Frederick James Wilkins and Ella A. Tyler

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Husband Frederick James Wilkins ¹

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            AKA: Fred J. Wilkins 2
           Born: 30 Nov 1872 - Petroleum Center, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 16 Dec 1936 4
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         Father: Benton T. "Ben" Wilkins (1840-1912) 3 5
         Mother: Rebecca Brown (      -1904) 3 5

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       Marriage: 15 Nov 1906 - ? Venango Co, PA 3 4

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Wife Ella A. Tyler ²

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            AKA: Ella T. Tyler 6
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           Died: Aft 1936
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         Father: Dr. William Charles Tyler (1838-1928) 7 8 9
         Mother: Angelina Conant (1847-1907) 10

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Children

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1 F Anna V. Wilkins ³

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         Spouse: Samuel J. Kirkwood (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1925 - ? Venango Co, PA

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2 M William Tyler Wilkins ³

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           Born: 12 Jun 1911 4
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         Spouse: Gertrude Young (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Frederick James Wilkins

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Rouseville, Venango Co, PA

He was reared and educated in Oil City, Venango County, PA. During his early manhood he followed railroad work for five years, eventually turning to another line, the drilling of oil wells, in which he did exceptionally well. He was in the employ of the Rouseville Drilling Company. When the Spanish-American war broke out he enlisted, in May, 1898, in the United States service, serving as a member of the 16th Regiment under Colonel Hulings, and remaining in the army until the war closed. He saw service in Porto Rico.

In 1882, when he was ten years old, he moved with his parents to Rouseville, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. After completing his education in the schools of Oil City, he spent the years of his early manhood in railroad work, serving in various positions. After five years, however, he turned to drilling and then became associated with the Rouseville Drilling Company.
He was a Republican in politics and was affiliated fraternally with the Royal Arcanum, the Inde­pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was a Presby­terian in religious faith and with his family attended the First Presbyterian Church in Oil City.

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General Notes: Wife - Ella A. Tyler

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She was a charter member and Past Matron and secretary of the Order of the Eastern Star and was a president and secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of the Rouseville Methodist Church, of which she was an active member. She was also a member of the Belles Lettres Club and during the first World War was chairman of the Liberty Loan drives in her community.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 85.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 551, 552.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 552.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 86.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 134.

6 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 319.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1088.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 550.

9 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 318.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 551.