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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

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        COL. SAMUEL H. WILKESON, second son of JOHN WILKESON, was born
     in 1836. With the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the 21st
     New York Volunteer Infantry, as First Lieutenant of Company H. On
     February 22, 1862, Col. WILKESON was mustered into the 11th N. Y.
     Cavalry (Scott's 900) as Captain of Company C. He was promoted to
     Major June 24, 1862, Lieut. Colonel December 24, 1862, and Colonel
     March 15, 1865, and was discharged March 27, 1865, at Memphis, Tenn.
     In the Davidson raid in the far South, he was Inspector General
     in the field, and was the commanding Lieutenant-Colonel in the
     Ripley raid. In addition to his services in Maryland and Virginia,
     he served in Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Tennessee. His official
     stay in the Gulf Department lasted eighteen months. In August, 1864,
     he participated in the Mobile expedition as an officer on the staff
     of Gen. GORDON GRANGER. His total time of active service lasted about
     four years.
        In 1868, Col. WILKESON married MATILDA GERTRUDE FRANKS. Mrs.
     WILKESON was born on Mackinac Island, November 4, 1849, and died in
     Buffalo, February 24, 1903. She was prominent in the affairs of the
     Protestant Episcopal Church, for many years was a member of the
     managing board of the Church Charities Foundation, and was actively
     interested in the charities of her own church, St. Mary's on the Hill.
     Mrs. WILKESON is survived by her husband and six children, JOHN, born
     Sept. 11, 1869; EDWARD SAMUEL, born in August, 1871; Mary Juana,
     ELIZABETH WILKES, now the wife of JOHN K. FREEMAN; WILLIAM, born in
     1885, and MARGARET LIVINGSTON.

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