Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joshua Wilson  1  
       Also known as: Josiah Wilson 
                Born: Feb- 2-1840          in Marion Co, (W)VA  2,3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-25-1901          at Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  5,2
              Buried:                      in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
      Cause of death:                      struck by train  5
             Resided:                      at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in North Enid, Garfield Co, OK  
             Resided: 1890                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1885                 near Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1862                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Marion Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      employee of Clarksburg Fuel Co. at Despard Mines  5
          Occupation:                      farmer  3,10
            Military: Aug-10-1862 - Sep-16-1865 Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  11,12,4,8 (see note 2)
              Father: Benjamin L. Wilson   (1808 - 1880) 
              Mother: Martha Kelley   (1810 - 1878) 
                Wife: Mary Conaway     
             Married: Nov-18-1862          in Ritchie Co, WV  13
                Born: Jun-  -1841          in Marion Co, (W)VA  14,3,4
                Died: 1916                  7
              Census: 1900                 in North Enid, Garfield Co, OK  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1862                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Thomas Conaway   (1814 - 1886) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Rosabell Wilson      
         Census name: Rosa Wilson 
                Born: ca 1863              in Doddridge Co, WV  15,3
                Died: Nov- 9-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  16
      Cause of death:                      fever  15
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Emera Ellsworth Wilson      
       Also known as: Ellsworth Wilson 17,18,19
                Born: Oct- 2-1865          in West Virginia  18,14,3
                Died: Nov- 6-1951           18
              Buried:                      in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee  17,19,7
              Census: 1910                 in Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS  
              Census: 1900                 in Belle Plaine, Sumner Co, KS  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 attorney for irrigation company  20
          Occupation: 1900                 attorney  14
            Military: Jul-25-1917 - Oct-12-1920 Major, JAGD, US Army, World War I  19,17,18,21
                Wife: May Forney  b. May- 7-1871  d. Jun-26-1954  
             Married: ca 1889               14
           F Child 3: Olive L. M. Wilson      
         Census name: Olive M. 
                Born: Mar-  -1867          in Doddridge Co, WV  22,23,2,3 (see note 3)
                Died: Oct-13-1949           2
              Buried:                      in Enid Cemetery, Garfield Co, OK  7
              Census: 1940                 in Enid, Garfield Co, OK  
             Resided: 1885                 in Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Walter Dotson  b. Jul-  -1858  d. 1934  
             Married: Jul-12-1885          near Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  24
           M Child 4: Esta Wilson      
         Census name: Estie Wilson 
                Born: ca 1869              in Doddridge Co, WV  25,3
                Died: Apr-10-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  25
      Cause of death:                      fever  25
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Emma Erega Wilson      
                Born: Apr- 7-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  7,26,27,10
                Died: Feb-15-1954          in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles Co, CA  7,28,27
              Buried:                      in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA  7
              Census: 1910                 in Vinita, Craig Co, OK  
              Census: 1900                 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Raymond Clark Helmick  b. May- 2-1872  d. Feb-24-1944  
         Census name: Ray Helmick 
             Married: ca 1899               26
           F Child 6: Lucille L. Wilson      
         Census name: Lucy L. Wilson 
                Born: Jan-  -1880          in West Virginia  10,27
                Died: 1960                  27
              Buried:                      in Garber Cemetery, Garfield Co, OK  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: James S. Baxter  d. bef 1920  
             Married: 1899                 in Oklahoma  7
             Husband: Albert E. Duncan  b. 1873  d. 1965  
             Married: 1923                  7

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). 
(4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(9) Marriage record of daughter. 
(10) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(11) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(12) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(13) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Josiah Wilson, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of 
Benj. L. & Martha, occupation soldier; and Mary Conaway, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Thomas & Catharine.  
Married Nov 18 1862 in Ritchie County, officiated by James Woods. 
(NOTE:  We have found no other reference to the name Josiah being used by Joshua Wilson.  The possibility of a clerical 
error cannot be discounted.), MR, line 41 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537530&Type=Marriage. 
(14) 1900 Census. 
(15) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Rosebell Wilson, white female, age 15, b. Doddridge Co, 
dau of Joshua Wilson; died Nov 9 1878 in Doddridge Co, cause of death fever.  Informant:  Father. 
(NOTE:  This is the third of three consecutive entries for this family in the ledger-style death record, the preceding 
two being Joshua Wilson's wife Martha (d. Dec 17 1878) and their son Esta (d. Apr 10 1878, also of fever).  Informant 
for all three was Joshua Wilson.  Inasmuch as this death record ledger is a handwritten alphabetized listing of 1878 
deaths, is it clear that the entries were transcribed from another original record, which probably was not preserved.  
In the death of Rosabell Wilson, there appears to have been a clerical error made, since a second death record entry is 
found at DR p. 33 line 72 , in which she is identifed 
as Rosabell Wilson, white female, age 15, dau of J. & W. (sic) Wilson, died Oct 19 1879, cause of death fever, informant 
mother.  Since Rosa Wilson was age 7 in the 1870 Census, age 15 at death would correspond to the 1878 death record.  
Although it is likely that she and Esta were buried at South Fork Cemetery, where their father and grandmother are known 
to be buried, no headstone or other evidence of burial location has been found.), DR p. 31, line 79 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046307&Type=Death. 
(17) U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database online], Ancestry.com and Office of Quartermaster 
General (National Archives) 
(18) Military Grave Marker. 
(19) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(20) 1910 Census. 
(21) U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, from Dept of Veterans 
Affairs records and National Archives. 
(22) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 36, line 13 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2609106&Type=Birth. 
(23) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Walter Dotson, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Olive 
L. M. Wilson, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Jul 12 1885 "at Joshua Wilsons near Greenwood W.Va.," officiated 
by M. A. Summers, a Minister of the Baptist Church.  Informants for marriage license:  Walter Dotson & J. Wilson. MR p. 
12 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790415&Type=Marriage. 
(25) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 31, line 78 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046307&Type=Death. 
(26) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(27) Headstone (year only) 
(28) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health 
Statistics. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1841.
Note (2) Unit given in 1890 Veterans Census as Co C, 6th W.Va. Infantry, but as Co E
in all other records.
Note (3) Birth date given as Mar 14 1867 in birth record, but as Mar 4 1867 on
headstone.







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