Biographical Sketch of Laban Wilkinson, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Laban Wilkinson was born in Cape Girardeau County, MO., in 1816, and 
is the fourth in a family of twelve children born to James and Hannah
(Sheppard) Wilkinson, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and
Georgia, who were among the early settlers of Cape Girardeau County, 
MO.  The parents were members of the Baptist Church, and after the
death of the father the mother married a Mr. Ferguson.  The early ed-
ucation of Laban Wilkinson was that afforded by the subscription 
schools, and when about twenty years of age he began doing for himself
in the pursuit of agriculture.  In 1835 he married Martha H. Stone, 
who was born in Madison County, MO., in 1819.  They became the parents
of twelve children, of whom seven survive, viz.: Margaret, Mary A.,
Newton, Sarah, William, De Kalb and Pleasant.  Having lived in his
native county until 1841, Mr. Wilkinson removed to Crawford County, 
and located on his present farm, which consists of 682 acres.  Commen-
cing with comparatively little, industry and economy have resulted in
his prosperity, and he is now an enterprising farmer. 


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