William Reeves Wilkinson was likely the first of three sons born to William Wilkinson (c.1793-7 Jan. 1870) and his first wife Lucy Reeves (1790s-1820) who were married in Rowan County, NC in 1814. William apparently was living with his two brothers in Mecklenburg Co. in 1840, and there he married Mary Amanda DeWeese (1824-1851) in 1841. Around 1845, they moved to Marion, McDowell County, NC, where William was listed on the 1850 census as a boot maker, with an apprentice shoemaker living in his household.
William and Mary Amanda had six children: Edward Wilkinson (born & died in 1842, buried at Ramah Presbyterian Church, Meck. Co.), William Wilkinson (c.1843, m. Nancy Chaney, went to Tennessee), Julia Wilkinson (c.1844-1887, m. Henry Michael Winecoff), Mary Adeline Wilkinson (1846-1906, m. John Andrew Field), John Wilkinson (c.1848), and Margaret Wilkinson (c.1850).
After Mary Amanda's death, William apparently returned to Mecklenburg County, where he married her younger sister, Nancy Adeline DeWeese (1827-1862) in 1852. They had three daughters, all born in South Carolina: Emily Wilkinson (c.1854), Lucy A. Wilkinson (1855-1936, m. James Morrison Irvin) and Cornelia Reeves Wilkinson (1857-1933, m. Victor Brent Turbyfill, 2nd m. John Thomas Barber).
By 1860, William had apparently died, and Nancy Adeline was living in Gaston Co., NC, with her widowed mother, her sister's 5 surviving children and her three daughters. I presume William died in Lancaster Co., SC, as that is where his father was living in 1860.
William and Mary Amanda had six children: Edward Wilkinson (born & died in 1842, buried at Ramah Presbyterian Church, Meck. Co.), William Wilkinson (c.1843, m. Nancy Chaney, went to Tennessee), Julia Wilkinson (c.1844-1887, m. Henry Michael Winecoff), Mary Adeline Wilkinson (1846-1906, m. John Andrew Field), John Wilkinson (c.1848), and Margaret Wilkinson (c.1850).
After Mary Amanda's death, William apparently returned to Mecklenburg County, where he married her younger sister, Nancy Adeline DeWeese (1827-1862) in 1852. They had three daughters, all born in South Carolina: Emily Wilkinson (c.1854), Lucy A. Wilkinson (1855-1936, m. James Morrison Irvin) and Cornelia Reeves Wilkinson (1857-1933, m. Victor Brent Turbyfill, 2nd m. John Thomas Barber).
By 1860, William had apparently died, and Nancy Adeline was living in Gaston Co., NC, with her widowed mother, her sister's 5 surviving children and her three daughters. I presume William died in Lancaster Co., SC, as that is where his father was living in 1860.
William Reeves Wilkinson was likely the first of three sons born to William Wilkinson (c.1793-7 Jan. 1870) and his first wife Lucy Reeves (1790s-1820) who were married in Rowan County, NC in 1814. William apparently was living with his two brothers in Mecklenburg Co. in 1840, and there he married Mary Amanda DeWeese (1824-1851) in 1841. Around 1845, they moved to Marion, McDowell County, NC, where William was listed on the 1850 census as a boot maker, with an apprentice shoemaker living in his household.
William and Mary Amanda had six children: Edward Wilkinson (born & died in 1842, buried at Ramah Presbyterian Church, Meck. Co.), William Wilkinson (c.1843, m. Nancy Chaney, went to Tennessee), Julia Wilkinson (c.1844-1887, m. Henry Michael Winecoff), Mary Adeline Wilkinson (1846-1906, m. John Andrew Field), John Wilkinson (c.1848), and Margaret Wilkinson (c.1850).
After Mary Amanda's death, William apparently returned to Mecklenburg County, where he married her younger sister, Nancy Adeline DeWeese (1827-1862) in 1852. They had three daughters, all born in South Carolina: Emily Wilkinson (c.1854), Lucy A. Wilkinson (1855-1936, m. James Morrison Irvin) and Cornelia Reeves Wilkinson (1857-1933, m. Victor Brent Turbyfill, 2nd m. John Thomas Barber).
By 1860, William had apparently died, and Nancy Adeline was living in Gaston Co., NC, with her widowed mother, her sister's 5 surviving children and her three daughters. I presume William died in Lancaster Co., SC, as that is where his father was living in 1860.
William and Mary Amanda had six children: Edward Wilkinson (born & died in 1842, buried at Ramah Presbyterian Church, Meck. Co.), William Wilkinson (c.1843, m. Nancy Chaney, went to Tennessee), Julia Wilkinson (c.1844-1887, m. Henry Michael Winecoff), Mary Adeline Wilkinson (1846-1906, m. John Andrew Field), John Wilkinson (c.1848), and Margaret Wilkinson (c.1850).
After Mary Amanda's death, William apparently returned to Mecklenburg County, where he married her younger sister, Nancy Adeline DeWeese (1827-1862) in 1852. They had three daughters, all born in South Carolina: Emily Wilkinson (c.1854), Lucy A. Wilkinson (1855-1936, m. James Morrison Irvin) and Cornelia Reeves Wilkinson (1857-1933, m. Victor Brent Turbyfill, 2nd m. John Thomas Barber).
By 1860, William had apparently died, and Nancy Adeline was living in Gaston Co., NC, with her widowed mother, her sister's 5 surviving children and her three daughters. I presume William died in Lancaster Co., SC, as that is where his father was living in 1860.
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