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Mary Jane "Jennie" Steele Wilkes

23 Oct 1853 – 23 Jul 1934

Birth	23 Oct 1853
Death	23 Jul 1934
Cemetery	Mars Hill Cemetery Marshall County , Tennessee , USA
Added by	Ron Johnson on 23 Nov 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128352811

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An Ancestry.com Family Tree has Mary Jane Steele, born 23 Oct 1853 to Aaron X Steele and Martha Lavonda Edmondson, married Charles Richard Wilkes on 26 Dec 1874 in Marshall County, TN, died 23 Jul 1934 in Giles County, TN. -- 1850 Census, taken 6 Nov 1850, has Aaron Steele, 29, farmer, married to Elizabeth, 34, living in 10th Civil District, Giles County, TN. Children are: Franklin, m, 9; Mary, f, 4; and Frances, f, 2. Tennessee Marriage Records have C R Wilkes married Jennie Steel on 23 Dec 1874 in Marshall County. 1880 Census, taken 17 Jun 1880, has Charles Wilkes, 28, farmer, married to Jennie, 25, living in 17th Civil District, Marshall County, TN. Children are: Amelia, f, 11, and Perry, m, 1. 1910 Census, taken 30 Apr 1910, has Charlie R Wilkes, 58, farmer on a general farm, married for 38 years to Mary J, 56, who's had 8 children with 7 surviving, living in Lynnville, Giles County, TN. Children are: Virgil L, m, 25, farmer on a general farm, and Fannie, f, 17. Also in the household are: granddaughter Velera, 9, and grandson Lester G, 6. 1920 Census, taken 19 Jan 1920, has Charles Wilkes, 68, farmer on a general farm, married to Mary, 66, living in 15th Civil District, Giles County, TN. Also in the household are: granddaughter Lera, 19, and grandson Garland, 16. 1930 Census, taken 4 Apr 1930, has Charles Wilkes, 78, married at 22 to Jenny, 76, married at 20, living in 15th Civil District, Giles County, TN. Also in the household is grandson Garland, 25, farmer on a general farm. Tennessee Death Certificate has Mary Jane Wilkes, born 23 Oct 1853 to Aaron Steele and Martha Edmondson, both born in TN, widowed of C R Wilkes, died 23 Jul 1934 in Giles County, TN at age 80y 9m due to apoplexy. Buried 24 Jul 1934 in Mars Hill Cemetery. Informant was Johnnie Lawrence of Cornersville, Marshall County, TN.

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Family

Parents

• Aaron X Steele 1818–1910
• Martha Lavonda Edmondson Steele 1833–1924

Spouse

• Charles Richard Wilkes 1851–1932 FaG

Siblings

• Sarah Alice Steele McMahon 1856–1939
• Thomas J Steele 1858–1942
• Joseph Wesley Steele 1871–1946

Children

• Alice Velma Wilkes Wilkes 1883–1916 FaG
• Johnnie Wilkes Lowrance 1887–1943 FaG
• Katie Wilkes 1890–1903 FaG
• Fannie Wilma Wilkes Gardner 1892–1953 FaG

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