Descendants
of Benjamin Wilson
submitted by
Vicki W. Shaffer
NOTE: Hyperlinks are to Gibson County, TN web site.
1 Benjamin Wilson
d: 1831 in Wilson County, Tennessee
. +Elizabeth Wilson
2 James Wilson b: Abt.
1810 in Virginia
.... +Sintha Byrn
b: February 4, 1813 in Wilson County Tennessee
m: December 9, 1830 in Wilson Co., Tennessee d:
November 29, 1891 in Rutherford, Gibson Co, Tennessee
Mother: Rebecca Word Father:
James Byrn
.. 3 Melissa Jane
Wilson b: January 18, 1832 in TN
d: August 21, 1890 in Gibson Co. Tennessee
...... +Richard H.
Ridgeway b: February 17, 1832
m: April 1, 1851 in Gibson Co. Tennessee d:
April 10, 1877 in Gibson Co. Tennessee
.. 3 John "Harve"
Wilson b: Abt. 1834 in Tennessee
d: Abt. 1900 in Obion Co. Tennesse
...... +Senea E. Graddy
b: October 29, 1839 in Kentucky m: September 29,
1856 in Gibson County, Tennessee d: February 14,
1872 in Gibson County, Tennessee
.... 4 James W. (Tobe)
Wilson b: July 3, 1857 in Obion Co., Tennessee
d: October 5, 1935 in
Obion Co., District 15, Tennessee
Burial: 1935 Mason Hall, Tennessee
........ +Nancy Hunt
b: September 1859 in Trenton, Gibson county, Tennessee
m: October 12, 1875 in Gibson County, Tennessee
d: Bet. 1920 - 1935 in Obion Co. Tennessee
Mother: Susan E. Matthews Father: Richard M.
Hunt
.... 4 Hepsy Ann Wilson
b: 1862 in Gibson County, Tennessee
d: Bef. 1900
.... 4 Benjamin F.
Wilson b: March 13, 1864 in Gibson County,
Tennessee d: July 26,
1914 in Rutherford, Gibson Co., Tennessee
Burial: Walnut Grove Baptist Cemetery, Rutherford, TN
........ +Laura Belle
Porter b: October 2, 1867 m:
July 14, 1886 in Gibson County, Tennessee d:
June 23, 1898 in Gibson County, Tennessee
Burial: 1898 Walnut Grove Baptist Cemetery, Rutherford, TN
.... *2nd Wife of
Benjamin F. Wilson:
........ +Katie M.
Comstock b: December 21, 1874
m: 1898 in Gibson County, Tennessee d:
February 27, 1935 in Rutherford, Gibson Co., Tennessee
Burial: Walnut Grove Baptist Cemetery, Rutherford, TN
.... 4 Cynthia A.
Wilson b: 1865 in Gibson County, Tennessee
d: Bef. 1900
.... 4 Robert Wilson
b: 1868 in Gibson County, Tennessee
........ +Mary Fawcett
m: 1890
.... *2nd Wife of
Robert Wilson:
........ +Mary E.
Whitaker m: 1900
.... 4 George W. Wilson
b: December 8, 1869 in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee
d: 1944 in
Portageville, New Madrid County, MO
........ +Lou Ella
Freeman b: February 1875 in Mississippi
.... *2nd Wife of
George W. Wilson:
........ +Ella Collins
b: February 1875 in MS m: Abt. 1889 in TN?
.... *3rd Wife of
George W. Wilson:
........ +Mary Walthrip
b: Abt. 1880 in Missouri m: Abt. 1910 in
Portageville ,New Madrid County, MO
.... *4th Wife of George W. Wilson:
........ +Mrs. Lucy Helton b:
1877 in Missouri m: July 8, 1915 in
Portageville ,New Madrid County, MO
.... 4 John A. Wilson
b: Abt. 1872 in Gibson County, Tennessee
........ +Evie Weaver
m: 1893 in Gibson
County, Tennessee
.. *2nd Wife of John
"Harve" Wilson:
...... +Hepsy Ann
Keithley b: 1838 in Kentucky
m: Aft. 1872
.... 4 Sarah (Sallie) E.
Wilson b: 1875
........ +M.O. Ware
m: in Obion County,
Tennessee
.... 4 Ann D. Wilson
b: 1878
.. 3 Francis Wilson
b: Abt. 1838 in Tennessee
.. 3 Eliza Wilson
b: Abt. 1840 in Tennessee
.. 3 Robert Wilson
b: Abt. 1842 in Tennessee
...... +Eveline
Keathley m: January 2,
1864 in Gibson County, Tennessee
.. 3 James Byrn "Cap"
Wilson b: August 1843 in Gibson County,
Tennessee d: 1929
...... +Mary E. "Molly"Jones
b: March 19, 1848 in Tennessee
m: September 25, 1865 in Gibson Co., Tennessee
d: April 18, 1892 in Rutherford, Gibson Co., Tennessee
Mother: Harriett Brickhouse Father: William M.
Jones
.... 4 William Harve
Wilson b: November 10, 1866
d: January 23, 1951 in Rutherford, Gibson Co., Tennessee
........ +Bettie L.
Collins b: August 1871 in Tennessee
m: Abt. 1893 in Rutherford, Gibson Co., Tennessee
d: July 30, 1951 in Rutherford, Gibson Co., Tennessee
.... 4 Ellie Wilson
b: 1869 in Tennessee
aka: Ellie Wilson
.... 4 John B. Wilson
b: 1871
.... 4 Mattie Wilson
b: 1874
........ +J.R. Dunn
.... 4 James Oscar
Wilson b: February 1877
d: December 23, 1940 in Fruitland, Gibson Co., Tennessee
Burial: 1940 buried at Humboldt
........ +Nina Coleman
b: 1877 m: 1896 d: December
23, 1940 in Fruitland, Gibson Co., Tennessee
.... 4 Kate Wilson
b: July 1879
........ +Daniel
Harrison m: Bet. 1904
- 1906
.... 4 Luther Wilson
b: March 1882 in Tennessee
.. 3 Lafayette Wilson
b: January 1, 1846 in Tennessee
d: October 7, 1907 in Gibson Co. Tennessee
...... +Elizabeth B.
Byrn b: March 9, 1844 m:
November 16, 1867 in Obion Co., Tennessee d: May 6, 1919
in Gibson Co. Tennessee
.... 4 Emma Wilson
b: November 1869
.... 4 William Wilson
b: 1871
.... 4 Albert B. Wilson
b: April 1874
.... 4 Jennie Wilson
b: 1877
.. 3 Rebecca M. Wilson
b: Abt. 1848 in Tennessee
...... +Henry Gray
b: 1841 in Alabama
.. 3 Louisa W. Wilson
b: Abt. 1850 in Tennessee
...... +S.J. Herron
m: February 28, 1869
in Gibson County, Tennessee
2 Benjamin Franklin Wilson b: Abt.
1811 in Virginia d:
Abt. 1873 in Rutherford, Gibson Co. Tennessee
.... +Charlotte Ann
Hooper b: April 9, 1824 in Tennessee
m: April 13, 1837 in Rutherford Co., Tennessee
d: February 8, 1907 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas
Fact 1: 1880 Living in Cooke Co, Texas with three sons, S.H.,
Robert & Charles
.. 3 Benjamin F. Wilson,
Jr. b: 1840 in South Carolina
...... +A.T. Wood
b: Abt. 1850 in Alabama
Mother: L.D. Wood
.... 4 N.E. Wilson
b: 1870 in Alabama
.... 4 S.L. Wilson
b: Abt. 1873 in Alabama
........ +S.O. Brunson
.. 3 Elizabeth Wilson
b: 1843 in Gibson Co. Tenn.
d: 1870 in Rutherford, Gibson Co. Tennessee
Fact 1: 1870 Buried at Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
...... +Stephen
Witherington b: 1837 in North Carolina
m: May 16, 1861 in Gibson Co. Tennessee d: 1929
in Gibson Co. Tennessee Mother: Nancy
Witherington Father: James Witherington
Fact 1: Buried at Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
.... 4 Mary F.
Witherington b: 1870 in Gibson Co. Tennessee
d: 1870 in Gibson Co. Tennessee
Burial: Walnut Grove Baptist Church
.... 4 Nancy
Witherington b: 1865 in Gibson Co. TN
........ +Brownlow
.... 4 Amanda
Witherington b: 1867 in Gibson Co. TN
........ +Christopher
Columbus Willis
.. 3 John R. Warren
b: 1846 Fact 1: B.F. Wilson was made guardian of John
Warren April 4, 1859. Will Book F page 284
.. 3 William Thomas
Wilson b: February 4, 1851 in Rutherford,
Gibson Co, Tennessee d:
August 17, 1928 in Bowie, Montague Co, Texas Fact 1: Buried
in Wilson family plot in Bellevue, Texas.
...... +Willie
Tennessee Vance b: October 30, 1855 in Giles
County, Tennessee m: January 17, 1878 in
Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas d: August 23,
1920 in Bowie, Texas Mother: Agnes M. Gilmour
Father: John A. Vance Burial: 1920 Buried in
Wilson family plot in Bellevue Cemetery
.... 4 Charlie Alvin
Wilson b: October 15, 1878 in Gainesville,
Cooke County, Texas d:
September 19, 1880 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
.... 4 Annie Agnes
Wilson b: December 20, 1880 in Gainesville,
Cooke County, Texas d:
May 28, 1951 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas Fact 1: Never
married. Taught History at Bowie High School. (Bowie, Texas)
.... 4 Estelle Vance
Wilson b: November 13, 1882 in Bellevue, Clay
Co., Texas d: March 19,
1948 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas aka:
Stella Fact 1: Never married.
.... 4 Earl Hooper
Wilson b: September 7, 1889 in Bellevue, Clay
Co., Texas d: November
24, 1954 in Vernon, Wilbarger Co.,Texas Fact 1: Served as Deputy
Wilbarger County Tax Collector-Assessor
........ +Willie House
b: March 13, 1891 in Greenville, Hunt Co., Texas
m: November 2, 1913 d: June 27, 1986 in Fort
Worth,Tarrant Co, Texas Mother: Katie Colley
Father: Samuel Smith House, Jr.
.. 3 Amanda Wilson
b: 1852 in Rutherford, Tenn. Gibson County ......
+George E. Flowers
m: August 17, 1873 in
Gibson County, Tennessee
.. 3 Winfield Scott
Wilson b: November 25, 1854 in Gibson Co.
Tennessee d: September
7, 1947 in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
...... +Abigail Jane
Jones b: February 14, 1854 in Gibson/Obion Co.
Tennessee m: November 20, 1872 in Gibson Co.
Tennessee d: June 10, 1919 in Granbury, Texas
Mother: Dorothy Sutherland
Father: Francis P. Jones
.... 4 Viola M. Wilson
b: January 28, 1874 in Gibson Co. Tennessee
........ +R. Lee Bailey
m: December 12, 1890
in Gibson Co., Tennessee
.... 4 Belluah B.
Wilson b: January 8, 1876 in Kenton, Gibson Co.,
Tennessee d: August 21,
1966 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas
........ +J. Louis
Barton m: December 21,
1893
.... 4 John R. Wilson
b: July 22, 1878 in Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
d: November 29, 1970 in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
........ +Francis
Eugenia McBrayer b: February 12, 1880 in
Ashville, St. Clair Co., Alabama m: October 13,
1901 in Paluxy, Hood Co., Texas d: October 30,
1967 in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
.... 4 Maggie Elva
Wilson b: December 16, 1880 in Paluxy, Hood Co.,
Texas d: September 1,
1975 in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
........ +Samuel Clyde
Carlton m: August 26,
1901 in Vernon, Wilbarger Co, Texas
.... *2nd Husband of
Maggie Elva Wilson:
........ +Isaac Posh
Cowan m: August 15,
1942 in McLennan Co Texas
.... 4 Fannie Wilson
b: April 17, 1883 in Paluxy, Hood Co., Texas
d: July 13, 1973 in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
........ +Frank B.
Morrison b: June 16, 1882 m:
December 23, 1900 d: January 1967 in Granbury,
Hood Co., Texas
.... 4 Benjamin F.
Wilson b: December 19, 1885 in Paluxy, Hood Co.,
Texas d: July 6, 1968
in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
........ +Meddie Bacers
b: October 14, 1882 d:
May 23, 1974 in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
.... 4 James Doyle
Wilson b: December 7, 1888 in Paluxy, Hood Co.,
Texas d: March 1, 1974
in Granbury, Hood Co., Texas
........ +Grace Ratliff
.... 4 Harvey Wilson
b: July 13, 1891 in Paluxy, Hood Co., Texas
d: March 2, 1974 in Acton, Hood County, Texas
Fact 1: 1974 buried at Acton Cemetery, Acton, Hood co., Texas
........ +Mary Hunter
d: in Acton, Hood County, Texas
.. 3 Mary Ann Wilson
b: 1856 in Rutherford, Gibson Co, Tennessee
...... +W.N. Ridgeway
m: November 9, 1873 in
Gibson County, Tennessee
.. 3 S.H. Wilson
b: 1858 in Trenton, Tenn. Gibson County
.. 3 Infant Wilson
b: 1860 in Trenton, Tenn. Gibson County
.. 3 Robert Wilson
b: 1862 in North Carolina
.. 3 Charles Wilson
b: 1863 in North Carolina
2 Elizabeth Ann Wilson
(in Wilson Co. TN)
2 Nancy Jane Wilson
(In Wilson Co.
TN)
2 Mary Ann Wilson (In
Wilson Co. TN)
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