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Son of Commodore Charles Wilkes. According to Commodore Wilkes autobiography, Edmund was entirely unsuited to business and continually ran up debts and overextended himself.  Eventually moved to Utah with his wife, Elizabeth Van Buren Wilkes, where he appears to have had several business interests including a silver mine and iron foundry.

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Biography: 
Son of Commodore Charles Wilkes. According to Commodore Wilkes autobiography, Edmund was entirely unsuited to business and continually ran up debts and overextended himself. Eventually moved to Utah with his wife, Elizabeth Van Buren Wilkes, where he appears to have had several business interests including a silver mine and iron foundry.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Charles Wilkes
Publisher Location: 
Washington, D.C.
Publisher Name: 
Washington : Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office
Year: 
1978
Start Page: 
721
End Page: 
723
Citation Notes: 
HathiTrust Book: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822027763556&view=1up&seq=751&q1=edmund
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Charles Wilkes
Publisher Location: 
Washington, D.C.
Publisher Name: 
Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy, Government Printing Office
Year: 
1978
Start Page: 
xviii
Citation Notes: 
HathiTrust Book: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822027763556&view=1up&seq=22&q1=edmund
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
Ancestry.com
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry
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Website Last Modified Date: 
Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 10:15
Citation Notes: 
Source Information Ancestry.com. Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.