Permelia Alphonsine Cecelia (Myers) Wilkin (1832 - 1914)

Born 4 May 1832 in Homer, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Henry Wilkin — married 13 Nov 1856 in Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1914 at age 81 in Gassaway, Braxton Co., West Virginia, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Permelia Myers was born in May 1832 in Licking Co., Ohio. She is the daughter of Joseph Myers and Elizabeth Peters.

1840 census -- Burlington Twnp, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Name: Joseph Myers

Home in 1840: Burlington, Licking, Ohio

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (?)

Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (Joseph)

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Loucina)

Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Permelia)

Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Elizabeth)

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1

Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1

Free White Persons - Under 20: 2

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3

Total Free White Persons: 5

Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5^[1]

1850 census - Washington Twnp., Licking County, Ohio, USA

Joseph Myers, age 44, male, , carpenter, born Ohio; Elizabeth Myers, age 42, female, , no occupation, born Virginia; Permelia Myers, age 18, female, , no occupation, born Ohio, attended school; Lucina Myers, age 12, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Eliza Myers, age 9, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Albert Myers, age 6, male, , born Ohio, attended school.^[2]

She married John Henry Wilkin(s) 13 November 1856 in Licking Co., Ohio.(source needed)

1860 census -- Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Henry Wilkens, age 34, male, , carpenter, $300 real estate, $200 personal property, born Virginia; Mrs Permelia Wilkens, age 28, female, , no occupation, born Ohio; Clarence Wilkens, age 3, male, , born Ohio; Walter Wilkens, age 1, male, , born Ohio; Catherine Vanostren, age 28, female, , tailoress, $100 personal property, born Ohio^[3]

1870 census -- Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Henry Wilkins, age 43, male, white, junior carpenter, $3000 real estate, $300 personal property, born Virginia; Permelia Wilkins, age 38, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio; Clarence Wilkins, age 12, male, white, at school, born Ohio; Walter Wilkins, age 11, male, white, at school, born Ohio; Charles A Wilkins, age 7, male, white, at school, born Ohio; Susan Wilkins, age 33, female, white, lives with brother, born Virginia^[4]

1880 census -- Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Henry Wilkins, white, male, age 53, married, carpenter, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Permelia Wilkins, white, female, age 48, wife, wife, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Clarence Wilkins, white, male, age 23, son, Tel-operator, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia; Walter H Wilkins, white, male, age 20, son, Tailor, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia; Charles Wilkins, white, male, age 17, son, Works Ex Office, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia; Jessie Wilkins, white, female, age 9, daughter, at school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia; ^[5]

1900 census -- Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Clarence S Wilkin, head, white, male, born Oct 1857, age 42, married, 19 years, born Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio, train master, own mortgaged house; Rachel A Wilkin, wife, white, female, born Aug 1861, age 38, married, 19 years, 4 children/3 living, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio; Earl C Wilkin, son, white, male, born Jun 1883, age 16, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, at school; Ruth A Wilkin, daughter, white, female, born Sept 1891, age 8, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, at school; Olive E Wilkin, daughter, white, female, born Feb 1896, age 4, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio; Permelia Wilkin, mother, white, female, born May 1832, age 67, widow, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia.^[6]

In 1913, Permelia was mentioned as a daughter of Betsy Peters Myers in a public notice for the Frederick Phillips Estate. The estate administrator was trying to locate the lineal descendants of Lydia Phillips Peters - a sister of John Phillips, deceased father of Frederick Phillips.^[7]

She died 3 February 1914 supposedly in Gassaway, West Virginia. This is stated on Green Lawn Cemetery records -- no death record can be found in Ohio or West Virginia. Additionally, she can not be found in 1910 census. She is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.^[8]

Additional Information:

History of the Descendants of John Hottel, Part 3 - Barbara Hottel; William David Huddle & completed by his wife Lulu May Harden Huddle, published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, Va., 1930, pp. 992:

1180y-e HENRY WILKIN5 b. at Woodstock, Va, Aug. 19, 1826; d. Dec. 26, 1896; m. at Newark, O., Nov. 13, 1856, by Rev. S.J. Humphery, PERMELIA A. MYERS, b. at Homer, O., May 4, 1832; d. Feb. 3, 1914, at Columbus, O. He was a carpenter and contractor living first at Newark and later Columbus, O. During his last years he worked in the Pan Handle R.R. Shop. Children b. at Newark. Presbyterian Church.

1186y-a Clarence Sidney Wilkin6, b. Oct. 5, 1857

1186y-b Walter Henry Wilkin6, b. June 21, 1859

1186y-c Charley Albert Wilkin6, b. Apr. 4, 1863

1186y-d Jessie Louise Wilkin6, b. Aug. 22, 1870 (adopted)

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHTC-9ZP : accessed 30 January 2015), Joseph Myers, Burlington, Licking, Ohio; citing p. 303, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 408; FHL microfilm 20,170.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXQV-KXT : accessed 29 January 2015), Permelia Myers in household of Joseph Myers, Utica, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 1318, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCGK-VVF : accessed 29 January 2015), Pemelia Wilkins in household of Henry Wilkins, The City Of Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 37, household ID 308, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,998.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6VT-9W9 : accessed 29 January 2015), Permelia Wilkins in household of Henry Wilkins, Ohio, United States; citing p. 25, family 211, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,732.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8MX-QDC : accessed 29 January 2015), Permelia Wilkins in household of Henry Wilkins, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district 40, sheet 440B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1017; FHL microfilm 1,255,017.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMZB-26Z : accessed 28 October 2017), Permelia Wilkin in household of Clarance Wilkin, Montgomery Township, Precinct B Columbus City Ward 18, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 8A, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,270.
7. ↑ "Frederick Phillips Estate," The Newark Advocate, 9/23/1913, p. 4, col. 5; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Oct 2013), Historic Newspapers;
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35017204/permelia-alphonsine_cecelia-wilkin: accessed 06 August 2022), memorial page for Permelia Alphonsine Cecelia Myers Wilkin (4 May 1832–3 Feb 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #35017204, citing Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Meghan Conroy gedmatch #A794565 (contributor 46861492).