George Zaccheus Wilson (1836 - 1929)

Born Apr 1836 in Live Oak, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Dec 1929 at age 93 in Tulare, California, United States

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Biography

Census

"United States Census, 1850," ^[1]

Chester A Gorbet Male 50 Ohio

Nancy Gorbet Female 40 South Carolina

Edward Gorbet Male 23 Texas

Permilia Ann Wilson Female 16 Texas

Mary M Wilson Female 14 Texas

Sarah E Wilson Female 11 Texas

George Z Wilson Male 9 Texas

John Gorbet Male 4 Texas

Lorenzo Gorbet Male 2 Texas

Death

Death:

• "California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q287-LHB6 : Sun Mar 10 20:40:45 UTC 2024), Entry for George Z Wilson, 1929.

• "California Death Index, 1905-1939", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-VLC8 : Fri Mar 08 09:27:48 UTC 2024), Entry for George Z Wilson, 25 12 1929.

• "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XSL-TQ3Q : 15 June 2022), George Zaccheus Wilson, ; Burial, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States of America, Visalia Public Cemetery; citing record ID 236174237, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Obituary

G. Z. Wilson, 89, Well known Visalian, Died Here Dec.25

George Zacheus Wilson, 89, a native of Texas, died in this city at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. He had been a resident of this city since 1906. Mr. Wilson was for many years prominent in his native state, and was one of the volunteer guards under Colonels Guisett and Stewart during the was between Texas and Mexico. His wife, Mrs. Emily Clement Shipp Wilson, whom he married in 1861 in Texas, died in 1922. Survivors include eight children, E. G. Wilson, Miss Dollie Wilson, George S. Wilson, and Mrs. John W. Brown, all of Visalia; Mrs. Kittie Jones, Oakville, Texas, Mrs. Nannie Toomey, Salinas, Z. C. Wilson, Rock Springs, Texas, and Mrs. Jack Pettigrew, Forney, Texas. He was a member of the Masonic order. Funeral services will be conducted from the A. E. Brooks chapel at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon with Rev. D. H. Householder, pastor of the Methodist church, South in charge. Interment will be made in the family plot in the city cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLL-M3Y : 12 April 2016), George Z Wilson in household of Chester A Gorbet, Grimes county, Grimes, Texas, United States; citing family 276, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Visalia Times-Delta (Visalia, California), 26 Dec 1929, Thu, Page 10

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Becky Santos for creating WikiTree profile Wilson-14457 through the import of Crouch Family.ged on Jul 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Becky and others.