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The Renwick-Wilkes Connection
Book:
Dearest Jeanie: Highlights of the Wilkes-Smedberg Papers (1853-1913)
Jane Jeffrey Renwick and Lieutenant Charles Wilkes married on April 26, 1826. The couple eventually settled in Washington, DC, where they raised their four children:
1. John “Jack” Wilkes (March 31, 1827-July 6, 1908) m. Jane Renwick Smedberg of New York City
2. Jane “Janey” Wilkes (January 3, 1829-August 17, 1921)
3. Edmund “Em” Wilkes (February 4, 1833-November 24, 1913) m. Bessie Van Buren of Ohio
5. Eliza Wilkes (July 18, 1838-August 16, 1908). *
Source:
Charles Wilkes remarried after the death of his first wife and had issue by her.