James Wilkey

Brief Life History of James

When James Wilkey was born in 1836, in Clark, Indiana, United States, his father, Aaron B. Wilkey, was 20 and his mother, Julia Anna Kennedy, was 22. He married Lucinda Owings on 6 January 1860, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Hamilton Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 2 January 1920, in Terre Haute, Knox, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Poplar Cemetery, Turman Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Wilkey
1836–1920
Lucinda Owings
1837–1893
Marriage: 6 January 1860
Calvin M. Wilkey
1860–1923
William Louis Wilkey
1862–1947
Joanna "Anna" Wilkey
1869–1957

Sources (41)

  • James Wilkey, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: James Wilkey - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: James Wilkey
  • James Wilkey, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1842

Historical Boundaries 1842: Sullivan, Indiana, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (Devon): variant of Wilkie 1.

Americanized form of German Wilke .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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