Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login  
Share Print Bookmark
Joshua WILSON

Joshua WILSON[1]

Male 1840 - 1901  (61 years)

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Joshua WILSON 
    Born 2 Feb 1840  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1841.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 10 Aug 1862 to 16 Sep 1865  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 
    • Unit given in 1890 Veterans Census as Co C, 6th W.Va. Infantry, but as Co E in all other records.
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1885  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1890  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1900  North Enid, Garfield Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation employee of Clarksburg Fuel Co. at Despard Mines  [9] 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 10] 
    Residence Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Died 25 Dec 1901  Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Cause: struck by train 
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Person ID I30153  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2017 

    Father Benjamin L. WILSON,   b. 1808, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1880, Walton, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Martha KELLEY,   b. 6 Feb 1810, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F2226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary CONAWAY,   b. Jun 1841, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1916  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1862  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    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.)
    Children 
     1. Rosabell WILSON,   b. CA 1863, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 15 years)
     2. Emera Ellsworth WILSON,   b. 2 Oct 1865, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1951  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Olive L. M. WILSON,   b. Mar 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1949  (Age ~ 82 years)
     4. Esta WILSON,   b. CA 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 9 years)
     5. Emma Erega WILSON,   b. 7 Apr 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1954, Baldwin Park, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Lucille L. WILSON,   b. Jan 1880, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1960  (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F25582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    30153_WILSON_Joshua_1840-1901_SouthForkBaptCem_Oxford_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		30153_WILSON_Joshua_1840-1901_SouthForkBaptCem_Oxford_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    30153_WILSON_Joshua_KilledByTrain_25Dec1901.jpg    		30153_WILSON_Joshua_KilledByTrain_25Dec1901.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    4. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    5. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , 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. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S14] Obituary.

    10. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    11. [S2555] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    13. [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.)