Er ist verheiratet mit Carrie Mabelle Smith.
Sie haben geheiratet am 3. Juni 1884 in Riceville, Howard County, Iowa, er war 23 Jahre alt.
Kind(er):
Adelbert George Wilkes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carrie Mabelle Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Wilks 41, farmer; Henrietta Wilks 46, keeping house; Edwin Wilks 16, farmer; Nellie Wilks 13, at home; Fredrick Wilks 12, at home; Adelbert Wilks 10, at home; Charles Wilks 3, at home; all born New York;
Delbert G Wilkes 39, head, born May 1861 New York, married 16 years, stock buyer; Carrie M Wilkes 30, wife, born July 1869 Iowa, married 16 years, 6 births/6 children living; Gertie Wilkes 15, daughter, born Mar 1885 Iowa; ; Florence Wilkes 12, daughter, born June 1887 Iowa; Blanche Wilkes 10, daughter, born Sept 1889 Iowa; Robert Wilkes 8, son, born Oct 1891 Iowa; Amy Wilkes 5, daughter, born Nov 1894 Iowa; Joseph Wilkes 1, son, born Mar 1898 Iowa;
Carrie M Wilkes 40, head, widowed, 8 births/8 children living, born Iowa, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Canada, farmer general farming; Gertie Wilkes 27, daughter, single, milliner; Blanche Wilkes 21, daughter, teacher public school; Robert Wilkes 18, son, single, farm labor home farm; Amy Wilkes 13, daughter, housework at home; Joseph Wilkes 11, son, at school; Mason Wilkes 6, son; Caroline Wilkes 4, daughter; all born Iowa;
A. G. Wilkes, who on the 27th of January, 1910, departed this life, was identified with the pioneer development of the west and for many years was numbered among the highly respected citizens of Howard county. He devoted considerable time to general farming and stock raising, and his diligence and perseverance were the elements of growing success. He was born in Chautauqua county, New York, May 4, 1861, a son of John and Henrietta (Starks) Wilkes, who were also natives of the Empire state. They removed westward with their family when their son, A. G. Wilkes, was a youth of seventeen years and the father purchased a farm upon which they resided throughout the remainder of their days and which is now occupied by Mrs. A. G. Wilkes. Year after year the father carried on the farm work and his labors wrought a marked transformation in the appearance of the place, which he converted into a valuable farm property. He was thus busily engaged to the time of his demise, which occurred in 1891. His widow survived him for about two decades, passing away in 1911.
A. G. Wilkes obtained his education in the district schools of his native county and after the removal of his parents to Iowa he assisted his father in clearing the land and developing the home property, being thus engaged for about a year. He then began work in the pineries of Wisconsin, where he was employed for five years, and on the expiration of that period he was married and in connection with his brother took up carpentering, which he followed until 1889. In that year he returned to farm life and about 1894 bought his father's old homestead place and lived thereon to the time of his death. His first purchase made him the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land north of Riceville and at the time of his demise he was the owner of three hundred and sixty acres of excellent farm land in Mitchell and Howard counties, including the thirty acres in Riceville, upon which the old homestead of the family still stands. After removing to the old home farm in 1894 he devoted his attention largely to the buying and selling of stock and became one of the prominent live stock dealers of this section of the state. He won very substantial success in the conduct of that business and was thus able to leave his family in comfortable financial circumstances.
On the 3d of June, 1884, Mr. Wilkes was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Smith and they became the parents of eight children: Mrs. Gertrude Mae Slvalia, Mrs. Florence Genevieve Herdman, Mrs. Blanche Aileen Blandin, Robert John, Mrs. Amy Violet Mahaffey, Joseph Adelbert, Frederick Mason and Caroline Mary.
The family are adherents of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Wilkes' political endorsement was given to the democratic party and for nine years he served as a member of the school board of Riceville and was always deeply interested in everything that tended to uplift the individual and upbuild the community. His support was always given on the side of progress and improvement, and his labors were far-reaching and resultant. In addition to developing his farm he was a stockholder in the electric plant of Riceville and at all times was recognized as a man of good business judgment whose labors were an element in the material development of his section of the state. To his family he was a devoted husband and father, and to those who knew him a faithful friend. He had many excellent traits of character, and his life was filled with the "many little unremembered acts of kindness and of love."