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Archibald Blackburn WILSON

Archibald Blackburn WILSON

Male 1842 - 1882  (40 years)

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  • Name Archibald Blackburn WILSON 
    Born 1842  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From Dec 1863 to 27 Jun 1865  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Residence 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1882  [3] 
    Buried (UNMARKED)  G. W. Richards Cemetery, Lynn Camp Run (NE of Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries Through 1993," p. 148, reports burial in the G. W. Richards Cemetery of "Archibald Blackburn Wilson, 1842-1882, no marker, son of John & Charlotte Dotson Wilson. Body is reported to be located in this grave, although marker is in Wilson Cemetery, Beason."
    Person ID I134839  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2022 

    Father John Marshall WILSON,   b. 1806, Randolph Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1881, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Charlotta DOTSON,   b. 24 Jul 1812, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1898, Delaware Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F21842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Virginia Belle "Jennie" RICHARDS,   b. 1848, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1898  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Township), enumerated on July 28, 1870:
      A. B. Wilson, 28, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $200; Virginia B, 22; Albert M, 4; Willie F, 2; Robert A. Jones, 29, farm laborer. All born in Virginia/West Virginia.

      1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District), enumerated on June 4, 1880:
      A. B. Wilson, 37, farmer; wife Virginia B, 32; son Albert M, 13; son Willie F, 11; dau Susan L. P, 6; dau Ruth A, 4. [9, 10]
    Children 
    +1. Aries Blackburn WILSON,   b. 15 Aug 1881, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1949, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F59453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 13, Line 28 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537588&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995), p. 148.

    4. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    7. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 13, Line 28 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537588&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as A. B. Wilson, 23, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of John M. & Charlotta, occupation farmer; and V. B. Richards, 17, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Jacob & Ruthe. Married on Dec 6 1865 in Ritchie County, officiated by W. H. Diddle.

    9. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    10. [S1604] Death record of son.