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Raymond Eugene Gilkison

Male 1930 - 1995  (65 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Raymond Eugene Gilkison was born on 4 May 1930 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Sanford Lewis Gilkison and Mary Celia Bedinger); died on 11 Aug 1995 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Jones Grove Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: steamfitter at the University of Illinois

    Notes:

    Raymond Gilkison
    Memorial and Masonic services for Raymond E. Gilkison, 65, of Oakwood were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 at Carrington Funeral Home 110 E. Court St. Fairmount. The Rev. Tom Hendrickson officiated.
    The family received friends at the Catlin Community Building following the services.
    Mr. Gilkison died at 8:30 p.m. Friday (Aug. 11, 1995) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
    He was born May 4, 1930, at Sidell, a son of Sanford and Mary Bedinger Gilkison. He married Katherine J. Walton on Aug. 27, 1948. She survives.
    Also surviving are his mother of Chrisman, three daughters, Mary Kay Dixon of Catlin, Susan Jeane Thomas of Homer and Ramona Ruth Chambliss of Perrysville, IN; two sons, Timothy Alan Gilkison of Fairmount and Raymond Eugene Gilkison of Oakwood; two brothers, John Gilkison of St. Joseph and Jerry Gilkison of Lafayette, CO; and eight grandchildren.
    He was preceded in death by his father and two brothers.
    Mr. Gilkison retired from the University of Illinois after 27 years as a steamfitter. He was a member of the United Plumbers and Steamfitters for 42 years.
    He was a member of the Catlin Masonic Lodge, the Catlin Church of Christ and the Fairmount Conservation Club. He served with the National Guard.
    Memorial contributions may be made to the Carle Foundation Hospital Oncology Department, Urbana.
    Southern Champaign County Today, Villa Grove, Illinois. Wednesday, 23 August 1995.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58518505/raymond-eugene-gilkison

    Raymond married Katherine June Walton on 27 Aug 1948. Katherine was born on 24 Dec 1930 in Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Nov 2014 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Jones Grove Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 11 Jul 1904 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of William Isaac Gilkison and Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox); died on 12 Dec 1987; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1940, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65908935/sanford-l.-gilkison

    Sanford married Mary Celia Bedinger on 25 Dec 1929 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Rev. Royal Clark Bedinger and Amanda Ella Nesbitt) was born on 10 Apr 1910 in South Africa; died on 4 Jan 2001 in Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Celia Bedinger was born on 10 Apr 1910 in South Africa (daughter of Rev. Royal Clark Bedinger and Amanda Ella Nesbitt); died on 4 Jan 2001 in Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65908884/mary-celia-gilkison

    Children:
    1. Robert Lewis Gilkison was born on 7 Jul 1934 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 31 Dec 1965 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. 1. Raymond Eugene Gilkison was born on 4 May 1930 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Aug 1995 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Jones Grove Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Charles William Gilkison was born on 26 Aug 1931 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 26 Feb 1933 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Isaac Gilkison was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky (son of Sanford Lewis Gilkison and Rosannah Sarah Hedges); died on 10 Aug 1960 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    MHR note: Willie Gilkison was a strong and long-enduring young man and could cut (with a knife) and shock 1000 socks of corn when 50 was an ordinary man's work. He could lift a horse weighting 100-1100 lbs by crawling under and grasping one fore and one hind leg. He once lifted his cousin, John Hedges, onto the coal house by taking John's wrists in one hand and the slack of John's pants in the other. John was only 10 or 15 pounds lighter than Willie.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910446/william-i._a.-gilkison

    William married Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox on 15 Feb 1900 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah (daughter of John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff) was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky (daughter of John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff); died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Addie fell and broke her hip in May 1958. She left 3 brothers: Charles Cox, Portsmouth, Ohio; Lewis Cox, Bluffton, Indiana; and William Cox, Daytona Beach, Florida. Addie had lived in Vermilion County, Illinois since she was 12 years old and in Catlin Township for 51 years. She belonged to the Catlin Church of Christ.

    Names of parents and grandparents of Addie come from a page in the back of the Hedges Reunion Book. Also the names and birth dates of her six children.

    MHR gives Addie's parents names: John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratefill.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910424/addie-gilkison

    Children:
    1. Charles Mortimer Gilkison was born on 4 Dec 1900 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Jun 1967 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Cena Lois Gilkison was born on 24 Oct 1902 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 17 Apr 1986 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. 2. Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 11 Jul 1904 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 12 Dec 1987; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Iris Rose Gilkison was born on 2 Mar 1907 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Jul 1988 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Miriam Lucille Gilkison was born on 24 Apr 1909 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 May 1991 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Dorothy Nell Gilkison was born on 18 May 1911 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died in Feb 1995 in Crofton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; was buried in Parklawn Memorial Garden, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

  3. 6.  Rev. Royal Clark Bedinger was born on 25 Jan 1886 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Jun 1966 in Benton, Franklin County, Illinois; was buried in Georgetown Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: missionary
    • Census: 1920, North Yantic, Blaine County, Montana
    • Census: 1930, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Name:
    son of Douglas Daniel Bedinger and Carrie A. Reid

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130978852/royal-clark-bedinger

    Royal married Amanda Ella Nesbitt. Amanda was born on 9 Mar 1885 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Jul 1940 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Jul 1940 in Georgetown Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Amanda Ella Nesbitt was born on 9 Mar 1885 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Jul 1940 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Jul 1940 in Georgetown Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130979064/amanda-ella-bedinger

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Celia Bedinger was born on 10 Apr 1910 in South Africa; died on 4 Jan 2001 in Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 2 Jan 1834 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky (son of William Gilkison and Unknown Fawin); died on 10 Feb 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193024/sanford-lewis-gilkison

    Sanford married Rosannah Sarah Hedges on 31 Jan 1860 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky. Rosannah (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity) was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rosannah Sarah Hedges was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: A red-headed M. E. preacher (one of the Ohio cousins) had a charge near the William Ribelin Hedges home and proposed to Rosanna when a widow. She called him her father's 2nd cousin.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193083/rosannah-sarah-gilkison

    Children:
    1. Lillian Mayfield Gilkison was born on 26 Oct 1860 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1922 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
    2. Pembroke Rousseau "Rous" Gilkison was born on 8 Oct 1864 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jan 1931 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    3. Mary Frances "Fannie" Gilkison was born on 7 Apr 1866 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 31 Aug 1886 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    4. 4. William Isaac Gilkison was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 10 Aug 1960 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1955 in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.

  3. 10.  John Henry Cox was born in 1851 in Kentucky (son of William Cox and Delsena Armstrong); died on 25 Jan 1931 in Scioto County, Ohio; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Carter County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121711344/john-h-cox

    John married Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff on 24 Sep 1873 in Carter County, Kentucky. Mary was born about 1852 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff was born about 1852 in Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.


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