Individual Details

Charles Smith Wilkins

(3 Dec 1842 - 5 May 1939)

On the 1880 U. S. Census of Denton Co., Texas, Charles S. Wilkins appears with his wife R. Angie and children Nannie, Emory S. and Emma P. Census was taken 26 June 1880. The twins were 10 months old and born in August. Charles is a farmer.

On the 1900 U. S. Census of Precinct 3, Denton Co., Texas, Charley Wilkins appears with his wife Angie and children Bettie M., Pearl, Emory S., Lou Etta, Cora L., Mattie E., Robert J., Claudine and Jamie S. Charley is a farmer. Pearl, Lou Etta, Cora L., Mattie E. and Robert J. are at school. Emory is a farmer.

McKinney Daily Courier Gazette, McKinney, Texas, Monday, May 8, 1939, Page 2, Col. 6: Chas. S. Wilkins, Denton Pioneer, Dies At Age of 96. Charles Smith Wilkins, 96, the last Confederate veteran on the roll of the Sull Ross Camp of U. C. V., at Denton, died at 6:25 a.m. Friday , at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Brent Jackson, 717 West Oak Street, Denton. Though he had been in feeble health for several years he had been critically ill only a few days, having been up until last week-end. He had been a prominent ranchman of Denton County until his retirement about 10 years ago, and was a large land owner.

Events

Birth3 Dec 1842Tennessee
MarriageAbt 1871Rachel Angelina "Angie" Kirkpatrick
Death5 May 1939Denton Co., Texas
BurialI. O. O. F. Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas

Families

SpouseRachel Angelina "Angie" Kirkpatrick (1853 - 1928)
ChildCharles Edgar Wilkins (1873 - 1873)
ChildJohn Luther Wilkins (1873 - 1873)
ChildNannie Leona Wilkins (1874 - 1955)
ChildBettie M. Wilkins (1876 - )
ChildEmma Pearl Wilkins (1879 - )
ChildEmory S. Wilkins (1879 - )
ChildDee Kirkpatrick Wilkins (1882 - 1882)
ChildLou Etta Wilkins (1884 - )
ChildCora L. Wilkins (1885 - )
ChildMattie E. Wilkins (1887 - )
ChildRobert J. Wilkins (1890 - )
ChildClaudine Wilkins (1894 - )
ChildJamie S. Wilkins (1896 - )

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