John Wilkes

WILKES, LAWYER, SARVER, KILSON, BOYLAN

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/28/2004 at 23:00:48

John Wilkes resides on section 18, West Point township. He has been a resident of Butler county since 1863. He was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1838. His father, Ira Wilkes, was a native of the State of New York. John Wilkes was a Union soldier during the War of the Rebellion, serving in Company C, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for over a year, when he was discharged by reason of disability. He bought his present farm of Johnson Lawyer. The farm was first settled by William Sarver. He has eighty acres of land. Mrs. Wilkes was formerly Miss Martha Kilson, daughter of Lewis Kilson. Mr. Wilkes has been twice married; his first wife was a daughter of Mr. Isaac Boylan. He has once child by first marriage.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 750