General Notes

m. (1) JAMES ARTHUR MEREDITH December 10, 1965 in District Heights, Maryland.
b. March 9, 1937 in Mound City, Illinois.
m. (2) RONALD EMIL MCMILLEN, JR August 28, 1982 in Evansville, Indiana.
b. July 17, 1943 in Evansville, Indiana.

Children of MARGARET WILKIN and JAMES MEREDITH are:

i. THOMAS ARTHUR MEREDITH
b. June 4, 1970, Lockbourne AFB Ohio.

ii. MARTIN LYNN MEREDITH
b. November 6, 1974, Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio.

Child of MARGARET WILKIN and RONALD MCMILLEN is:

iii. AMANDA RAE MCMILLEN
b. June 9, 1983.

Margaret Ann Wilkin, a twin sister to Richard was born July 9, 1946 and grew up on the Emmitt Wilkin Farm in Licking County near Homer, Ohio.

Maggie graduated from Northridge High School located East of Johnstown, Ohio in Licking Co. After graduation she worked through the summer of 1964, and then attended Capital City School of Nursing, in Washington D.0 While studying for a Nursing Career she met and married James Meredith December 10, 1965, who was in the US Navy at the time. Maggie continued her studies a short time and then left the school to go to work for Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company that was located across the street from the Nation's Capital Building in Washington D. C.

In 1967 about April, Jim was discharged from the Navy and the couple moved to Cairo, Illinois which was Jim's hometown. After about 6 months, Jim re-entered the Navy and they moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Then after some training there the Navy moved them to Lemoore Naval Station and they lived in Riverdale, California. They remained there until the Spring of 1969 when Jim received a Medical Discharge from the Navy at which time they moved to Columbus, Ohio. Thomas Arthur was then born at Lockbourne AFB south of Columbus in Franklin Co. on June 4, 1970.

Her second son, martin Lynn was born Nov. 6, 1974 in Franklin Co. while Maggie and Jim were living in Westerville, Ohio. Troubles in their marriage led to a separation and Maggie moved to Evansville, Indiana with her two sons.

After Maggie moved to Evansville, she was employed by Welborne Hospital as a Medical Transcriptionist where she was employed for sometime. A few years after ending her first marriage, she met and married Ronald Emil McMillen on August 28, 1982. On June 9, 1983 Maggie and Ron were blessed with the birth of a daughter, Amanda Rae, Maggie continued to work at Welborne Hospital for several more years.
By Richard A. Wilkin, Wilkin Family History