Edgar Wilson

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Biography

Ed was born on October 28, 1916 at New Holland, a mill town located on the outskirts of Gainesville, Georgia.^[1][2][3][4] New Holland was built by the Pacolet Manufacturing Company in the 1890s. They bought 850 acres and went on to build the five-story Pacolet Cotton Mill, about 200 homes, a recreation building, store, school, a church that alternated Sundays between Methodists and Baptists, athletic fields and offices. In the 1920s they built a gymnasium that featured a heated swimming pool, bowling and billiards. The homes were for the management and workers. The mill was the largest textile mill in the state of Georgia. The plant and numerous homes were severely damaged in the tornadoes of 1903, then again in 1936. Dr. J.H. Downey, who later built Downey Hospital, forerunner of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, was the first New Holland doctor in a clinic that also had a dentist and nurse.^[5][6] Ed was the son of Ramsey Ozell Wilson (1884-1970) and Henrietta (Cox) Wilson (aft.1887-1963).^{[7][8][9][3][4]} He married Constance "Louise" (Jubin) Wilson (1924-2009) on April 26, 1952 in Gainesville.^[10][4] The couple had two children:^[11]

• Lucinda (Cindy) Wilson
• Rebecca (Becky) Wilson

Ed died on July 3, 2007^[1] at the age of 90 from prostate cancer.^[12] He is buried in the Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia.^[2][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch Edgar R Wilson, 03 Jul 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 December 2020), memorial page for Edgar Riley Wilson (28 Oct 1916–3 Jul 2007), Find A Grave: Memorial #68539981, citing Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by William Roha (contributor 47313371).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch [ttps://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MB-MDV Edgar Riley Wilson, 1941]; citing New Holland, Hall, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 004818428.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Ancestry.com. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. The Times; Publication Date: 7/ Jul/ 2007; Publication Place: Gainesville, Georgia, USA; Name: Edgar Riley Wilson, Gender: Male, Death Age: 90, Birth Date: 28 Oct 1916, Birth Place: New Holland, Residence Place: Gainesville, Death Date: 3 Jul 2007, Burial Date: 8 Jul 2007, Burial Place: Gainesville, Obituary Date: 7 Jul 2007, Obituary Place: Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA, Spouse: Louise Jubin Wilson, Child: Lucinda Taff; Rebecca Springer; Bill Springer; Mat Taff, Siblings: Roy O. Wilson; James E. Wilson; Guy F. Wilson. Ancestry Record.
5. ↑ Johnny Vardeman, Nov 22, 2009, 1:00 AM. https://www.gainesvilletimes.com. New Holland was a milestone in Hall County history.
6. ↑ Personal knowledge of Lucy (Wilson) Robinson.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch Edgar Wilson in household of Remsey O Wilson, Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States; citing ED 98, sheet 13B, line 67, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 261; FHL microfilm 1,820,261.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch Edgar R Wilson in household of Ramsey O Wilson, Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 19B, line 91, family 477, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 368; FHL microfilm 2,340,103.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch Edgar R Wilson in household of Ramsey O Wilson, Militia District 411, Hall, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-17, sheet 1A, line 25, family 7, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 682.
10. ↑ Ancesrty.com. Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Name: Edgar R Wilson, Gender: Male, Marriage Date: 26 Apr 1952, Marriage Place: Hall, Georgia, USA, Spouse: Constance Louise Jubin, Spouse Gender: Female. Ancestry Record, Ancestry Profile, Free Ancestry Document View.
11. ↑ Gainesville Times. The Times. Publication Date: 3/ Mar/ 2009. Publication Place: Gainesville, Georgia, USA. Louise Constance Jubin Wilson.
12. ↑ Mildred (Mingledorff) Wilson. Personal recollection, 6 June 2018, as told to Lucy (Wilson) Robinson. Notes written from the conversation and in the possession of Wilson-42454.

See also:

• FamilySearch ID LT9P-2F7 Edgar Riley "Ed" Wilson