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John Henry Filkins

John Henry Filkins

Male 1844 - 1914  (70 years)


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  • Name John Henry Filkins  [1] 
    Birth 3 Jun 1844  Williamstown, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Dec 1914 
    Person ID I35294  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father James Filkins,   b. 1808 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Eliza Rich,   b. Abt 1808 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F8824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Victoria Perry,   b. 3 Jul 1845   d. 9 Jun 1893 (Age 47 years) 
    Children 
     1. Winnie Rose Filkins,   b. Abt 1865   d. 12 Oct 1940 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Perry H. Filkins,   b. 17 Feb 1866   d. 12 Feb 1936 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Raymond Henry Filkins,   b. 18 Jul 1883, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1966, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F11294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • JOHN HENRY FILKINS

      Brief announcement was made last week of the death of John Henry Filkins which occurred near the Fox School House December 23. Mr. Filkins was born in the town of Williamstown, June 3, 1844, son of James Filkins and Eliza Rich. His mother was from the original settlers in this town and Williamstown and the town of Richland had its original name from the Rich family.

      Mr. Filkins enlisted the 15th of August in the first battalion of the 14th regiment of U.S. Vols. He was discharged the 9th day of February, 1863, when he returned to this town. He married Eliza Y. Perry, April 21, 1864. She died January 9, 1893. The family surviving consists of one daughter, Mrs. P.A. Lilley, Oswego; Perry V. Filkins, Pulaski and Raymond H. Filkins who resides in the Filkins home where the father had lived forty-five years and where his death occurred.

      Funeral services were held from the home Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Mr. L.G. Seamans, chaplain of A.S. Warner Camp, Sons of Veterans, officiating. The bearers were members of the Sons of Veterans Camp.

      Frriends were present from Oswego, Altmar and Pulaski. Burial in Pulaski Cemetery

      Source: The Pulaski Democrat, Dec 2, 1914

  • Sources 
    1. [S227] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Richland, Oswego, New York; Roll: T624_1063; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1375076.