Husband: Marion Homer Wilson
Also known as: Homer Wilson 1,2
Born: Jul-23-1873 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Died: Dec- 7-1959 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 5,4
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6,3
Resided: in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer & carpenter 7
Father: James Kelly Wilson (1850 - 1929)
Mother: Amelia Virginia Griffin (1849 - 1924)
Wife: Elizabeth Catherine Gaston Also known as: Eliza 8,3,9 Married: Sep-23-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,11,9
Born: Dec-26-1872 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Died: Aug-19-1966 in Glen Morgan, Raleigh Co, WV 3 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6,3 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8,3 Resided: 1929 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12 Father: John Smith Gaston (1830 - 1893) Mother: Catherine Leggett (1836 - 1914)
M Child 1: Wheeler Shirley Wilson Also known as: Shirley Wilson 2,13,7,14 Born: Nov-15-1897 15 Died: ca 1957 16 Census: 1930, 1940 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV Census: 1900, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: teacher 2,17 Occupation: 1940 salesman for sweeper company 18 Wife: Eva Jane Pritchard b. May- 6-1901 d. Jun- 6-1989 Married: Jul- 1-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 19
F Child 2: Louie Enid Wilson Also known as: Enid Wilson 20,21,22,7 Born: May-14-1901 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Died: Sep-13-1997 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 20,3 Census: 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: teacher 2 Husband: Overy Earl Zinn b. Apr-28-1896 d. Jul- 9-1970 Also known as: Earl Zinn 7,23,24,25 Married: Aug-10-1924 in Doddridge Co, WV 9 (see note 1)
F Child 3: Avis Mildred Wilson Also known as: Mildred Wilson 7,2,20,13 Born: Dec-10-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV Died: Oct- 9-1996 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried: in Blue Ridge Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV Resided: in Glen Morgan, Raleigh Co, WV 20 Resided: 1979 in Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV 7 Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: music teacher Husband: Clarence Sherman Rule b. 1898 d. May-30-1977 Married: May-24-1947 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co, WV 26 No children: 7
F Child 4: Eula Edith Wilson Census name: Edith E. Wilson 27 Born: Oct-12-1910 28 Died: Feb-28-2005 3 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 16,20,3,7 Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Allison Bell "George" Davis b. Apr-15-1906 d. Feb-27-1986 Married: Oct-16-1942 6
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife. (2) Amy Gaston Smith, Those Days of Long Ago (Sep 15 1984, reprinted Jun 1999 by Michael Ruppert Jr., Los Angeles CA, with help of Mike Ruppert Sr., Grove WV and Loud) (3) Obituary. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (6) Headstone. (7) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 290. (8) Obituary of brother. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Obituary of Marion Homer Wilson gives marriage date of Sep 24 1896. MR Bk 5, Page 230. (11) Obituary of husband. (12) Obituary of half-sister. (13) Obituary of sister. (14) Obituary of grandson. (15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (16) Obituary of father. (17) 1930 Census, Wood County, WV. (18) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. (19) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (20) Obituary of mother. (21) Obituary of son. (22) Obituary of daughter. (23) Newspaper engagement announcement of granddaughter. (24) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (25) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (26) William Bernard Wilson, Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989 (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990), p. 40. (27) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (28) Janice Zinn Ball (1926-2016) Event Notes Note (1) Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989, p. 39, reports marriage date as Aug 7 1924.