Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Wilkin, H. O. 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  H. O. WILKIN, Robinson, was born in Crawford County, Ill., and was educated
mostly in the common schools, attending for a time the high school at Marshall.
In 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which,
regiment formed a part of the Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the
battles of Stone River, Hartsville, Chickamauga, and in the Atlanta campaign.
After leaving the army, he came to Robinson (in 1865), and engaged in clerking
for Haskett Brothers, which he followed eight years, when he went into the
grocery business with. S. B. Allen. He afterward sold out and went to Minnesota,
remaining a year, when he returned and bought an interest in a mill; continuing
in the milling business three years, he sold out and engaged in farming. He
bought a farm which he operated for some three years and which he still owns. He
again went into the grocery business (firm Wilkin & Callagan), but in December,
1882, sold out. Mr. Wilkin was married August 31, 1869, to Miss Sarah E. King,
of Robinson, a daughter of Ira King. They have three children living - Ralph,
Anna and Ira-and one dead, viz., Lelia.

Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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