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John Henry Wilkin (1824 - 1896)

John Henry Wilkin aka Wilkins
Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USAmap
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Husband of — married 13 Nov 1856 in Licking Co., Ohio, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 72 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USAmap
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Biography

John Henry Wilkin was born in August 1824 in Woodstock, Virginia. He is the son of John Henry Wilkin and Hannah Swartz.

1830 census -- Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

NAME: Henry Wifkin [Henry Wilkin]
HOME IN 1830: Western District, Shenandoah, Virginia
FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - UNDER 5: 1 (Moses)
FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - 5 THRU 9: 1 (J Henry)
FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - 10 THRU 14: 2 (Absalom, Israel)
FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - 50 THRU 59: 1 (Henry)
FREE WHITE PERSONS - FEMALES - UNDER 5: 1 (Hannah)
FREE WHITE PERSONS - FEMALES - 5 THRU 9: 2 (Leah, ?)
FREE WHITE PERSONS - FEMALES - 30 THRU 39: 1 (Hannah)
FREE WHITE PERSONS - UNDER 20: 7
FREE WHITE PERSONS - 20 THRU 49: 1
TOTAL FREE WHITE PERSONS: 9
TOTAL - ALL PERSONS (FREE WHITE, SLAVES, FREE COLORED): 9[1]

1840 census -- Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

Name: Henry Wilkin
Home in 1840: Shenandoah, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (Moses)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (John Henry)
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2 (Israel, Absalom)
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 (John Henry)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 (Alice, Susannah)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Hannah)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 (Leah, ?)
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Hannah)
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11[2]

1850 census -- Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Stephen Boss, age 26, male, , white, carpenter, born Rhode Island; HA Boss, age 22, female, , born Connecticut; SA Boss, age 2, male, , born Ohio; Sarah Boss, age 11/12, female, , born Ohio; Henry Wilkins, age 22, male, , carpenter, born Virginia.[3]

He married Permelia Myers 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[4]

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[5]

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;[6]

He died 26 December 1896 in Columbus, Ohio.[7]He 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, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH5J-M1M : accessed 30 January 2015), Henry Wilkin, Western District, Shenandoah, Virginia; citing p. 152, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 200; FHL microfilm 29,679.
  2. "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHT2-1TL : accessed 29 January 2015), Henry Wilkin, Not Stated, Shenandoah, Virginia; citing p. 376, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 578; FHL microfilm 29,692.
  3. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX3S-Q1K : 12 April 2016), Henry Wilkins in household of Stephen Bop, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 55, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCGK-VVX : accessed 29 January 2015), 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.
  5. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6VT-9WM : accessed 29 January 2015), 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.
  6. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8MX-QDH : accessed 29 January 2015), 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.
  7. "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6JL-DMR : accessed 29 January 2015), John H. Wilkin, 26 Dec 1896; citing Death, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, source ID v 4 p 48, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 285,207.
  8. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35017338/john-henry-wilkin: accessed 06 August 2022), memorial page for John Henry Wilkin (4 Aug 1824–26 Dec 1896), Find A Grave: Memorial #35017338, citing Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Meghan Conroy gedmatch #A794565 (contributor 46861492).




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