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Achilles Wilkerson, Dr.
Male 1820 - 1893

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  • Suffix  Dr. 
    Birth  14 Jul 1820  , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  6 Dec 1893  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I11989  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  18 Jan 2009 
     
    Father  William Hawley Wilkerson,   b. 15 Mar 1788, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1845, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Clark,   b. 1787, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1839, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1809  , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F14348197  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Larenda L. Baker,   b. Abt 1835, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1871 
    Married  18 May 1865  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas W. Wilkerson,   b. Abt 1866, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1916, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1 May 1873  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William I. Wilkerson,   b. Abt 1876, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   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
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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 May 1865 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 May 1873 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Dec 1893 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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