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Reason H. WILSON

Reason H. WILSON

Male 1835 - 1864  (29 years)

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  • Name Reason H. WILSON 
    Born 1835  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1832, but age 15 in 1850 Census puts it in about 1835. Findagrave reports birthplace as Ritchie County, but marriage record states Monongalia County.
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW)  [3] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation husbandry  [2] 
    Died 14 Jul 1864  Andersonville Prison, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I66733  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 May 2015 

    Father Joseph M. WILSON,   b. 1790, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth GRAY,   b. 1791, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1880  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F24461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Jane GRIBBLE,   b. CA 1835, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 6 Sep 1852  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 25 1860:
      Reason H. Wilson, 23, farmer; Sarah J, 22; Content, 6; Sarah E, 4; Brigham W, 6 months.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Aug 18 1870:
      Sarah J. Wilson, 32; Content, 13; Sarah E, 10; Brigham W, 7; Lavina J, 5.
      (Note: Children's ages are clearly in error, based on previous census. Marital status and relationships were not recorded in the 1870 Census and earlier.) [6, 7]
    Children 
     1. Content WILSON,   b. CA 1854
    +2. Sarah E. WILSON,   b. CA 1856,   d. 8 Jun 1943, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
     3. Brigham W. WILSON,   b. CA 1859
     4. Lavina J. WILSON,   b. CA 1866, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F28027  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.

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

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 1.
      Identified as Reason (middle initial unclear) Wilson, single, 20, b. Monongahela (sic) Co Va, occupation husbandry; and Sarah Jane Gribble, single, 17, b. Preston Co. Married Sep 6 1852. In the column "Names of their Parents," under Husband was entered Joseph, and under Wife was entered Elizabeth. There was no indication whose parents were named.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.