Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg Map

Family Group Records W

John Lewis Wilkins & Golda Mae Cardwell

John Lewis Wilkins
Birth: 19 July 1883, near Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, Ky.
(Source: Ky. Special Certificate of Birth and Affidavits/Births Prior to 1911)
Death: 24 September 1954 Jefferson County, Ky.
(Source: Ky. Death Record Year: 1954 #17895)
Parents: Jesse Wilkins (1845-1900) and Jane W. “Jennie” Roark (1852-1890)

Golda Mae Cardwell
Birth: 4 September 1884 Kentucky (Grayson, Ohio, Union or Butler county?)
Death: 27 November 1985 Jefferson County, Ky.
(Source: Ky. Death Certificate Year: 1985 #01777)
Parents: Warner Taylor Cardwell (1859-1941) and Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Lewis (1861-1942)

John married Golda 5 November 1902 (Source: Muhlenberg Marriage Book 24, Page 315)

Their children, all born in Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky:

  1. Marion Birchard “Bud” b. 2 June 1905, d. 12 April 1976 Daviess County, Ky.; m. Martine Goodwin (1901-1995)
  2. Claude Lewis b. 10 March 1909, d. 29 March 1977 Jefferson County, Ky.; m. Mary Susan Layne (b. 1913)
  3. Jennie Elizabeth b. 8 September 1915, d. 15 July 1998; m. Irvin Jewell Mallory (1910-1956)
  4. Ida Frances b. 3 February 1920 (Source: Ky. Birth Certificate Year: 1920 #130709), d. 17 December 1986 (Source: Ky. Death Certificate Year: 1986 #31845); m. Leahman Ray Nelson (1916-1982)

Contributed 28 February 2008 by Frances (“Fran”) Nelson Salyers, granddaughter of John L. Wilkins and Golda Mae Cardwell; daughter of their daughter Ida Frances Wilkins.

Updated August 9, 2017