Thomas Bayne Wilson (1892 - 1963)

Born 26 May 1892 in Williamstown, Jefferson, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 May 1963 at age 70 in Monterey County, California, United States

Biography

Thomas was born in 1892. He was the son of Benjamin Wilson and Mary Bayne.

Thomas' mother died in 1898. By 1900, he and his sister, Inez, were living with their maternal aunts, Bettie and Nora Bayne, in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas.^[1]

Thomas registered for the WWI draft in June, 1917 in Los Angeles County, California. He was single with no dependents, and working as a traveling auditor for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company at the time. He claimed exemption from the draft as he was a member of the 12th Naval Reserve. His physical description was listed as Caucasian, tall, with medium build, gray eyes and black hair.^[2]

By 1930, Thomas and wife, Chloe, his sons, and father, were living in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.^[3] The household included:

• Bayne T Wilson Head Male 38 Kansas
• Chloe B C Wilson Wife Female 34 New York
• Thomas B Wilson Jr. Son Male 4 California
• Ben Robt Wilson Son Male 3 California
• B E Wilson Father-in-law Male 68 Kansas (actually his father)

Thomas sailed from Shanghai, China to San Francisco, California in 1937, aboard the USS President Hoover.^[4]

He passed away in 1963 in Monterey, California.^[5] Burial was in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.^[6] His tombstone states Thomas was a Brigadier General in the US Army, He served in World War I and II.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTN-H2V : accessed 27 July 2020), Bain T Wilson in household of Nora Bayne, Lawrence city Ward 2, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 4A, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,479.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVV-DP8 : 24 August 2019), Thomas B Wilson, 1917-1918.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCNC-LN5 : accessed 27 July 2020), Bayne T Wilson, San Francisco (Districts 251-409), San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 320, sheet 6B, line 51, family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 206; FHL microfilm 2,339,941.
4. ↑ "United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WBYS-J3N2 : 19 November 2019), Thomas Wilson, 1937.
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPK2-KLF : 26 November 2014), Thomas B Wilson, 07 May 1963; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 July 2020), memorial page for BG Thomas Bayne Wilson (26 May 1892–7 May 1963), Find A Grave: Memorial #60036333, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Russ Jacobs (contributor 46633397) .
7. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53K-MV2Q : 18 July 2020), Gen Thomas Bayne Wilson, 1963.