Background
Wilkinson, Robert Johnson was born on July 12, 1888 in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. Son of Beverly Jasper and Sarah Jane (Traylor) Wilkinson.
Wilkinson, Robert Johnson was born on July 12, 1888 in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. Son of Beverly Jasper and Sarah Jane (Traylor) Wilkinson.
Preparatory education Mary Agnes Institute, Brookneal, Virginia. Under private tutors and in public schools. Doctor of Medicine Medical College of Virginia, 1912.
Walter Richmond. Telegraph operator Southern Railway Company, 1904-1907. Owner of general merchandise business, Lynch Station, Virginia, 1907-1908. Interne Memorial Hospital, Richmond, 1912-1913.
Associate in general surgery with Doctor Creative Commons Coleman, Richmond, Virginia, 1913-1915.
Surgeon in charge C.&O. Railway Employees Hospital Huntington, West Virginia, since 1915. Senior surgeon Wilkinson Surgical Clinic, Huntington on surgical staff Saint Mary's Hospital.
Assistant chief surgeon C.&O. Railway Employees Hospital Association, senior partner Wilkinson and Associate, clinic and hospital consultant Trustee Huntington Clinical Foundation, Incorporated. Trustee and chairman board Wilkinson Clinic Foundation, Incorporated.
Served in 1st Vermont Medical corpus, United States army World War. Fellow American College Surgeons, International College Surgeons. Member World Medical Association (director), American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association (president 1952), West Virginia State Medical Association (president 1942-1943), Cabell County Medical Society (ex-president), C.&O. Railway Surgeons (ex-president), West. Virginia Hospital Association (director).
Mason (32°, Shriner), Elk.
Clubs: Guyandotte, Guyan Country.
Married Elizabeth Lewis Richmond, April. Children: Robert J., Elizabeth Traylor (Mistress Howard Ross Crews).