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Female America Carolina Wilkes Click to view America Carolina Wilkes in the family tree

America Carolina was born on March 1st, 1867 in Mississippi.1   America Carolina's father was Andrew Jackson Wilkes and her mother was Mary Ann (Polly) Basham.  Her maternal grandparents were Jonathan Basham and Elizabeth Hogan. She had five brothers and six sisters, named Richard, James (Jim), William (Will), John R., George Washington, Elizabeth, Mary Martha, Margaret or Maggie, Frances (Frannie), Nancy and Sarah California.  She died at the age of 72 on August 28th, 1939 in Hillsborro, Hill Co.,  Texas.1 


America Carolina's family with Josiah Cy Younger

‌America Carolina and Josiah Cy were married in a religious ceremony on January 10th, 1883.1   They had three sons and six daughters, named Oscar Taylor, William Azelle, Clyde Wilks, Virginia Dare, Mattie Lorrin, Elsie Vera, Cecel Estelle, Thelma Rema and Nora Pearl.

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