Benjamin Coolidge Wilkins
From the 1860 Census #271/2027
Name - Benjamin Wilkins
Aged - 32 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Jeweler
From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls
1862 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 7, 1862.Married Miss Mary Richard, Elgin S.A.S., soon after the war;
Moved to Chicago.
Withstood the great Chicago Fire.
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| Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc. |
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