Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg Map

Family Group Records W

Jesse Wilkins & Jane W. Roark

Jesse Wilkins
Birth: 1843-1845, Muhlenberg
Death: 1900, Drakesboro, Muhlenberg (probate & guardianship records indicate death between 7 June 1900 and 28 February 1901)
Parents: Elijah Wilkins and Sarah Millard

Jane W. “Jennie” Roark
Birth: 1852, Muhlenberg (based on information stated on marriage record)
Death: 1890?
Parents: John R. Roark Sr. (b. about 1816 Muhlenberg, d. about 1882) and Jane W. Ingram (b. about 1817 Logan Co., Ky., d. 23 August 1899, Muhlenberg)

Jesse married Jennie 17 December 1873 (Source: Muhlenberg Marriage Book 9 Page 185).

Their children:

  1. Edith, b. 1875; m. Joseph Marcus Stewart, who may have been a physician
  2. Birchard, b. 1878 Rockport, Ohio County, Kentucky(?); d. 1890 (not verified)
  3. Jesse, b. May 1880 Rockport, Ohio County, Kentucky(?), d. 1908 Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  4. John Lewis, b. 19 July 1883 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Source: Ky. Special Certificate of Birth and Affidavits/Births Prior to 1911), d. 24 September 1954 (Source: Kentucky Death Record Year: 1954 #17895); m. Golda Mae Cardwell (b. 1884, Kentucky; d. 27 November 1985 Jefferson County, Ky.)
  5. Roscoe Bently, b. 3 July 1885 Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, d. December 1933 Helena, Arkansas (Source: Greenville Leader, 26 January 1934)

Contributed 28 February 2008 by Frances (“Fran”) Nelson Salyers, great-granddaughter of Jesse Wilkins and Jennie Roark; granddaughter of their son John Lewis Wilkins. I welcome corrections, sources, and additional information about this family.

Updated August 9, 2017