Wilkins, Thomas

Born: 1816-XX-XX Indiana

Flourished: Vandalia, Illinois

Thomas Wilkins was a physician, army surgeon, and early resident of Vandalia, Illinois. In January 1845, he married Elizabeth Truett in Crawford County, Illinois. The couple would have one son together. In 1850, Wilkins was practicing medicine in Fayette County and owned real property valued at $1,000. Elizabeth Truett died in August 1858. In 1860, Wilkins and his son were living in a hotel in Vandalia, where he continued to practice medicine. From February to May 1862, Wilkins served as first assistant surgeon with the Fifty-Fourth Illinois Infantry Regiment.

Robert W. Ross, comp. and ed., Historical Souvenir of Vandalia, Illinois (Effingham, IL: National Illustrating, [1904]), 34; History of Fayette County, Illinois (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, 1878), 93; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Crawford County, 16 January 1845, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Fayette County, IL, 383; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Vandalia, Fayette County, IL, 8; Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Gravestone of Elizabeth Wilkins, Old State Cemetery, Vandalia, IL.