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Surnames: Wolford Wilks Wilkes
Classification: Query
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Sarah Wilks was born 1850 in Indiana, married John Wolford, moved to Nebraska after the
Civil War, died 1918.
Sarah has been illusive. Her parents do not appear in any Tipton County census and her
own census replies state she was born in Tipton County. (State records back then did not
require a birth certificate) The name is sometimes spelled as Wilkes.
The 1900 Nebraska census states her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother was
born in Kentucky. A newspaper article leads to the idea she was orphaned and raised in
the house of Julia (Wolford) and William Wimer. Perhaps that is where John met her.
Anyone heard of the Indiana Wilks family?