Lessie Virginia Wilkes

1878 - 1905  (26 years)

• Name	Lessie Virginia Wilkes  [1, 2]
  Birth	18 Nov 1878	Berrien, Georgia, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lessie Virginia Hewett  [3, 4]
  Residence	1880	District 1156, Berrien, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Residence	1900	Militia District 1145, Berrien, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Death	11 May 1905	Adel, Berrien, Georgia, USA   [4, 5]
  	Mrs. Hewett's Funeral Adel, Ga., May 16--The funeral of Mrs. Lessie Hewitt, who was shot and killed by her husband, John Hewett, an account of which appeared this paper last week, was conducted at the Wilkes Cemetery by Revs. Elliott and Tippens on last Friday at 10 o'clock a.m. Quite a number of sorrowing friends and relatives were present to pay tribute and respect to the dead. It was indeed the saddest occasion which this people have ever been called upon to witness. Mrs Hewett was, before her marriage, a Miss Wilkes, daughter of the late Duncan Wilkes, and leaves three brothers and four sisters and two little boys to mourn her loss, besides a host of other relatives and friends. She was a consistent member of the Adel Missionary Baptist Church, and as true a christian as ever lived. The Nashville Herald, Friday, 19 May 1905
  Burial	Wilkes Cemetery, Cook, Georgia, USA   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I15713	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Archibald Duncan Wilkes,   b. 15 Feb 1833, Robeson, North Carolina, USA d. 11 Jan 1902, Adel, Berrien, Georgia, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann Roberts,   b. 8 Dec 1835, Lowndes, Georgia, USA d. 21 Sep 1919, Georgia, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 Dec 1858	Lowndes, Georgia, USA
  Family ID	F5371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John B Hewett,   b. 5 Feb 1873, Berrien, Georgia, USA d. 11 May 1905, Berrien, Georgia, USA (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	24 Mar 1897	Berrien, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Carson L Hewett,   b. 15 Jan 1898, Berrien, Georgia, USA d. 12 Nov 1961, Columbia, Florida, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Troy Britton Hewett,   b. 22 Jun 1900, Berrien, Georgia, USA d. 15 Jul 1971, Orange, Florida, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 18 Nov 1878 - Berrien, Georgia, USA Marriage - 24 Mar 1897 - Berrien, Georgia, USA Death - 11 May 1905 - Adel, Berrien, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S175] Marriage Records. Berrien County Georgia Marriages 1851-1900 by Bride (P-Z) [S353] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Year: 1880; Census Place: District 1156, Berrien, Georgia; Roll: 134; Family History Film: 1254134; Page: 580C; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 0342. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=8248516&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=8248516&indiv=try [S340] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Berrien, Georgia, ED 6, roll T623 179, page 5B. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=8200523&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=8200523&indiv=try [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36091703. Record for Lessie Virginia Hewett http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=24911731&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=24911731&indiv=try [S209] Obituary. [ View obituary] [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]