Benjamin D Wilson Jr. (1846 - 1923)

Born 16 Oct 1846 in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Thursey Angeline (Seal) Wilson — married 22 Jan 1867 in Cannon, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1923 at age 76 in Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Benjamin D "Doke" Wilson was born on October 16, 1846 in Tennessee^[1] He was the son of Benjamin Wilson and Mary Scott.

He married Thursey 'Angeline' Seal (1847-1930) on January 22, 1867 in Cannon County, Tennessee, at the age of 20.^[2] They had 5 children, with only 2 living in 1900.^[3]

1. Frances Caroline "Fannie" Wilson (1869-1946)
2. Erasmus Wilson (1873-)
3. Barbara L (Wilson) Chambliss (1879-1910)

They lived in South Fork Twp., Clark County, Arkansas in 1880, where he was farming. Their daughter Fannie age 10, was the only child in the home at the time.^[4]

They made their home in Lamar County, Texas in 1900, where he was working at a Saw Mill, and she was taking care of the home, Daughter, Barbara-21, and 3 boarders.^[3]

They moved to Pushmataha County, Oklahoma by 1908, as he was appointed Postmaster on October 15, 1908.^[5] In 1920, he was a Proprietor of a Grocery Store in Pushamataha County.^[6]

He passed away on August 24, 1923, at the age of 76, and was buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin D Wilson (16 Oct 1846–24 Aug 1923), Find A Grave: Memorial #38390383, citing Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Lois (contributor 46827270) .
2. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFQ-ZKB : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Wilson and Thursey A (Unknown) Seal, 22 Jan 1867; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 38, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PH-H19 : 1 December 2021), Benjamin Willson, 1900.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN71-BMM : 13 January 2022), Benjamin D. Wilson, South Fork Township, Clark, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971; Ancestry's U.S., Appointments of U.S. Postmasters Ancestry Record 1932 #438259
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1Y-NBR : 3 February 2021), Benjiman D Wilson, 1920.