"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXG3-KB9 : 3 March 2016), James B Calkins and Mary Kerr, 05 Jan 1875; citing Henry, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,435,946.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWC-K3T : accessed 18 August 2017), James B Calkins, Oxford Township Alpha village, Henry, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,306.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2S-DLB : 3 March 2016), James B. Calkins and Edith A. Willis, 14 Jun 1910; citing Henry, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,435,950.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKP-WGK : 3 March 2016), James B. Calkins and Edith A. Freece Willis, 15 Jun 1910; citing Henry, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,435,945.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKS-RJ7 : 3 March 2016), James B Calkins and Flossella Boyd, 14 Sep 1921; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,412,072.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWHC-9ZH : accessed 18 August 2017), James B Calkins, Alpha, Oxford Township, Henry, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-48, sheet 6B, line 41, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 812.
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3WV-JHD : 27 December 2014), James Birney Calkins, 13 Oct 1945; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,984,323.
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