When Beckham Wilkerson was born on 6 May 1903, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States, his father, Edward D. Wilkerson, was 46 and his mother, Florence Carter, was 26. He married Rose Lee Hunter on 16 October 1923, in Spencer, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 3 Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 28 November 2003, in Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Cool Springs Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.
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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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