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Dr. Edgar Thomas Wilkes
Male 1888 - 1966

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    Birth  23 Dec 1888  Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  11 Dec 1966  Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary  12 Dec 1966  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Fulton Sun-Gazette 
    • Dr. Edgar Wilkes
      Funeral serives will be held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, at the Auxvasse Funeral Home in Auxvasse, for Dr. Edgar Wilkes, who died Sunday in Fond du Lac, Wis. Internment will be in the Auxvasse Cemetery and services will be conducted by the Rev. Roy Furkin.
      Dr. Wilkes was born December 23, 1888, in Roanoke, Va., and he was married June 21, 1916, to Miss Elizabeth Kenecht of Rensselarer, Mo.
      He was executive director of the Union Leage Boys' Club in Chicago for 40 years. Dr. Wilkes was a graduate of Westminster College and McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. He was a member of the Auxvasse Presbyterian Church.
      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; three sisters, Mrs. Harvey Gilpin of Fulton, Mrs. T.L. McGuire of Auxvasse and Miss Ollie Wilkes of Auxvasse; and one brother, Oscar Wilkes of Auxvasse. He was preceded in death by one brother.
    Buried  13 Dec 1966  Auxvasse Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I10142  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  05 Dec 2009 
     
    Father  John William Wilkes,   b. 11 Jan 1862, Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1946, Nine Mile Prairie Twp., , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Frances Whitworth,   b. 27 Feb 1863, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1936, Calwood Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  6 Jun 1882  , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F14347648  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Elizabeth Kenecht,   b. 1889, Rensselaer, Ralls, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1993 
    Married  21 Jun 1916 
    Children 
     1. Dr. John William Wilkes,   b. 1924, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1991
     2. Thomas Mcelroy Wilkes,   b. 1917, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1978
     3. Living
    Last Modified  12 May 2009 
    Family ID  F14348607  Group Sheet
     
  • Headstones
     Wilkes family
    Wilkes family
    Wilkes family headstone.
     Dr. Edgar Thomas Wilkes
    Dr. Edgar Thomas Wilkes
    Edgar Thomas Wilkes, Dec. 23, 1888 - Dec. 11, 1966. Dr. Edgar Thomas Wilkes was a son of John William Wilkes and Elizabeth Frances Whitworth. He was my 1st cousin twice removed. He married Elizabeth Kenecht.
     
  • Notes 
    • Dr. Edgar Thomas Wilkes was an ordained Presbyterian minister who worked with children most of his adult life and received much recognition for this work. He was the Managing Director of the Union League Foundation for Boys Clubs of Chicago for many years. Upon his retirement he returned to Callaway Co, where he resided till his death.

      January 12, 1944- Edgar T. Wilkes of Chicago, will be the guest of honor at the 39th annual Kingdom of Callaway Supper, to be held next Tuesday evening, according to the announcement today of William S. Armstrong, president of the supper. Mr. Wilkes is managing director of the Union League Club of Chicago, which numbers amoung its members many of the most prominent men of that city. Mr. Wilkes was born in 1999 and resided during his boyhood on farms in the Williamsburg community.
      -from the Auxvasse Review

      Listed in the Annual Register of Officers and Students, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1917 - 1918

      Graduated April 26, 1917, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.
      United Presbyterian Church

      Edgar Thomas Wiles, Chicago Ill., Christopher House
      Westminster College (Mo.) 1914
      McCormick Theological Seminary

      1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 490; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 1770; Image: 723.0.
      Name: Edgar Wilkes
      Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      Age: 41
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Relation to Head-of-house: Head
      Spouse's name: Elizabeth
      Race: White
      Occupation: Supt. Boys Club
      Military service: no
      Rent/home value: rent, $85.00
      Age at first marriage: 28
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Edgar Wilkes 41
      Elizabeth Wilkes 38
      Mc Elroy Wilkes 13
      John Wilkes 5
      Nancy Wilkes 3
      Hazel Howe 38, lodger, owner boys club
     
  • Event Map
    Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Dec 1888 - Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Dec 1966 - Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Fulton Sun-Gazette - 12 Dec 1966 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Dec 1966 - Auxvasse Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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