To document Mary Ann's maiden name Hooper:
Marriage license dated: 1 Mar 1860 in Robertson, Tennessee, for W. F. Wilks and Mary Ann Hooper. signed by H.L. Covington, JP of Robertson Cty, Tn.
Birth records of children:
Annie Wilks birth: W.F. Wilks and Hooper
William Francis: Graves County, July 27, 1876 (death SS record says Aug 12), William Wilks, M. A. Hooper
Daughter: Malvina M. Wilks - This child's name is significant to linking Mary Ann to the Hooper family (I.N. Hooper, Maria/h Hurt with children: Mary Ann, Malvina, F.M. (or Tommy). Mary Ann Hooper's sister name was Malvina AKA Mallie who may have married George T. Hurt. This unusual name is added evidence to Mary Ann Wilks maiden name as Hooper.
Death records of children:
Henry Etta (Henrietta) born in Graves, Ky, father: Wm F Wilks, mother: Mary Ann Hooper (note: informant on this dc is brother Roy Wilkes - giving his mother's maiden name as Hooper.
Annie Wilks Wyman born in Ky, father W. F. Wilkes, mother Hooper
------------------------More documents for maiden name will be added. One family record documents Mary Ann's maiden name as Baucum however other than this one document which seems to be filled out in the 1960's from the memory of a wife of a son or grandson of Roy Wilks, no other documents mentioning maiden name Baucum can be located by this researcher.
Mary Ann Hooper Wilks died in 1898, 4 years after Louisa M WIlks Justis died, and 6 years before another daughter: Lillian Wilks Covington died in 1904.
Probable Haplogroup: H1au1a
(Based on MTDNA by great great grand-daughter)
Death Notice from Mayfield newspaper:
"2 Feb. 1898; The wife of Mr. W. F. Wilks of the Dublin section died yesterday of dropsy at the age of about 53 years. Left a husband and five children, burial at Dublin."
PARENTS:
Isaac Newton (I.N.) Hooper
1805 VA or Tn - July 1856 Robertson, Tn
Mariah Louisa Hurt
daut of Philip Hurt and Polly Allen
1825 - death unk Robertson or Dyersburg, Tn
SIBLINGS
Malvina Hooper (married George T Hurt - died in Newborn, Dyer County, Tn in 1917)
F.M. Hooper - I believe Frank Hooper married Laura Vildilva True - the True family living nearby and friends of the Hooper family in Kentucky. He died, I believe in north Texas near 1900.
To document Mary Ann's maiden name Hooper:
Marriage license dated: 1 Mar 1860 in Robertson, Tennessee, for W. F. Wilks and Mary Ann Hooper. signed by H.L. Covington, JP of Robertson Cty, Tn.
Birth records of children:
Annie Wilks birth: W.F. Wilks and Hooper
William Francis: Graves County, July 27, 1876 (death SS record says Aug 12), William Wilks, M. A. Hooper
Daughter: Malvina M. Wilks - This child's name is significant to linking Mary Ann to the Hooper family (I.N. Hooper, Maria/h Hurt with children: Mary Ann, Malvina, F.M. (or Tommy). Mary Ann Hooper's sister name was Malvina AKA Mallie who may have married George T. Hurt. This unusual name is added evidence to Mary Ann Wilks maiden name as Hooper.
Death records of children:
Henry Etta (Henrietta) born in Graves, Ky, father: Wm F Wilks, mother: Mary Ann Hooper (note: informant on this dc is brother Roy Wilkes - giving his mother's maiden name as Hooper.
Annie Wilks Wyman born in Ky, father W. F. Wilkes, mother Hooper
------------------------More documents for maiden name will be added. One family record documents Mary Ann's maiden name as Baucum however other than this one document which seems to be filled out in the 1960's from the memory of a wife of a son or grandson of Roy Wilks, no other documents mentioning maiden name Baucum can be located by this researcher.
Mary Ann Hooper Wilks died in 1898, 4 years after Louisa M WIlks Justis died, and 6 years before another daughter: Lillian Wilks Covington died in 1904.
Probable Haplogroup: H1au1a
(Based on MTDNA by great great grand-daughter)
Death Notice from Mayfield newspaper:
"2 Feb. 1898; The wife of Mr. W. F. Wilks of the Dublin section died yesterday of dropsy at the age of about 53 years. Left a husband and five children, burial at Dublin."
PARENTS:
Isaac Newton (I.N.) Hooper
1805 VA or Tn - July 1856 Robertson, Tn
Mariah Louisa Hurt
daut of Philip Hurt and Polly Allen
1825 - death unk Robertson or Dyersburg, Tn
SIBLINGS
Malvina Hooper (married George T Hurt - died in Newborn, Dyer County, Tn in 1917)
F.M. Hooper - I believe Frank Hooper married Laura Vildilva True - the True family living nearby and friends of the Hooper family in Kentucky. He died, I believe in north Texas near 1900.
Inscription
Mary A.
Wife of W.F. Wilks
Died Feb 1 1898
Age 53Y, 2M, 7D
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