Died about at about age 45
in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
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Biography
Manson Frank Wilson was the son of John Wilson and Mary Baker.
He married Zilphia Brunetta Cockerham on 16 Jan 1850 in Macon County, NC. Performed by: T.P. Siler, Deputy Clerk.
Manson served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company H, 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment; enlisting on 11 Jul 1862. He served until late 1863 to early 1864.
It has been told he came to an untimely death, tragically falling down the courthouse steps in Webster.
Eleven children would be born to this union:
Algerine L Wilson 1851-bef 1880
William Marion Wilson 1852-1908
Matilda Palestine "Martha" Wilson 1855-1933
Violet Jane Wilson 1858-1937
Mary Jane Wilson 1862-1946
Sarah Melvina Wilson 1865-1950
Zilphia Emary Wilson 1868-1943
Manson Alinew Wilson 1870-bef 1900
Delphia Florence Wilson 1872-1954
James Wilson 1875-1903
He was 45-years of age.
Manson was born about 1835.
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BIRTH 1830
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MARRIAGE 1850
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MILITARY 1962
Civil War as a Corporal in Company H, 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment; enlisting on 11 Jul 1862
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CENSUS 1870
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DEATH 1876
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BURIAL
Place: Old Savannah Baptist Cemetery
Savannah
Jackson County
North Carolina, USA
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61910205/manson-frank-wilson : accessed 28 December 2021), memorial page for Manson Frank Wilson (21 Jun 1830–12 Feb 1876), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61910205, citing Old Savannah Baptist Cemetery, Savannah, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Trails of History (contributor 47272808) .
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPFS-5Z9 : 18 July 2017), Violet Higdon, 06 Mar 1937; citing Savannah, Jackson, North Carolina, fn 1947 cn 5, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,134.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Manson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Manson: