Benjamin Wilson Family File

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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