John Wesley Wilkes

1841 - 1928  (86 years)

• Name	John Wesley Wilkes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	4 Mar 1841	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Race	White  [2]
  Residence	1850	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [4]
  Residence	1860	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [1]
  Residence	1870	Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA   [5]
  Residence	1900	Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA   [6]
  Death	1 Jan 1928	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [2]
  	Age: 86
  Burial	Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, USA   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I13712	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Doctor John Wesley Wilkes,   b. 14 Apr 1809, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 12 Mar 1868, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cynthia Colvin Cornwell,   b. 28 Aug 1810, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 10 Jan 1870, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	10 Sep 1833	Chester, South Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F5983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Keziah Wilkes,   b. 3 Apr 1840, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 1 Mar 1874, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	17 Feb 1859	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Alice Cornelia Wilkes,   b. 19 Dec 1859, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 28 Aug 1882 (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Rhoda Lucinda Wilkes,   b. 9 Jun 1861, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 27 Jun 1862 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Cynthia Stuart Wilkes,   b. 11 Mar 1863, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 21 Oct 1897 (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Viola Eugenia Wilkes,   b. 24 Nov 1869, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 18 Aug 1877, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 7 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Edward Wilkes,   b. Nov 1868, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza Walker Harden,   b. 15 Sep 1852, South Carolina, USA d. 18 Feb 1918 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1876  [9]
  Children	1. Eva Frances Wilkes,   b. Jul 1878, Chester, South Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Blanche Wilkes,   b. Oct 1880, Chester, South Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Nelle Harden Wilkes,   b. May 1882, Chester, South Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Robert Walker Wilkes,   b. 28 Oct 1883, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 3 Feb 1960, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Benjamin Franklin Wilkes,   b. May 1896, Chester, South Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  American Civil War Soldiers about John Wilkes Name: John Wilkes , Side Served: Confederacy State Served: South Carolina Service Record: Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant. Commission in Company E, 6th Infantry Regiment South Carolina. Sources: 425 Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers 1999. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000 Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury.

  
  

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