Benjamin P. Wilson (1810 - 1877)

Born 10 Mar 1810 in Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Letha (Turner) Wilson — married 1 Mar 1830 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States

Died 25 Apr 1877 at age 67 in Allen, Kentucky, USA

This person was created on 19 March 2011 through the import of KRH Family Tree_2010-12-30.ged.

1. Biography of his son George Y. Wilson from 'Kentucky, A History of the State Perrin, Battle, and Kniffin, 1886 Allen Co. KY' as found on the Sumner County Tennessee TNGENWEB website, http://tngenweb.org/sumner/fagywi.htm

"George Y. WILSON was born in Allen County, November 28, 1853, where he grew up. His father, Benjamin P. Wilson, was born March 10, 1810. He was a son of George Wilson, of Virginia, who was of Irish descent. Benjamin Wilson was married March 1, 1830, to Lethe, daughter of Yancy and Mary (Dillon) Turner, of Sumner County, Tenn., who was born December 22, 1814. He started in life at the bottom of the ladder, but by industry, economy and perserverance, he accumulated a fine property and became the owner of a well improved farm of 200 acres, in good condition and a fine state of cultivation. He was for eight terms assessor of Allen County, during which time he received a premium for having the best-kept assessor's books in the State. He was a magistrate and member of the court of claims of Allen County for three terms, and was, besides, for four years county judge of his native county. In 1830 he was converted and joined the Methodist Church, in which he was, in 1831, licensed to exhort, and in 1837 was licensed to preach, and afterward was ordained, in 1847, as a deacon, by Bishop Janes, and as elder by Bishop Paine, in 1854. From 1837 up to a short time of his death, which took place April 25, 1877, he labored constantly and earnestly as a minister of the Gospel, meeting with great success. He had seven children, of whom George Y. is the youngest. He was possessed in his youth of fair opportunities and has obtained a fair English education; he is a moral man, not at present a member of any church organization, but is a Methodist in belief, and in politics is a Democrat."