★★★ Wilkes, William Henderson

William Henderson Wilkes​

Born: April 8, 1833

Birthplace: Raymond, Mississippi

Father: Richard Wilkes 1805 – 1833

Mother: Mary C. Henderson 1810 –

1st​ Wife: Melvina A. Holt 1836 – 1883

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

2nd​ Wife: Sarah Irene McConnell 1858 – 1922

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Children:

Ada Wilkes – 1873​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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John Ray Wilkes 1857 – 1912​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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Minnie E. Wilkes Shaw 1859 – 1929​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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William Orville Wilkes 1863 – 1940​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Education:

Graduated from University of Nashville Medical School​

Occupation before War:

Marshall County Tennessee Medical Doctor​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: 1st​ Lt. Company D, 53rd​ Tennessee Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Captain Company D, 53rd​ Tennessee Infantry Regiment

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1862: Captured at Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee​

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1862: Exchanged in Prisoner of War Exchange in September​

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1862: Lt. Colonel of 53rd​ Tennessee Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 53rd​ Tennessee Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Resigned on February 25th​ because of consumption​

Occupation after War:

Medical Doctor in Giles County, Tennessee​

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Medical Doctor in Waco, Texas​

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Editor of Waco Telephone Newspaper​

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Mayor of Waco, Texas​

Died: August 12, 1896

Place of Death: Waco, Texas

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas

 

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He moved to Waco, Texas in 1868. He was president of Texas Medical Association for only 1 year from 1891 to 1892, but he was mayor of Waco from 1882 to 1896. In Waco he led a campaign to clean up Waco by attempting to get rid of it's bawdy house district.One biography states he died from malaria.