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Portrait photograph of Harry "Brillo" Brill as a young man.

Harry was the son of Howard Walton (1869-1947) and Anna Virginia (Wilkins) (1878-1957) Brill.

He is best remembered for having managed "Brill's Grocery Store" on King Street in…

Portrait photograph of Joycie (Grandstaff) Wilkins, with her arms folded, beside Mary Anna (Webster) Ryman.

Joycie was the daughter of James Booten and Mildred (Cook) Grandstaff. She grew up with at least four siblings.

She first married Roy…

Group photograph of the Hoover family.

Identified (from l to r) are: Zelia Mae (Hoover) Wakeman, her father, George, Emmert Hoover, her mother, Catherine (Gochenour) Hoover, and her younger sister, Lois (Hoover) Wilkins.

George James Hoover was…

Photograph of Margaret P. (Fravel) Wilkins as a young girl standing on a wicker chair..

Margaret was the daughter of Nevin Kline and Lula Mae (Wisman) Fravel.

She married John Robert Wilkins (1918-2002) and the couple raised two sons: John…

Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child.

The name "Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.

Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child.

The name "Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.

Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child.

The name "John Robert Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.

Rufus Wilkins and Gertie Dellinger began dating (or as people used to say, "courtin"), after both had lost their spouses.