Person Record

Metadata

Name

Wilkins, James F.

Born

07/08/1909

Deceased

11/02/2000

Spouse

Edith (Duenisch) Wilkins m. 09/06/1948

Father

Thomas Alexander Wilkins

Mother

Nora Elizabeth (Fuller) Wilkins

Children

Robert Harold Wilkins
John Dewey Wilkins

Occupation

Mr. Wilkins was a World War II veteran having served with the U.S. Army in Europe. He was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. In 1963 he opened a dry goods sample store in Washington, Indiana. After retiring from the dry goods business, he wrote articles for The Washington Times-Herald and the Tri-County News. He also worked at Williams Drug Store and Arnold's Uptown Market in Washington.

Notes

The information for this entry was taken from Mr. Wilkin's newspaper obituary, "Obituaries, We-Z," p. 44, Daviess County Museum, Rm 303, Shelf 4-5, 2019.FIC.0500.0012.