BIBLE RECORD - JOHN HALL WILKINS - Smith County, Texas ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** Bible record copied June 9, 1977 and submitted to the East Texas Genealogical Socitey by John W. Wilkins, Gladewater, Texas 75647, who has this Bible which be­longed to his grandfather, John Hall Wilkins. Self-Pronouncing Edition, The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Publishing Co., (no date). "J. H. Wilkins Book - Bought August 1911" (written on back fly leaf) FAMILY RECORD PARENTS' NAMES HUSBAND John Hall Wilkins BORN February 26, 1869 WIFE Fannie Estell Barron BORN September 5, 1872 MARRIED Mr. J. H. Wilkins and Miss F. E. Barron was joined together in Holy Matrimony by Rev. Tully Choice on the 25th day of January 1890 CHILDREN'S NAMES MARRIAGES Tennie Rae Wilkins, born March 10, 1891 July 5, 1908 to Willie Causey Georgia Mae Wilkins, born Nov. 10, 1892 Dec. 24, 1911 to Melvin Bradshaw Johnnie Ferrell Wilkins, born April 16, 1895 Charlie Gay Wilkins, born Sept. 5, 1896 June 14, 1919 to Ila Smith Emmett Pearson Wilkins, born Oct. 15, 1898 June 15, 1924 to Beulah West Lewis Langley Wilkins, born Nov. 16, 1900 Apr. 20, 1935 to Ann DeMauri Lena Belle Wilkins, born Sept. 25, 1900 Aug. 6, 1922 to Sidney Hanson Ned Morris Gains Wilkins, born Oct. 31, 1906 March 14, 1925 to Mary Wimberly DEATHS Johnnie Ferrell Wilkins Sept. 22, 1895 John Hall Wilkins Feb. 10, 1918 Fannie Estelle Wilkins Aug. 30, 1949 Ned Morris Gains Wilkins Oct. 4, 1949 Georgia Mae Curry January 4, 1969 Lewis L. Wilkins May 3, 1972 Charlie Gay Wilkins Oct 19, 1972 Emmett Pearson Wilkins Aug. 14, 1977 JOHN HALL WILKINS FAMILY John Hall Wilkins, son of John Hall and Tennessee (Holt) Wilkins, was born February 26, 1869, in Rusk County (now Gregg) north of Rabbit Creek near preeent Kilgore. His father, a native of Hancock County, Georgia, had moved from Chambers County, Alabama, in 1852. Frances Estelle Barron, daughter of Isaac Newton and Georgia Ann (Wright) Barron, was born September 5, 1872 in Smith County. Her parents had moved to Smith County in 1869 from Montgomery County, Alabama. John Hall Wilkins, who was a farmer, lived with his family in the Sabine community (now Liberty City) in Gregg County where he was a member of the McCary's Chapel Methodist Church. His wife was a member of the Joy Baptist Church. Two sons became ministers-- Emmett Pearson (United Pentecostal) and Lewis Langley (Southern Presbyterian). John Hall and Frances Estelle (Barron) Wilkins are buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery near Kilgore, Texas, as are three of the sons, Charlie Gay, Lewis Langley, and Ned Morris Gains. Johnnie Ferrell is buried in the Barron plot at New Harmony Cemetery near Tyler, Texas. Georgia Mae is buried in Port Arthur, Texas, and Emmett Pearson, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, their places of residence for many years. John W. Wilkins Gladewater, Texas 75647 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Made available to the USGenWeb Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 Submitted 4 May 2000 by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net