor's Store was SE of Roanoke, near Rocky Mount and a little town of Wirtz. Booker T. Washington's birthplace is near there also - Burnt Chimney and Boone's Mill. Go out Hi way 220 - Burnt Chimney is closer to home than Taylor's store, which burnt. When we were there, all that was there was an auto garage and a few houses, including Miss Annie's bungalow with oriental carpets and chandeliers. I don't think it is on the map anymore. Rufus lived in Callaway County until 1949, when his health failed. Rufus sold at auction, Fri. Feb, 10, 1950:100 acre farm and Chevrolet Touring car and six rooms of furniture. Rufus could do just about anything in wood: baskets, barn, chair bottoms. When Rufus' children were young they took turns going to town, which Rufus did once a month. Not everyone could go every month, just one at a time, therefore each got to once a year, with 12 children. Of course, the older ones were gone by the time the younger ones came up. Lowell told me that story. Lowell used to think that they were poor, but when everyone else was bad off, Rufus still had something. Uncle John, Rufus' brother, never had anything, tho' some of his children went to college. Rufus was shot by a ricocheting bullet ca. 1917 - 1920. They operated on him on the dining -room table, but the doctor said it was too close to the spine to take out, so he took it to his grave. Truman Brown was the one who shot the gun, he was so sorry, he came and nursed Rufus for quite some time. The Browns lived down the road and Truman came to the reunions pretty regularly. He and his brother developed a furnace to put in trailer houses or motels and made a lot of money. Truman was the age of the Wilks children. Rufus' first car was a 1918 Chevy - had it two or three years. Then in the early 20s had a touring car - must be the one in the garage that sold in the sale - 1950. Related by Lowell: Neighbors on the road south and north of Rufus' house (beginning from the hi way): Sam Scott, nice fellow, after the Book's house. The Books house was in the sharp curve ( curves to the east) - then Hubert Holly - Scott School - (they rerouted the road. It doesn't go directly in front anymore) I think they made it a residence. Then the Dawsons and then Hunts. North from Rufus' house: Shoab (Schobe) - Rand - Elmer Shelton - the Kings (Viola was killed at the hi way (the slab) in a car wreck. Rufus farmed and rented some land farther north of his place. He had about 100 to 200 acres of his own. =============================== Sale Bill: Thursday March 4, 1948, beginning at 12:30 P. M. Public Sale - at auction - 4 miles southwest of Bachelor, and 8 miles southeast of Auxvasse, 2 miles north of Highway 40 (now Interstate 70): Livestock:7 head of good cows, 3 to 7 years old; 2 black bull calves; 2 black heifer calves; 6 head of black and 1 roan steer calves & 1 good horse mule. Farm Machinery:1 high wagon with box; 1 John Deere 6-foot grain binder; 1 McCormick corn binder; 1 corn planter with fertilizer attachment; 1 one- horse corn planter; 1 good 12-inch gang plow; 1 16-inch Janesville sulky plow; 1 14-inch Janesville sulky plow; 1 10-foot smoothing harrow; 1 6-shovel Oliver cultivator; 1 drag harrow; 1 A-harrow; 1 16-inch John Deere breaking plow; 1 16-inch Case breaking plow; 1 14-inch Bradley breaking plow; 2 New Departure cultivators; 1 endgate seeder; 1 corn sheller; 1 600-lb. platform scale; 1 14-inch disc harrow; 2 Janesville disc cultivators; 1 anvil; 1 forge; a lot of tongs; a few carpenter tools; one boring machine; 1 set of chain harness; 1 set of tug harness; some horse collars. Feed:about 100 bushels of good corn; 1 stack of lespedeza hay; 1 stack of timothy and clover hay, and other things too numerous to mention. Rufus Wilks ============================= They must have quit farming and sold all that after Oddie had her stoke and Rufus' health was not good. There was an old black Victrola, an oak Murphy bed with an oval mirror in the front, fine looking that I think Mother said had come from S. P. Day's things. There was an old settee, I think Mother said it was horsehair, and uncomfortable, in the parlor with the Murphy bed. There was another Murphy bed upstairs in the boys' room, the north bedroom. It was plain. There were two other beds in that room, plus a table, kerosene lamps, an oval shaped flat-topped wood stove. In the summer of 1948, my father, Paul Sherman, and Uncle Merle Bost wired the house for electricity, putting bare bulbs in the ceilings. There was a string from it to the bedstead to turn the light on. There were no closets but a built - in cabinet type thing for clothes. There was a wooden clock on the mantel in Rufus and Oddie's bedroom, which doubled as a living room, especially in the winter, so you didn't have to make a fire in the parlor. Rufus had a chair, like I have never seen except as a beach chair. It was leather or something - black. It had a rod that was moveable in the back. You inserted it in holes along the frame, to raise or lower the back of the chair. His spittoon sat beside the chair. His razor strop hung on the wall. He always shaved with a straight razor. The last person I knew of to own the homeplace was James Stark, Williamsburg ==================== 1965 - Wilks Family Reunion at Auxvasse The annual Wilks reunion was held Sunday at the club house south of Auxvasse. The day was spent visiting, reminiscing and picture taking. It was decided to meet again May 29, 1966. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lewis and Jesse, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sherman, Mr and Mrs. Bill Wilkes, Cindy, Connie and Clay, Springdale, Ark.; Mr and Mrs David Herring, John and Mary Jo, Robinson, Ill.; Mr .and Mrs. Rex Carrington and Lisa Ann, Montgomery City; Mr. and Mrs. James Dryden and Jimmy, Mr and Mrs Donald Dryden, Bonnie and Donnie of Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Juanita Cuno, Glenda and Sandra, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Brown, Mrs. Frank Gebart and Larry Dryden, St. Louis; Ira D. (Judge) Wilks, Mrs. Blanche Kennedy of East St. Louis Ill.; Mrs. Iona Wilkes, Tipton; Mr and Mrs Glenn Maxwell and Mr and Mrs John Barnes of Mexico; Mr and Mrs C.D. Carrington and Glen Maupin of Fulton; Mrs. Ada McGuire, Oscar Wilkes, Mr and Mrs Homer Owen, Mrs. Minnie Miller, Billy Nole, Vicki Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Trammell, Diana Kaye and Jana Raye, and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wilks all of Auxvasse. 1919 - Found a plat -Rufus had about 120 acres- Township 48 north Range 8 West-Sec.3 -Callaway Co, MO - Leo is next door on the 1897 plat- the land is listed as the Callaway P.O. on land that belongs to S.P. Gilbert. Probably Rufus bought it from him. There is no residence listed on the plat except one back where Mumford's is. Probably that is the one. 1920 census Callaway County MO - Rufus J. Wilks - W-422; M-1571; Roll 258 - Vol. 16 or 1b - ED 26 - sheet 8 - Line 43 Found a record that says that the Callaway Post Office was run from 1894- 1906 The Bachelor P.O. from 1875-1959. 1884 -Bachelor P.O. Jackson Twp. seventeen miles from Fulton, on Chicago & Alton R.R. - mail semi wkly - John W. English is postmaster There was a Post Office at Taylor's Store, Franklin County, Va started - Mar 18 1818. The postmaster was Sparrel Hale. The post office was still operating when the book was printed. ------------------------------------- Rufus brought some things with him from VA. He brought a quilt that is long gone. He brought the picture frames that I have. He brought knowledge of how to do just about anything to make a home and his way in life. He brought the knowledge of how to do the "jig" [dance] He also brought the expression "hit" for the word "it". ------------------------------------------------ I have notes that I wrote - don't know when nor from where I got the info but think it is a transcription from an audio tape made at a reunion [probably late 1980s], listening to John Wilkes' daughters: John & Rufus Wilks' parents died when Rufus was 2 and one when he was 10. Your dad's mother [speaking to Marcus' son] was Dad's oldest sister and she raised him. Marcus and Rufus grew up as brothers. The mountain air was so clear that they could holler back to each other. They were 16 when they came to Missouri - both the same age. Marcus stopped in Illinois and Rufus to St. Louis. Marcus saved some money and went back to Virginia but not for long. and they all ended up here. [Callaway County, MO] Marcus worked in St. Louis some until a doctor told him he had to get out of there. Maybe he was there part of the time Rufus was. worked in silver foundry down on the river. Rufus and Marcus worked for Berthen? Bridge and Iron Foundry. Rufus, Marcus and Aunt Ollie [sister] moved in a place for themselves. Ollie kept house. Aunt Bid [Marcus' mother, Missouri Evelyn] had made the boys a wool counterpane [beautiful piece of work - Lowell says] Aunt Bid had carded, spun and woven the wool. Lowell still has Rufus' counterpane. [I have never seen this - Pat McAlister]. Marcus didn't get his - his daughter says - says he never got over not getting it. Lowell says he must have lost it but daughter says no. She [daughter] says she thought that was why he didn't go back to Virginia. He was hurt when he didn't get it. Rufus worked for John Harrison in Callaway County east of town Rufus and Marcus sent back to Virginia and got a five gallon keg of brandy one time. They split it up. Each gave 1/2 gallon to their bosses. Aunt Bid and boys lived in Roanoke VA. Cousin Patty [Ferguson] took us out to where the farm had been and I've heard my dad tell about the fun they used to have in pear trees when they were little kids. Two great big pear trees still stand - big as an oak tree. On the map find Burnt Chimney - country store there that Pete McGuire's sister used to run. and when Lowell first started going back there she was still living. Her son still runs it. Mary -- McGuire opened it originally. Pete McGuire came out here and married Ada Bell Wilkes and Rufus said one time Patty was kind of sweet on Pete or vice versa. Then Joe Penn [J.P. Ferguson] That's the Perkin ? boy that lived at Roanoke's boy. Joe Penn married a widow lady with one girl and Joe Penn [Ferguson] raised her. She to this day thinks there is no one like him and he lived with them till he died. She's still living - but her husband passed away. We see her when we go back there. Swell gal. She asks - heard of Ferrum, south of Roanoke and Dale's Ford - crossing where Rufus was living in Virginia. [Lowell says he has not heard of them]. When the water was high they used stilts to walk across. When Lowell was there the first time Patty [Ferguson] took them out there to the creek [little old [ ?] - no bridge - said he heard talk of when they wanted to cross they would holler and someone with a mule would come to carry them across. Burnt Chimney is closest to where they lived [I thought it was Taylor's Store - PM]. Taylor's Store burned down. We found where it was. Lowell looked around in March but didn't find it. There was a little church 1/2 mile from where it was. Looked at all the churches. Practically all the people here where we lived [Callaway Co, MO] had migrated here from Virginia or to Kentucky and then to Missouri [found that on the censuses -PM]. Went through the cemetery - names of families for practically every neighbor we had. [MO or VA? - PM] Dudeys and Fergusons - See all the names you'd think you were at Harmony church [ Auxvasse, MO] One thing I remember was a very little boy [Lowell is talking] Russ [Marcus' boy] and then - was big enough to be smoking cigarettes. course if we kids would have touched tobacco in any way, shape or form - we'd a got our fannies beat off. At any rate Rufus made some remark to Marcus about kids smoking and Marcus said - well - tell you Rufus - I've always advised them against it but never felt like I could tell them they couldn't do something I did right in front of them. I guess I had the story wrong - I thought it was Rufus that said that -PM]. Marcus' son said that Marcus really hated to know that his boys were smoking. He never said much. They sneaked around at first. Don't see much tobacco in Virginia. They still raise it with a double shovel and a mule like they did one hundred years ago. [They plant in small patches -PM] In Vermont and Connecticut you see fields. and lots in Canada .They went to Montreal to the fair and saw the fields Rufus and Marcus worked in the tobacco barn as children - kept the fires going at night. Rufus and Marcus raised a little in Missouri. They would pick the worms and suckers off them. The last crop Marcus raised was in 1944. Rufus and Marcus knew how to most anything as children. Rufus could make oak strips - baskets - make hickory barked chair bottoms [I have one of these chairs - PM] Marcus didn't do that. Rufus could do about anything in the way of woodwork. He built the house and barn [1910] Rufus cut the timber on the farm - sawed the wood with their own sawmill. [This could be as simple as a saw with a roof over it.-PM ] They didn't have much formal education but sure had otherwise. End of transcription. Part of what Lowell said might have been later. I taped some as we were riding around the countryside - to the farm. ---------------------------------------------- Rufus' horse's name was Tom and the mule was Trouble, which is what Rufus called Opal Jean. ---------------------------- I remember My father and Uncle Merle working on wiring Rufus' house for electricity, 1948. Jean Ann remembers her father doing that and Opal says that Uncle Judge helped with that. Must have been a big job. ** End of notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister** ******************** Name: Rufus Wilkes Home in 1930: Jackson, Callaway, Missouri Age: 58 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Birthplace: Virginia Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Oddie E Race: White Occupation: farmer, general farm Military service: no Rent/home value: own, no value given, has a radio Age at first marriage: 22 Parents' birthplace: Va., Va. Household Members: Name Age Rufus Wilkes 58 Oddie E Wilkes 54 wife, Tx., Mo., Mo. Paul E Wilkes 18 son Linwood Wilkes 15 son Lucila Wilkes 12 daughter Frances Wilkes 8 daughter Sanders P Day 84 father-in-law Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Jackson, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 1180; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 246.0.	James Rufus Wilks
10644	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
10645	Notes from Pat Sherman McCalister: Leo was born in the log house. In 1920 he sold his farm & moved to Fulton where he worked as a driver & salesman for a laundry company, then he went to work for Scott Fox & Co, and automobile agency. In 1924, Leo went back to farming, but in 1949 he bought 80 acres known as the Woods property 3 miles SE of Auxvasse & went to work for the Auxvasse Rock Quarry for a few years. Later he started being an independent carpenter till he retired in 1971. From 1952 to 1972 he lived south of Auxvasse. We had reunions there. He did not go to the nursing home till a few years before his death. He lived in a trailer near a school in Auxvasse. He loved to watch the kids play ball. Leo and Pearl lived in a log house near Leo's parents, where the first two children were born. In 1920, they traded 40 acres of land for residential property on East 10th Street in Fulton, MO where Sonny (James Harrison) was born. Leo worked as a driver- salesman for a laundry company and as a mechanic with Scott Fox and Co., an automobile agency. In 1923-24 Leo and Pearl bought and moved back near his parents, to a 100 acre farm known as the Plyborn Place where Opal Jean was born. In early 1925 while attempting to corral a gentle horse, daughter Marie was kicked in the head as the horse was attempting to jump over her trying to get back into the pasture, causing a fatal injury. In 1929, the large family home was totally destroyed by fire, A smaller home was built on the site, meanwhile, they lived in rented property nearby. This series of misfortunes and the depression had taken a toll and by late 1933 the property was taken for taxes. In early 1934, they moved to what is known as the "Owen's Farm" near Auxvasse, MO. They only lived there a short time. They later moved to a 320 acre farm known as the "Sherman Lewis" property where they lived until about 1948. They then bought an 80 acre farm known as the "Woods Property" 2 to 3 miles southeast of Auxvasse, MO. Here Leo returned to public work, in the Rock Crusher, in maintenance and later as an independent carpenter and handyman, until he retired about 1971. His wife was gone and Leo bought a mobile home and moved it to what was then Opal Jean's property in Auxvasse. Even tho he moved to Vivian's home near Wellsville after their marriage, he continued to maintain the residence in Auxvasse, He moved back there after her death, where he resided until he went to the nursing home in Portland, MO in 1992. We celebrated his 100th birthday in Auxvasse on Nov. 20, 1994. He died four months later. ============================= 1919 -plat - Leo has 80 acres next to his father and another 40 acres close by ================================ I have several stories about Leo. When he was young his mother told him not to pull off and eat those green apples on the tree. They will continue to grow and get red and ripe. When his mother went out to the tree the next day there were the apples, still on the tree, but half-eaten. When he was in his 80s, at a reunion, we had a new member of the family [Ken Gersbach]. He sidled up to Uncle Leo and he said, "Uncle Leo, the barn door is open. The cow will get out." Uncle Leo pops back, "Don't worry about it. What can't get up, can't get out." One Thanksgiving at my house, we were all sitting around talking and Uncle Leo is telling about he and this other fellow digging this grave for this little old lady. It was a very small town and she had lived a long time. The undertaker came out and said, "We are having trouble getting enough pallbearers. Would you fellows do it?" Uncle Leo said, "Well, we have been digging this grave, we are not very clean." Uncle Lowell piped up and said, "Well, I don't suppose she minded." Uncle Leo never missed a beat. He said, "By God, if she did, she didn't say anything!" He only went to the nursing home a few years before he died. They put him in a wheelchair, because he was weakening with age. He did not want it, until he found out he could go - fast. He made it move with his feet, as fast as he could go, terrorizing the nurses. 1920;Census Place: Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T625_909; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 908. Name: Leo Wilks Home in 1920: Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway, Missouri Age: 25 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Pearl Father's Birth Place: Missouri Mother's Birth Place: Missouri Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age Leo Wilks 25 Pearl Wilks 22 Marie Wilks 2 5/12 Juanita Wilks 9/12 1930; Census Place: Jackson, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 1180; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 249.0 Leo Wilkes Home in 1930: Jackson, Callaway, Missouri Age: 36 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Pearl Race: White Occupation: Farmer, general farm Military service: no Rent/home value: own, no value given, has a radio Age at first marriage: 21 Parents' birthplace: Va., Mo. Household Members: Name Age Leo Wilkes 36 Pearl Wilkes 32 wife Waneta Wilkes 10 dau James H Wilkes 7 son	Leo Wilks
10646	On the bulletin at the funeral: Leo Wilks Mr. Leo Wilks age 100 of Auxvasse died Friday, March 10, 1995 at the Frene Valley Health Center in Hermann, Missouri. He was born November 20, 1894 in Bachelor, Missouri, a son of James Rufus Wilks and Oddie Day Wilks. He married Pearl English on December 1, 1915. She preceded him in death on November 25, 1970. Survivors include one son, James H. Wilks of Little Rock, Arkansas and one daughter, Mrs. Roy [Opal Jean] Heying of Portland, Missouri, 11 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, two brothers, Lowell Wilks of Scottsbluff, Nebraska and Paul Wilks of San Diego, California, two sisters, Dollie Lewis of Whatcheer, Iowa, and Lucille Foulds of Hobbs, New Mexico. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two daughters; Marie Wilks, and Juanita Keith, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, five sisters and two brothers. Mr. Wilks worked as a farmer and carpenter in and around the Auxvasse area all his life. He was a member of the Christian Church in Bachelor, Missouri and the Auxvasse Christian Church in Auxvasse, Missouri.	Leo Wilks
10647	In early 1925 while attempting to corral a gentle horse, daughter Marie was kicked in the head as the horse was attempting to jump over her trying to get back into the pasture, causing a fatal injury. Death certificate says she died in the car on the way to the doctor's office. The listing for Friendship cemetery does not include her name. Her death certificate says she was buried there, perhaps they never put a stone up. This cemetery also called Bachelor Cemetery. I have visited this cemetery (it's in very bad shape) and did not find her headstone.	Leora Marie Wilks
10648	Linwood Wilkes Abt 28 22 Apr 1943 Montgomery City Standard Linnie went to Higginsville after high school [1932]. His sister, Virginia was there. He worked in the shoe factory for a while and then went into carpentry work. He helped Paul Sherman build a house in 1941. Linnie died from a fall from a construction site in Ft. Leavenworth. He was a father with two children and did not have to go to war. It was a government project, however -Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co. His pants caught on a nail and he fell, hitting his head. He lived for several days in a coma before dying. They were living in Higginsville but died in a hospital in Kansas City. Obituary: Linwood Wilks died 5:00 PM Thursday, April 8,1943 at St. Mary's Hospital in Kansas City, MO of injuries received in a fall at Pratt-Whitney Plant-makers of airplane engines. He graduated from Auxvasse High School and worked at the shoe factory in Higginsville. Funeral to be at O.C.Hale's home. Bulletin said: Sept. 14, 1914; April 8, 1943. Higginsville Christian Church, Sun. April 11, 1943 - 2:30 PM - buried: Higginsville City Cemetery. Missouri Telegraph: Linwood Wilks fatally hurt in war plant - dies in Kansas City hospital as the result of mishap on Monday. He fell while at work. He was a former resident of Callaway County. He was the first of 12 children to die. Linwood Wilks, 28 years old, former resident of the Williamsburg Community, died at 5:00 o'clock, Thursday afternoon, in St. Mary's hospital in Kansas City, from the effects of injuries received in a fall at the Pratt - Whitney Plant, makers of airplane engines. Full details of the accident had not reached relatives in Fulton, Friday, but they did learn that he fell some distance while at work at the plant Monday afternoon, and struck his head on a concrete floor. Physicians who examined him immediately after the accident said his injuries were superficial and that he would probably be out of the hospital in three or four days. He had received a large gash in his forehead and his eyes had swollen shut. His condition, however, did not improve and he never regained consciousness after the accident. Young Wilks was the youngest of five sons of Mr & Mrs Rufus Wilks of Williamsburg and he is the first of the family to die. Besides his parents he is survived by the widow, Mrs. Carol Wilks and two children, Larry Hale, 7 years old, and Jackie Sue, 5 years old. And the following brothers and sisters:Mrs. C.D. (Jack) Carrington of Fulton; Mrs. Homer Owen and Leo Wilks of Auxvasse; Mrs. John Lewis of Thornburg, Iowa; Lowell Wilks of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Paul Wilks in the submarine service of the U. S. ; Mrs. Merle Bost, Mrs. Max Foulds and Ira D. Wilks of East St. Louis, Ill; Mrs. Paul Sherman of Higginsville; and Miss Frances Wilks of Williamsburg. Mr. Wilks was born at Williamsburg, Sept. 17, 1914. He was graduated from the Auxvasse High School and then went to Higginsville, where he was employed in the shoe factory. Carpentering was his hobby and when war broke out he offered his services at war plants and was employed at several of them, Including the one at Knob Noster. He went to Kansas City just recently to take a position in the Pratt-Whitney Plant and his family continued to live at Higginsville. Mrs. Wilks was called to Kansas City immediately upon receipt of news of the accident. While funeral arrangements had not been completed Friday afternoon, relatives said the services and burial would be at Higginsville. Among those from Auxvasse who went to Higginsville Saturday to attend the funeral of Linwood Wilks were Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wilks of near Williamsburg, Mr and Mrs. Homer Owen and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wilks of Auxvasse, The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 at the home of Mrs. Linwood Wilks' father in Higginsville. A more accurate obit: Linwood Wilks, 28 years old. Died at the St. Mary's Hospital in Kansas City Thursday afternoon, April 8, 1843 where he had been for three days. Linwood was injured Monday morning when he fell about 10 or 12 feet from a ladder, striking his head and shoulders on the concrete floor. He was employed by the Long - Turner Construction Company, and was working at the new Pratt - Whitney plant building in the south part of Kansas City. At the time of the accident he was rushed to the hospital where his condition at first improved, but last Thursday morning he took a turn for the worse, and his death occurred that afternoon. Mr. Wilks was born Sept.14, 1914 at Bachelor, MO, a son of Rufus and Oddie Day Wilks. For the past 11 years he has lived in Higginsville, being employed for nine years at the International Shoe Factory here, and for the past year he has been engaged in construction work on defense plants. He was married to Miss Caroyl Hale on May 19, 1934. Besides his widow, he is survived by one son, Larry Hale, 8 years of age, and one daughter Jacqueline Sue Wilks, 4 years old, all of Higginsville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wilks of Bachelor, MO; Four brothers, Leo of Bachelor, MO; Lowell of Minatare, Nebraska; Paul who is in the US navy; and Ira D of East St. Louis, ILL; and seven sisters, Mrs. Paul Sherman of Higginsville; Mrs. John Lewis of Thornburg, Iowa; Mrs. Merle Bost of East St. Louis, ILL; Mrs. C.D.Carrington of Fulton, MO; Mrs. Homer Owen of Auxvasse, MO and Miss Frances Wilks of the home at Bachelor. The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Christian Church, conducted by Rev. N. S. Baughman, assisted by Rev. V. M. Tye. Burial was made at City Cemetery. The above notes are al from Pat. According to his death certificat, he died in St. Mary's hospital after a stay of 3 days. His usual address was Higginsville, Missouri. He was married to Caroyl Wilks, she supplied the information. He fell from a scaffold and fractured his skull. He was born at Bachelor, Missouri, and his occupation was a shoe cutter and carpenter.	Linwood Wilks
10649	Max & Lucille lived @ 1601 St. Louis Ave - East St. Louis, Ill (probably the Confectionary) until late 40s, when they moved to Hobbs, NM - 416 East Mesa Drive - 88240 --------------------------------------------- Christmas 1998 Dear Friends and Relatives Merry Christmas! So many things have happened in our life this year I just don't know where to begin. I wanted to write to all of you. My brother Paul died last February. He was a career Navy man and a submariner. He loved the Navy and settled in San Diego. About 12 years ago he made funeral arrangements with the Navy, and a mortuary, to be buried at sea in the finest US Navy tradition I didn't quite know how to handle this so I found a nice lady at the San Diego Navy base who was in charge of burials at sea. She did a fantastic job. We had to wait for a certain ship, and on December 4th I received a letter and a box from the Navy. In the box was a flag that was draped over Paul's casket, the shells from the rifle salute, a series of color photographs and a video tape showing the whole ceremony I was so proud. Today is December 7th and it has a special meaning for us. We don't get many family visits out in the desert but Max's brother & wife came to visit in March. We had fun and it was a good last visit in our old house in Hobbs. While we were in Midland seeing them off at the airport, I had a stroke. Both Peggy and Patti were out of the country so Sally and her wonderful family took care of us. In May we all went to Purdue University for Jenifer's graduation. It was beautiful and the day after she graduated from the College of Aviation Technology, Chautauqua Airlines called and she is now a commuter pilot She hopes to fly for United Airlines someday. Max and I have moved to California close to Peggy and Tom We built a cute little house on a hill with a West view. On a clear day we can see the Coast mountains 100 miles away. Things just got too hectic in Hobbs. We don't get around as well as we used to so we decided to move closer to one of our daughters. We live in Auburn, half way between San Francisco and Reno. Auburn is about 30 miles east of Sacramento in the heart of the gold country and last night it snowed about 2". We are having a White Christmas. Tom says we are above the fog and smog that is common in the Sacramento valley. Patti and family will join us for Christmas, and we are having the whole bunch at our new house on the 25th. I have put our new address and phone at the bottom. Our twin grand daughters, Katie and Beth, were 21 on Thanksgiving, and we flew to Las Vegas for the big day. They were so cute! They wanted to play the slots Blackjack and be carded. They got carded all right. They still look so young! Both came home winners at Blackjack. I miss you all so much. Please do come and visit --------------------------------- [My sister, Neva Jean Sherman Brimson, and I [Pat Sherman McAlister] were out to visit Aunt Lucille and Uncle Max right before they moved. Bea Foulds was about to move also - to her house in Ruidoso, NM. I think it was Thanksgiving 1999 that Lucille had hip replacement. --------------------------------- Christmas - 2000 Dear Friends & family: Merry Christmas and & happy holidays. We surely do miss everybody, especially all of you in Hobbs, but we have truly settled in here in California. Our house is beautiful and we are able to watch the California sunset every night. I can't believe how well the roses grow here. You all must come and visit. Peggy and Tom are taking good care of us, and we are forever grateful. I can still drive, but Peggy is so good at hauling us around. I spent the first couple of months doing therapy for my hip. It was nice to get through a Thanksgiving without a hip replacement! I have given up using the walker, so my mobility is very much improved. Max has a new hearing aid and can hear very well now [if he uses it]. He naps frequently and loves his little dog Laddie. He surely is a blessing. In July we went to Saint Louis and stayed with Nell so we could go to Kansas City for the Foulds reunion. On the last day we went home to the farm where Max grew up and had a barbecue. In June we went to Santa Barbara to see Katie and Beth graduate from University of California. It's hard to believe that they are 23 now. They are Linguistic graduates and both are fluent in Spanish. Beth went on to study French and German, and Katie, Japanese. I don't know how they do it. Katie took a two year intern job with Young Life, and is very happy. Beth works at William Sonoma and is looking for a job in computer speech recognition technology. For graduation, Tom sent them to Europe for a month. He truly is their dad. Jeni is our rising star! She has been a co-pilot flying 50 passenger jets for US Air for two years and is now in Captain upgrade training. How quickly they grow up. We went down to Moro Bay to the Dwelle's beach house for six days during Thanksgiving. You would not believe how big the surf was during a storm. Peggy and I drove down and Tom and Max flew down in Tom's airplane. They got weathered out on the way home and spent the night in Visalia where Tom's family is. Fortunately they had Max's medicine with them. On December 1st I picked the last of my beautiful roses and the first narcissus of spring for a nice red and white bouquet. Now we look forward to Patti and Lew, and Bea and Judy coming for Christmas. We miss you all so much. Please come and visit! ----------------------------------------------------	Lucielle Wilks
10650	1900; Census Place: Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T623 844; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 31. Name: Junior Wilks Home in 1900: Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway, Missouri Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Birthplace: Virginia Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Rosa L Race: White Occupation: farm labor Household Members: Name Age Junior Wilks 28, (Markus), May 1872, married one year, Va., Va., Va. Farm labor Rosa L Wilks 22, wife, Jan 1878, no children, Mo., Va., Va. 1910; Census Place: Jackson, Monroe, Missouri; Roll: T624_799; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 118; Image: 1080. Name: Marcus Wilks Age in 1910: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Birthplace: Virginia Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Spouse's Name: Rosie L Home in 1910: Jackson, Monroe, Missouri Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Marcus Wilks 38 married 10 years Farmer, general farming Rosie L Wilks 32 wife, 3 children born, 3 living, Mo., Va., Va. Ruby M Wilks 7 daughter Russel Wilks 6 son Emmit M Wilks 4 son 1930; Census Place: Jackson, Monroe, Missouri; Roll: 1213; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 621.0. Name: Marcus Wilkes Home in 1930: Jackson, Monroe, Missouri Age: 58 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Rosa L Race: White Occupation: farmer, general farming Military service: no Rent/home value: own home, has a radio Age at first marriage: 27 Parents' birthplace: Va., Va. Household Members: Name Age Marcus Wilkes 58 Rosa L Wilkes 51, wife, Mo., Va., Va. Emmett Wilkes 24 son, single, farmer Winnifred Wilkes 19, daughter Marvin T Wilkes 15, son He lived on E. Locust Street, Paris, Monroe Co., Missouri, at the time of his death. He was a farmer. His father listed on his birth certificate was Thos. Wilks, mother Eveline Wilks. His son, Russell Wilks of Paris, Missouri, gave the information for his death certificate.	Marcus Wilks