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Name: Francis Wilkinson

Age: 71 years, 10 months, 18 days

Died: 3 May 1923 at Catlin, Illinois

Residence:

Born: 15 June 1851 at Babbington, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Rev. Francis Wilkinson, a Baptist minister. Francis was youngest son and next to youngest child.

Mother: Mary Drury

Immigration: Francis Wilkinson and his family came to America in 1881. After spending some years in Colorado, they made their home at Sullivan, Indiana.

First Marriage: 1870

First Spouse:Miss Anna Tarleton of Nottingham. She was the mother of 10 children and died in 1892 in Sullivan, Ind.

Second Marriage: 1894 in Terre Haute, Ind.

Second Spouse: Mrs. Mary Jewell Douglas

Survivors: Wife. Eight children by first marriage: Francis A. Wilkinson of Terre Haute, Indiana; Mrs. Mary Connors, wife of Richard Connors, of Chicago; Mrs. Ada Bolles, wife of Palmer Bolles, of Bloomfield, Ind.; John Wilkinson, of Terre Haute, Ind.; Mrs. Margaret Vaughn, of Sullivan, Ind.; Mrs. Sarah Cline, wife of Harry Cline, of Terre Haute, Ind.; Mrs. Jennie Wherry, wife of O. C. Wherry, of Danville, Illinois; and Richard J. Wilkinson, of Catlin, Illinois. One child by second marriage: Garnett Wilkinson, of Danville, Illinois. One step-son: Jesse Douglas of Farmersburg, Indiana. Sixteen grandchildren. Five great grandchildren. A brother and a sister living in England.

Occupation: In business in Catlin with his son Richard for the past 10 years.

Memberships: Became an Odd Fellow while living in England. Joined the Masons while residing at Sullivan, Ind.

Religion: Presbyterian church, Westville, Illinois.

Services: At the Presbyterian Church by Rev. George Keithley.

Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Submitted by: Sue Lauth