Husband: James Kelly Wilson
Born: Jul- 5-1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4 (see note 1)
Died: 1929 5
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Resided: in Doddridge Co, WV 7,4
Census: 1920 - 101 Grant Ave in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 8
Father: Benjamin L. Wilson (1808 - 1880)
Mother: Martha Kelley (1810 - 1878)
Wife: Amelia Virginia Griffin 2
Also known as: Virginia Griffin 2
Married: Sep-19-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Born: Dec- -1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10,5
Died: 1924 5
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1920 - 101 Grant Ave in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: George G. Griffin (1828 - 1909)
Mother: Juan Fernandez Zinn (1828 - 1909)
M Child 1: Calvin Earnest Wilson Census name: C. Ernest Wilson 11 Born: Jun-23-1872 6,11,2 Died: Mar-17-1912 6 (see note 2) Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: teacher, Baptist minister 2 Wife: Ella Jane Maxwell b. Nov-24-1870 d. Aug- 1-1906 Married: Jun-15-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Wife: Ida Flora Nestor b. Feb- 5-1882 d. Jun- 8-1954
M Child 2: Marion Homer Wilson Also known as: Homer Wilson 14,15 Born: Jul-23-1873 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 16,5 Died: Dec- 7-1959 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17,5 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6,16 Resided: in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer & carpenter 2 Wife: Elizabeth Catherine Gaston b. Dec-26-1872 d. Aug-19-1966 Also known as: Eliza 18,16,13 Married: Sep-23-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,20,13
M Child 3: Audra Everett Wilson Born: Apr- -1880 8,5 (see note 3) Died: 1944 5 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1930 carpenter (contractor) 21 Wife: Myrtle Riggs b. 1874 d. 1958
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Marion County, (W)VA. (2) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 290. (3) William Bernard Wilson, Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989 (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990). Year reported as 1850. p. 39. (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Headstone. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376. (8) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as James K. Wilson, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Benjamin L. & Martha; and Amelia V. Griffin, 22, of Ritchie Co, dau of George G. & J. F. Married Sep 19 1871. NOTE: Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989, p. 39, states marriage location as Doddridge County. (10) William Bernard Wilson, Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989 (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990), p. 39. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (12) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (14) Obituary of wife. (15) Amy Gaston Smith, Those Days of Long Ago (Sep 15 1984, reprinted Jun 1999 by Michael Ruppert Jr., Los Angeles CA, with help of Mike Ruppert Sr., Grove WV and Loud) (16) Obituary. (17) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (18) Obituary of brother. (19) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Obituary of Marion Homer Wilson gives marriage date of Sep 24 1896. MR Bk 5, Page 230. (20) Obituary of husband. (21) 1930 Census, Wood County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) 1900 Census states birth date as Jul 1850, and age in 1850 Census also puts it in 1850. Headstone has only the year 1849. Note (2) History of Doddridge County, p. 290, reports death date as 1911. But Doddridge County Cemeteries Vol III, p. 89, reports death date on headstone as Mar 17 1912. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Apr 1881. But he was in the 1880 census as a 4-month-old unnamed infant, with birth date entered as April 1880. Birth date on headstone is also 1880.