John Edward Wilkinson

ID Number: T05323
Biographical Data
Basic Identification
Gender: male Ethnicity: Immigration: Attributed Race: black Free or Enslaved: unknown
Birth & Family
Birth Date: 1880/11/29 Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia Mother: Fannie G. Wilkinson Father: J. Tip Wilkinson 1st Spouse: Selina Warren Langhorne Wilkinson 2nd Spouse: unknown
Age Details
Age: 50 Age Group: unknown
Life Details
Occupation(s): barber Last Church: Military Service: Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia Last Address: 811 Taylor Street
Death
Death Date: 1931/06/08 or 09 Death Note: none Place of Death: Found dead in woods on Candler's Mountain, June 17, 1931 Cause of Death: suicide - pistol bullet
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1931/06/18 Funeral Home: Indigent?: pauper interment
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: none Section: "Potter's Field" Confirmation Source for Location: Grave Marker Erector(s): Confirmation Source for Interment: official ledger
Notes
pauper; "found in woods June 17, 1931, body decomposed, probably dead since 8th or 9th"
Obituary and Biographical Detials

From Diuguid record:
“Body was placed in box at place of death and transported via hearse to Methodist Cmty., City. No services.”

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