When Thomas Woodford Wilkerson was born on 30 March 1848, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Wilkerson, was 51 and his mother, Eliza Followell, was 41. He married Mariam Chase Hutchings on 11 January 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Tuscarora, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1880. He died on 27 August 1919, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
English (East Anglia and South East Midlands): from Middle English Wilkeson, a shortened form of Wilkinson , ‘son of Wilkin or young William’. The -r- is intrusive.
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