Leah (Miller) Wilkin (abt. 1824 - 1897)

Born about 10 Dec 1824 in Virginia, USA

Wife of Israel Wilkin — married 6 Jun 1844 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1897 at about age 72 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

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Biography

Leah Miller was born in December 1824 in Virginia.

1840 census^[1]

She married Israel Wilkin 6 June 1844 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia.^[2]

1850 census -- District 58, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

Israel Wilkin, age 31, male, white, farmer, born Virginia; Leah Wilkin, age 22, female, white, born Virginia; Arabela Wilkin, age 3, female, white, born Virginia^[3]

1860 census -- Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

Israel Wilkins, age 41, male, , farmer, $3000 real estate, $500 personal property, born Virginia; Leah Wilkins, age 38, female, , born Virginia; Arabelia Wilkins, age 13, female, , born Virginia, attended school; Robert Wilkins, age 8, male, , born Virginia, attended school; William Wilkins, age 1/12, male, , born Virginia^[4]

1870 census -- Stonewall Twnp., Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

Israel Wilkins, age 50, male, white, farmer, $4000 real estate, $100 personal property, born Virginia; Lee Wilkins, age 46, male, white, keeps house, born Virginia; Robt Wilkins, age 17, male, white, works on farm, born Virginia, attended school; Wm Wilkins, age 9, male, white, born Virginia, attended school; Arty Hosaflook, age 14, female, white, cannot write, born Virginia^[5]

1880 census -- Stonewall District, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA

Israel Wilkin, white, male, age 61, married, farmer, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Leah Wilkin, white, male, age 52, wife, married, housekeeper, cannot write, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; William H Wilkin, white, male, age 19, son, single, works on farm, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia.^[6]

She died 27 November 1897 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia. She is buried in Patmos Lutheran Church Cemetery in Woodstock, Virginia.^[7]

Additional Information:

History of the Descendants of John Hottel, Part 3 - Barbara Hottel; William David Huddle & completed by his wife Lulu May Harden Huddle, published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, Va., 1930, pp. 992:

1180y-b ISRAEL WILKIN5 b. at Woodstock,Va; d. June 22, 1896; m. June 6, 1844, LEAH MILLER, b. Dec. 10, 1824; d. Nov. 27, 1891, both bur. at Patmos Church.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT2-1T1 : 13 September 2017), Peter Miller, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing p. 377, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 578; FHL microfilm 29,692.
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR76-2JY : 5 December 2014), Israel Wilkin and Leah Miller, 06 Jun 1844; citing Shenandoah, Virginia, reference pg 441; FHL microfilm 33,930.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DP-1S9 : 12 April 2016), Leah Wilkin in household of Israel Wilkin, Shenandoah county, part of, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing family 139, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHMQ-XG9 : 2 October 2017), Leah Wilkins in entry for Israel Wilkins, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-B1G : 12 April 2016), Lee Wilkins in household of Israel Wilkins, Virginia, United States; citing p. 4, family 30, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,177.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCRW-WZS : 15 July 2017), Leah Wilkin in household of Israel Wilkin, Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 368C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1390; FHL microfilm 1,255,390.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20775360/leah-wilkin: accessed April 23, 2024), memorial page for Leah Miller Wilkin (10 Dec 1824–27 Nov 1897), Find A Grave: Memorial #20775360, citing Patmos Lutheran Church Cemetery, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048).