Brief Life History of Benjamin Cleveland
When Benjamin Cleveland Wilkinson was born on 11 December 1836, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, his father, George P Wilkinson, was 21 and his mother, Mary Cantrell, was 19. He married Elizabeth "Bettie" Potter on 24 March 1859, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Civil District 14, Warren, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Warren, Tennessee, United States in 1900. He died on 26 December 1908, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Warren, Tennessee, United States.
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- B C Wilkinson, "United States Census, 1860"
- B C Wilkerson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- B C Wilkinson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic (‘son of Wilkin’) from Wilkin . Compare Wilkerson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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