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Emma Cheves Wilkins was one of eight children born to Gilbert A. Wilkins of New York and Emma Cheves of South Carolina. Her grandfather, Langdon Cheves II, owned Delta Plantation in South Carolina on the Savannah River and Southfield Plantation in Chatham County on the Ogeechee River. Emma attended school in Baltimore, studied art in Paris, and had a long successful career as an artist and teacher in Savannah. She was a woman of strong opinions who worked to improve the quality of life in her community.
Emma never married or had any children. At her death in 1956, she was survived by a sister, brother and nephew. She is buried in Bonaventure cemetery.
Publication Date
6-2-1993
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Rose R., "Emma Cheves Wilkens" (1993). Savannah Biographies. 112.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/112
