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 1820 - 1893

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• Suffix	Dr.
  Birth	14 Jul 1820	, , Kentucky, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Dec 1893	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I11989	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2009
  Father	William Hawley Wilkerson,   b. 15 Mar 1788, , , Kentucky, USA ,   d. Sep 1845, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Mother	Elizabeth Clark,   b. 1787, , , Kentucky, USA ,   d. 1839, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Married	1809	, , Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F14348197	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Larenda L. Baker,   b. Abt 1835, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Jun 1871
  Married	18 May 1865	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Thomas W. Wilkerson,   b. Abt 1866, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F14348204	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Martha Hockaday,   b. 4 Jul 1836, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 21 Feb 1916, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Married	1 May 1873	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. William I. Wilkerson,   b. Abt 1876, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F14348210	Group Sheet

• Notes

  excerpt From A History of Callaway County Missouri, 1884 book, which is not always accurate: Achilles Wilkerson, M.D., first assistant physician to the State Lunatic Asylum at Fulton. Dr. Wilkerson, who has been engaged in the active practice of his profession for nearly thirty-five years, and is one of the leading citizens as well as prominent physicians, of Callaway county, like so many of the older residents of this couny is a native of the Blue Grass State... was a son of Judge William Wilkerson and wife... Dr. Wilkerson's early years were spent on his father's farm near Fulton, his time after he reached school age being employed in study at school and assisting on the farm. But at the age of fourteen he turned his whole attention to the acquisition of an eduacation, and made such progress that he soon qualified to teach... In 1840 he entered the Missouri Medical College and continued a student in that institution until the close of the session of 48-9... Early in 1850 he went to California and did not return until 1860. The following year after his return, he attended medical college in the University of Louisville and graduated from themedical department of that insitution with high honor in the class of 61-2. Immediately after his graduation he opened an office at Fulton... In July 1881, was elected first assistant physician to the State Insane Asylum... Dr, Wilkerson has been twice married. His first wife was formerly a Miss Lou J. Baker, of this county... they were married May 18, 1865. She died in June, 1871, leaving him two children: Thomas N. and Lou J., the daughter now deceased. His present wife, formerly Miss Martha Hockaday, is the youngest daughter of Judge I.O. Hockaday, of this county. They were married May 1, 1873... one child, a son William Irvine. The Doctor and wife are both members of the Presbyterian church, and he is a member of the Masonic order.... Wilkerson, Dr Archilles - Baker, Larenda L - May 18 1865 Achilles M. Wilkerson, Dr. - Miss Martha Hockaday 1 May 1873 C340 1870; Census Place: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M593_764; Page: 364; Image: 283. Name: Achilles Wilkerson Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Age in 1870: 49 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1870: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Fulton Household Members: Name Age Robert M Sims 46, teamster Elvira Sims 28, keeping house Thomas J Sims 16, team driver Mary Sims 13, at home Almeda Sims 7 Achilles Wilkerson 49, physician, $5,700 Lou J Wilkerson 35, at home Thomas W Wilkerson 4 Both families living in same house. 1880; Census Place: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T9_677; Family History Film: 1254677; Page: 582.4000; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 0587. Name: Achiles Wilkerson Home in 1880: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri Age: 58 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822 Birthplace: Kentucky Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Martha A. Father's birthplace: Kentucky Mother's birthplace: Kentucky Occupation: Physician Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Achiles Wilkerson 58 Martha A. Wilkerson 43 Thomas N. Wilkerson 14 William I. Wilkerson 4 Dora Brauham 18 m. servant Alexander Slater 13 black, servant

• Event Map

  Event Married - 18 May 1865 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Married - 1 May 1873 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Died - 6 Dec 1893 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth