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Ben WILSON

Ben WILSON[1]

Male 1870 - 1946  (75 years)


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  • Name Ben WILSON
    Birth 31 Jul 1870  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 5] 
    Death 5 Feb 1946  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Burial EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    • Name on headstone: Ben Wilson.
    Notes 
    • As grandchildren of Willis Nutter and Julia Richards, Ben Wilson's two wives, Lola Nutter and Susie A. Nutter, were first cousins to each other.
    Person ID I6040  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2014

    Father John Marshall WILSON,   b. 1827, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916 (Age 89 years)
    Mother Rebecca J. CLAYTON,   b. 1833, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F19145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lola G. NUTTER,   b. 14 Jun 1873, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1922, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [7, 8, 9, 10]
    Marriage 19 Nov 1891  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Clifton Lamont WILSON,   b. 21 May 1894, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1985, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2. Lucy Myrl WILSON,   b. Dec 1899
    +3. Madge WILSON,   b. 30 Apr 1905
    +4. Mary Frances WILSON,   b. 31 Mar 1915   d. 23 Jan 1994 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F6346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susie A. (twin) NUTTER,   b. 3 Mar 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1985, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years)  [1, 12, 13]
    Marriage 31 Dec 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Family ID F2118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1900 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Clay Dist, 13Jun1900    		1900 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Clay Dist, 13Jun1900
    1910 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Clay Dist, 21Apr1910    		1910 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Clay Dist, 21Apr1910
    1920 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Clay Dist, 6Feb1920    		1920 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Clay Dist, 6Feb1920
    6040_WILSON_Ben_1870-1946_DeathCertificate.jpg    		6040_WILSON_Ben_1870-1946_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 216.

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2197] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

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

    7. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 236.

    10. [S770] Donald E. Norman & Pauline Karabogias, The Descendants of Christopher Nutter (based on "The Nutter Family" by Barr Wilson), (http://hackerscreek.com/norman/NUTTER/CHRISTOPHER1.htm).

    11. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Ben Wilson, 21, of Ritchie Co; and Lola G. Nutter, 18, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Nov 19 1891.

    12. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    13. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    14. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Participants identified as Ben Wilson, age 52, b. Ritchie Co; and Mrs. Susie Haught, age 40. Ceremony held Dec 31 1923.