Simeon Cornelius Wilkerson
Simeon Cornelius Wilkerson was born around 1839 in Alabama to Presley Wilkerson and Eliza Foster. His father was a farmer who owned $5,000 of real estate in 1850. He grew up and attended school in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, before enrolling at the University of Alabama in 1856. He eventually began work as a dentist.
 
He received a commission as a 1st lieutenant in the 18th Alabama Infantry during the Civil War. He eventually earned a promotion to captain. Union forces captured him at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, and he was exchanged on December 5.
 
Wilkerson married Nancy Bryson on April 9, 1863, in Noxubee County, Mississippi. He settled in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, after the war and resumed his work as a dentist. By 1870, he owned $2,500 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property. He died sometime after 1880.
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(3971)Wilkerson, Simeon Cornelius1839
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: 1st Lieutenant
  • Rank out: Captain
  • Rank highest: Captain
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 22

  • (3593) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 13 May 1863
  • (3594) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 20 May 1863
  • (3654) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 14 September 1863
  • (3670) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 20 June 1863
  • (11151) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 3 May 1863
  • (11154) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 6 May 1863
  • (11156) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 17 July 1863
  • (11158) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to James E. Williams, undated
  • (11159) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 3 August 1863
  • (11160) [recipient] ~ Nancy Bryson to Simeon C. Wilkerson, 6 October 1863
  • (11161) [recipient] ~ Nancy Bryson to Simeon C. Wilkerson, 1863
  • (11163) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 22 October 1863
  • (11167) [recipient] ~ Nancy Bryson to Simeon C. Wilkerson, 24 October 1863
  • (11169) [recipient] ~ Nancy Bryson to Simeon C. Wilkerson, 3 November 1863
  • (11171) [recipient] ~ Nancy Bryson to Simeon C. Wilkerson, 7 November 1863
  • (11173) [associated with] ~ Unknown to Unknown, 15 November 1863
  • (11174) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 15 November 1863
  • (11181) [recipient] ~ Nancy Bryson to Simeon C. Wilkerson, 21 November 1863
  • (11184) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 22 November 1863
  • (11185) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 1863
  • (11186) [writer] ~ Simeon C. Wilkerson to Nancy Bryson, 1863
  • (11188) [recipient] ~ Nancy Bryson to Simeon C. Wilkerson, 3 December 1863

People - Records: 2

  • (3972) Bryson, Nancy is the [wife of] (3971) Wilkerson, Simeon Cornelius
  • (4632) Wilkerson, William Washington is the [sibling of] (3971) Wilkerson, Simeon Cornelius

Places - Records: 1

  • (425) [birth] ~ Alabama

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (549) [officer] [E] ~ 18th Alabama Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; College Student Lists, 1763-1924, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Mississippi Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, available from Ancestry.com