Hiram S. WILKINSON & Sarah CORBIN

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Hiram S. WILKINSON
Sarah CORBIN

Please Note: secondary sources are mixing up our subjects with two other WILKINSON families, one of Scott Co., MS — our subjects were never in Mississippi — the other James & Mariah WILKINSON of Greene Co., OH. These are three different families.

Husband: Hiram S. WILKINSON
Birth: 15 Nov 1820 or 1821/2, VA [now WV]
Death: 24 Jul 1901, Salem, Harrison Co., WV
Occupation: blacksmith
Father: Joseph WILKINSON (1788-1862)
Mother: Rachel SHINN (1792-1874)

Marriage: 28 Aug 1843, Harrison Co., VA [now WV]

Wife: Sarah "Sallie / Sally" CORBIN
Birth: 16 Feb 1820, Booth Creek, Taylor Co., VA [now WV]
Death: Dec 1902, Salem, Harrison Co., WV
Occupation: homemaker
Father: John Wesley CORBIN
Mother: Rebecca Ann WILLIAMS

Children:

— born in Harrison or Taylor Co., VA [now WV]:
1. Cecelia / Celia Elizabeth WILKINSON, b. 11 Jul 1844; d. 8 Oct 1912, Ross Co., OH; m. Enoch Fenton ELIFRITZ (1841-1911)
2. Eusebius / Eucebius / Eucebus Loman WILKINSON, b. 1845/6; d. 17 Mar 1920, IN; m. Elizabeth J. DANNER (1847-1923)
3. (Child) WILKINSON, b. ca. 1848; died young
4. Mary M. WILKINSON, b. 1850; m. Andrew Jackson PRITCHARD (c1846- ); of Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV

— born in Taylor or Ritchie Co., VA [now WV]:
5. Rachel A. WILKINSON, b. 1851/2; m. William A. CHILDRES / CHILDERS; of Salem, Harrison Co., WV
6. Frances Alice WILKINSON, b. 1853/4; m. Benjamin Jackson CROUSER (1860-1906), of Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV
7. Benjamin Franklin WILKINSON, b. 13 May 1855/56; d. 18 Feb 1925, Ritchie Co., WV; m. Eliza A. TONGE (1865-1935)
8. Daniel B. WILKINSON, b. 26 May 1858; d. 7 Apr 1931, Columbiana Co., OH; m. Katherine Lydia "Kate" FITTRO (1863- )
9. Josephus S. WILKINSON, b. 6 May 1860; d. 8 Mar 1864
10. Ocran WILKINSON, b. 1861; d. 19 Mar 1865

The closest recognized name I could find to Eucebus was Eusebius, an early historian of the Christian Church.
In the 1900 Census, Sarah states she'd had ten children and lost three; she was having them at two-year intervals, so I'm assuming there was a child born ca. 1848.

Others in Household:

Grandson: William Dennis "Willie" PRITCHARD, b. 15 Jan 1870, Ritchie Co., WV
Adopted Daughter: Mary McINTIRE / McENTIRE, b. 1865/6

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Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. West Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

1b. West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 (online at Ancestry.com):

Hiram S Wilkinson Sally Corbin 28 Aug 1843 Harrison Co.

2. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #73 of 130): 63rd Dist., Taylor Co., VA [now WV], Roll M432_978, p. 184A, 446/450, enumerated 9 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hyram Wilkison 28 M Blacksmith Virginia

Sarah     " 30 F "

Seely     " 7 F "

Usebus    " 4 M "

Mary      " 2/12 F "

Listed three households from Sarah's parents.

3. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #52 of 176): Ritchie County Court House P.O., Harrisville, Ritchie Co., VA [now WV], Roll M653_1374, p. 420, PN 52, 368/350, enumerated 28 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hiram S Wilkinson 40 M Blacksmith 400 560 Va

Sarah Wilkinson 40 F Va

Cela E Wilkinson 16 F Shop hand Va

EUcebus L Wilkinson 14 M Va

Mary M Wilkinson 10 F Va

Rachel A Wilkinson 8 F Va

Francis A Wilkinson 6 F Va

Benj F Wilkinson 4 M Va

Danl B Wilkinson 2 M Va

Jo S Wilkinson 2/12 M Va

4. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 70): Harrisville P.O., Clay Twp., Ritchie Co., WV, Roll M593_1698, p. 490A, PN 11, 81/81enumerated 13 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Wilkinson Hiram 49 M W Blacksmith 200 100 Virginia now WVa

_________ Sarah 50 F W Keeping house Virginia now WVa

_________ Mary M 20 F W Same Virginia now WVa

_________ Frances A 16 F W Same Virginia now WVa

_________ Benjamin F 14 M W Virginia now WVa

_________ Daniel B 12 M W Virginia now WVa

_________ William 4/12 M W West Virginia Jany

William should be surnamed PRITCHARD; he is their grandson. (Note that, at age 50, Sarah is too old to be William's mother; plus, there is a 12-year gap between Daniel and William.)

5. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 44): Salem, Tenmile Dist., Harrison Co., WV, Roll 1404, p. 335B, PN 20, SD 144, ED 117, enumerated 21 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

102 102 Wilkinson Hirum S W M 59 / Blacksmith Virginia Va Va

_________ Sarah W F 59 Wife / Keeping House Virginia Va Va

_________ Benjamin F W M 24 Son / Farming Virginia Va Va

_________ Daniel B W M 22 Son / Blacksmithing Virginia Va Va

Prichard William W M 8 Nephew / at Home / West Virginia Va Va

McEntire Mary W F 14 Adopted C / West Virginia Va Va

William is their grandson; he's a nephew to Benjamin and Daniel.

6. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Hiram S. WILKINSON (æ 79, b. Nov 1820, WV) and his wife, Sallie (æ 80, b. Feb 1820, WV; children 10/7) are living in Salem Town, Ten Mile Dist., Harrison Co., WV (p. 238B), with their married son, Benjamin.

8. Minnie Kendall Lowther. 1911. History of Ritchie County. Wheeling News Litho Co., Wheeling, WV (online at Google Books and elsewhere).

p. 209 CHAPTER XIII

Husher's Run
This stream is a tributary of Bond's creek... [and] though it is but a small stream, it drains a fertile region, and not a few prominent pioneer names have an association with its history...

p. 214 The Corbins have been prominent citizens of the county for sixty years, and in this chapter they claim a place...
[one paragraph on George & Sarah (JENNINGS) CORBIN, parents of John W. CORBIN]
[two paragraphs on John W. & Rebecca (WILLIAMS) CORBIN, parents of Sallie (CORBIN) WILKINSON]
Sallie Corbin, the eldest [of 13], who was born on February 16, 1820, married Hiram Wilkinson, and after a long residence here, they removed to Salem, where she died in December, 1902. Her family consisted of nine children: Loman, of Indiana; Celia (Mrs. Fenton Elifritz), of Ohio; Mary (Mrs. A.J. Pritchard), of Parkersburg; Rachel (Mrs. Wm. Childres), of Salem; Frances (Mrs. Benjamin Crouser), Parkersburg; Benjamin, Daniel, Josephus, and Ocran Wilkinson. The last two named died in childhood.

9. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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