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I only have the family back one generation beyond Patrick Henry Wilkinson. That earlier info is posted below.
I hope you will email me <richardark@hotmail.com> with info on your wife's family so I can add that data to my genealogy files.
Descendants of John Willis Wilkinson
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN WILLIS WILKINSON was born 1816 in South or North Carolina, and died October 16, 1888 in Arkansas. He married (1) ELIZABETH ?. She died Abt. 1848. He married (2) NANCY S. MCKINNEY 1852 in Marion County, Georgia, daughter of G. MCKINNEY and MARTHA ??. She was born February 15, 1827 in Georgia, and died January 09, 1917 in Ingalls, Bradley County, Arkansas.
Notes for JOHN WILLIS WILKINSON:
Though John Willis Wilkinson is not actually buried in Union Hill Cemetery near Ingalls, Arkansas, a memorial marker was placed by O. M. Wilkinson, Jr. in 1990.
More About JOHN WILLIS WILKINSON:
Burial: 1888, McKinney Cem. so. of Crossroads, Bradley County
Census: 1870, Eagle Township, Bradley County, Arkansas
Memorial Marker: Union Hill Cemetery, Bradley County, Arkansas
Migrated: Abt. 1860, To Arkansas
Military service: 1862, Enlisted in Company G, Ark. Cavalry, CSA; served until 1865
Notes for NANCY S. MCKINNEY:
Both the McKinney and Wilkinson families reportedly migrated to Bradley County about 1860.
The obituary of Nancy McKinney Wilkinson appeared in the Arkansas Gazette on January 14, 1917. If it is accurate, her death actually occured on Thursday, January 11.
Wilkinson, Nancy Warren, Jan. 13 - Mrs. Nancy S. Wilkinson, aged 90, died at the home of her grandson, John Huitt, at Ingalls, Thursday. She was born in Georgia February 15, 1827. She lived most of her life in this county, coming here when a small child. She was married in 1847. Burial took place yesterday at the Union Hill cemetery, the Rev. J.B. Luck of Warren officiating. She is survived by one son, Will Wilkinson and a daughter, Mrs. Gus Margraves.; ag1/14/17
More About NANCY S. MCKINNEY:
Burial: 1917, Union Hill Cem. in Bradley Co., Arkansas
Migrated: 1861, Marion County, Georgia, to Bradley County, Arkansas
Residence: Bet. 1888 - 1917, Lived with Georgia Anna after JWW's death
Children of JOHN WILKINSON and ELIZABETH ? are:
i. EMELINE T. WILKINSON, b. Abt. 1843; m. JOHN T. TYLER, November 21, 1860, Marion County, Georgia.
ii. PATRICK HENRY WILKINSON, b. April 08, 1845, Georgia; d. April 13, 1921; m. (1) RHODA ANN COUNCILLE, December 23, 1866, Arkansas; b. June 24, 1849, Arkansas; d. December 21, 1882, Arkansas; m. (2) NANCY ANN HAMPTON, March 11, 1885, Arkansas; b. November 13, 1853; d. November 26, 1932, Arkansas.
More About PATRICK HENRY WILKINSON:
Burial: 1921, Union Hill Cem. in Bradley Co., Arkansas
Cause of Death (Facts Pg): 1870, Bradley County, Arkansas
Medical (Facts Pg): Walked with limp resulting from hip wound at Vicksburg
Migrated to: Bradley County Confederate Veterans Census List
Military service: May 1863, Joined Co. G, Col. Caper's Calvary Regiment, CSA
More About RHODA ANN COUNCILLE:
Burial: 1882, Union Hill Cemetery in Bradley Co., Arkansas
iii. MALE UNKNOWN WILKINSON, b. Abt. 1848.
Children of JOHN WILKINSON and NANCY MCKINNEY are:
iv. GEORGIA ANN2 WILKINSON, b. December 24, 1855, Georgia; d. December 04, 1915, Bradley County, Arkansas; m. WILLIAM DAVID HUITT, October 17, 1872, Ingalls, Bradley Counry, Arkansas; b. September 27, 1848, Mississippi; d. June 16, 1913, Ingalls, Bradley County, Arkansas.
Notes for WILLIAM DAVID HUITT:
Photo of Will Huitt family is owned by Richard Hudson.
Living with them was an orphan, D. T. Childress, born Dec. 20, 1873.
William David Huitt was a Mason, a member of the Pattsville Lodge (Hermitage), No
264.
Obituary: Ark. Gazette June 18, 1913: "Vick, June 17 - W. D. Hewitt, 65 years old, died yesterday at his home at Ingalls, near here. He was a Mason and funeral services were conducted today by
that order at the Union Hill church."
More About WILLIAM DAVID HUITT:
Burial: June 18, 1913, Union Hill Cemetary, Bradley County, Arkansas
v. MARTHA SUSAN WILKINSON, b. February 04, 1858, Georgia; d. April 16, 1882, Arkansas; m. FRANCIS MARION HICKMAN, December 28, 1876, Bradley County, Arkansas; b. June 19, 1855, Marsden, Bradley County, Arkansas; d. September 30, 1930, Warren,Arkansas.
More About FRANCIS MARION HICKMAN:
Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery, Warren, Arkansas
Occupation: Blacksmith in Marsden area
vi. WILLIAM JAMES WILKINSON, b. April 27, 1859, Georgia; d. December 26, 1926, Arkansas; m. NANCY WALLACE WEEMS, January 13, 1881, Johnsville, Bradley Counry, Arkansas; b. October 13, 1861, Arkansas; d. August 14, 1953, Arkansas.
Notes for WILLIAM JAMES WILKINSON:
While a very young child, his father playfully tossed him in the air, was about to let him crash, grabbed for him, caught an ankle, saved him from hitting the ground, but his hip joint was damaged and he walke with a limp the rest of his life.
On his and Nancy's farm near Warren (see notes with Nancy), no crops were raised. He preferred hunting and fishing to farming, but he did run a few hogs in the Saline bottoms.
More About WILLIAM JAMES WILKINSON:
Burial: 1926, Oaklawn Cemetery, Warren, Arkansas
Medical (Facts Pg): Walked with limp resulting from childhood accident
Notes for NANCY WALLACE WEEMS:
The new house Will and Nancy built in 1881 at Ingalls was still standing in 1995.
Families traveling west were often stopped by flooding on L'Aigle Creek near their hom. Nan didliked people camping in their fields and insisted Will file a aten on a tract of land a coupl eof miles east of Warren. In 1905 they sold their Ingalls home to Dr. Crow and moved to the farm near Warren. That home, now gone, was a "dog trot" house.
Her marriage to William James Wilkinson was half of a double wedding ceremony. At the same time, her old sister, Cornelia Alabama Weems, married William J. Heatherinton.
More About NANCY WALLACE WEEMS:
Namesake: Hre grandmother, Nancy Wallace, who sailed from Ireland in 1828
vii. LUCINDA M. WILKINSON, b. March 1862, Arkansas; d. 1902, Arkansas; m. WARREN MCDONALD CARNLEY, December 29, 1881, Arkansas; b. 1862; d. 1934, Arkansas.
Notes for LUCINDA M. WILKINSON:
A typhoid fever epidemic reportedly struck the family in 1902, killing 7 or more members of the family. Burials are said to have beenin Dark Corners Cemetery at Wells Bayou, Lincoln County, Arkansas.
More About WARREN MCDONALD CARNLEY:
Burial: Dark Corners Cemetery
Residence: Wells Bayou, Lincoln Co., Arkansas
viii. KATHERINE C. WILKINSON, b. October 1866, Arkansas; d. September 07, 1943; m. AUGUSTUS M. HARGRAVES, August 03, 1886, Bradley Counry, Arkansas; b. August 1860, Ouachita Township, Bradley Counry, Arkansas.
More About KATHERINE C. WILKINSON:
Photo Owned by: Richard Hudson
More About AUGUSTUS M. HARGRAVES:
Occupation: Owned/operated hotel near Warren train station
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