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Robert Jefferson WILSON

Robert Jefferson WILSON

Male 1855 - 1919  (64 years)

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  • Name Robert Jefferson WILSON 
    Born 6 Mar 1855  Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1854. But birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1855, and death record states Mar 6 1855.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Banks District, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation teamster  [1] 
    Died 1 May 1919  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I64789  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2017 

    Father James Samuel WILSON,   b. CA 1825 
    Mother Anna Eliza FERRELL,   b. CA 1829, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Lea "Mollie" WHITEHAIR,   b. 3 Feb 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1952, Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [6, 7, 8] 
    Married Jan 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Children 
    +1. Ella E. WILSON,   b. 28 Oct 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1957, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     2. Lena V. WILSON,   b. Jan 1896
    +3. Emory Cecil "Pete" WILSON,   b. 7 Feb 1901, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1974  (Age 73 years)
    +4. Lottie Marie WILSON,   b. 5 Oct 1907, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Samuel Edward "Buzz" WILSON,   b. CA 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1984  (Age ~ 71 years)
    Documents
    64789_RobertJeffersonWilson_MaryLeeWhitehair_MarriageRecord_Jan1894.jpg    		64789_RobertJeffersonWilson_MaryLeeWhitehair_MarriageRecord_Jan1894.jpg
    Family ID F27066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 373 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792587&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as R. J. Wilson, 32, b. Upshur Co, res. Lewis Co; and M. L. Whitehair, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Informants for marriage license: R. J. Wilson & H. C. Whitehair. Marriage license issued Jan 13 1894. However, the Minister's Return or Endorsement to certify that the marriage took place was left blank for the date and location. (Note: The 1900 Census shows them as a married couple, with length of marriage 6 years. H. C. Whitehair was almost certainly the wife's brother Henry.)