Contact: lesjud@modempool.comResin Wilkins b. 4/8/1824 in Belmont County, OH, d. 11/17/1895 in Des Moines IA.
Parents: Robert and Eliza (Holmes) Wilkins.
Resin left OH in the fall of 1846 and moved to New Orleans, LA. The following Spring (1846) he moved to Des Moines, Iowa. Married: Martha Jane Henderson, 7/5/1849. On 11/1/1861 he enlisted in: Company B, Fifteenth regiment Iowa volunteers. Left military in 1863 as a second-lieutenant.
He owned a 153 acre farm in the country outside of Des Moines, and owned a house and lot on the East side in the City of Des Moines. He and Martha had 9 children. Known at this time: Eliza E., (who married Jerome Thornton and lived in Audobon County, Iowa), Will R., (who also lived in Audobon County), Robert H., (who lived in Nebraska), and Charles Calvin, b. 11/22/1872 in Des Moines, d. 4/25/1960 In LA., CA. (See previous listing).
Trying to find other siblings, dob for parents, their roots, etc. Any help with this family would be greatly appreciated.
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