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Old Antioch or Lassiter #5 Cemetery, on the line of Graves and Calloway Counties, Kentucky
Notes
Siblings, Virginia Gibson Chambers and William Carroll (Uncle Billy) Chambers, married siblings, Louisiana Artemissa Wilkins and Sinclair Robinson Wilkins.
Sinclair Robinson Wilkins' son in law, John Glenn "Johnnie" Rogers, was the informant on his death certificate.
Abner Chesterfield Wilkins, b. 25 Mar 1812, Christian County, Kentucky , d. 8 Apr 1881, Swann, Calloway, Kentucky (Age 69 years)
Mother
Violett Lucinda Jetton, b. 9 Sep 1822, Polk County, Missouri , d. 17 Nov 1892, Calloway County, Kentucky (Age 70 years)
Married
23 Mar 1840
Kentucky
Abner Chesterfield Wilkins and Violett Lucinda Jetton were married by Reverend Robert Whitnel who was a Methodist circuit preacher of the Jackson Purchase area.
Settlement of Mary L. Wilkins' estate by Sinclair Robinson Wilkins, April 5, 1902. Mary was epileptic; this document provided for her care by her father, by obtaining the rights to her estate from her deceased mother. Mary died on 13 Feb 1903 from burns she incurred after falling into an open outdoor fire while making popcorn. She had apparently had a seizure while making the popcorn.
[S09432] Wilkin's Family Bible.
Wilkins Bible in the possession of Mrs. Bennie Jackson, daughter of William Chesterfield Lynn Grove, Ky
As Told by : Ruth Wilkins Brown, Jennie Wilkins Myers
Amos Carrol Chambers Will
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