The Wilkinson Family

The first Wilkinson forebear lived in Virginia. His name was Col. Joseph Wilkinson, who was born in 1754. He married Barbara Mackall, daughter of James and Mary Mackall. One of their children was Dr. John Wilkinson.
DR. JOHN WILKINSON was born on March 1, 1785, in Stafford County, Virginia, which is across the Potomac River from Maryland. He moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, and then to Greenville, South Carolina, where he married Lucy Penick. Lucy was born on February 5, 1787. Dr. John and Lucy Wilkinson both died at Marion, Alabama. He died on January 16, 1854, she on April 15th of the same year.
Dr. John and Lucy Wilkinson had the following children:

1. Stephen Wilkinson
2. Sam Wilkinson
3. Thomas Wilkinson
4. John A. Wilkinson (who became Congressman from Mississippi)
5. William W. Wilkinson
6. WADDY THOMPSON WILKINSON
7. Carolyn Wilkinson
8. Mary Wilkinson
9. Martha Wilkinson

10.   Elizabeth Penick Wilkinson
WADDY THOMPSON WILKINSON was born on January 5, 1823, at Greenville, South Carolina. He later moved to Red River Parish, Louisi­ana. On November 17, 1864, he married Mary Ann Barbara Curry, daugh­ter of Isaiah and Mary Curry. They lived on a large plantation near Cou-shatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana.
Waddy Wilkinson served as a corporal in the Confederate Army. He was in the Louisiana Cavalry, which was under the Command of General
E. Kirby Smith. He surrendered with that command at Natchitoches, Louisiana, on May 26, 1865.
Mary Wilkinson died on November 19, 1876; Waddy died on July 9, 1905.
Waddy and Mary Wilkinson had the following children:

1. Dr. Waddy Thompson Wilkinson, Jr., whose wife was Mattie Wilk­
   inson.   They  had  three  children:   William  Emmett,  Mattie  and
   Waddy Thompson, III.   Dr. Waddy Wilkinson served as Coroner
   of Red River Parish, Louisiana.
2. JOHN DALLAS WILKINSON
3. William Augustus Wilkinson, who married Annie Carter.  They had
   no children.   They adopted Katherine Carter, who is the wife of
   Philip N. Barnette, of Shreveport, Louisiana.   William A. Wilkin­
   son served as District Attorney for Red River Parish, Louisiana,
   for several terms in the early 1900s.  He later moved to Shreveport,
   Louisiana, and became one of the leading lawyers of that city.
4. Thomas Jefferson Wilkinson, was a planter in Red River Parish,
   Louisiana.   He married Lavada Pickett.   They had two children:
   Thomas J., Jr., and Martha Lee Wilkinson (deceased).
5. Elmer Wilkinson, who died in childhood.

JOHN DALLAS WILKINSON was born in Red River Parish, Louisi­ana, on July 16, 1867. He married Alice Mai Scott, daughter of Judge Nelson Jackson Scott and his wife, Georgia Tooke Scott. This was in 1893. John D. practiced law in Shreveport, Louisiana, for many years, and was one of the state’s leading lawyers. He served as a member of the House and Senate of Louisiana, 1892-1900. He was also a member of the Con­vention that wrote The Louisiana Constitution of 1898. He was also the author of a book on personal injuries. John actively participated in the civic, cultural and political affairs of his community and state.
Alice Mai Wilkinson was also an outstanding citizen of Louisiana. She was President of The Louisiana Federation of Women’s Clubs; she served as a member of the Convention that framed The Louisiana Constitution of 1921. She also actively participated in the civic, cultural and political af­fairs of her community and state. (Incidentally, Mrs. Alice Mai Wilkinson and Mrs. Marjorie Lyons once "stumped" North Louisiana together on be­half of the Senatorial candidate of their choice.)
John D. Wilkinson died at Shreveport, Louisiana, on January 19, 1929; his wife, Alice Mai, died in the same city on January 8, 1956. Both are buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport.
John D. and Alice Mai Wilkinson had three children:

1. John Pugh Wilkinson who married Corrine Cade.
2. WILLIAM SCOTT WILKINSON
3. Alice Mai Wilkinson, born in 1896, who died in 1907 at the age of 11 years.

WILLIAM SCOTT WILKINSON was born at Coushatta, Louisiana, on February 5, 1895. He graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1912; he received a B. A. degree from Louisiana State University in 1915, and an LL. B. degree in 1917.
On May 8, 1917, William Scott (known as Scott) entered the First Officers’ Training Corps, Fort Logan, Arkansas. After graduation, he was attached to the 50th Artillery, C. A. C, and served with the A. E. F. in France from October, 1918, to February, 1919.
After returning from World War I, Scott began the practice of law with his father, under the firm name of Wilkinson, Lewis & Wilkinson, now Wilkinson, Lewis, Woods and Carmody and is now the Senior member of that firm.
On April 9, 1919, Scott married Margaret West, daughter of Charles Stuart West, and his wife, Susan Hardy.
Scott is one of the leading lawyers of the State of Louisiana. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1920 to 1924. He served as President of the Shreveport Bar Association, the Shreveport YMCA, the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, and also as Chairman of the Board of Dodd College, Shreveport. In addition, Scott actively par­ticipates in the civic, cultural and political affairs of his community and state.
Margaret West Wilkinson attended St. Mary’s College, Dallas, Texas, 1912-1915; Hollins College, Virginia, 1915-1918. She received a B. A. de­gree from Centenary College in 1937. Margaret also actively participates in the civic and cultural life of Shreveport. She has served as a director of the Shreveport YWCA and Opera Association, President of the Twentieth Century Club, and of the Louisiana Federation of Women’s Clubs, Fourth District.
William Scott and Margaret West Wilkinson have two children:

1. Susybelle  Wilkinson,   who  was  born   at  Schumpert   Sanitarium,
   Shreveport, Louisiana, on October 5, 1923.   She married Charlton
   H. Lyons, Jr.   (See Lyons Family for children of Susybelle and
   Charlton Lyons.)
2. Margaret Wilkinson, who was born at Schumpert Sanitarium on
   August 11, 1929.  She married James Joseph Butler. Margaret and
   James J. Butler have three children:

a.   Margaret West Butler, born on August 12, 1949, at Shreveport,
Louisiana.
b.   Scott Wilkinson Butler, born on July 23, 1953, at Shreveport,
Louisiana.
c.   Marvel Ellen Butler, born on February 25, 1956, at Shreveport,
Louisiana.

Margaret and James J. Butler were divorced. Margaret later mar­ried R. A. Wilson, Colonel, U. S. Air Force. They have one child: a. Richard Ashby Wilson, Jr.