Silas
Wilkin
Born in Lost River, Hardy Co., Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Wilkin
and Sarah (Snyder) Wilkin
Brother of
Mathias (Wilkin) Wilkins, Catherine (Wilkin) Whetzel, Job Wilkins, Archibald (Wilkin) Wilkins, Margaret (Wilkin) Vaughn and Pharoah Wilkin
Husband of
Elizabeth M. (Shireman) Wilkin
— married
about May 1866 in Hardy Co., West Virginia, USA
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Bean) Wilkin
— married
7 Feb 1884 in Bakers Run, Hardy Co., West Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Julia (Wilkins) Parker and Branson Wilkin
Died
at age 84
in Hardy Co., West Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2015
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Biography
Silas was born about 1835. He was the son of Joseph Wilkin and Sarah Snyder. He passed away about 1919. [1]
1840 census -- Hardy Co., Virginia, USA
- Name: Sarah Wilkins
- Home in 1840: Hardy, Virginia
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Silas)
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (Pharoah)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Job)
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 (Archibald, Aaron)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Margaret)
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (Catherine)
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Sarah)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
- No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 8
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8[2]
1850 census -- District 23, Hardy Co., Virginia, USA
- Aaron Wilkin, age 30, male, , farmer, $207 real estate, born Virginia, cannot read/write; Archobold Wilkin, age 28, male, , farmer, $207 real estate, born Virginia, cannot read/write; Catherine Wilkin, age 33, female, , $63 real estate, born Virginia, cannot read/write; Margaret Wilkin, age 21, female, , $63 real estate, born Virginia; Silas Wilkin, age 15, female, , $63 real estate, born Virginia, attended school
1860 census -- Lost River, Hardy Co., Virginia, USA
- Archibald Wilkins, age 38, male, , farmer, $2500 real estate, $550 personal property, born Virginia; Barbara Wilkins, age 31, female, , born Virginia; Julia Wilkins, age 1, female, , born Virginia; Susan Snyder, age 11, female, , born Virginia; Silas Wilkins, age 25, male, , born Virginia.
1870 census -- Lost River, Hardy Co., West Virginia, USA
- Silas Wilkins, age 37, male, white, farmer, $500 real estate, $125 personal property, born Virginia; Elizabeth Wilkins, age 29, female, white, keeping hosue, born Virginia, cannot read/write; Julia Wilkins, age 3, female, white, born West VIrginia.
1880 census --- Lost River, Hardy Co., West Virginia, USA
- Silas Wilkin, white, male, age 45, married, farmer, born Virginia, fathe born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Elizabeth Wilkin, white, female, age 45, wife, married, keeping hosue, cannot read/write, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Julia Wilkin, white, female, age 12, daughter, single, without occupation, born West VIrginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, cannot read/write; Branson Wilkin, white, male, age 8, son, single, born West VIrginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia
1900 census -- Lost River, Hardy Co., West Virginia, USA
- Silas Wilkins, head, white, male, born Mar 1835, age 65, married 18 years, born West Virginia, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia, farmer, own free farm; Jane Wilkins, wife, female, white, born June 1854, age 45, married 18 years, 0 children/0 living, born West Virginia, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia; Marlin Miller, servant, male, white, born Dec 1886, age 13, single, born West Virginia, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia, servant.
1910 census --- Lost River, Hardy Co., West Virginia, USA
- Silas Wilkins, head, white, male, age 75, married 2x 23 years, born West Virginia, father born Pennsylvania, mother born West Virginia, farmer, own free farm; Jane Wilkins, wife, female, white, age 55, married 1x 23 years, born West Virginia, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia; Moses Wilkins, nephew, white, age 34, single, born West Virginia, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia, farm laborer working out.
Sources
"United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB9-9P4 : accessed 23 April 2015), Sarah Wilkins, Not Stated, Hardy, Virginia; citing p. 112, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 562; FHL microfilm 29,687.
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D7-2X5 : accessed 21 April 2015), Silas Wilkin in household of Aaron Wilkin, Hardy county, part of, Hardy, Virginia, United States; citing family 493, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M41H-HQY : accessed 21 April 2015), Silas Wilkins in household of Archibald Wilkins, District No 1, Hardy, Virginia, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 23, household ID 154, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,351.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRZG-12N : accessed 22 April 2015), Silas Williams and Elizabeth M. Sherman, 03 May 1866; citing Hardy, West Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,846,255.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FR63-RKL : accessed 22 April 2015), Silas Wilkins and E. M. Shicman, May 1866; citing Hardy Co., West Virginia, v 2 p 12, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 818,697.
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4V-RVL : accessed 23 April 2015), Silas Wilkins, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 4, family 30, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,187.
"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6RL-YK9 : accessed 24 April 2015), Silas Wilkin, Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZG-HM2 : accessed 24 April 2015), Silas Wilkins and Jane Bean, 07 Feb 1884; citing Hardy Co , West Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 818,697.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9CV-FTV : accessed 24 April 2015), Silas Wilkins, Lost River district (Harpers Precinct), Hardy, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,759.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPNZ-S4K : accessed 24 April 2015), Silas Wilkins, Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 1B, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,695.
"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKC-324N : accessed 24 April 2015), Silas Wilkins, 1918; Burial, Bean Settlement, Hardy, West Virginia, United States of America, Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 37205728, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Meghan Dewhurst- Conroy, Monday, April 20, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHB9-9P4 : 20 August 2017), Sarah Wilkins, Hardy, Virginia, United States; citing p. 112, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 562; FHL microfilm 29,687.
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