Family: Joshua WILSON / Mary CONAWAY (F25582)
m. 18 Nov 1862-
Father | Male
Joshua WILSON
Born 2 Feb 1840 Marion Co, (W)VA 
Died 25 Dec 1901 Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Married 18 Nov 1862 [1] Ritchie Co, WV [1] Father Benjamin L. WILSON | F2226 Group Sheet Mother Martha KELLEY | F2226 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Mary CONAWAY
Born Jun 1841 Marion Co, (W)VA Died 1916 Buried Father Thomas CONAWAY | F44125 Group Sheet Mother
Child 1 | Female
Rosabell WILSON
Born CA 1863 Doddridge Co, WV Died 9 Nov 1878 Doddridge Co, WV Buried
Child 2 | Male
Emera Ellsworth WILSON
Born 2 Oct 1865 West Virginia Died 6 Nov 1951 Buried Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee Spouse May FORNEY | F43812 Married CA 1889
Child 3 | Female
+ Olive L. M. WILSON
Born Mar 1867 Doddridge Co, WV Died 13 Oct 1949 Buried Enid Cemetery, Garfield Co, OK Spouse Walter DOTSON | F43891 Married 12 Jul 1885 Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 5 | Female
Emma Erega WILSON
Born 7 Apr 1875 Doddridge Co, WV Died 15 Feb 1954 Baldwin Park, Los Angeles Co, CA Buried Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA Spouse Raymond Clark HELMICK | F43862 Married CA 1899
Child 6 | Female
Lucille L. WILSON
Born Jan 1880 West Virginia Died 1960 Buried Garber Cemetery, Barber, Garfield Co, OK Spouse James S. BAXTER | F43864 Married 1899 Oklahoma Spouse Albert E. DUNCAN | F43865 Married 1923
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Notes - 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
Joshua Wilson, 29, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $1,000; Mary 28; Rosa, 7.Emery, 4, Olive, 3; Estie (male), 1; Jacob Watson, 29, farm laborer, value of real estate $660, value of personal estate $250.
(NOTE: Two years later, Jacob Watson married Joshua Wilson's sister Lydia.)
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
Joshua Wilson, 39, farmer; wife Mary, 39, cannot read/write; son Emery E E, 14; dau Olive L M, 13; dau Emma D (?), 5; female Lucy L, 4 months, born in January.
1900 Census, Garfield Co, Oklahoma (North Enid Twp, Town of North Enid), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
Joshua Willson, 59, b. Feb 1841 in WVa, farm laborer, married 42 yrs; wife Mary, 58, b. Jun 1841 in WVa, married 42 yrs, mother of 6 children (4 still living).
(NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of their daughter daughter Olive Dotson, with her husband and daughter.)
- 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
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Sources - [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR, line 41 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537530&Type=Marriage.
Identified as Josiah Wilson, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Benj. L. & Martha, occupation soldier; and Mary Conaway, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Thomas & Catharine. Married Nov 18 1862 in Ritchie County, officiated by James Woods.
(NOTE: We have found no other reference to the name Josiah being used by Joshua Wilson. The possibility of a clerical error cannot be discounted.)
- [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR, line 41 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537530&Type=Marriage.