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William Henry Wilks
Male 1833 - 1873

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  • Birth  1833 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  Abt 1873  , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I3327  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
     
    Family  Rebecca Anne Wilks,   b. Abt 1831, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1885, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. Missouri Evelyn Wilks,   b. Nov 1852, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Josephine Wilks,   b. Abt 1858, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >3. 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
     4. Ollie Wilks,   d. Aft Oct 1951, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Anna Wilks,   b. Abt 1865, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Oct 1951, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >6. James Rufus Wilks,   b. 30 May 1871, Taylor's Store, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1951, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
    Family ID  F1340  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Possibly only the father of James Rufus Wilks.

      From Vickie Miller notes:

      1860 Census-Franklin Co VA-Gill Creek Twp-NE Division-Wilkes p252 D-441/425
      Rebecca 33
      Missouri 8
      Josephine 2
      Lucy Wilks 18

      This is Rebecca Anne Wilks listed on 1860 census as head of household. Note that William Henry Wilks is NOT listed with her. This family is listed in the same township as Archibald Wilks. I believe that Lucy Wilks age 18 listed in Rebecca's household was in fact the Lucy also listed on 1860 census in William E. Wilks (Anne's brother) household. Missouri Evelyn was listed as being born November 1852 on 1900 census and Josephine was born in 1858. Were they actually the daughters of William Henry Wilks or not-I can't say. It appears to me that they may have been either illegitimate or the children of a possible first husband of Rebecca also named Wilks. This is one of those "unanswered questions". I've always wondered why Rebecca was listed on 1860 census as head of household without William Henry Wilks. Now, obviously there can be any number of reasons why William wasn't listed, the most obvious would be that he was absent from home for some reason and wasn't listed; however, on any given day when the census taker dropped showed up not all family members would have been present all the time. It's possible that there were marital problems and some type of separation had occurred (after all-where does Rebecca get the wherewithal to live on her own?). Another possibility is that William H. Wilks may have been in jail and Rebecca was concealing this; however, he wasn't listed on 1860 census in Virginia -inmates were listed on census records). My speculation, based on the death record, is that Rebecca Ann Wilks was unmarried in 1860. This would mean that Missouri & Josephine were illegitimate -but this really isn't a far-fetched conclusion-first note the 6 year difference in their ages; 2nd illegitimate children weren't unknown in this family. Harriet Wilks (whom I now believe was a sister of Rebecca) was the common-law wife of Booker Smith and by whom she had 7 children all illegitimate); Missouri Evelyn had Marcus before she married John H. Ferguson; Mabel Burnett the m/o Lucy Burnett (w/o Archibald) had a sister named Elizabeth who had as many as 6 children out of wedlock and I now suspect that Anna Wilks listed on 1860 census may have actually been the d/o Archibald & Lucy and that her children may have also been born out of wedlock and or she was married to a Wilks cousin hence the surname Wilks.

      I now suspect that the following was William Henry Wilks (h/o Rebecca):

      1850 CENSUS FRANKLIN CO VA p85 D-385/384
      Robert P. Dillon 41 VA 500
      Martha 36 VA
      Nancy 17 VA
      Sylas 7 VA
      Henry 4 VA
      Calvin 2 VA
      William Wilks 14 VA

      1832-May 15 Franklin Co VA: Robt. P. Dillion & Martha Dillion Sur: John Saunders p140 (p73

      The age is off by about 3 years since William Wilks was listed as 39 on 1870 census:

      1870 Census-Franklin Co VA-Wilkes

      P.O. Rocky Mount VA-Gill Creek Twp-NE Division-July 29, 1870-Claiborne list
      William 39 Farm laborer $125 cannot read and write D-89
      Anne 63 a mother "
      Rebecca 39 William's wife-keeps house "
      Sallie 21 sister "
      Josephine 12 Rufus' sister
      John 8 Uncle John-brother
      Texanna 5 Anna Wilks Aliff?
      Arlina 2

      Note that Rebecca lists her age as 39 in 1870 and 33 in 1860. As I said, this makes her age hard to pin down. William couldn't read or write so it's very possible he was off with his age as well. The interesting thing is that Robert P. Dillon was listed on the same page as William Wilks on 1870 census Franklin Co; in fact they are listed 4 households apart. I haven't been able to find William Wilks on 1860 census. There were these "orphaned" Wilks children listed on 1850 census Franklin Co VA:


      1850 Census Franklin Co VA p172 D-1653/1647
      Elijah Mitchell 40 VA 700
      Ellanor 41 VA
      William L. 14 VA
      Mary A. 3 VA
      Richard F. Wilks 18 VA
      Elizabeth Carter 27 VA
      Margaret Wilks 16 VA
      Flora A. 81 VA

      1832-April 26 Franklin Co VA: Elisha Mitchell & Eleanor Gregory d/o Richard F. Sur: Samuel Mitchell p90 (p163
      I don't know who Flora A. Wilks age 81 was.

      1850 Census Franklin Co VA p172 D-1654/1658
      Margaret Gregory 84 VA Farmer 300 (w/o Michael? Richard)
      Mary Wilks 46 VA

      1831-May 5 Franklin Co VA: Jonathan Wilks & Mary Gregory d/o Bichael (?) Sur: Elisha Mitchell

      I think it's possible that William Wilks (h/o Rebecca) may have been the brother of Richard Wilks listed on 1850 census in household of Elijah Mitchell (whom I think was actually Elisha Mitchell). Pat said that family history has it that William Wilks had a brother in the CSA and Richard would fit:

      p159-Richard F. Wilke/Wilkes-pvt Co G 57th VA Regt-Inf "Ladies Guard" CSA ( 5 9/30)

      Jonathan Wilks married May 5 1831 Franklin Co VA Mary Gregory could be the f/o William H. Wilks. I haven't yet proved this; but it's possible.