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William Wesley Wilks + Erie Catharine Taylor

7 children
1907-05 Karl Glyn Wilks
Birth: July 10, 1906 22 25 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Baptism: July 20, 1919 35 38 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Death: September 8, 1991 — McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA
Burial: September 1991 — McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA
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Karl Glyn Wilks
1906–1991
Birth: July 10, 1906 22 25 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: September 8, 1991 — McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA
Marl Vane Wilks-27 Nov 1957
Birth: June 19, 1909 25 28 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Census: April 2, 1930 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Occupation: Industrial Engineer and Consultant — between 1963 and 1968 — Korea, Thailand, USA
Death: November 17, 1980 — Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Burial: after November 17, 1980 — Burnet, Texas, USA
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Marl Vane Wilks
1909–1980
Birth: June 19, 1909 25 28 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: November 17, 1980 — Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Reta Vird Wilks [Ross]
Birth: July 5, 1911 27 30 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Baptism: August 1923 39 42
Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Civil marriage: October 6, 1931 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Family census: May 10, 1940 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Family residence: 1944 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 3894640DE3F4AAD4315EE536424E758217E5
Marriage: January 1, 1979 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: February 3, 1994 — Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA
Burial: February 4, 1994 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 8BDF9B9E90F93E349593CD90309C2DE2F662
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Reta Vird Wilks
1911–1994
Birth: July 5, 1911 27 30 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: February 3, 1994 — Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA
Dale Taylor Wilks_Navy-1943
Birth: April 18, 1914 30 33 — Danville, Yell, Arkansas, USA
Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Baptism: 1925 40 43 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Census: May 10, 1940 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Occupation: Shovel, Bulldozer & Drag Line Operator — January 1942 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, USA
Military Beg: U.S. Navy - World War II — March 18, 1942 — Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Military Service: US Navy - World War II — February 15, 1945
Military End: US Navy - World War II — November 1, 1945 — Camp Wallace, Galveston, Texas, USA
Marriage: September 1946 — Brown, Texas, USA
Death: February 21, 1992 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA
Burial: February 1992 — Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 0152667A890EBC664273947BC2F82DB4
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Dale Taylor Wilks
1914–1992
Birth: April 18, 1914 30 33 — Danville, Yell, Arkansas, USA
Death: February 21, 1992 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA
1919 Myrl Wilks
Birth: November 20, 1916 32 35 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Baptism: 1930 45 48 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Occupation: Practical Nurse — November 1942 — Wharton, Wharton, Texas, USA
Death: April 27, 2016 — Friendswood, Harris, Texas, USA
Burial: May 1, 2016 — Evergeen Memorial Park
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Myrl Jean Wilks
1916–2016
Birth: November 20, 1916 32 35 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: April 27, 2016 — Friendswood, Harris, Texas, USA
Voy Wilks - WWII U.S. Army portrait
Birth: December 17, 1920 36 39 — Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Education: between 1926 and 1938 — Texas, USA
Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA
Military: United States Army — between November 10, 1944 and November 18, 1946 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Occupation: Laundry Owner — between 1947 and 1952 — Carbon, Eastland, Texas, USA
Occupation: Leather and Flannel Cutter — between 1952 and 1960 — Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA
Occupation: Farmer — between 1953 and 1960 — Eastland, Texas, USA
Occupation: Brick Masonary — between 1960 and 1983 — Texas, USA
Religion: Assembly of Yahweh. [7th day] — 1980 — Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA
Death: March 14, 2010 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Obituary: Abilene Reporter News — March 15, 2010 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Burial: March 15, 2010 — Eastland, Texas, USA
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Gwyn Voy Wilks
1920–2010
Birth: December 17, 1920 36 39 — Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Death: March 14, 2010 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Kirby Wilks_1943-01-04
Birth: August 31, 1922 38 41 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA
Military: United States Armed Forces — November 14, 1942 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Occupation: Training & breaking horses — Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA
Death: May 16, 2012 — Buda, Hays, Texas, USA
Burial: May 18, 2012 — Manchaca, Travis, Texas, USA
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Kirby Kimmel Wilks
1922–2012
Birth: August 31, 1922 38 41 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Death: May 16, 2012 — Buda, Hays, Texas, USA
William Wesley Wilks Portrait
Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Civil marriage: August 28, 1905 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Event: Organization of Populist Party Club — October 17, 1908 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Baptism: August 17, 1912 85 71 — Lanham's Mill, Somervell, Texas, USA
Religion: Church of Christ Anti-Sunday School — 1912
Family census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Family residence: between January 15, 1922 and February 6, 1927 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Immigration: about 1927 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Immigration: December 31, 1928 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA
Family census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Family residence: between November 31, 1928 and December 1938 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA
Immigration: December 1938 — Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA
Family census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA
Occupation: itinerate preacher — between 1912 and 1946
Death: November 26, 1946 — Erath, Texas, USA
Burial: November 27, 1946 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: B6F24CB900BF9464411C6EA02AD620EFB002
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William Wesley Wilks
1884–1946
Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Death: November 26, 1946 — Erath, Texas, USA
Benjamin Carroll Wilks
Birth: August 12, 1827 22 20 — Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA
Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Census: 1840 — Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
Baptism: 1848 43 41 — Mississippi, USA
Census: September 11, 1850 — Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
Emigration: between 1851 and 1852 — Shannon Station, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
Immigration: about 1852 — Texas, USA
Marriage: 1856 — Hill, Texas, USA
Event: Military Beginning — August 26, 1862 — Peoria, Hill, Texas, USA
Event: Military Beginning — July 2, 1863 — Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Event: Military End — April 10, 1865 — Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia, USA
Family census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Property: 1890 — Erath, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: January 15, 1919 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Burial: January 18, 1919 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: FEE10540AED393E4D952297E9D8B20744273
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Benjamin Carroll Wilks
1827–1919
Birth: August 12, 1827 22 20 — Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA
Death: January 15, 1919 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Harriet Young Wilks
Birth: August 14, 1841 41 35 — Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Census: October 23, 1850 — Ellis, Texas, USA
Marriage: 1856 — Hill, Texas, USA
Family census: July 17, 1870 — Hill, Texas, USA
Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA
Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: March 29, 1911 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Burial: March 1911 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: FEE10540AED393E4D952297E9D8B20744273
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Martha Harriet Young
1841–1911
Birth: August 14, 1841 41 35 — Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Death: March 29, 1911 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Erie Catharine Taylor Wilks
Birth: March 29, 1881 30 40 — Washington, Arkansas, USA
Census: between 20 and June 21, 1900 — Mills, Texas, USA
Civil marriage: August 28, 1905 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA
Event: Organization of Populist Party Club — October 17, 1908 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Family census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA
Family residence: between January 15, 1922 and February 6, 1927 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Immigration: about 1927 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Family census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Family residence: between November 31, 1928 and December 1938 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA
Immigration: December 1938 — Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA
Family census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA
Death: August 30, 1951 — Gorman, Eastland, Texas, USA
Burial: August 31, 1951 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: B6F24CB900BF9464411C6EA02AD620EFB002
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Erie Catharine Taylor
1881–1951
Birth: March 29, 1881 30 40 — Washington, Arkansas, USA
Death: August 30, 1951 — Gorman, Eastland, Texas, USA
Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor
Birth: March 14, 1851 22 19 — Harrison, Kentucky, USA
Immigration: 1856 — Grayson, Texas, USA
Census: July 21, 1860 — Grayson, Texas, USA
Marriage: December 8, 1867 — Cooke, Texas, USA
Immigration: October 1869 — Bell, Texas, USA
Family census: June 3, 1880 — Bell, Texas, USA
Marriage: July 20, 1890 — Erath, Texas, USA
Family residence: 1897 — Staff, Bosque, Texas, USA
Family census: June 21, 1900 — Mills, Texas, USA
Family residence: 1903 — Hucal, Somervell, Texas, USA
Family census: April 28, 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA
Marriage: between May 1913 and December 13, 1922
Census: January 20, 1920 — Hico, Hamilton, Texas, USA
Divorce: after December 13, 1922 — Paris, Edgar, Illinois, USA
Letter: Letter to Jewel Taylor in McCamey, Upton, Texas, USA — January 22, 1928 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Marriage: March 21, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Family census: April 2, 1930 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Occupation: Merchant — before December 4, 1936
Number of marriages: 4
Number of children: 9
Death: December 4, 1936 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Burial: December 5, 1936 — Burnet, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 88EEF6A812B01F2441BAC78CE90E48EF62B0
Unique identifier: 3D117259ADE5C624996D5B43409BE575A85A
Unique identifier: D770D4B00D914B7494B05D3911107B9A3820
Unique identifier: A9A81EEE2E7D04F4119C0BCF607E16BCF199
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Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor
1851–1936
Birth: March 14, 1851 22 19 — Harrison, Kentucky, USA
Death: December 4, 1936 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Elizabeth Goen
Birth: September 3, 1840 30 23 — Carr Township, Jackson, Indiana, USA
Marriage: December 8, 1867 — Cooke, Texas, USA
Immigration: October 1869 — Bell, Texas, USA
Family census: June 3, 1880 — Bell, Texas, USA
Number of children: 9
Death: August 9, 1884 — Bell, Texas, USA
Burial: August 1884 — Bell, Texas, USA
Unique identifier: 88EEF6A812B01F2441BAC78CE90E48EF62B0
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Elizabeth Goen
1840–1884
Birth: September 3, 1840 30 23 — Carr Township, Jackson, Indiana, USA
Death: August 9, 1884 — Bell, Texas, USA

Facts and events
Civil marriage
August 28, 1905
Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA
Address: Courthouse, Glen Rose, Somervell County, Texas, USA.
Text:

They lived in the home of Willie's parents, B. C. and Harriet Wilks, first 19 months of their marriage.

Citation details: Book 2 - A, Page 216
Note: Witnessed by Rev. Joe Newman and others; marriage performed by C.M. Wright, Justice of Peace, Precinct No. 1, Glen Rose, Somervell. Texas, USA [Holy Matrimony Certificate]
Family census
1910
Somervell, Texas, USA
Address: Justice Precinct 2, Somervell County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Page 3
Note: in family 54 as B.C. Wilks, Head, White, Male, Age: 82, Married, AL KY KY; Harriate [Harriet], Wife, White, Female, Married, Age: 66, IL TN TN; C.R. [Claude Rivers], Son, White, Male, Age: 34, Single, TX AL IL; W. W. [William Wesley], Son, White, Male, Age: 25, Married, TX AL IL; Erica [Erie], Daughter-in-law, White, Female, Age: 28, Married, KY KY KY; Carl [Karl Glynn], Son [Grandson], White, Male, Age: 3 , Single, TX TX KY; Vane, Son [Grandson], White, Male, Age: 10 mo, Single, TX TX KY.
Family census
1920
Erath, Texas, USA
Address: Duffau Precinct, Precinct 4, Erath County, Texas
Citation details: page 9B
Note: in hh 145-145 as WILLIAM W. WILKS head 35 TX-AL-IL, ERIE C. wife 38 TX-KY-IN, Carl G. 13 and all children TX-TX-TX, Vane M. 10, Reta V. 8, Dale T. 5, Myrl 3 1/2
Family residence
between January 15, 1922 and February 6, 1927
Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Address: four miles west of Loop
1922-1927 Wilks_Half-Dugout_36 ft by 12 ft
1922-1927 Wilks_Half-Dugout_36 ft by 12 ft
Family census
June 1, 1930
Burnet, Texas, USA
Address: Precinct 1, Burnet-Lampasas Road
Note: in hh 26-27 as WILLIAM W. Wilks head 46 TX-AL-IL farmer, ERIE C. 49 AR-KY-IN, Rita V. daughter 18, Dale T. son 15, Myrl daughter 13, Voy G. son 9, Kirby K. son 7, all b. TX except Erie in AR. Under "home owned or rented," William's was O
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Family residence
between November 31, 1928 and December 1938
Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA
Note: Wilks home in the Pebblemound Community, owned by Erie's brother Charles Jenkins Taylor, known as the Lacefield Place, off the Old San Saba Highway north of Burnet, Texas roughly parallel to U.S. Hwy. 281), where they moved 31 November 1928. They lived here until December 1938, when they moved to Erath County near Dublin, Texas.
1928 - 1938 Wilks Home-Pebblemound, Texas
1928 - 1938 Wilks Home-Pebblemound, Texas
Family census
June 25, 1940
Erath, Texas, USA
Address: Justice Precinct 2, Erath County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet 11B
Text:

Supervisor's District: 17
Enumeration District: 72-9
Enumerator: J. Paul Hamilton

Quality of data: census image
Note: Route 4, Dublin; family# 232, Home: rent, $4, Farm, William W. Wilks, Head, Male, White, Age: 56, Married; Schooling: H4, TX, 48 hr work wk, Operator, Farm, Own account, 52 wks a yr , $40, Yes, Farm: 197; Erie K, Wife, Female, White, Age: 59, Married, Schooling: 6th grade, AR, Housekeeping; Voy G., Son, Male, White, Age: 19, Single, Schooling: H4, TX, 48 hr work wk, Laborer, Farm, Unpaid family worker, 52 wks a yr, $100; Kirby K., Son, Male, White, Age: 17, Single, Attended school: 8th grade, TX, Student, 12 wks, $20. All: residence in 1935: Burnet, Texas
Unique identifier
B6F24CB900BF9464411C6EA02AD620EFB002
Last change
February 16, 2018 – 19:30:42
Author of last change: barbaracorner
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Sarah Wilks (1798–1885) Sir Lachlan Mor (magnus) MacLean (1554–1598) John Marrs Wilks (1835–1915) Mary Rebecca Adams (1868–1914) Sarah Wilks (1798–1885) Willie Herrin McLean (1879–1892) Steven Jay Corner (1965–2010) William Thomas Knight (1859–1903) Yutha Angeline Taylor (1885–1888) Mariah Adeline Creasy (1854–1944) Ardelia Glimp Everett (1897–1962) Mote Bourne Kanatzar (1866–1917) William Garrett Newman (1849–1915) Aubry LaVaughn Perry (1918–1975) John P. Wilks (1883–1937) Steven Jay Corner (1965–2010) Hattie Eugenia Orr (1906–2000) French Augustus Osborne (1894–1951) William Corner (1819–1899) Arizona May Wilks (1880–1888) William Garrett Newman (1897–1922) Nancy Parchman (1802–1867) Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor (1851–1936) Julia McLean (1897–1900) William Tarlton Taylor (1875–1941) Francis Wilks (1819–1903) Lois Elsie Hitt (1913–1965) Infant Son Wilks (1871–1871) Jesse Wilks (1886–1918) Marcus Monroe McLean (1872–1934) Mary Elizabeth McLean (1872–1938) Albert T. Newman (1862–1936) Karl Glyn Wilks (1906–1991) Bertha Thomas Newman (1883–1980) Earnest Lee McLean (1907–1979) Frances M. Corner[s] (1857–1919) Effie Mae Dooley (1884–1948) Elizabeth Goen (1840–1884) John Henry Newman (1859–1941) Carrie Florinda McGuire (1865–1939) Alonzo David McLean (1881–1973) Thomas Noble Reed (1883–1967)