John Cain Wilkinson married Philadelphia Van Norman of Liberty, MS on January
28, 1845. They had six children. On May 24, 1866 he married his second wife
Mary Eliza Jackson and they had one child. After she passed, he married
Margaret Jackson Toler on January 23, 1868, and three children from this union.
She passed two years later on January 25, 1870.
He enlisted in the Confederate States of America Army from March 10, 1862 to
February 2, 1865. John served as a private in Company K, 33rd Regiment
Mississippi Volunteers. He was wounded for life at New Hope Church on May 29,
1864 and hospitalized at Augusta GA.
He returned to his beloved Mississippi and followed in his fathers footsteps
and was ordained as an Elder in the Plymouth Primitive Baptist Church in Liberty
MS. This is the church his father, Elder Rowland Wilkinson founded in 1857.
John served as pastor from December 1871 until his death in May of 1911. His
son Zachariah Jefferson Wilkinson continued in his father and grandfathers
footsteps as pastor of this church.
He passed on May 9, 1911 in Liberty Mississippi. He was laid to rest next to
his first wife Philadelphia in the Van Norman Cemetery, east of Liberty, MS.
Pvt Co K 33rd Miss Inf
Confederate States Army
John Cain Wilkinson married Philadelphia Van Norman of Liberty, MS on January
28, 1845. They had six children. On May 24, 1866 he married his second wife
Mary Eliza Jackson and they had one child. After she passed, he married
Margaret Jackson Toler on January 23, 1868, and three children from this union.
She passed two years later on January 25, 1870.
He enlisted in the Confederate States of America Army from March 10, 1862 to
February 2, 1865. John served as a private in Company K, 33rd Regiment
Mississippi Volunteers. He was wounded for life at New Hope Church on May 29,
1864 and hospitalized at Augusta GA.
He returned to his beloved Mississippi and followed in his fathers footsteps
and was ordained as an Elder in the Plymouth Primitive Baptist Church in Liberty
MS. This is the church his father, Elder Rowland Wilkinson founded in 1857.
John served as pastor from December 1871 until his death in May of 1911. His
son Zachariah Jefferson Wilkinson continued in his father and grandfathers
footsteps as pastor of this church.
He passed on May 9, 1911 in Liberty Mississippi. He was laid to rest next to
his first wife Philadelphia in the Van Norman Cemetery, east of Liberty, MS.
Pvt Co K 33rd Miss Inf
Confederate States Army
Family Members
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William Harrison Wilkinson
1846–1928
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Elder Zachariah Jefferson "Zack" Wilkinson
1851–1938
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Margaret Lorena Wilkinson Roberts
1854–1914
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Franklin H. "Frank" Wilkinson
1856–1937
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Mary Caroline Wilkinson Anders
1861–1940
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Lucretia Elizabeth "Lou E." Wilkinson Johnson
1867–1943
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Timothy J. "Tim" Wilkinson
1869–1949
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Roland Micajah "R. M." Wilkinson
1878–1937
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