Date: Tuesday, June 8, 1943
Paper: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Page: 6
James Wilkinson, Leading Attorney, Dies in Orleans
June 7
James Wilkinson, 87, believed to the oldest member of the Louisiana bar, died here this afternoon following an illness of several months.
Wilkinson was one of the few remaining survivors of the White league, which fought to drive carpet-baggers out of the city in 1874. At the time of his death he was associate general counsel of the Orleans Levee Board.
Born March 8, 1856, at Riverside plantation in Plaquemine parish, Wilkinson was the great grandson of Gen James Wilkinson, one of two commissioners appointed by President Thomas Jefferson to receive the territory of Louisiana from the government of France in 1803.
Despite his age, Wilkinson was actively engaged, in the practice of law until six months ago. For many years he was a vice-president and member of the executive committee of the Louisiana Historical Society.
He studied law at the old Louisiana university, predecessor of Tulane University, receiving his diploma there, and was admitted to the state bar in 1881.
For many years Wilkinson was a recognized legal authority on matters pertaining to flood control, and wrote much of the legislation under which Pontchartrain lake front improvement, the Industrial canal, the Bohemia spillway and other similar projects were organized.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 4 p.m. from the P. J. McMahan & Sons funeral home, followed by interment in the Garden of Memories cemetery.
Wilkinson's immediate survivors are three children, James Wilkinson, Jr, and Hugh M Wilkinson, both of New Orleans, and Mrs Walter E Dawes of Keesler Field, Miss.
He is survived also by six grandchildren, Lieutenant Hugh M Wilkinson, Jr, United States Naval Reserve; Aviation Cadet James Wilkinson III; Mrs. Leila Wilkinson Scheyd; Miss Shiela Bosworth Wilkinson; John Wilkinson; and James Wilkinson Dawes; and one great grandchild.
Paper: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Page: 6
James Wilkinson, Leading Attorney, Dies in Orleans
June 7
James Wilkinson, 87, believed to the oldest member of the Louisiana bar, died here this afternoon following an illness of several months.
Wilkinson was one of the few remaining survivors of the White league, which fought to drive carpet-baggers out of the city in 1874. At the time of his death he was associate general counsel of the Orleans Levee Board.
Born March 8, 1856, at Riverside plantation in Plaquemine parish, Wilkinson was the great grandson of Gen James Wilkinson, one of two commissioners appointed by President Thomas Jefferson to receive the territory of Louisiana from the government of France in 1803.
Despite his age, Wilkinson was actively engaged, in the practice of law until six months ago. For many years he was a vice-president and member of the executive committee of the Louisiana Historical Society.
He studied law at the old Louisiana university, predecessor of Tulane University, receiving his diploma there, and was admitted to the state bar in 1881.
For many years Wilkinson was a recognized legal authority on matters pertaining to flood control, and wrote much of the legislation under which Pontchartrain lake front improvement, the Industrial canal, the Bohemia spillway and other similar projects were organized.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 4 p.m. from the P. J. McMahan & Sons funeral home, followed by interment in the Garden of Memories cemetery.
Wilkinson's immediate survivors are three children, James Wilkinson, Jr, and Hugh M Wilkinson, both of New Orleans, and Mrs Walter E Dawes of Keesler Field, Miss.
He is survived also by six grandchildren, Lieutenant Hugh M Wilkinson, Jr, United States Naval Reserve; Aviation Cadet James Wilkinson III; Mrs. Leila Wilkinson Scheyd; Miss Shiela Bosworth Wilkinson; John Wilkinson; and James Wilkinson Dawes; and one great grandchild.
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 1943
Paper: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Page: 6
James Wilkinson, Leading Attorney, Dies in Orleans
June 7
James Wilkinson, 87, believed to the oldest member of the Louisiana bar, died here this afternoon following an illness of several months.
Wilkinson was one of the few remaining survivors of the White league, which fought to drive carpet-baggers out of the city in 1874. At the time of his death he was associate general counsel of the Orleans Levee Board.
Born March 8, 1856, at Riverside plantation in Plaquemine parish, Wilkinson was the great grandson of Gen James Wilkinson, one of two commissioners appointed by President Thomas Jefferson to receive the territory of Louisiana from the government of France in 1803.
Despite his age, Wilkinson was actively engaged, in the practice of law until six months ago. For many years he was a vice-president and member of the executive committee of the Louisiana Historical Society.
He studied law at the old Louisiana university, predecessor of Tulane University, receiving his diploma there, and was admitted to the state bar in 1881.
For many years Wilkinson was a recognized legal authority on matters pertaining to flood control, and wrote much of the legislation under which Pontchartrain lake front improvement, the Industrial canal, the Bohemia spillway and other similar projects were organized.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 4 p.m. from the P. J. McMahan & Sons funeral home, followed by interment in the Garden of Memories cemetery.
Wilkinson's immediate survivors are three children, James Wilkinson, Jr, and Hugh M Wilkinson, both of New Orleans, and Mrs Walter E Dawes of Keesler Field, Miss.
He is survived also by six grandchildren, Lieutenant Hugh M Wilkinson, Jr, United States Naval Reserve; Aviation Cadet James Wilkinson III; Mrs. Leila Wilkinson Scheyd; Miss Shiela Bosworth Wilkinson; John Wilkinson; and James Wilkinson Dawes; and one great grandchild.
Paper: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Page: 6
James Wilkinson, Leading Attorney, Dies in Orleans
June 7
James Wilkinson, 87, believed to the oldest member of the Louisiana bar, died here this afternoon following an illness of several months.
Wilkinson was one of the few remaining survivors of the White league, which fought to drive carpet-baggers out of the city in 1874. At the time of his death he was associate general counsel of the Orleans Levee Board.
Born March 8, 1856, at Riverside plantation in Plaquemine parish, Wilkinson was the great grandson of Gen James Wilkinson, one of two commissioners appointed by President Thomas Jefferson to receive the territory of Louisiana from the government of France in 1803.
Despite his age, Wilkinson was actively engaged, in the practice of law until six months ago. For many years he was a vice-president and member of the executive committee of the Louisiana Historical Society.
He studied law at the old Louisiana university, predecessor of Tulane University, receiving his diploma there, and was admitted to the state bar in 1881.
For many years Wilkinson was a recognized legal authority on matters pertaining to flood control, and wrote much of the legislation under which Pontchartrain lake front improvement, the Industrial canal, the Bohemia spillway and other similar projects were organized.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 4 p.m. from the P. J. McMahan & Sons funeral home, followed by interment in the Garden of Memories cemetery.
Wilkinson's immediate survivors are three children, James Wilkinson, Jr, and Hugh M Wilkinson, both of New Orleans, and Mrs Walter E Dawes of Keesler Field, Miss.
He is survived also by six grandchildren, Lieutenant Hugh M Wilkinson, Jr, United States Naval Reserve; Aviation Cadet James Wilkinson III; Mrs. Leila Wilkinson Scheyd; Miss Shiela Bosworth Wilkinson; John Wilkinson; and James Wilkinson Dawes; and one great grandchild.
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