Leffie Ellis Wilkes

1875 - 1933  (57 years)

• Name	Leffie Ellis Wilkes  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	20 Dec 1875	Bassfield, Mississippi, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1880	Carley, Marion, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  Residence	1900	Carley, Marion, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Residence	1930	Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, USA   [3]
  Death	8 Jul 1933
  Burial	Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi, USA   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I17640	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	John Ellis Wilkes,   b. 11 Aug 1827, Marion, Mississippi, USA d. 14 Apr 1900, Marion, Mississippi, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Matilda "Hilda" Gates,   b. Sep 1848, Mississippi, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Aug 1866	Marion, Mississippi, USA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F6205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeanie Messer,   b. 1890   d. 19 Jul 1968, Marion, Mississippi, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	27 Mar 1904	Sumrall, Lamar, Mississippi, USA
  Children	1. Hezzie Arthur Wilkes,   b. 1915  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas Clifford Wilkes,   b. 1923  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Toxie Allen Wilkes,   b. 1911  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Cuma Reth Wilkes,   b. 1909, Mississippi, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William Hyrst Wilkes,   b. 1913  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Dec 1875 - Bassfield, Mississippi, USA Marriage - 27 Mar 1904 - Sumrall, Lamar, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Leffie Ellis & Jenie Messer Wilkes gravestone

  
  

• Sources

  [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;). 1880 U.S. Census Carleys, Marion, Mississippi, ED 131, roll T9_656, page 296.3000, image 0723. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=41252161&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=41252161&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. Marion, Mississippi, ED 77, roll T623 819, page 12B. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=28178801&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=28178801&indiv=try [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;). Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi; Roll 1155; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 136.0. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=37306359&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=37306359&indiv=try [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph] [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37075694 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37075694. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37075694 [S318] Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, (Name: 1965;), Page 102. [S185] Hunting For Bears, comp., Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004;). Online publication - Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 2004.Original data - Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.