Willard ^yilkerson

{services were scheduled for.

2 p.m. today for Willard Chest-.

;er Wilkerson, 25, Waynesville,

who passed away at his home
.Sunday evening.

had, been_ working on the family,

, Wilkerson was found on., the

garage floor of his home by"
his wife, the apparent victim
of carbon Monoxide fumes. He

ffhto during the day and was'

working on it again after the
family had retired for the even^

He is survived "by his wife,

ing.

Judy; two sons, Steven and

David and a daughter, Robyn,

all at home; his parents, Wil

lard Wilkerson- and Hazel Wil
kerson; a brother, Alfred of
Oregonia; two sisters, Mrs.
Imogene Hayes and Mrs. Betty
Conner, both of Oregonia.
Services were scheduled for'
2 p.m. today at Stubbs Funeral

m Mi^mi Cemetery.

Home, Waynesville with burial

Soldier From VirRinia

I James Wilkerson, ;vho was avew

Iolutionavy soldier, was born in Vir

1Rinia, November 29, .1758, anA

there married Sarah Moore. _He

moved to Kentucky from Virginia,
aiid in 1805 came"to Ohio. He
tied on the College. UVvvr.ship rC
which was laid .put in 1804, hvii

ing a family of nine children, three

sons and six daughters.

About 1809 or 1810 he gave his

farm to his daughters and pur
chased land on "The Knobs," on
the west brow of the hill on the

; Lebanon and Wilmington road. He

Ibuilt a distillery at the bottom of

Ithe hill and operated here many

Iyears, making mostly peach and
apple brandy.

This gave place in 1800 to a

steam sawmill, built by his son,
John and grandson. James H. His
three sons, William, John and
James located on land near his dis

tillery about the time of his set

tlement there.

In-a religious meeting held at

Flat Fork schoolbouse about 1827,

the aged father arose and sai<l he

could no longer conscientiously car

ry on a distillery. He died Decem!her 4, 1884, his wife dying July 17,

11841.. His son, William, ran a dis-

itillery.also but it was discontinued

! in 1820.

.| John Wilkerson erected a di.stii-

Ilevy for making apple brandy in

18'il, hut it was continued for only
;a few years. John died January
124, 1808, his wife, Elizabeth (Far-

1ris) Wilkerson, dying in July, 1870.

' .A granddaughter of this couple

Iwas Mrs. B. N. Settlcmyre, of

1Washington township.
/

Mr.

Mrs. Eldon Wilkerson

Golden Wedding
:

Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wilkerson

=Sr. of 4252 Pansy Road.

; Clarksville will celebrate the 50th

j anniversary of their marriage on

i Saturday, Feb. 3. An open house

; will be held at the Elks Lodge

]parlor in Wilmington from 2 to 5
; p.m.

Hosting the reception are Mr.

and Mrs. Wilkerson's children,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Retsema

(Judith) of Jefferson City, Mo,,

and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wilker

son Jr. (Jacqueline) of Nashville,

Tenn. They also have five grand

children* and three great
grandchildren.

Friends are invited to Join the

former Warren County residents.
The Wilkersons request the
omission of gifts.

45TH ANNIVERSARY

wading ^anniversary on April

Mker^n celebrated/them 4
21 at the homedftheir dai^hter
and son-in-law,^Mi*, and Mrs.
A two tiered,decorated' cake

Richard Ball Cp.'Neal Road.

accentedtherefrpriiment tabliB.
/The culinary^ artwork ,was

a^ted-;by,. the ,Wil%son's

'^daughter, / Mrs/r Farrell.
*'
IrheWildierSoh's wwd^narrieu

'Bradley. ' ^

hogs

Mrs. Wilkprson wasthe foiroer

April 12, 1929 in:Newporfi Ky.

T.ina :banj^.^^ ^by "

Guestsinaddition

pffl-ents of

and, honorbd

pMt. and Mrs. > Vincent

Wlkerson,, Mr^^nd

Farrdll :radley/^afiifd"YamiIy;
Mr. and Mrs.-Wade WUkersori
and. fairidy, Mr-' and,, Sfrs.'.

WILL OF GEORGE WWILKERSON DATED 21 AUG 1846

PROVED 25 DEC 1846

EXEC'RS LECY WILKERSON, WIFE

LEGATEES JOHN FIGH WILKERSON, SON

. LECY WILKERSON, WIFE

-t-l 5

SIBY BENSON, SISTER

WATSON AND CO OF BATESVILLE, AR

MR MORRIS OF ELIZABETH, AR AND MY OTHER CHILDREN CUNNAMEDj

WILL OF GEORGE W WILKERSON DECD.
STATE OF ARKANSAS
LAWRENCE CO AR

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, KNOW ALL MEN THAT I GEORGE W WILKERSON
COUNTY OF-' LAWRENCE AND STATE OF ARKANSAS-BEING UNWELL IN BODY BUT
SOUND OF MIND AND OF PERFECT UNDERSTANDING AND RECOLLECTION DO
MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTIMENT

NAMELY ITEM 1ST THAT ALL MY JUST DEBTS BE PAID WHICH ARE IN
AMOUNT AS NEAR AS

I CAN RECOLECT AS FOLLOWS

TO MY BELOVED SON JOHN FIGH SIXTY DOLLARS, TO MY SISTER SIBBY

BENSON ELEVEN DOLLARS AND THIRTY SEVEN CENTS, TO WATSON AND CO OF
BATESVILLE SOME EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY DOLLARS AND TO MR MORRIS OF
ELIZABETH ABOUT SEVEN DOLLARS,
-r.>p

ITEM 2ND TO MY SON JOHN FIR- -r

RIFEL GUN,AND FURTHER WILL THAT HE BUY A GOOD HORSE WITH

MONEY OUT OF THE ESTATE,WHICH AMOUNTS TOGETHER WITH THE ABOVE

FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR THE GUN BE TAKEN FROM "'HIS SHARE WHEN A FINAL

DECISION SHALL BE MADE AS HEREIN AFTER MENTIONED,

THIS DEDUCTION

EQUALLY WITH

WISH MADE

HIM.

TO

ITEM

IN

ORDER THAT MY OTHER CHILDREN

SHARE

WIFE

BEQUITH ALL

3RD

MY BELOVED

LEECYCLUCYl?

WILL

AND

REMAINING PROPERTY BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, " NOTES

KINDS

WHATSOEVER

TO

HAVE

AND

TO

HOLD

DURING

HER

MY

BO OF ALL
LIFE

OR

WIDOWHOOD

AT THE END OF WHICH PERIOD, I WILL THAT THE PROPERTY THEN BEING
EQUALY DEVIDED AMONGST MY LIVING CHILDREN, WITH THIS EXCEPTION ,
THAT

THE

AMOUNT

REFERED

TO

IN

ITEM

2ND

BE SUBSTRACTED

FROM

JOHN

FIGHS SHARE, I FURTHER APPOINT MY WIFE LECY MY WHOLE AND SALE

EXECURTIX TO CARRY THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTIMENT IN TO EFFECT
IN

TESTIMONIA

WHEREOF

SEAL THIS DAY,

FORTY

SIGNED

HAVE

HEREUNTO

SET

MY

HAND

AND

AFFIXED

MY

AUGUST TWENTY FIRST ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND

SIX

AND

SEALED

IN

THE

PRESENCE

P.S.G.WATSON

OF

P.S.G

US

WATSON

M.C.WILKERSON

STATE

COUNTY
DO

or

OF

SOLMLY

WILKERSON

ARKANSAS

WE

LAWRENCE
SWEAR
TO

THE

THAT

MOSES
WE

ANNEXED

WERE
AND

WATSON

PRESENT
FOR

AND

WILKERSON
AND

GOING

SAW

WILL

THE
SIGN

TESTOR
HIS

NAME

THEREUNTO AND THAT THEN AND THERE HEARD HIM SAY IN OUR PRESENCE
AND PUBLISH AND DECLARE THE SAME TO BE HIS LAST WILL AND

TESTIMENT

,AND THAT WE BELIEVE TESTOR TO BE OF SOUND MIND AND

DISPOSING MEMORY AT THE TIME OF SIGNING THE SAME AND THEN WE

SIGNED THE SAME AS WITNESSES AT THE INSISTANCE AND REQUEST OF THE
SAID TESTOR IN THE PRESENCE OF THE TESTOR
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFOR ME THIS 5TH DAY OF DECEMBER AD 1846
L

TANEY

CLK

P S
M C

G WATSON
WILKERSON

ON 22 JAN 1847 THE EXCE'RX LECY WILKERSON EXECUTED HER BOND

BONDSMAN WERE JEREMIAH LEGGETT AND ALFORD WILKERSON

THE

y Lutheran Manor

Kansas.

Funeral services were held at n

August 14 at the Callao Christ-

"'iday,

Manning officiating. Burial T

Cemetery in Callao.

Locust Grove

Mollie was bom January 29 lfiS7

Byron and Ada Belle Hunt iJ-it '

1919 1 Smta

June 11, 1960.

sh.

'

'daughter
cou,

M.soutl H ' ""i"'*"

'

27,

Preceded her in death

Shawnerr'T^sasT^'
onl tlrr^end""'"
.^orrestviile,
California;
grendchildren and a number of

S^aat-

the Paris area.

. nephews in

s homeinaker anrf a

Christian Church, serving as a ^

School teacher.

She was

t-

Pianrst and Sunday

-<^er Of the Eastern Star' " clu"'

also
also served
served as
as amember
a member.of
.of The'
tv ^l^^^;
years.'

Royal Neiehbors for 67

In Memory Of

Mlne G. Mayhew

'i/ie J^<!ent^.-Oi,iy,d /laf,n

Dete of Birth
Jamuary S9,ibs?

^o,Ju..j ,LpUd, 3,A.iroj

Date of Death
August 9, 19QO

X maLte. t,fi, J,,

X wo,dS .j,

Canr""r^i' Services
'August I'., 1909''^^'^'" Church

iI;00 A.M

j", C.SJ

<e. -fisj.a
^m.;
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^
Jsu

^6

w ,i

coni^lsit
. ,gf.

?fmi,.

^1&r Qy
Br-o. Peuj

JfVne Roberts''"""'"'

'

^'~t Dunham

(Ss.ti(t,(S.J gt.a

Ivilffis C Cosj. y(fi. Jg.,

..

"^eter

Organi st

Alice Davis

'? '"JCSJ. s.(g

jooJstij J

tfc. i

Hetold T-.= ''''^hearers

Canny
Mayhe""
^^ul Issacson
-v-nono Lee,..V4t.._E. Uy.ifj

Final Restino Pia-e

UOcuc:^

"^-ewe

& McEI^' Missouri

ncElwain Fun,-.T

C^/Vv^ju^-,
.

^ ^

ROSTER OF "FIRST KENTUCKY ^-CESTORS"

MOSES WILKERSON

Born 12 Apr. 1763/ Va,

HALLEY.
Died June 1806,
Boonesborough, Ky., to:

Son of WILlIrJ'I WILKERSON and SARAH

Montgomery Cz
Ky.
Married at Ft.

ALETHA ANDERSON

Born 1765, Va.

NICHOLAS

ANDERSON

Boonesbo rough,

Ky. )

Died Mar.

and

Ky. ,

BARBARY

1855, Montgomer-/ Co.,

(born

ca.l731,

in 1779;

???

"i.;

Ky.

died 21 July 1809,

(believed

born

in

Daughter of

settled
Va. ,

at

Ft.

Montgomery Co.,

and

died

in

Montgomery Co., Ky. ).

Parents of:

JOHN WIL?'ZRSON

Born 15 Mar. 1788, Ky.

Died 1838, Monuyinnery Co., Ky.
Married
26 Dec. 1809, Clark Co., Ky., to TELATE.^. IRACY (born 1790, Clark
Co., Ky.; died 13 Apr. 1863, Montgomery 7o., Ky.), daughter of
CHARLES TRACY (born Nov. 1759, Montgcr^ry Co., Md. ; moved to
Clark Co., Ky., by 1787; served Rev. War, 1777-81; died 19 Mar.
1834, Clark Co., Ky. ) and SARAH NOE (burn ca.l760, Md. ; died 27
Oct. 1834, Clark Co., Ky. ; d/o PETER NOE and MARY ???).
Descendant: Betty Hainline Roberts, 622 Rorthil] Dr., Richardson, TX 75080

(Mrs. Roberts has also provided family data of her Kentucky ancestor: T^rge Hainline and Hannah Dumford. Jesse
Hainline and Charlotte Duncan, and Gabriel Duncan.)

JESSIE

BARKER

Born 1785, Sussex Co., Va.

Parents unknown.
Immigrated to
Hardin Co., Ky., 1830.
Died 18 July 1854, Hardin Co., Ky.;
buried Sutherland Cemetery, Ft. Knox, Ky.
MATILDA

Born 10 Nov.

1801, Va.

???

Died 7 July 1873, Hardin Co.,

Parents

of:

GEORGE A.

Ky.

BARKER

Born

11 Mar. 1826, Sussex Co., Va.

Married 13 Jan. 1859 to
MARGARET E. YEAGER (born 25 Dec. 1832; died 1876; buried St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Ft. Knox, Ky.), daughter of JOSEPH YEAGER

(died 1848) and SUSANNA RINEY (born 1804; died 2 Feb. 1904, Meade
Co., Ky. ; d/o MARGARET and ZACHARIAH RIMEY [born 1763, Md."; came
to Ky., 1795; Abraham Lincoln's first schoolteacherl).
Descendant: Martina Barker Aldred, 1720 Cardinal Ct., Louisville, KY 40216
(Mrs. Aldred has also provided family data of her Kentucky ancestors Kenelen and Ann Peake/Peak, and Phillip
Peak and Mary Ann Spalding.)
JOHN CARNEY

Born 15 Oct. 1833, Clark Co., Ky.

Parents unknown; brothers
believed to be Murry, Charley, and Norman.
Served in Union Army,
D151 111. Infantry.
Died 7 Jan. 1918, Wheeler, Washington Co.,
Ark.; buried Mt. Comfort Cemetery, Fayetteville, Washington Co,
Ark.

Married 23 Aug.

1881, Benton Co.,

MARY J.

Ark.,

to:

TYLER

Born 12
Wheeler,

Aug. 1856, Randolph Co., Ark.

Died 29 Jan. 1940,
Washington Co., Ark.; buried Mt. Comfort Cemetery,
Fayetteville, Washington Co., Ark.
Daughter of ISOM TYLER and
ELIZABETH HOLDERBY (married 17 Nov. 1845, Randolph Co., Ark.).
Parents of:

CORA CARNEY

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KY

ANCESTORS

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Wilkerson, Lydia Ann Dau of George W. Wilkerson

b 2 7 1857 d 1 20 1917 Sharp CO, Care C^ty, Ar, hurried Alderbrook
Ceaetery Desha, Ijjdlpendence Co ARk
Married Abner Pot Stewart b june 1829 d aug 26 1920 hurried Alderbrook
Gem Deahaf Ind* Co Ar
Children

Mara b 1878 d 1965 Female she was a Nazarine preacher and never married
hurried Alderbrook Cem.
Anna
Married Brown

Matt

Married Steward Notice difference in spelling

Lee was a preacher Nazarine

Stewarty Abner Pot.JR
Stewart, Bud

Lucille (Male)

died at age 80

Stewart, Abner Pot .JR Married ?

Children
Adaline

she never married

Alreda Married Dickey

Robert b 1910 married Essie Swims.one Child Bobbie L Stewart
Pot b 191if

Wdia Anne Married Miller

Junita d 1929
As relaited by Robert Stewart he and his father Abner Pot JR who lived

near Jame Town, Ark in indipendence co Ar traveled from there to Cave City
Ar to Visit his grand mother Lydia Ann they come by buggy that was pulled
by a one eyed horse and it took all day long to make the trip, and grand
mother Lydia Ann gave him a pockett book full of penies and a pipe when
he blowed on the pipe a rooster woulj pop out of the pipe he remembered
his visits because of the pipC'and pennie^ he was only a small child.
Grand Mother Lydia Ann and Grand Pa Abner P-t was visiting his Aunt
Mara in Cgve City, andshe got up some time during the night and Grand pa
woke up and missed her so he got up from the bed and he fell over Grand

mothers body in the floor, she was dead, she had died of a stroke,'i'his
was in 1917 when he was 7 yrs old. Grand pa wanted to take her back close
to home to burry her and they knew a mail man who had a model x ford

truck so they loaded her in the old truck and took her to Desha, Ar
the truck bogged down three or four time on the trip because the roads
were of dirt and gravel. Grand father Abner Pot Stewart followed her in

deathe in tnree years* the Alderbrook cemetery is about 200 yards west',
of Deshae and 200 yards south in a large cemetery covered by large oak
trees and well kept and it well marked on the main road, although the
road from the main rd is gravel bui in good condition, the house burned in
1926 and all pictures and papers were destroyed, three children were born
and died young so i

have no name s

for them.

Lydia Ann was the sister of the writers Great Grand Mother Lecia C
Wilkerson who married my Great Grand Father Daniel Puckett

ieland MTuckett

yiLKERSON

1.

WILKINSON

WILKENSON

WILKISON

LINEAGE

John Wilkison
b, abt 1700-1710
d .

m.

13 Nov.

1730, St.

to Sarah Ross;

b.

Paul's Parish, Stafford Co.

d/o Alexander

17 July 1717, St.

Va.

and Elizabeth Ross

Paul's Parish, Stafford Co.

Va

d. 03 March 1733 or 34, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford Co.

Va.

children:
II.

William and John Wilkison

William Wilkison
b. 14 Oct. 1731, St.

d.

1766-67,

Paul's Parish,

Stafford Co.

Legend says "killed by Indians.

William taken captive" - but not proven,

m. abt 1755, probably Prince William Co. Va.
Halley
b.

26

Apr.

1739,

Prince William Co.,

now

Va.

Son,
to Sarah

Fairfax

Co.

Va ,

d.

13 Nov. 1809, Clark Co. Ky; d/o James Halley & Eliza
beth Simpson
children:
John, James, William, Moses & Presley Wilki
son

Sarah m.
b.

(2) William Haynie Aug.

12 Nov.

1767

1739

d. 07 Dec. I8l6, prob. Clark Co. Ky.

children: Henry, Richard, Betsy, Sally, Nancy, Richard,
Betsy, Sibel,

III. John,
1-

John

James,
Madison

Anna Haynie

William, Moses Sf Presley Wilkerson

Wilkerson

b. 12 March 1757, prob. Fairfax Co. Va.

d, 15 June 1834, Clay Co. Mo.
m. 31 July 1789 Margaret Moon
children:
James, Frances & Nancy Wilkerson
m. (2) 12 Feb. 1804, probably Ky. to Catherine Thatcher,
d/o

John

Thatcher

b.

Clark Co.

d.

after

Ky

husband

children:
Jefferson, Franklin B., John Madison, William
Shelton, Levice, Benjamin, Louisa, Thomas Jefferson,
& Lemiry Jane Wilkerson
2.

James
b. 29

Wilkerson
Nov. 1758 Loudon

d. 04 Dec.
Co - ,

Va.

Oh.

m.

30 Apr.

b.

Si Margaret Moore
04 Nov. 1765

d.

Co.

1834, Spring Hill, Washington Twp. , Warren

1782 Loudon Co.

Va.

17 July 1841, Spring Hill,

to Sarah Moore;

Washington Twp.

d/o James

Warren Co.

Oh .

children:

William,

Peggy,

John,

Frances,

Nancy,

Mary,

James, Sarah, & Elizabeth Wilkerson

James Wiikerson enlisted for service in the American Revolu
tion in Va.
He moved to Ky
and then to Ohio in 1805.
He

operated a distillery making mostly peach and apple brandy.

3.

William Wiikerson

b, 03 March 1761, Fairfax, Loudoun Co. Va.

d. 27 June 1846, Stoutsville, Monroe Co. Mo
bur. Yeakey cemetery, Florida, Monroe Co. Mo
m. 21 Dec. 1797 Clark Co. Ky. to Betty Striplin/Striblin/
Stribling
b .

children:

Presley, Ross, Morgan, William, Milton, Sally,

Elvira & Mason Wiikerson.

m.
4.

(2) ?

Moses

b.
d.
m.

All

moved to Missouri

Lucy Harris ?

Wiikerson

12 April 1763, Loudoun Co. Va.

abt June 1806 Montgomery Co. Ky.
abt. 1776-79 Fort Boonesborough Ky,
Anderson;

d/o

Nicholas & Barbara

to Aletha/Elethe

Anderson

b.
; d March 1855 Montgomery Co. Ky.
children:
John & William (twins); Henry, Abraham, Acene,
Hiram, Hawley, Nimrod & Sally Wiikerson
5.

Presley Wiikerson
b. 26 May 1767, Loudoun Co. Va.
d. before March 1819 Pendleton Co.

m. 01 Sept.

1789 Montgomery Co. Ky.

William & Sarah Calk;

Ky.
to Lydia Calk;
;

d/o

children:
Libby, Kitty, Sally, George Washington, Ann,
daughter ?; Moses C., William Washington ?, & Presley
H.

Wiikerson

???? Generation III

- could any of these also belong here?
Joseph Wiikerson b. 1755 Loudon Co. Va.
Peter Wiikerson m, 23 July 1802 Polly Miller, Jessamine Co.
Ky .

Dr. Walter B. Wiikerson d. Sept. 1824 New Orleans La. "of Ky

- died of yellow fever
Haney H. Wiikerson d, 6 Nov. 1833 Lexington, Fayette Co. Ky.
(mentioned as living in Lexington in Matthew Thomson's Day
Book)

II.

William Wilkison md Sarah Haliey

Sarah b. 26 April 1739 Prince William Co. (now Fairfax

Co.) Va.; d/o James Haliey and Elizabeth Simpson

She md (2) William Haynie Aug.
b. 12 Nov. 1739; d.
She d. 13 Nov. 1809

Dec.

1767

I8l0

Children:

Henry Haynie b.

Richard Haynie b.
Betsy Haynie b.

Dec.

1768;

1 Apr.

d. May 1837

1771;

17 June 1773;

d.
d.

1779
Dec.

1779

Sally Haynie b. 14 Aug. 1775; m. (1) George Cleveland

16 Apr.

1792;

(2) Francis Kirtley;

d.

widow 8

Aug.

1825

Nancy Haynie b. 25 July 1777;

Whaley b. 18 Feb. 1773

m.

15 Apr.

1794 Edward

chiIdren:

Betsy Whaley b. 13 July 1796

James Whaley b. 10 April 1798; m.

18 Sept, 1823 to

Pe9-9y Strode

William Whaley b. 10 Feb. 1800

Sally Whaley b. 20 Nov. 1801
Albert Whaley b, 23 Mar. 1804
Benjamin Whaley b. 28 Nov. 1805
Franklin Whaley b. 27, Sept. 1807
John Whaley b. 13 July 1809; m. 23 Dec.
H.

1830 to Nancy

Forquau ?

Volney Whaley b. 2 Mar. 1811

Harrison Whaley b. 23 Nov. 1813; d. 11 Aug. 1815
America Whaley b. 26 Apr. I8l6 and married 17 Nov.
1831

to

Richard Haynie b. 26 Sept.

Betsy Haynie b.
1800

17 Dec.

1779

1781;

5 Feb.

1803;

m,

16 Apr.

to William Smith

Sibel Haynie b. 20 Nov. 1783; d. 20 Mar. 1843; m. 16

Apr. 1801 to Matthew Thomson d. 12 Feb. 1839. age 66y
Children:

Haynie Thomson b.
Harrison

16 July 1802

Thomson b.

Jan.

1804;

d.

Feb.

1804

Kitty Thomson b. 14 Apr. 1805; m. 15 Jan. 1824 to

Eli Bigger
Emily Thomson b. 31 July 1809; d, 10 Jan. 1816
Harrison Thomson b. 8 Sept. 1811; m. 27 Nov. 1828
Joicy ?
ch: Elizabeth Thomson b.

Mar.

1831

Emily Thomson b. 27 May 1833

Albert Whaley Thomson b.

15 Jan.

1835

Matthew Franklin Thomson b. 11 Dec. 1837i d. 21

Nov. 1838", 30 mins. after midnight
Ann Maria Thomson b. 14 Apr. 1840
Sanford Thomson b. 19 Aug. 1842
Harrison Thomson b. 8 May 1845
Manlius V.

Thomson b.

19 June 1848;

died on the

night of 5 Aug. 1854, about 11 o'clock, with

dreaded scourge cholera, snatched from us in
health with the brief notice of about 6

hours

James Lewis Thomson b. 26 June 1813; m. 7 July 1836 to

Susan

Davis

Sanford Thomson b.

mar.

1815;

m.

23 June 1841

to

Susan Smith

Benjamin Franklin Thomson b.

1837

19 Jan.

1817;

m.

14 Sept.

to ?

William Neill

Thomson b.

27 Dec.

1818;

m.

Feb.

1840

to Nancy Quisenberry
Eliza Thomson b.

22 June

1822;

d,

12 Dec.

1832

This was taken from a Matthew Thomson's Day Book and was all
in his handwriting until his death, when his sons continued
it.
There are also other dates and marriages.
(Scattered notes)
Washington and Priestly Wilkerson live in Alabama, Haynie in
Lexington and Moses in Falmouth (Pendleton County).
John Wilkerson, born March 12 1757; died June 15, 1834
James Wilkerson born November 29, 1758;
William Wilkerson born March 3, 1761
Moses Wilkerson born April 12, 1763
Priestly Wilkerson born May 26, 1767

died December 5,

1834

Ill-

John Madison Wilkerson (William/John Wilkison)

b, 12 March 1757, prob. Fairfax, Loudoun Co, Va,
d, 15 June 1834, Clay Co. Mo.
m. 3l July 1789 Margaret Moon
children:
James, Frances & Nancy Wilkerson
m, (2) 12 Feb, 1804, probably Ky.
Catherine Thatcher, d/o John Thatcher
b.

Clark Co.

d.

after

children:

IV.

Ky.

husband

Jefferson, Franklin B., John Madison,

William Shelton, Levice, Benjamin, Louisa
Thomas Jefferson & Lemiry Jane Wilkerson

James Wilkerson
Frances Wilkerson

Nancy Wilkerson
Jefferson Wilkerson b. 1805
Franklin 8. Wilkerson b. 1807

John Madison Wilkerson b. 09 Aug.

m. (1) Ann Lev

d,

29 Oct.

1887 Clay Missouri

William Shelton Wilkerson b

m,

29 Aug.

Levice

1808 Clark Co, Ky,

(icy?); m. (2) Ann

1833 Clay Mo,

Wilkerson b.

1810

to Laura Young

1811

m. William Van
Benjamin Wilkerson b.

I8l3

Louisa Wilkerson b. 1815

Thomas Jefferson Wilkerson b.

Lemiry Jane Wilkerson b.

1823

I8l7

Ill-

William Wilkerson (William/John Wilklson)

b. 3 March 1761 Fairfax, Loudoun Co. Va.
d. 27 June 1846 Stoutsville, Monroe Co. Mo.
bur. Yeakey cemetery, Florida, Monroe Co, Mo.
m. Betty Striplin/Striblin/Stripling , Clark Co. Ky .

children:
m.

IV.

Presley, Ross, Morgan, William, Milton,

Sally, Mason, Elvira

(2) Lucy Harris?

Presley Wilkerson (William/William/John)

b. 17 Sept. 1798 Ky.; d. 16 May 1868 Mo.
m. 3 Feb. 1820 Polly Searcey
Ross Wilkerson (William/William/John)
b. 23 Mar. 1800 Ky.; d. 1 Dec. 1855 Buchanan Mo.
m, 17 Sept. 1822 Estill Co. Ky. to Margaret Miller

William Wilkerson (William/William/John)

b. 1803 Ky; d ca 1854 Havana Cuba (on a ship).

m, 4 Nov. 1830 (1) Phoebe Dea

?; (2) Margaret Dal

Milton Wilkerson (William/William/John)

b. 1805 Ky; d.?
m. 25 Oct. 1832 Monroe Co. Mo. (1) Nancy Newsome
(2) E. J. Donaldson
Sally Wilkerson (William/William/John)
b. 1807 Ky; d ?

m. 13 Feb. 1830 Rails Mo.

to Wilson Wiley Talley

Mason Wilkerson (William/William/John)

b, 1814 Ky; d. Amarillo, Texas
m. 28 Aug. 1835 Monroe Co. Mo. to Amelia Dryden

Elvira Wilkerson (William/William/John )

b. I8l2 Ky.; d. 11 May 1839 Stoutsville, Monroe Co. Mo.
m.

to Charles Yeakey

Morgan Wilkerson (William/William/John)

b. 1802 Dema, Floyd Co. (or Knott Co. ) Ky.; d.
Joplin, Jasper Co.
Mo.
m. 2 Jan. 1831 Rails Mo. to Mary Levina Dale
d/o John Dale;

children:

V.

James

b.

Wilkerson

John M.

24 Feb.

1812 Rails Mo.;

James, John M., William, Mary,

George Washington Wilkerson
b.

Wilkerson

1874 Ark.

Nancy,

Thomas

1832

b.

William Wilkerson b.
Newton Co.

d.

1859

1833

1837;

d.

(killed by Federals in

Missouri

Mary Wilkerson b. 1840

Nancy Wilkerson b. 1843
Thomas Wilkerson b. 1849; md 6 Feb. 1870 Cincinnati,
Washington Co. Arkansas to Mary J. Jones

V.

George Washington Wilkerson b. 12 May 1852 Joplin,

Jasper Co. Mo.; d. 1936 Dodge, Walker Co. Texas
bur. Oakhurst, San Jacinto Co. Texas

m. 13 Feb. 1877 Cincinnati, Washington Co. Ark. to

Loretta Jane Waller; d/o James Waller & Tippy Ann
Taylor; b 15 Nov. 1858 Van Buren Arkansas;
Nov. 1900 Keno, Liberty Co. Texas

VI.

d.

20

Annie Dale Wilkerson b. 29 Nov. 1877 Cincinnati,

Washington Co. Ark,;

d. 29 Aug.

1879.

William Samuel Wilkerson b. 15 Jan. 1879 Cameron,

Milam Co., Texas; d. 22 Oct. 1918; m. 28 Oct. 1907
to Margaret Herod

Thomas Elmer Wilkerson b. 21 Oct.

Co.,

Texas;

d.

11 Aug.

1886 Cameron, Milam

1899

Mary L. Wilkerson b. 17 Sept. 1888 Cameron, Milam Co.,

Texas;

18 Oct.

1906;

m.

11 May 1906 Arthur Davis

George Washington Wilkerson b. 17 Dec. 1889 Cameron,

Milam Co. Texas; d. 30 June 1960 Houston, Harris Co.
Texas.

VI.

NM

James Emmet Wilkerson (George Washington/Morgan/

William/William/John)
b. 14 Nov. 1884 Cameron, Milam Co. Texas
d. 15 Aug. 1925 Palestine, Anderson Co., Texas
(hospital); bur. 17 Aug. 1925 Palestine, Anderson
Co., Texas, East Hill cemetery
m. 28 May 1909 Kelty's Saw Mill near Lufkin, Angelina
Co., Texas by a Baptist Minister who was working as
a night watchman at the mill,
to Claudia Lindsey Holbrook; d/o James Warren Holbrook
& Mary Jane Lindsey; who was engaged to be married
to another

b.
d.

11 Feb.
11 Dec.

man when she met James Emmet Wilkerson.

1890 Noonday, Smith Co., Texas, family farm

1963 Crockett, Houston Texas (hospital -

from a

car accident;

bur.

13 Dec.

1963 Palestine,

Anderson Co., Texas at East Hill Cem.

3

VII.

Children:

Juanita Estelle Wilkerson b.

Aug.

I9l0 Noonday,

Smith Co., Texas (grandparent's farm)

m.

14 Apr.
William

1925 Frankston,

Henderson Co.,

Texas to

Isaac Milner

James Emmet Wilkerson, Jr. b. 18 Feb. 1912 Onalaska,

Polk Co., Texas (Aunt's home)
m. 30 Oct. 1930 Stoneham, Texas to Opal Allene Taylor

Herbert Lindsey Wilkerson b. 4 Dec.

Anderson Co.,

m.

1917 Palestine,

Texas

21 May 1938 Houston, Harris Co.,

Texas to Mary

Oleta Cook b. 3 May I9l3 Troup, Cherokee Co., Texas

d/o
2

VIII-

Ira Greenlee Cook

children:

Mary Lynda Wilkerson b. 14 Mar. 1942 Palestine, Ander

son Co. Texas; m. 26 Aug. 1961 Palestine, Anderson
Co. Texas to James Kenneth Sansom b. 7 Aug. 1941
Liberty, Texas; s/o Lee Roy Sansom & Frances Ella
Wilkerson
3 children

IX.

Michelle Sheri Sansom b. 2 Aug. 1962 Houston, Harris

Co. Texas; m. 16 Jan. 1980 Palestine, Anderson
Co.

Texas to William Walker.

Divorced

James Kenneth Sansom, Jr. "Jay" b. 22 June 1966

Palestine, Anderson Co. Texas
Jody Kyle Sansom b. 4 Oct. 1980

VIII.

IX.

Martha Gail Wilkerson b. 9 Nov.

1946 Palestine,

m.

Anderson Co., Texas

5 Aug. 1975 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Utah at the
Temple, to Frank Charles Ruggles

children:

Kimberly Ann Ruggles

Patricia Gail Ruggles

III.

Moses Wilkerson (Wiliiam/John Wiikison)

b. 12 April 1763, Loudoun Co, Va,
d. abt. June 1806 Montgomery Co. Ky.
m. abt. 1776-79 Fort Boonesborough, Ky.
Aletha/Elethe Anderson;

d/o Nicholas & Barbara Anderson

b .

d.

March 1855 Montgomery Co. Ky.

children:

John and William (twins), Henry, Abraham,

Ascene, Hiram, Hawley (another way of spell
ing Halley), Nimrod & Sally Wilkerson

IV.

John Wilkerson (twin) (Moses/William/John )

b.
d.

15 Mar. 1788 Ky.

1838 Montgomery Co. Ky.

md. 26 Dec. 1809 Telatha Tracy; d/o Charles Tracy ^

Sarah Noe (Charles - to Ky, 1777; Rev. War 1777-81 )
b.
d.
V.

1790 Clark Co. Ky.

13 Apr. 1863 Montgomery Co. Ky.

Their

children:

Julian Wilkerson b 25 Oct.

1810 Ky.;

d. 29 Aug.

1826 Ky.

Caroline Wilkerson b. 8 Dec. I8i2 Ky. ; d. 1 Aug. 1893

Ind.; md abt. 1847 Montgomery Co. Ky. to Henry Stewart

Eliza Jane Wilkerson b. 17 Dec.

1815 Ky.

1814 Ky.;

d. 17 Apr.

James Franklin Wilkerson b. 5 Mar. 1816 Ky.; d. 4 Nov.

1890 Nashville, Davidson Co. Tenn.; md 3 Mar. 1844
Clark Mo.

to America

Howerton

William Henry Wilkerson b.

11 Feb.

1818 Ky.

Charles Tracy Wilkerson b. 13 Mar. 1820 Ky.

d. 25 Mar. 1884 Mo.; bur. Ferguson cem. , Holden Mo.
md. 25 Nov. 1841 Mariah Flynn
Catherine Wilkerson b. 27 Jan.
Xantippe Wilkerson b.

1822 Ky.

7 July 1825 Ky.

d.

23 Dec.

1902

m.

23 Oct.

1845 Montgomery Co. Ky.

to William McClure

Julia Ann Wilkerson b. 5 Oct. 1827 Ky.

d. 12 Jan. 1886 Montgomery Co. Ky.; bur. Machpelah cem.,
Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co. Ky.
m. 22 Sept. 1846 Montgomery Co. Ky. to Valentine Cook
Hainline

IV. William Wilkerson (twin) (Moses/Wiiliam/John)

b, 15 Mar. 1785 Ky.
d. 1845 Calloway, Mo.
m. 7 Dec. 1809 Clark Co, Ky.
V

Their

children:

Harrison Wilkerson
Achilles Wilkerson
William H. Wilkerson
Narcissa Wilkerson
Martha C. Wilkerson m
Elizabeth Wilkerson

Emily Wilkerson m.

IV.

Ky.

Taler

1836 Hiram R. Phillips

1792 Ky

18 May 1817 Bath

Acena Wilkerson b.
Montgomery Co. Ky.
Moved to Owen Co.
Children:
?

IV.

10 Nov.

1835 John L.

to Mariah Anderson

Children:

IV.

31 Aug.

Abraham Wilkerson b. Aug.

Co.

to Elizabeth Clark

May 1795 Ky.; m. 19 June I8l7

to Robert Spratt
Ind.

Hawley Wilkerson b. 1798 Ky.; d. Calloway Co. Mo.;

bur. Wilkerson Cem. , Fulton, Calloway Co. Mo.
m. 28 Mar. 1824 Montgomery Co. Ky. to Martha "Patsy"
McClure

Their

children:

10

Almira J . Wilkerson
John W. H. Wilkerson

George Washington Wilkerson b

11 June 1830; m
19 June
1856 Vivian Eso ? (see:1884 Calloway Co . Mo. History )
Landon D.

Wilkerson

George M.
Joseph T.

A.
E.

Wilkerson
Wilkerson

Ewell Stone Wilkerson

Amos W. Wilkerson

Cora patsey Wilkerson

Ada B.

Wilkerson

IV.

Nimrod Anderson Wiikerson (Moses/WiIIiam/John )

b. 1802 Ky.; d. 1877 Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co. Ky
m. 29 May 1825 Montgomery Co. Ky. to Mariah Wells

V.

Children:
11
James Wiikerson

Thomas J. Wiikerson b. 18 Oct. 1825 Ky.; d.

ville, Ky.; m. 21 Apr. 1853 Anna Grigsby

1890 Kidd-

William Halley Wiikerson b. 13 Dec. 1836 Montgomery Co

Ky. ; d. I9l0 Montgomery Co. Ky.; m. 19 Oct. 1865
Emily F. Keas
Joe H. Wiikerson b.

Ky.j

d.

Ky

md Lida

Landrum

Emma Wiikerson

Margaret Wiikerson
Kate Wiikerson

Mary Wiikerson
Anna Wiikerson
Lizzie Wiikerson
Alice Wiikerson

IV.

Sarah "Sally" Wiikerson (Moses/William/John)

b. July 1804 Ky.
m. 18 Oct. 1822 Montgomery Co. Ky. to James McKee
children:

IV.

V.

Henry Wiikerson (Moses/William/John)

b. ca 1790-94 Ky.; d. Calloway Co. Mo
bur. Wiikerson Cem. , Calloway Co. Mo.
m. Molly Williams
Their

children:

near

Fulton

Alethy Wiikerson b. abt. 1816 Ky.

Sally Wiikerson b. abt. 1818 Ky.
Joseph Wiikerson b. abt. 1820 Ky.
Presley Wiikerson b . abt. 1822 Ky
Isabell Wiikerson b . abt. 1824 Ky
Shelton Wiikerson b , abt. 1826 Ky
Acenia Wiikerson b. abt. 1830 Ky.

IV.

Hiram Wiikerson (Moses/William/John)

b. Sept. 1797 Ky.; d. 17 June 1865 Calloway Co. Mo
near

m.
V.

Fulton

9 Mar.

Their

Mo.

1823 Montgomery Co.

children:

Elizabeth Hawley

John H. Wiikerson b. Ky; d.

Nancy D. Wiikerson b. Ky
Nimrod A.

Ky.

Wiikerson b.

Ky

Arkansas

Sadonia C.

Wilkerson

Moses Wilkerson b. 2 Sept. 1833 Fulton, Galloway Co. Mo

m - 24 Sept. 1857 Fulton, Galloway Go. Mo. to Martha A
Gallison
Elizabeth Wilkerson

Sarah J.

Wilkerson b.

Fulton, Galloway Go.

Mo.

III-

Presley Wilkerson (William/John Wilkison)

b. 26 May 1767 Loudoun Co. Va.
d. before March 1819 Pendleton Co. Ky.

m. 01 Sept.

1789 Montgomery Co. Ky.

Lydia Calk;

d/o William & Sarah Calk

b .
d .

children:

IV.

Libby, Kitty, Sally, George Washington,

Ann, Moses C., William Washington (prob. )
a daughter, and Presley H. Wilkerson

Libby Wilkerson b ca 1800; md (1) Benson; (2) Webb

Kitty Wilkerson
Sally Wilkerson

George Washington Wilkerson b before 1803;

md Lecy

Garner

Ann Wilkerson m.

William Oldham

Daughter Wilkerson
Moses C.

Wilkerson

William Washington Wilkerson ?

Alabama )

(living in Limestone Co.

Presley H. Wilkerson b l8ll; m. (1) Eliza Foster Wyatt;

(2) Eliza McCain
d. 14 Feb. 1891 Perry Co.

IV-

George Washington Wilkerson (Presley/William/John)

b.
d.
m.

b.

before 1803
1846 Lawrence Co. Arkansas
Lecy Garner
abt. 1813; d. before 1890

Children:

V.

Ala.

John Figh, Harriet, Presley H., Lydia A,,

Catherine, Joseph W., Lecy C., Leanah M.,
Georgiana Wilkerson

John Figh Wilkerson b. 7 May 1827 Alabama

m. 24 July 1856 Mary J. Campbell
d.

12 March

1909

Harriet Wilkerson b. Alabama

m. 19 Feb. 1847 Alfred Wilkerson
Flavius J .

Wilkerson b.

Lydia A. Wilkerson b.
m.

Abner

Pot

d.

20 Jan.

Stewart

I9l7

1833 Alabama

Feb.

1837 Alabama

Catherine Wilkerson b.

m.

12 Oct.

Joseph W.

1855 R.

1838 Alabama

S. Bandy

Wilkerson b.

1840 Alabama

Lecy C. Wilkerson b. 2 June 1844 Arkansas

m. 23 Aug. 1859 Daniel Puckett
d. 18 July 1877
Leanah M.

Wilkerson b.

1844 Arkansas

m. Sharp, Arkansas to Major D. Hunter

d. Sharp, Arkansas
Georgians Wilkerson b.
Presley H.
d.

Dec.

Wilkerson b.

1846 Arkansas
1831 Alabama

1876

m. (1) Catherine who d. 4 March 1863

m. (2) Matilda Jane Milligan
b. 12 July 1842
d, 26 Oct. 1907 Baptist Sanitarium, Houston, Harris Co
TX; bur. Washington cemetery, Houston TX
Matilda Jane Milligan md (1 ) Newton Taylor 2 Feb. i860
He was b. 29 mar. 18
; d. Feb. 1863
Child; Newton Taylor b. 1 Feb. 1861
She md (3) M. M. Adams; md (4) Harvey Giberson
VI.

VI.

Presley and Catherine's children:

? Haney Elizabeth Wilkerson b. 17 Feb.

1861

Presley and Matilda's children:

Orleans Hasletine Wilkerson b. 20 Sept. 1868

Alke Lirvelea Wilkerson b.
m.

0.

12 July 1870

Brian

d.

bur.

near Humble, Texas

James Washington Wilkerson b. 18 May I8l3 Strawberry,

Lawrence Co., Arkansas
m. 12 Feb. 1906 Minnie Anthony Peterson at Nacogdoches
Texas

d.

11 Nov.

1933 Dayton, Liberty Co.,

Joseph Warren Wilkerson b.

John Presley Wilkerson b.

7 Dec.
12 Sept.

Texas

1874;

d.

1882

1876

In 1870 census Presley and Matilda Jane Wilkerson's family

lived in Reeds Creek Township, Lawrence Co. Arkansas and
l i s t e d as

"Preston Wilkinson".

PRSSLSr WILKEHSON

1798-1868

PRSSIET WILKERSOM (Bom Sept. 17, 1798 "

70 years
3 mo., 1 day

died May I6, 1868)

Presley Son of Williasi,

Irs.t.malsrrcfaiia bom in Boone^jf Fort, Kentucky, later

it

known as Harrod*s Fort and now called Harrodsburg Ky. He was also the first of the

Wllkersons to come to Missouri. KEW says Milton B. told him Presley came into Missouri on
pony, with the seeds for his nursery stock in his saddlebags.

^/hen Presley, with his little family, crossed the river at St. Louis, and Indian Chief
admired his spotted pony and offered many acres of land, on which the city's business
section now stands for the ponj. Presley refused the offfer for the land looked like
useless swamp.

Presley married Bolly Searcey (1805-1879) in 1820; the Searcy family was from Virginia
then went to Kentucky, where Presley and Polly were married. In 1826 Presley and Polly and
their little family came to Missouri, settling near Columbia, Mo. When this move was made

it seems other members of the Searcy family also migrated at same time and place; Lemuel

Searcy, a brother of Polly and family also resided in Boone County; Sister Lucy Searcy
Dooley lived in nearby Florida, Missouri.

It is told that in the spring Presley(or was it Bill, Presleys son?)would go into the
c^ves near fiocheport and Columbia, near the river, and rout out with a burning torch the

hibernating bears. When they would rear to charge him, he would rig their bellies open
with his hunting knife. Bear meat, in early spting, was a real treat.
One occasion, there was an 18 inch snow and the cave contained a bear and iiwo cubs.

Four miles on a narrow ledge west of Florida, above Florida.

Mason Wilkerson and Sally Wilderson TijUy, brother and sister of Presley made their

homes nearby. After fotar years in Boone County, Presley and Polly moved to Montoe County
near Florida, Mo. Where he farmed. Later he lived in Florida where they conducted a store

and aahotel (tavern): it is understood these enterprises were successful for them. Mark
born in this town and the house in which he was bom was later owned by Presley's
daughter, Martha Jane Wilkersoh Goss - Property now in 195 owned by State Park Commission]

y^3

OBITUARY

Died, near Santa Fe, Monroe County, Mo., May 16th, 1868

Presley Wilkerson, aged 69 years, 7 months and 29 days.

Deceased was an early settler in Missouri.

In 1826 he moved

from Clark County, Ky., to Boone Cooounty, Missouri. In 1828

he united with the Baptist Church at Rocky Fork,*'and was
baptized by Elder Peyton Stevens.
In 1830 he removed to the
Eastern paart of Monroe County, then a wilderness, now a
densely populated county.

His house in those early days was the favorite resort of

the traveler and the. drover.

His table was always bountiful

ly supplied by his thrifty companion with the luscious fruits

of his early orchard and his fields, venison and honey also

abounded in those days. Here also the heralds of the cross

were wont to appear from month to month to proclaim the
riches of God's grace, and many were the trophies of the allprevailing power of God in calling sinners to repentance,

through the auspicious ministry of Brethern Woods, Hurley and

others.

Elder A. C. Goodrich was a happy convert at one of

those meetings, and he can testify to the goodness of God in

saving sinners.

But the rude hands of disease were laid

heavily upon the subject of this brief memoir, torturing him

with indescribable pain through many years, and depriving him
of the pleasure, of co-operating in' the active work of the
church; but his mind was remarkably clear and his faith
unshaken. He was not aftaid to die, therefore his kindred

and friends who mourn his loss, feel assured that his body

awaits the glad summons to new life, and his spirit now in
Paradise, will unite with it and live forever.

Oh, who would live always, away from his God;

Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode.

Where rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains.

And the noontide of glory eternally reigns.

tt-S
Fathers full name

John Puckett

Place of birth

26 Feb 176^ Botetourt Co VA

Marriage date/Place

k Dec 1809 White CO TN (DeKalb Co TN) ( M2)

First Marriage Unknown

Death Date,and place 30 Sep 18ifif DeKalb CO TN Near Smithville, TN

He was a soldier of the revolutionary War
Wife Full name
Rhoda Lyda/Lida Born CA 175'f North Carolina
Died 1856 DeKalb CO TN
Full Name Child

Daniel PUckett

Born
Died

2/23 1887 Sharp CO AR Scott TWP Grange, AR

Married (1)

Burried Wilkerson Cera Scott 'i'WP Grange, Sharp Ar

Lecia C Wilkerson
August 1859 Lawrence Co

12/5/1832 DeKalc CO TN

Scott TWP Ar

Issue

Alvin Josephus (7) Born Scott TWP Lawrence CO AR

Birn 7/1860

Died 5/9/1926 Burried Wilkersoiji Cera Scott TWP

Sharp CO AR

Martha Ann (7) Born 1863 Scott TWP Lawrence CO AR

Araanda H.

(7) BOrn 8 1865-66 Scott I'WP Lawrence

CO- AR

Marinda

(7) B 11/18/1867 Lawrence CO AR Scott TWP

Laura Elizabeth (7) B 3/8/1870 Scott 'I'WP Sharp CO AR

George W (B)

" (7) Born 1873 Scott TWP Grange, AR

Daniel Webster (7) B if/5/187if Scott tWP Grange AR

Marriage (2)

Nancy Adaline Andrews B 10/3/18if2-if3 D 10/2/1888

Burried Wilkerson Cen Scott TWP Grange, AR

Issue (M2)

Ester
Mary

(7) B 10/1881 Scott TWP Grange, AR

(7) B 10/l88if Scott TWP Grange, AR

Matilda (7) B 9/1886 Scott TWP Grange AR Sharp CO

Daniel came to Ar with his olde sister Marinda Puckett Parsley the wife

of George W Parsley CA l8ifif or the sarae year that his Father John Puckett

Diedf He was a large land holder, and owned a cotten gin on Reeds creek
his Obit, in the Sharp CO Record states he died from Dropsy. Daniel was

a LT. CO 3 ISt Ark. Vols. his card # ifif818797 30 Day Vol. Civil War

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Yr of Birth

CHILDREN (continued)

5. NAME: ANN yiLKERSQN-474

PLACE:

BORN;

PLACE;

CHR.:
DIED:

PLACE;
PLACE;

BUR.:

HRIN; 182

SPOUSE; NILLIAM OLDHAH-480

MARR:

6. NAME: HILKERSON-475
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Marilyn Wilkerson featured employee

.. Reprinted fromthe asx!& lull-timepizzaand chickenfood
General News Fall 1990.quar
terly newsletter.

service worker and an absolute

delighL Marilyn loves working

for Casey'sand Kathythinks her
dedication deservesrecognition.
^^Ikerson has woik'^ at Cor
So here it is, Marilyn, your
porate Store #1013 in Paris,
Missouri,for over six years and place in Casey's General News
has not missed a single day's as the FeaturedEmployee ofthe
-work!Shehas beento woricevery quarter in honor of your stead
fast service to the company. You
day she was scheduled and lots were nominated by someone
of days as a fill-in when some who considers your actions
one else had called in sick. exemplary.Weaieproudtohave
Accordingto her Area Supervi you as a Casey's employee.
sor, Kaihy Baker, Marilyn is a Thank you very much!

Valued employee Marilyn

Wilkerson's meet at Huckleberry Hall

The annual Wilkerson reun

ion was held Sunday, Septem

ber 30, 1990 with 90 family
members attending. They met
in the new Huckleberry Hall at
MaikTwain State Park, Florida,
Missouri.

Thosepresentfromadistance
were Adeline Wilkerson, Bryan,
Texas; Harold Wilkerson, Jr.,
Maurice and BettyNevins, West

Liberty, Iowa; Ada McElwain,

Shawnee, Kansas; Richard

shaw. Gene aiKl Martha New

man, Kansas City.

Family memters from the

Paris and Santa Fe area were

Ullmer Wilkerson; Raymond,

Marilyn andRandeU Wilkerson;
Alberta BeniSton; Gilbert Wilk

erson; Idylle Gwyru Bob, Mar

garet and Leasa Wilkerson;
Charles and Margaret Mason;
Ralph and Dorothy Wilkerson;
Don, Ernia, Dana and Donnetta
Wilkerson; Donnie, Diane,Mark
and Kristen Street; Darrell,

Henning, Wichita, Kansas.

Also attending from outstate
Missouri were Gail Pomperien,
drandview, Herman and
MaeBell Pomperien, Clinton; Nancy, Alan and Samantha
. .Bob and Virginia.Murry, Oi- j. Wilkerson;. Hunt and Doris

' maxSprings;Haroldandl^yree ^ Wilkerson;

Sara, Ashley and -

Ruebling, Wellsville; Kelly E."; Anna James; Dean and Alma ,.

.^^Ikerson, Kelly' Lyim and^' Turner; Bobby and Denise '
BiDoke,Moberiy;AnnaBlaiicherj: McCreery; Bob and Alta Hen-'*" i

^cQuerter, Springfield; Milton

ning; Jean, Lytm and Lane Bdl; ^

.;I>ave and Dave, Jr. Wilkerson,

Velma Wilkerson; Eddie,

Bienda, Kent, Calvin and Brian

^jmdPeggy^^erson,Clarence;

'leAnne Wilkerson, Ken,Aaron

and AnnaB. \^lkerson;Colum-

, bia; Wm.R. andWilmaWilker

son. Jefferstxi Gty; James and

Lena Mundy, Mexico; Peter,

Tyarm, Margo and Paige Hin-

Vaughn; Gale, Sheryl, Christo^.'

pher, Eric and Jason V^lkerson;^
Bill and Violet Wilkerson; Jim '

and Teresa Morgaa

The next reunion will

Sunday, September 29,1991.

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WARREN COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL

235

are the parents of Edward C., Grace and Mary Martha, all at home.
Their third child, Mabel, is deceased.
Wilkerson.

The fundamental gauge of a man's success

is not entirely his material prosperity, for he may become wealthy,

and through his properties wield a certain amount of influence, and

yet be accounted among the failures if, with this increase he has
not at the same time gained and held the respect of his associates.
When he is able to accomplish both, then, indeed, may he be ac
counted a successful man, and entitled to look back with pride

_upon his years of endeavor. H. H. Wilkerson of Waynesville,

belongs to the latter class. For many years he worked early and
late not only to develop and improve his farm, but also to do his
full duty as a man and a citizen, and Warren county owes much to
him. He was born in Washington township, Warren county, O.,
in 1856, a son of James and Mahala (McDonald) Wilkerson, na
tives of Kentuck)'^ and Virginia, respectively. Coming to Warren
county, O., in 1808, they located in Washington township, buying
342 acres of wild land in the Spring Hill community. In the years
that followed James Wilkerson, and later his son, H. H. Wilker
son, worked hard to clear the land and make proper improvements.
From boyhood H. H. Wilkerson was required to do a man's work
on the farm, and by the time he was twenty-one years old he was
operating it on his own account. During his boyhood, as oppor
tunity offered, he attended the district schools, but learned more
from experience than from books, and is now a very well-informed
man. Mr. Wilkerson continued to operate his farm, gradually in
troducing improvements in his methods and equipment, until his
farm is now a model one for the neighborhood, when in 1913 he
retired from active labor, and moved to Waynesville. He rented
his farm, but still takes an interest in live stock operations. During
the time he was on the farm he specialized in breeding and raising
registered Jersey cattle, holding two large sales in the previous
years, and one very recently. He also raised seed corn extensively,
and in all of his operations showed a progressive spirit which
sought the best methods and did not begrudge expenditures for
improved machinery. The beautiful family residence at Waynes
ville was purchased by him at the time of his exodus from the
farm.

Mr. Wilkerson was married in 1883 to Miss Susan Smith,

a daughter of Cyrus Smith and his wife Phoebe Ann (Graham)

Smith, both of whom were born in Warren county. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilkerson have three children, namely: James Albert, who is a
resident of Dayton, O.; Nellie M., who is the wife of Lestor Gordon
of Waynesville; and Lillian Lucile, who is attending Miami Jacobs
Business college of Dayton, O., with a view of fitting herself for a
commercial career. In politics Mr. Wilkerson is a staunch Re;
publican, but aside from being on the school board, he has not held
public office, but some idea of the esteem in which his associates

held him is evidenced by the fact that he was made treasurer of the
board. The Methodist Episcopal church holds his membership,

and receives his hearty and generous support. Not only is Mr.
Wilkerson active in promoting various movements in the church,
but he is equally interested in civic affairs, and no one man of

236

MEMOIRS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY

Waynesville has accomplished more as a private citizen, in bring

ing about those improvements which must be inaugurated and car

ried to a successful completion if a community hopes to be ranked
among the modern ones of the day. Never seeking undue credit,

Mr. Wilkerson has quietly pursued his life work, and has given to

his community and associates more than he has received.

colony of Springboro was augmented by the arn^TO^alter Scott

Wilkerson, whose activities had been centered in Warren county

for some years, and whose career is expressive of the possibilities

of country life when directed by a well-trained mind, an earnest
purpose and a keen appreciation of its benefits and prerogatives.
Mr. \Vilkerson repi^sents a widely known family in this part of the

Miami valley, and one whose members have been men of worth
and reliability in the various occupations and callings of life. He

was born on a farm in Washington township, Warren county, O.

in 1855, a son of James H. and Sarah A. Wilkerson. The family

has been represented in Warren county since the year 1802, when
the paternal grandfather of Mr. Wilkerson, John Wilkerson, drove
overland with his family from his native place of Boonsboro, Ky.,

and settled in the eastern part of the county. There he became

a farmer ofsorne pretensions, accumulating a large tract of land, and

rounded out his career in the pursuits of agriculture. He was one

of the real pioneers of his locality and a member of the sturdy crew

who assisted jn the original development of various parts of the

great and fertile valley of the Miami. On the pioneer farm settled
by his father during the early days, James H. Wilkerson was born

in 1816. He was brought up in the midst of pioneer surroundings,

and early learned the meaning of hard work and the value of indus

try, and when he came to his majority was well trained in body

and mind to carry on the same kind of labor to which his father

had devoted his life. His career was spent entirely in the tilling

of the soil, and his industry and able management of his affairs
enabled him to become a leading farmer of his locality. He died

in June, 1905, highly respected in the locality, and Mrs. Wilkerson,

also a native of M^arren county, born in 1820, passed away durinc^
the same year. Walter Scott Wilkerson grew up on his father's

farm and received his education in the public schools of Washing

ton township. In 1883 he left the parental roof and went to Macou-

pin county, 111., where he engaged in farming on his own account,

and, meeting with some success, remained in that locality until 1902.

In that year he returned to the county of his birth and bought a

farm near Springboro. on which he continued to carry on opera

tions until the fall of 1917. At that time he disposed of his interests

and removed to Springboro, where he has since lived in comfortable

retirement. Mr. Wilkinson represents the substantial and reliable
element of the town, county and region, and his life affords an ex

ample of moderation, thrift and public-spiritedness. He is a direc

tor of the Farmers Bank of Springboro, and in business and financial

circles his nartie is synonymous with integrity and absolute fidelity.

He is a Republican, but politics has had but an indifferent part in

his life. In 1887 Mr. Wilkerson was married to Miss Annie J.

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237

Allen, daughter of James and Mary (Craig) Allen, the former a na

tive of Ireland who came to the United States with his parents at

the age of four years and settled at or near Springboro, where the
remainder of his life was passed.

J. iT^Wills, whose agricultural successes in Clear Creek town

ship entitle him to a place among the leading farmers of Warren

county, comes of one of the old families of this county, whose mem
bers have always been held in high esteem by their associates. J. B.
Wills was born in Clear Creek township, in 1850, a son of David

and Sarah (Speight) Wills, and grandson of James Wills. _David

AVills was born and reared in Warren county, and his wife was

a native of Pennsylvania. During his boyhood, J. B. Wills attended

the local schools of his district, and those of Utica, Ohio, and at the

same time learned the rudiments of farming. When he attained

his majority, he began farming on his own account, and now owns

a finely developed'farm in his native township, where he carries

on general farming and raises a good grade of stock. In 1870 oc
curred the marriage of Mr. Wills and Miss Mary F. Crane, a daugh

ter of Joseph and Rebecca Crane. Mr. and Mrs. Wills have four

children, namely: Mattie M.. David Lester, Joseph Walter and

Harley E. Politically Mr. Wills is a Republican, and he has served
as township trustee for several years, to the entire satisfaction of
his constituents. Thoroughly imbued with the welfare of his home
town Mr. Wills is building, at his own "expense, a community house

40 by 70 feet to cost about $5,000. The beliefs of the Universalists

accord with his own, and he is a supporter of that organization in

his neighborhood. A man of high principles, he has endeavored to

live up to them, and to give to everyone the same square deal he
asks from them, and his standing is deservedly high.

Jacob C. Wilson. Both business affairs and the agricultural

industry have received impetus in Warren county through the op
erations and activities of Jacob C. Wilson, the proprietor^ of 125

acres of well-improved land in Union township and one of his com

munity's most energetic and enterprising citizens. Mr. Wilson was
born in 1876, in Newcastle county, Del., a son of William an'd Anna

(Chandler) Wilson, and a grandson of James Wilson, the patentee"

of an improved powder keg. In 1880 James Wilson, with his own
family and that of his son, William, came to Ohio and settled at'
South Lebanon, where father and son engaged in the manufacture
of this product. They built up a good business and continued there
in all their lives, William Wilson surviving his_ father some years
and passing away in January, 1911. The business is still being
conducted in the family name, the proprietor being John W. Wilson,
an uncle of Jacob C. Wilson, at Kings Mills. Jacob C. Wilson was
but four years of age when brought to Ohio, and here received his
education in the public schools. As a lad he worked in the factory
of his father, in manufacturing powder kegs, and in connection with
this enterprise founded and built up a good general store business,
of which he was the proprietor for several 3''ears. Eventuall}^ he
disposed of his interest in the latter and invested his capital in a
canning business. While the direction of this plant is in other

hands, and the actual operation of the business is being done by

The Sunday Western Star-March 10. 1996-

A short history of the Wilkerson

family of Warren County
A short history of the
Wilkerson family was given
to

the

writer

Wilkerson

by

Diane

Jordan

of

Waynesville.
It was compiled mostly by
Thaddeus Wilkerson. I found

much interest in it since my

Bogan family settled, in

"*Hoth men served in the

"^He was later transferred

Revolutionary
War.
Intermar-riages of the two

to the Corps of Artificers

(under Captain N. Pendelton.

descendants.

and was discharged January

2, 1782. He applied for a

families has produced many

The first record of the
Warren County Wilkerson
family was a descendant of
Moses, a native of either

1832, in the same general

pension and received it on

October 3. 1832. (His certifi
cate.

number 7996.

was

issued May 3, 1833. His

Six sons were born to this

i claim number was 5-4727.)

James H. Wilkerson was
born November 29, 1758.
and died December 4. 1834.
His wife. Sarah Moore
Wilkerson.
was
born

tombstones in the Wilkerson

union, however, only five

could be accounted for. They

cemetery in Spring Hill.

(Spring Hill is located a

November 4, 1763, and died

July 17. 1841. They were

are: William, Dr. Walter B.,

few miles east on Wilmington

H. in the year 1787, James

H., the youngest of the fami
ly, and his brothers and

area as the Wilkersons in

Clarksville and Spring Hill.

The compilation of the
Wilkersons was found main

ly from scanty family Bible

records, memory and from

Road

from

Mather's

Mill

Louden or Orange County,

Va. Moses was married to
Elethe, no last name men
tioned.

Haney H.. Peter and James

roadside park in Washington

Township. It was at one time
an old camping ground and
resort for the hunting tribes

west. James and one of his

brothers
settled
near

affiliated families headed

of the Delaware, Shawnee

Lexington. Ky. Two of the

and Miami Indians. It is a

brothers traveled to western

low sector of land, crudely

Tennessee

circular in outline. It is
about one mile across and

Louisiana. The re'maining

slightly more than 1,000 feet

and the Northwest.

above sea level. The hill is

50 to 70 feet above the sur-

DALLAS

BOGAN

llocaf#

and

northern

two migrated to Missouri

The metho<^of transporta

and

Sarah,

the

family of nine, three sons

and six daughters, first set
tled on the College Township
Road (S.R. 350) about 1803.
About 1809 or 1810 they

gave their farm to their

daughters and removed" to
Spring Hill, where they pur
chased two thousand acres

of

land

on

"The

Knobs"

of Spring Hill and adjacent

flat boat. John Wilkerson.

second son of James H. was
born. Daniel Boone's wife

enlisted

in

the

Revolutionary War from

Louden County, Va., late in
July or early in August.

Land on Spring Hill was

owned by James Harris. Sr..

James

County,

River. As the family was

floating down the river on a

earlier,

sights in the county.)

Louden

which

James H.., as was noted.

one of the more pleasant

1782, in Virginia: both were

born in
Virginia.

tion westward in those days

was mainly by the Ohio

was the attending mid-wife.

rounding country and has a

remarkably fertile soil. It is

joined in marriage April 30,

Captain

the

southern and western slopes

low lands .

James Wilkerson built a

distillery at the foot of the

hill, which was in operation

for many years. His product

was mostly peach and apple
brandy. His sons. William,
John and James located on

1780. He served as a private

with the Virginia troops

under

encompassed

James

Hudage Lane and Samuel

Selden.

and James H. Wilkerson.

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lands near the distillery.

In 1860, improvements
included a steam saw-mill

built by his son, John, and

grandson, James H.
A church meeting was
held in 1827, in the old
Flatfork Schoolhouse. James

H.. Sr., in an aged condition,

arose and said he could no

longer conscientiously carry

on the distillery .
His son, William, operated
a distillery near by, but dis
continued it in 1820. John

conducted a distillery'for
making apple brandy which
was discontinued in 1841.

The Wilkerson family

descendant list is unusually

long, with offsprings in all

parts of the county.
The
Warren
County
Genealogical Society has in
its records group charts of
many of the family members.

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Our annual reunion will be

held on Sunday, October 5,

1986 at huckleberry Hall, (in
Buzzard's Roost-.Area) Mark

Twain State Park at Florida,

Missouri.

bring your basket lunch

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If yours is a family ^of

water sports lovers -

swiinniing , boating, ^fishing,

water-skiing, camping

it's hard to imagine a-more

perfect setting for you.

The Park now includes vast

stretches of blue v/ater

only minutes away from the

Mark Twain Lake and Cannon

Dam.

If this appeals to you.

head our way for a Fun

week-end and
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