Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Wilkinson, Charles June 28, 1833 -
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CHARLES WILKINSON, farmer, sec. 25, Aetna Tp., was born June 28, 1833, in
Harrison Co., Ohio, and is a son

of Philander and Thankful R. (Leach) Wilkinson. On attaining his majority,
Mr. Wilkinson took his final

leave of the parental home, and sought his fotune in the Peninsular State, and
made his first essay in

business for himself in Hillsdale County, finding employ on a farm for some
months. He went thence to

Barry Co., Mich., where he made another investment, and secured a wife -
Harriet, daughter of Peter and

Susan Mosier, who died April 8, 1882. Of this marriage three children were
born: Francis L., Sept. 19,

1857; Emma R., Oct. 31, 1859, and Ella V., Aug. 23, 1860.

Mr. Wilkinson was engaged in farming in Barry County until the fall of 1860,
when he went to St. Joseph

Co., Mich. On the first call for troops in 1861, when the cry of an impugned
nation rang like a trumpet

blast over a started world, Mr. Wilkinson enlisted in defense of that nation's
integrity, enrolling in the

Sixth Mich. Vol. Inf., for thre months, and on the expiration of that period
again recorded his name on

the list of defenders of the Union. He enrolled Aug. 20, 1862, and was in the
service eight months.

After a brief stay at home when his period of enlistment had expired, he re-
entered the army as a hired

substitute, and served until the close of the war.

June 19, 1864, he was again married, to Mrs. Wealthy Day, and immediately came
to Aetna Tp.,since which

time they have resided on a farm of 40 acres near Morley. Of the second
marriage four children have been

born, as follows: Franklin H., March 10, 1865; Elmer E., Sept. 30, 1867;
Willie C., born Oct. 8, 1877,

and died Nov. 14, 1878; Nora died in infancy. Mr. Wilkinson is a Republican.

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