City: Pulaski
WILKES, Walter Stewart, lawyer; born Pulaski, Tenn., April 26, 1879; English descent; son of J. Summerfield and Florence Alabama (Barker) WILKES; father lawyer and member supreme court of Tenn.; paternal grandparents, R. A. L. and Judith (Harris) WILKES; maternal grandparents B. B. and Martha (Sample) BARKER; educated Wall & Mooney, Univ. of Tenn. and Cumberland Univ., graduating from law department of latter June, 1900; married Elizabeth J. BRADEN, Nov. 9, 1910; member Kappa Sigma Frat.; was deputy circuit court clerk Giles Co., 1902, and Secretary John S. WILKES, supreme court justice, 1903-1908.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
