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James C. Wilkinson, dairyman and breeder of Jersey cattle, in Sebastian County, Ark., was born in England in 1843, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Beard) Wilkinson, who were also born in England. In 1863 James c. Wilkinson crossed the ocean as a volunteer in the United States army, and enlisted in the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteers, operating in Kansas and Missouri until the close of the war. He then went to New Mexico, as agent in charge of the Comanche Indians, and was afterward appointed sub-agent to the Cheyennes and Arapahoes. He next located in fort Smith, Ark., where he was United States Marshal for fourteen or fifteen years, and then moved to the country in Sebastian County, where he purchased 245 acres of land, which he fenced and made into a fine dairy farm. He resides in a large two-story frame house, and his barns are commodious and convenient, there being ample room for fifty cows. He finds a ready sale for dairy products in Fort Smith, and also handles pedigreed Jersey cattle. In 1876 he was married to Miss Mary J. Majors, a daughter of Robert T. and Nancy (Petty) Majors. She was born in Sebastian County, and is the mother of five children: James C., Cassius E., Robert, Mary J. and Bertha Catherine. Mr. Wilkinson is a Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to the K. of H. and the G. A. R. He is a stanch Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. The family worship at the Episcopal Church.