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Blackston Wilks 1897 - 1973

Blackston Wilks of Talco, Franklin County, Texas was born on June 16, 1897, and died at age 76 years old in December 1973.

Blackston Wilks
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Talco, Franklin County, Texas 75487
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June 16, 1897
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In 1897, in the year that Blackston Wilks was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1925, Blackston was 28 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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Wilks, Lora (Born 1899) Wilks, Amy (Jan 27, 1908 - Oct 1987) Wilks, Audrey (Jun 22, 1913 - Sep 1994) Wilks, Priscilla (May 25, 1928 - Feb 1, 2003) Wilks, Velma (Apr 17, 1901 - Mar 1987) Wilks, Noella (Dec 23, 1938 - May 5, 1995) Wilks, Jean (Nov 9, 1916 - Sep 25, 1999) Wilks, Madeline (Nov 29, 1913 - Oct 15, 2000) Wilks, Eddie (Jan 4, 1965 - Nov 9, 2004) Wilks, Mary (Jan 8, 1912 - Apr 1970)
Wilks, Marie (Jul 20, 1916 - Apr 1984) Wilks, Norma (Aug 15, 1926 - Feb 18, 2008) Wilks, Walter (Aug 18, 1900 - Aug 1969) Wilks, Ruth (Mar 5, 1913 - Feb 20, 2002) Wilks, Phoebe (Apr 22, 1905 - Jan 1995) Wilks, Gertrude (Jan 7, 1912 - Dec 19, 1999) Wilks, Nunziata (May 13, 1926 - May 23, 1998) Wilks, William (Mar 12, 1912 - Jan 13, 1993) Wilks, Norman (Nov 29, 1894 - Mar 1987) Wilks, Robert (Mar 6, 1897 - Sep 1979)
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