Major John Wesley Wilkes

1829 - 1906  (77 years)

• Name	John Wesley Wilkes  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Major
  Birth	21 Jul 1829	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Big Rich
  Race	White  [3]
  Residence	1860	Chalkville, Chester, South Carolina, USA   [2]
  Residence	1870	Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA   [3]
  	Age: 41
  Death	20 Aug 1906	Wilksburg, Chester, South Carolina, USA
  Burial	Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, USA   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I13717	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wilkes,   b. 20 Sep 1796, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 26 May 1839, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ora Anna Bowker Hopkins,   b. 7 Feb 1804, South Carolina, USA d. 3 Aug 1869, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Mar 1821	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F4934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Ann Sanders,   b. 16 Jul 1835, South Carolina, USA d. 12 Mar 1874 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1849	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Matilda Sanders Wilkes,   b. 8 Sep 1852, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 22 Apr 1941, Garland, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Randolph Wilkes,   b. 24 Aug 1850, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 27 Feb 1922, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Martha Victoria Wilkes,   b. 4 Jun 1854, Wilksburg, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 17 Jan 1923, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ora Ann Bowker Wilkes,   b. 1 Feb 1857, Wilksburg, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 29 Dec 1947, South Carolina, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Marian Glover Mobley,   b. 20 Nov 1850, Barnwell, South Carolina, USA d. 17 Jun 1887, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1876	Chester, South Carolina, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Thomas Wilkes,   b. 18 Nov 1883, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 20 Aug 1884, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. George Washington Wilks,   b. 6 Sep 1879, South Carolina, USA d. 14 Apr 1955, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Samuel Faust Wilks,   b. 4 Feb 1879, Wilksburg, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 10 Mar 1957, Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. David Rice Wilks,   b. 11 Jan 1881, Wilksburg, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 2 May 1908, Alpine, Brewster, Texas, USA (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William Malcolm Wilks,   b. 1882, Wilksburg, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 1950, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Living
  Family ID	F4937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Bettie Griffith,   b. 26 Dec 1856, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA d. 7 Jun 1948, Pryor Hospital, Chester, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1888	Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F4938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Residence - Age: 41 - 1870 - Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA Marriage - 3 Apr 1888 - Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Major John W Wilks gravestone

  
  

• Sources

  [S318] Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, (Name: 1965;), Page 267. [S354] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Year: 1860; Census Place: Chalkville, Chester, South Carolina; Roll M653_1217; Page: 19; Image: 39. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=18687260&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=18687260&indiv=try [S352] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). Year: 1870; Census Place: Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1490; Page: 21A; Image: 45; Family History Library Film: 552989 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11761511&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11761511&indiv=try [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph] [S318] Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, (Name: 1965;), Page 265. [S318] Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, (Name: 1965;), Page 268.