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James Kelly WILSON

James Kelly WILSON

Male 1850 - 1929  (78 years)


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  • Name James Kelly WILSON
    Census 1850  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 5 Jul 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • 1900 Census states birth date as Jul 1850, and age in 1850 Census also puts it in 1850. Headstone has only the year 1849.
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census From 1920 to 101 GRANT AVE  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Residence Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Death 1929  [7] 
    Burial South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I6318  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2018

    Father Benjamin L. WILSON,   b. 1808, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1880, Walton, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Mother Martha KELLEY,   b. 6 Feb 1810, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F2226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amelia Virginia GRIFFIN,   b. Dec 1849, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1924 (Age ~ 74 years)  [2]
    Marriage 19 Sep 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
    +1. Calvin Earnest WILSON,   b. 23 Jun 1872   d. 17 Mar 1912 (Age 39 years)
    +2. Marion Homer WILSON,   b. 23 Jul 1873, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1959, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +3. Audra Everett WILSON,   b. Apr 1880   d. 1944 (Age ~ 63 years)
    Family ID F2225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2366] 1850 Census, Marion County, (W)VA.

    2. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 290.

    3. [S1622] William Bernard Wilson, Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989, (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990), p. 39.
      Year reported as 1850.

    4. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    5. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    6. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376.

    7. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    8. [S5] Headstone.

    9. [S1630] 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.