James Sessoms Wilkes

1832 - 1898  (65 years)

• Name	James Sessoms Wilkes
  Born	10 Sep 1832	Hardeman Co., Tn.
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jan 1898	Madison Co., Tn.
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Buried	Hays Cem., Mercer, Tn.
  Person ID	I52630	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wilkes, Rev.,   b. 23 Apr 1797, Brunswick Co., Va. ,   d. 02 Aug 1856, Hardeman Co., Tn.  (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Rutha Jane Sessoms,   b. of Hardeman Co., Tn
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Humphreys Co., Tn.
  Family ID	F23723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Laura Fannie Doyle,   b. of Hardeman Co., Tn
  Married	23 Aug 1854	Hardeman Co., Tn.
  Children	1. Ada E. Wilkes,   b. Hardeman Co., Tn.  [Natural]   2. James B Wilkes, Jim,   b. Hardeman Co., Tn.  [Natural]   3. James Perry Wilkes,   b. Hardeman Co., Tn.  [Natural]   4. Laura Frances Wilkes, Fannie,   b. Hardeman Co., Tn.  [Natural]   5. Theodore D. Wilkes,   b. Hardeman Co., Tn.  [Natural]   6. Thomas Newsom Wilkes, Rev.,   b. 05 Nov 1858, Whiteville, Hardeman Co., Tn. ,   d. 16 Jul 1942, Alamo, Tn.  (Age 83 years)  [Natural]   7. Charles Neely Wilkes,   b. 13 Mar 1869, Hardeman Co., Tn. ,   d. 13 Jan 1957, Memphis, Tn.  (Age 87 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F23809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Josephine Hayes,   b. of Tn
  Married	Tn.
  Children	1. Ermon Wilkes,   b. Madison Co., Tn.  [Natural]   2. Elbert Hays Wilkes,   b. 07 Oct 1878, Madison Co., Tn. ,   d. Little Rock, Ark.  [Natural]   3. William Norman Wilkes, Billy,   b. 21 Jul 1885, Mercer, Madison Co., Tn. ,   d. Woodruff Co., Ark.  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F23808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He enlisted in the Confederate Army under General Forrest and served most of the time west of the Mississippi River in the 32nd. Arkansas Infantry, Co. A. This Company participated in various battles in Ark. On one occasion he sustained a flesh wound, but recovered and was at the front throughout the period of hostilities, serving for four years. He was captured at Helena and was held a prisoner of war there. With the close of the Civil War, he again took up farming in TN. and died in 1898. He is buried near Old Hatchie at Toone Station, Haywood Co., TN. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a Democrat. He belonged to the Masonic Fraternity, and took an active interest in its work. He served as Master of the Mercer Masonic Lodge #740, which was originally chartered in 1832.