I AM THE GREAT GRANDSON OF MINNIE MARK WILKINS AND ALSO OF HER SISTER CORNELIUS AGNES WILKINS OVERBY . THEIR MOTHER ,MARY FRANCES WILKINSON WILKINS , WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER. I WRITE THIS TO SET A FEW RECORDS STRAIGHT. MARY AND ROBERT RAISED THEIR CHILDREN TO WORK HARD , TO BE HONEST AND TO LOVE GOD AND NATURE . THE FARM THAT THEY ALL LIVED ON WAS RUFUS WILKINS FARM THAT WAS HANDED DOWN TO ROBERT WILKINS . ROBERT WAS INJURED IN THE CIVIL WAR BUT WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH HIS BAD ARM ;LATER HE GOT A PENSION. UPON ROBERTS DEATH IN 1911 ,MARY FRANCES MOVED IN WITH HER DAUGHTER MINNIE MARK WILKINS HEDGEPETH AND HER HUSBAND WILLIAM EARNEST HEDGEPETH. MARY LIVED WITH THEM UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1918, MINNIE MARKS DAUGHTER MAGGIE FRANCES HEDGEPETH CHANDLER GREW UP FOR 13 YEARS WITH MARY FARANCES AND HAD BEEN NAMED AFTER HER. THE REASON THAT MARY MOVED IN TO LIVE WITH MINNIE MARK WAS THAT SHE HAD GIVEN THE WILKINS FARM TO BE RUN BY HER WIDOWED DAUGHTER CORNELIUS WILKINS OVERBY AND HER FOUR YOUNG SONS lATER IT IS SAID THAT CORNELIUS WAS ABLE TO BUY LAND ALSO'. NOT MANY PEOPLE THESE DAYS WOULD GIVE UP THEIR HOME AND MOVE OUT . I WAS ALSO BLESSED TO GROW UP AROUND MINNIE MARK WILKINS HEDGEPETH FOR 13 YEARS AND WILLIAM EARNEST HEDGEPETH FOR 15 YEARS. I KNEW THEM AND WORKED WITH THEM SOME AND ALWAYS HELD THEM AS A ROLE MODEL ON HOW TO LIVE . THEY TOLD ME STORIES AS DID MY OWN GRANDMOTHER ABOUT ROBERT AND MARY FRANCES WILKINSON WILKINS. TO ADD TO THE TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE THAT I LEARNED FROM THEM I WAS ALSO ABLE TO LEARN FROM THE STORIES OF ANOTHER OF MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S WAS WILLIAM ROBERT WILKINS SISTER ELLEN MARIE WILKINS CHANDLER .
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I AM THE GREAT GRANDSON OF MINNIE MARK WILKINS AND ALSO OF HER SISTER CORNELIUS AGNES WILKINS OVERBY . THEIR MOTHER ,MARY FRANCES WILKINSON WILKINS , WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER. I WRITE THIS TO SET A FEW RECORDS STRAIGHT. MARY AND ROBERT RAISED THEIR CHILDREN TO WORK HARD , TO BE HONEST AND TO LOVE GOD AND NATURE . THE FARM THAT THEY ALL LIVED ON WAS RUFUS WILKINS FARM THAT WAS HANDED DOWN TO ROBERT WILKINS . ROBERT WAS INJURED IN THE CIVIL WAR BUT WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH HIS BAD ARM ;LATER HE GOT A PENSION. UPON ROBERTS DEATH IN 1911 ,MARY FRANCES MOVED IN WITH HER DAUGHTER MINNIE MARK WILKINS HEDGEPETH AND HER HUSBAND WILLIAM EARNEST HEDGEPETH. MARY LIVED WITH THEM UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1918, MINNIE MARKS DAUGHTER MAGGIE FRANCES HEDGEPETH CHANDLER GREW UP FOR 13 YEARS WITH MARY FARANCES AND HAD BEEN NAMED AFTER HER. THE REASON THAT MARY MOVED IN TO LIVE WITH MINNIE MARK WAS THAT SHE HAD GIVEN THE WILKINS FARM TO BE RUN BY HER WIDOWED DAUGHTER CORNELIUS WILKINS OVERBY AND HER FOUR YOUNG SONS lATER IT IS SAID THAT CORNELIUS WAS ABLE TO BUY LAND ALSO'. NOT MANY PEOPLE THESE DAYS WOULD GIVE UP THEIR HOME AND MOVE OUT . I WAS ALSO BLESSED TO GROW UP AROUND MINNIE MARK WILKINS HEDGEPETH FOR 13 YEARS AND WILLIAM EARNEST HEDGEPETH FOR 15 YEARS. I KNEW THEM AND WORKED WITH THEM SOME AND ALWAYS HELD THEM AS A ROLE MODEL ON HOW TO LIVE . THEY TOLD ME STORIES AS DID MY OWN GRANDMOTHER ABOUT ROBERT AND MARY FRANCES WILKINSON WILKINS. TO ADD TO THE TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE THAT I LEARNED FROM THEM I WAS ALSO ABLE TO LEARN FROM THE STORIES OF ANOTHER OF MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S WAS WILLIAM ROBERT WILKINS SISTER ELLEN MARIE WILKINS CHANDLER .
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