TATTNALL COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Butler Wilkes

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 862
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


TATTNALL COUNTY


Butler Wilkes, farmer and merchant, Lyons, was born Dec. 19,
1849, in Montgomery county, Ga., and was taken to Tattnall
county by his parents when he was an infant.  There he was
reared to manhood, receiving his education in the common
schools of Tattnall, and beginning life as a farmer.  He was a
son of John and Catharine Wilkes, of Montgomery county.  The
father was born in Robeson County, N.C., and the mother in
Georgia.  They were married in 1835, and to the union were born
the following children: Martha, deceased; Jacob; Elizabeth;
Duncan; Butler; Catharine; Mary Jane; Thomas; and Frank,
deceased.  They all live in Tattnall and Montgomery counties,
except Thomas, who lives in Florida.  Butler Wilkes married
Miss Sallie Harden, of Tattnall county, Oct. 8, 1890, and has
two children - Frank, born Dec. 3, 1891; and the baby, born
Jan. 6, 1893.  Mr. Wilkes is one of the old residents of
Tattnall, and is prominent among the leading business men of
the county.  He has all his lifetime been actively engaged in
developing the resources of the county, and takes much interest
in the advancement of the state.