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)
John Ray Wilkes 1857 – 1912
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)
Minnie E. Wilkes Shaw 1859 – 1929
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)
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
1862: Captain Company D, 53rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Captured at Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
1862: Exchanged in Prisoner of War Exchange in September
1862: Lt. Colonel of 53rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 53rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1863: Resigned on February 25th because of consumption
Occupation after War:
Medical Doctor in Giles County, Tennessee
Medical Doctor in Waco, Texas
Editor of Waco Telephone Newspaper
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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