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William Henry Folkes

ID Number: T03925

Biographical Data
Basic Identification

Gender: male

Ethnicity:

Immigration:

Attributed Race: black

Free or Enslaved: unknown

Birth & Family

Birth Date: c.1845/00/00

Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia

Mother: Martha Folkes (or Edley?)

Father: Phillip Edley or Folkes

1st Spouse: Lucy Folkes

2nd Spouse: male

Age Details

Age: about 75

Age Group: elder adult (60+)

Life Details

Occupation(s): cabinet maker (J. H. C. Winston or Folkes & Winston)

Last Church: unknown

Military Service:

Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia

Last Address: 404 Taylor Street

Death

Death Date: 1920/04/05

Death Note: none

Place of Death: home

Cause of Death: chronic Bright’s disease

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1920/04/08

Funeral Home: Strange & Higginbotham

Diuguid ID Number:

Indigent?: private interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: none

Section: unknown

Confirmation Source for Location:

Grave Marker Erector(s):

Confirmation Source for Interment: official ledger

Others In Same Plot (T0412)
Full Name
Birth Date
Death Date
Harriet Folkes Edley
c.1850//
1920/04/03
Emma Flood Folkes
1865//
1922/05/13
Lucy Folkes
c.1847//
1882/11/
Charles “Charlie” E. Folks
c.1850//
1887/12/17
Obituary and Biographical Detials

His death certificate and marriage license give conflicting parents’ names

Married 1890

Phillip Edley (1897-1938) was his adopted son according to the 1900 census