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The Renwick-Wilkes Connection
Jane Jeffrey Renwick (pictured) and Lieutenant Charles Wilkes married on April 26, 1826. The couple eventually settled in Washington, DC, where they raised their four children:
- John “Jack” Wilkes (March 31, 1827-July 6, 1908) m. Jane Renwick Smedberg of New York City; (These are the "Jack" and "Jeanie" who would settle in Charlotte, NC.)
- Jane “Janey” Wilkes (January 3, 1829-August 17, 1921);
- Edmund “Em” Wilkes (February 4, 1833-November 24, 1913) m. Bessie Van Buren of Ohio and
- Eliza Wilkes (July 18, 1838-August 16, 1908).