Husband: Reason H. Wilson
Census name: Rezin Wilson
Born: 1835 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1)
Died: Jul-14-1864 in Andersonville Prison, GA 3,4
Buried: in Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon Co, GA 3
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: husbandry 2
Military: Pvt, Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW) 4
Father: Joseph M. Wilson (1790 - 1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Gray (1791 - 1880)
Wife: Sarah Jane Gribble 5,6 Married: Sep- 6-1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7
Born: ca 1835 in Preston Co, (W)VA 2 Resided: 1890 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: William J. G. Gribble (1809 - 1860) Mother: Lydia A. Rogers (1819 - ) Other spouse 2 Notes
F Child 1: Content Wilson Born: ca 1854 8 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 2: Sarah E. Wilson Born: ca 1856 9 (see note 2) Died: Jun- 8-1943 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV 10 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1884 in Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: William Morris Britton b. Oct-12-1860 d. May-22-1951 Married: Feb-14-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
M Child 3: Brigham W. Wilson Born: ca 1859 8 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870 in Smithfield District, Roane Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 4: Lavina J. Wilson Born: ca 1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: 1887 in Lewis Co, WV 12 Census: 1870 in Smithfield District, Roane Co, WV (see note 4) Husband: Marshall Hitt b. ca 1823 Married: Aug-10-1887 in Lewis Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Death record of daughter. (7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Reason (middle initial unclear) Wilson, single, 20, b. Monongahela (sic) Co Va, occupation husbandry; and Sarah Jane Gribble, single, 17, b. Preston Co. Married Sep 6 1852. In the column "Names of their Parents," under Husband was entered Joseph, and under Wife was entered Elizabeth. There was no indication whose parents were named. MR p. 1. (8) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William M. Britton, age 20 as of Oct 14 1883, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Sarah E. Wilson, 22, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Feb 14 1884 in Doddridge County at the home of Eli M. Gaston, the presiding minister. Informants for the marriage license: S. J. Ross & Wm. M. Britton. MR p. 271. (12) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1832, but age 15 in 1850 Census puts it in about 1835. Findagrave reports birthplace as Ritchie County, but marriage record states Monongalia County. Note (2) Marriage record indicates birth in about 1861 in Lewis County, but death record states about 1854 in Doddridge County. The 1860 Census of Ritchie County shows her age as 4. Note (3) With his sister Lavina, in household of Otho & Louisa (Jett) Watson. Note (4) With her brother Brigham, in household of Otho & Louisa (Jett) Watson.