Indiana County PA Archives Obituaries.....Wilkinson, George D.  October 1, 1902
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The Indiana Democrat, October 8, 1902
George Wilkinson, one of the oldest citizens of Indiana county, died at his 
residence last Wednesday morning, Oct. 1st, aged 87 years, 4 months and 23 
days. Among the oldest men of Blairsville, highly esteemed by all who know him, 
and well performing the duties of good citizenship, a Lieutenant-Colonel George 
Wilkinson, one of the few remaining officers of the old Uniformed Militia of 
Pennsylvania. He was born on his father’s farm in what is now the suburbs of 
Scranton, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1815, and is a son of Mott 
and Phoebe (Freeman) Wilkinson. Mott Wilkinson was born in Hartford, 
Connecticut, in 1760, and served in the Revolution under his uncle, Capt. 
Daniel Lawrence. In 1820 he came to Blacklick twp., this county, where he 
followed farming for eight years and then removed to Bairdstown, in Derry 
township, Westmoreland county, at which place he died on December 4, 1856, when 
lacking but four years of being a centenarian, George Wilkinson was reared on 
his father’s Indiana county farm and at Blairsville. He received his education 
in the subscription schools of his day and learned the trade of stone-mason and 
bricklayer which he followed for three years. He then began contracting, in 
which business he was actively engaged until a few years ago. In 1835 he 
married Mary Ann Geer, daughter of James Geer, of Indiana county. In 1843 Mrs. 
Wilkinson died, leaving one son Albert, who is also dead. In 1844 Mr. Wilkinson 
remarried, his second wife being Nancy J. Brown, of Indiana county, and who has 
borne him five children, of whom four are living: Gimore [Gilmore], Charles, 
Freeman and Elizabeth, wife of Delos Hetrick, who is a druggist of this place. 
Col. Wilkinson is a charter member of Lodge No. 436, Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, which was organized thirty years ago. He was an earnest Methodist. 
Funeral Friday at 2 o’clock.”

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