Person:Earl Wilkinson (3)

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Earl Downing WILKINSON
b.26 Jul 1881 Troy, Davis Co., IA
d.21 Nov 1919 Polk Co., MO
m. 8 May 1878
  1. Earl Downing WILKINSON1881 - 1919
m. 26 Apr 1903
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Name Earl Downing WILKINSON
Gender Male
Birth? 26 Jul 1881 Troy, Davis Co., IA
Marriage 26 Apr 1903 Aldrich, Polk Co., MOto Nellie May GOODMAN
Death? 21 Nov 1919 Polk Co., MO
Reference Number? 177

1910 Cass Co., MO, census, p.197A, Index Twp., Garden City, May 5, 1910, R.E. Curran: 315/315, EARL D. WILKINSON, head, M W 28, md. 7 yrs., IA IN OH, laborer, printer; Nellie M., wife, F W 27, mother of 3 children, 3 living, MO -- TX; Mida I., dau, F W 5, MO IA MO; Curtis H., son, M W 3, MO IA MO; Golda Lee, dau, F W 1-5/12, MO IA MO.

Family tradition has that Earl published the Fair Play Advocate, Fair Play, Polk Co., MO, ca. 1910-1914.

1918 Sept. 12, Bolivar, Polk Co., MO: Earl Downing Wilkinson, age 37, Fair Play, Polk Co., MO, medium height & build, grey eyes, brown hair, b. July 26, 1881, railroading, K.C.C.S., Fair Play, Polk Co., MO, nearest relative, Nellie May Wilkinson, Fair Play, Polk Co., MO. --World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com)

1919 Nov. 21, Earl D. Wilkinson, clerk in depot, married, died in Fair Play, Polk Co., MO; b. July 26, 1881, Troy, Iowa, son of Moses Wilkinson, b. New Town, Indiana, and Angeline Downing, b. Locust Grove, OH; informant, Nell Wilkinson; buried Akord Cemetery, Nov. 22, 1919. --Missouri Certificate of Death #41482a, http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/

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Additional details from WILKINSON contributor, Lucille Gano <lgano@@netins.net>, e-mail, May 28, 2001, to Deborah Barker.