Descendants of William Wilkins
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM1 WILKINS was born February 05, 1785 in Charlotte, N.C., and died May 30, 1871. He married CATHERINE WELDON May
12, 1807 in Lincoln County, Ga.. She was born 1788 in Richmond, Va., and died May 23, 1864 in Choctaw County, Al..
More About WILLIAM WILKINS: Burial: Batesville, Ms.
Children of WILLIAM WILKINS and CATHERINE WELDON are:
i. TOBIATHA2 WILKINS, b. November 12, 1808, Choctaw
County, Al..
ii. NANCY WILKINS, b. February 04, 1810, Georgia; d.
March 30, 1894, Limestone County, Tx..
More About NANCY WILKINS: Burial: Faulkenberry Cemetery--Groesbeck, Tx.
iii. MARY WILKINS, b. 1811; d. 1874.
iv. ELIZABETH WILKINS, b. 1812, Georgia; d. 1876, Alabama.
v. WILLIAM WILKINS, b. July 28, 1815, S.C.; d. May 24,
1886, Wayne County, Ms..
2. vi. ISAAC WILKINS, b. April 18, 1817, Alabama; d. 1869, Alabama.
vii. JONATHAN WILKINS, b. August 16, 1819; d. 1890, Alabama.
viii. HENRY LEVI WILKINS, b. April 27, 1821, Eufaula, Al.; d. January 1902, Corvallis, Or..
ix. JOHN S.H. WILKINS, b. 1824; d. 1825.
x. SAMUEL WILKINS, b. 1825; d. 1903.
xi. WELDON WILKINS, b. 1825; d. 1895.
xii. MATTHEW WILKINS, b. May 22, 1829, Alabama; d. August 05, 1878, Batesville, Ms..
Generation No. 2
2. ISAAC2 WILKINS (WILLIAM1) was born April 18, 1817
in Alabama, and died 1869 in Alabama. He married JANE.
Children of ISAAC WILKINS and JANE are:
i. KATIE3 WILKINS.
ii. FRANK WILKINS.
iii. GENERAL W. WILKINS.
iv. MATTHEW WILKINS.
v. MARY WILKINS.
3. vi. SAMUEL WILKINS, b. December 25, 1840, In Al.; d.
November 11, 1917, Healing Springs, Al..
vii. HENRY WILKINS, b. 1849.
viii. ELIZABETH WILKINS, b. June 1854, Texas; d. Hattiesburg, Ms..
Generation No. 3
3. SAMUEL3 WILKINS (ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born December 25, 1840 in In Al., and died November 11, 1917 in Healing Springs,
Al.. He married NANCY WOOD March 02, 1867 in Washington County, Al.. She was born January 28, 1849, and died February 19, 1933.
Notes for SAMUEL WILKINS:
Samuel Wilkins is buried in Chapel Hill cemetery--Aquilla, Al.
Samuel Wilkins served with the 56th Alabama Infantry C.S.A. at age 22.
More About SAMUEL WILKINS:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
Military service: 1861, CSA
More About NANCY WOOD:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
Children of SAMUEL WILKINS and NANCY WOOD are:
4. i. FRANK H.4 WILKINS, b. 1868; d. August 22, 1912.
5. ii. ELLA WILKINS, b. August 18, 1869; d. July 17, 1908.
iii. CORINE WILKINS, b. 1871.
iv. AMIE A. WILKINS, b. 1872.
6. v. PHALBA E. WILKINS, b. March 01, 1875; d. July 22,
1912.
7. vi. GEORGIA ANNA WILKINS, b. March 01, 1877; d. August 24, 1961.
8. vii. FANNIE WILKINS, b. March 01, 1877.
9. viii. AREBELLE W. WILKINS, b. May 1879; d. 1960.
10. ix. S.J. (BUD) WILKINS, b. September 16, 1881; d. July 15, 1948.
11. x. ADA WILKINS, b. January 29, 1882, Millry, Al.; d. October 15, 1966, Jackson, Al..
12. xi. ALLIE WILKINS, b. September 12, 1883; d. June 25, 1952.
xii. JOSEPHINE WILKINS, b. August 1885, Alabama.
xiii. DR. M.S. (MOSE) WILKINS, b. April 18, 1887; d. September 22, 1922.
Notes for DR. M.S. (MOSE) WILKINS:
Dr. Mose Wilkins was in a dental practice in Waynesboro, Ms. with Dr. Ed Copeland. Dr. Ed shot and killed Mose Wilkins in
their dental office.
More About DR. M.S. (MOSE) WILKINS:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
Doctor (Dentist): Waynesboro Ms.
Generation No. 4
4. FRANK H.4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born 1868, and died August 22, 1912. He married KATIE WILLIS in
Rayville, La..
Notes for FRANK H. WILKINS:
Frank Wilkins attended the University of Alabama and received a Doctor's degree in medicine. He began practice in
Oletha, Tx. Moved to Rayville, La.
Children of FRANK WILKINS and KATIE WILLIS are:
i. HENRY FRANKLIN5 WILKINS.
ii. WILLIS JAY WILKINS.
5. ELLA4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born August 18, 1869, and died July 17, 1908. She married WILLIAM A.
WINSLETT. He was born April 29, 1866, and died February 04, 1939.
More About ELLA WILKINS:
Burial: Winslett Cementery
More About WILLIAM A. WINSLETT:
Burial: Winslett Cementery
Children of ELLA WILKINS and WILLIAM WINSLETT are:
i. MOLLIE M.5 WINSLETT, b. July 10, 1895; d. February
17, 1971; m. W. C. (BILL) BECTON; b. July 12, 1880; d. January 23, 1968.
More About MOLLIE M. WINSLETT:
Burial: North Oak Groove--Millry, Al.
More About W. C. (BILL) BECTON:
Burial: North Oak Groove--Millry, Al.
ii. LILLY ANN WINSLETT.
iii. CHARLES WINSLETT.
iv. MARY ELLA WINSLETT.
v. WILLIE WINSLETT.
vi. JOHNNIE WINSLETT.
vii. NANCY WINSLETT.
viii. CATHERINE WINSLETT.
6. PHALBA E.4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was
born March 01, 1875, and died July 22, 1912. She married BEN F.
FERGUSON. He was born March 12, 1865, and died December 10, 1940.
More About PHALBA E. WILKINS:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
More About BEN F. FERGUSON:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
Children of PHALBA WILKINS and BEN FERGUSON are:
i. JOHN SAMUEL5 FERGUSON, b. January 17, 1893; d. August 13, 1973.
ii. EARLIE FERGUSON, b. February 18, 1894; d. May 07,
1969; m. MINNIE MAE; b. December 22, 1895; d. February 21, 1974.
More About EARLIE FERGUSON:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
More About MINNIE MAE:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
iii. GEORGIA FERGUSON, b. May 1895.
iv. CATHERINE E. FERGUSON, b. July 1896.
v. DANIEL W. FERGUSON, b. November 1897.
vi. ETHEL FERGUSON, b. January 1899.
vii. WORDY FERGUSON, b. February 1900.
viii. ADA FERGUSON.
ix. ALLIE FERGUSON.
x. BENJAMIN FERGUSON.
xi. OTIS FERGUSON.
xii. PHALBA FERGUSON.
xiii. NANCY FERGUSON.
7. GEORGIA ANNA4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born March 01, 1877, and died August 24, 1961. She married JAMES C.
MARTIN. He was born August 13, 1875, and died April 21, 1951.
More About GEORGIA ANNA WILKINS:
Burial: Millry Cemetery (old)
More About JAMES C. MARTIN:
Burial: Millry Cemetery (old)
Children of GEORGIA WILKINS and JAMES MARTIN are:
i. SAMUEL ARTHUR5 MARTIN, b. March 18, 1907; d. December 19, 1985; m. MARY KOSTICK; b. April 02, 1908; d. December 06, 1991.
More About SAMUEL ARTHUR MARTIN:
Burial: Millry Cemetery (old)
More About MARY KOSTICK:
Burial: Millry Cemetery (old)
ii. JAMES C. MARTIN, b. December 14, 1902; d. July 31,
1989; m. SADIE BUSH; b. September 08, 1908; d. November 06, 1966.
iii. MARY ELLA MARTIN.
iv. WILLIAM M. (WILLIE) MARTIN.
8. FANNIE4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was
born March 01, 1877. She married CHARLIE COPELAND. He was born January
25, 1880, and died September 1967.
Children of FANNIE WILKINS and CHARLIE COPELAND are:
i. GEORGIA B.5 COPELAND.
ii. MARY L. (TISHE) COPELAND.
iii. MOLLIE M. COPELAND.
9. AREBELLE W.4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born May 1879, and died 1960. She married JAMES C. SULLIVAN. He was
born 1875, and died 1935.
More About AREBELLE W. WILKINS:
Burial: Shady Grove Cemetery
More About JAMES C. SULLIVAN:
Burial: Shady Grove Cemetery
Child of AREBELLE WILKINS and JAMES SULLIVAN is:
i. NANCY C.5 SULLIVAN, b. December 25, 1903; d. July
14, 1990; m. JOHN SMITH; b. August 10, 1893; d. November 1970.
More About NANCY C. SULLIVAN:
Burial: Lucedale, Ms.
More About JOHN SMITH:
Burial: Lucedale, Ms.
10. S. J. (BUD)4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born September 16, 1881, and died July 15, 1948. He married MARGARET
TEW. She was born August 21, 1887, and died August 18, 1967.
More About S. J. (BUD) WILKINS:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
More About MARGARET TEW:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
Children of S.J. WILKINS and MARGARET TEW are:
i. HENRY5 WILKINS.
ii. VERDA J WILKINS, b. January 11, 1908; d. August 29, 1967; m. MILDRED E. POWE; d. June 24, 2000.
More About VERDA J WILKINS:
Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
iii. BILL WILKINS.
iv. HENRY FRANK WILKINS, b. May 22, 1911; d. August 22, 1912.
v. MARY LEE WILKINS, b. July 16, 1915; d. June 26, 1916.
11. ADA4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born January 29, 1882 in Millry, Al., and died October 15, 1966 in Jackson,
Al.. She married (1) MONTGOMERY VANN. He was born November 1878 in Alabama (1900 Federal Census). She married (2) JOHN W. WOOD October 14,
1908 in Buckatuna, Ms., son of ANDREW WOOD and ALICE COOPER. He was born November 23, 1887 in Koenton, Al., and died December 13, 1959 in
Millry, Al. (Shady Grove Cemetery).
More About ADA WILKINS:
Burial: Shady Groove Cemetery
Children of ADA WILKINS and MONTGOMERY VANN are:
i. HENRY (FRANK)5 VANN, b. January 17, 1901, Rayville,
La.; d. November 20, 1984; m. SUDIE WORSHAM; b. January 05, 1902; d. June 1984.
ii. HORTENSE VANN, b. June 22, 1903, Rayville, La.; d.
December 11, 1948, Birmingham, Al.; m. CLARKE M CARPENTER; b. September 04, 1895; d. March 24, 1984, Chatom, Al..
More About HORTENSE VANN:
Burial: Millry Cemetery--Millry Al.
More About CLARKE M CARPENTER:
Burial: Millry Cemetery--Millry Al.
Children of ADA WILKINS and JOHN WOOD are:
iii. JOHN EMMETT5 WOOD, b. September 09, 1909, 8 miles
West of Millry, Al.; d. May 11, 1971, Bigbee, Al. (Shady Grove Cemetery); m. CAROLYN GEORGINE ONDERDONK; b. March 24, 1916, Rutan, Al.; d.
November 26, 2000, Chatom, Al. (nursing home).
Notes for JOHN EMMETT WOOD:
John Emmett Wood, born Sept. 9, 1909, died May 11, 1971. He was born at Millry, Al., The son of John W. Wood and Ada V. Wood.
His paternal grandparents were Dr. Andrew J. and Alice Cooper Wood,
and his maternal grandparents were Samuel and Nancy Wilkins. His father, John W. Wood was the first mayor of Millry, Al. J. Emmett (as he was
best known) contributed much to the progress of the county. He
served sixteen years in the Alabama House of Representatives from Washington County, 1947-1959 and 1963-1967. While he was in the Legislature he
was instrumental (and sometimes solely responsible) in getting monies
allocated for miles and miles of blacktopped roads, telephone lines, the local hospital in
Chatom (a first for the county), the new court house in Chatom, money to
rebuild the schoolhouse that burned in Chatom, and other improvements for various schools. Due to his hard work and
continuous efforts in securing the "State Lake " at Millry, the Legislature honored him by naming it: "The J. Emmett Wood Stat e Lake." He saved the
Department of Pensions and Securities of Washington Count y from being abolished when it was left out of the state budget. He, his sister Mary, and cousin Gladys made up the
first graduating class of Millry High School. He also attended Livingston University and the University of Alabama. He served in the Navy and the Marine Corp. His
hobbies were baseball, hunting and fishing. He pitched for the Tri-County Baseball League in the 1930-1 940 period. He owned and operated an insurance agency for many
years, while in the Legisture. He was given the Sears Roebuck Award Medal for
outstanding work in conservation. He served two terms as chairman of the powerful Conservation Committee. Mr. Wood was married to the former Georgine
Onderdonk. They had one daughter, Roberta Claire. He had two sons, John Emmett Wood Jr . and Jerry T. Wood by a previous marriage. He had six
grandsons and one grand daughter. He had one brother, Aubrey Leigh Wood, two sisters Mary (Wood) Loper and Vera Belle (Killegrew) Wood; one half
sister Hortense (Vann) Carpenter an d one half brother Frank Vann.
Notes for CAROLYN GEORGINE ONDERDONK:
Georgine (Onderdonk) Wood was B. March 24, 1916 in Rutan Al. The daughter of John R. and Roberta M. Onderdonk. Her
paternal grandparents were Benjamin H. an d Orra Richardson
Onderdonk. Her
Maternal grandparents were Robert W. and Adele Hereford McMain. She served as tax collector of Washington County
from 1 950-1955, served several years as justice of the peace, and served as
judge of General Sessions Court from January 6, 1964 through May 31, 1967. She was married to the late J. Emmett Wood. They
had one daughter, Roberta Wood. Roberta is Married to Dr. Frank B.
Tatom, and they have two sons, Frank Thoma s and John Woods, and one daughter, Briana Claire. Georgine had four brot hers: John Robert, Benjimin
Hereford, Henry Pruitt, and Alonzo McMain. She has four sisters:
Orra Pauline (Parker), Marion Judson (Brown), Dorothy Adele
(Smith), and Roberta Elizabeth (Chastain).
Her grandfather, Benjamin H.( Unc le Ben to most), was the postmaster at Rutan before the
post office was built in Chatom. He also taught at the Old Grey Rock School, between
Rutan and Chatom. Uncle Ben was largely responsible for getting Dr. John Chason to settle i n Chatom. He built him a home in
Rutan, where he lived until he could build in Chatom. Her mother, Roberta (McMain) Onderdonk, was also a
teacher and also a postmaster at Rutan. Georgine was proud to have played on the
Woco-Pep basketball
team in 1934 & 1935. She attended school in Chatom.
iv. MARY A WOOD, b. April 08, 1911, 8 miles West of Millry, Al.; d. November 01, 1975, Saraland, Al. (Old Baptist Cemetery)
Millry, Al.; m. JOSEPH E. LOPER SR., February 24, 1935, Waynesboro, Ms.;
b. August 20, 1895, Loper, Al.; d. June 29, 1960, Millry, Al. (Baptist Cem Millry).
v. AUBREY LEIGH WOOD, b. March 21, 1915, 8 miles West
of Millry, Al.; d. January 26, 1917, 8 miles West of Millry, Al. (Shady Grove).
vi. VERA B. WOOD, b. February 14, 1917, 8 miles West
of Millry, Al.; m. FRANCES KILLEGREW; b. September 12, 1914, St. Augustune, Fl.; d. September 15, 1973, Birmingham, Al..
12. ALLIE4 WILKINS (SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born September 12, 1883, and died June 25, 1952. She married DEBROH VANN.
He was born December 27, 1881, and died September 04, 1953.
Children of ALLIE WILKINS and DEBROH VANN are:
i. LEATHA VANN5 VANN, b. September 30, 1902; d. October 22, 1972; m. HUBERT P. DOBY; b.
January 05, 1902; d. August 09, 1970.
ii. JOHNNIE MOSE VANN, b. March 08, 1905; d. November
27, 1974; m. HETTI LUCY BAGBY, January 19, 1932; b. August 19, 1907; d. January 22, 1995.
iii. RUBY LEE VANN, b. July 18, 1908; d. February 24,
1992; m. NOEL R. MCRAE, February 17, 1929; b. December 25, 1903; d. June 10, 1977.
iv. LOIS M. VANN, b. May 21, 1910; d. September 29, 1984; m. WILLIAM O. DYESS, January 22, 1928; b. April 13, 1908; d.
September 04, 1982.
v. WILKINS VANN, b. September 19, 1912; d. November
28, 1993; m. INA MAE HOLLINGHEAD, March 31, 1935; b. July 12, 1917; d. July 11, 1977.
vi. FULLMON VANN, b. May 20, 1914; d. February 15, 1994; m. ALICE BANCROFT; b. October 11, 1905; d. August 25, 1964.
vii. ALMA VANN, b. February 09, 1918; d. January 23, 1995; m. AMOND STOKLEY, January 09, 1936; b. November 01, 1906; d.
February 08, 1988.
viii. AULTON VANN, b. June 24, 1921; d. October 24, 1985; m. GRACE STRINGER, April 30, 1943; b. September 29, 1926.
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