Carroll-Cass County IN Archives Biographies.....Wilkinson, John 1852 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN WILKINSON.

   A man's reputation is the property of the world, since the laws of nature
have forbidden isolation. Every human being either submits to the controlling
influence of others or wields an influence which touches, controls, guides and
affects the actions of those with whom he comes into contact. The reputation of
John Wilkinson, a well-known real estate and insurance dealer of Flora, Indiana,
and the proprietor of a loan business, not only is unassailable, but his life is
a model of uprightness and integrity.

   Mr. Wilkinson is a native of Cass county, Indiana, born on September 14,
1852. His parents were Elias and Jane (Simmons) Wilkinson, the former of whom
was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, November 9, 1811, and the latter in Ohio.
When he was a young man, Elias Wilkinson immigrated from Virginia to Ohio, where
he was married. After his marriage he arid his bride came to Carroll county,
Indiana, settling here about 1830. He entered land in, Rock Creek township and
here he and his wife lived for many years. Subsequently, however, they moved to
Cass county, Indiana, near Logansport, where he lived until the time of his
death. He was a member of the Methodist church, a class leader and
superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a Republican in politics. Elias
Wilkinson died in July, 1878, and his wife six years previously, in 1872. They
were the parents of six children, of whom only two, Elizabeth, the wife of
Joseph St. Clair, of Logansport, Indiana, and John, the subject of this sketch,
are living. The deceased children are: Isaac, who gave up his life in defense of
his country during the great Civil War; Nancy, the wife of Joseph McGuire; Mary,
the wife of William McGuire, and Dama, the wife of William Howell.

   John Wilkinson was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of
Cass county. He lived at home with his parents until attaining his majority. At
that time he started in life without the aid of wealthy friends and without
money of his own.

   On September 21, 1876, when he was twenty-three years old, John Wilkinson was
married to Lillie B. Moore, a native of Carroll county, Indiana, born on March
27, 1852, and the daughter of Alex Moore. After their marriage, Mr. Wilkinson
rented his father's farm for some years. In 1896 he came to Flora, Indiana, and
engaged in the real-estate and insurance business. He has been very successful
and enjoys a large patronage in Carroll county.

   Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson have been the parents of two children, Zua M., the
wife of Bern Gerard, of Deer Creek township, and Jesse L., a graduate of the
Flora high school and of Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa. He is a minister
in the Christian church and is now located at Glasgow, Montana.

   John Wilkinson is a member of the Masonic lodge at Camden and a Republican in
politics. He and his wife are members of the First Christian church at Flora.
Both are regular attendants and liberal supporters of the Christian church.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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