 Birth | October 8, 1885 40 22 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | William John Gossett 1885 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Flora May Wilkerson January 4, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Francis Nora “Fannie” Moore — View this family June 14, 1914 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Geraldine Wilkerson April 23, 1915 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson August 13, 1918 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a wife | Francis Nora “Fannie” Moore October 19, 1918 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 32 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 43 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Marriage of a child | Donald Boyd Harold — Geraldine Wilkerson — View this family March 18, 1934 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Fred Webster Harold February 24, 1935 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Jerome Polk — Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson — View this family March 9, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a mother | Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett March 8, 1949 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | August 29, 1953 (Age 67 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Corning Cemetery |