West Virginia Pioneers

George Washington Wilson

Male 1871 - 1929  (58 years)


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  • Name George Washington Wilson 
    Born 24 Sep 1871  Meigs County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Dec 1929  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Findagrave.com
      George Washington Wilson
      Birth: Sep. 24, 1871
      Meigs County
      Ohio, USA
      Death: Dec. 21, 1929
      Nitro
      Kanawha County
      West Virginia, USA

      The Charleston Gazette, Sunday December 22, 1929-Article

      Accident Is Fatal to Carpenter at Nitro

      George Wilson, 56, carpenter at the Viscose company plant at Nitro, was killed at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning when he was struck by a falling timber. He was assisting a crew of men to move a small building when the accident happened.
      The deceased is survived by his widow and four daughters, Mrs. B. Fox, Maple and Katherine Wilson of Nitro and Lenia Wilson, who is attending Marshall College in Huntington.
      Wilson was well known in Nitro having lived there for the past nine years. He was a former merchant having conducted a grocery store on First Avenue. No funeral arrangements have been made.

      The Charleston Gazette, Monday, December 23, 1929

      Hold Funeral Services

      Funeral services for George Wilson who was killed at the Viscose Plant on Saturday, were held from his home on Ninth Street on Sunday afternoon with the Rev. O. L. Hawkins, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Burial was at Spencer.

      Family links:
      Parents:
      Azariah Fletcher Wilson (1836 - 1897)

      Spouse:
      Maggie Lucria Miller Wilson (1884 - 1961)*

      Children:
      Rosy Wilson (1902 - 1902)*
      Orra Wilson (1905 - 1905)*
      Beatrice Madeline Wilson Fox (1906 - 1963)*
      Lenia Gertrud Wilson (1909 - 1978)*
      Maple Loraine Wilson (1913 - 2000)*
      Katherine Isabelle Wilson Carden (1917 - 1982)*

      Siblings:
      Alvira Victoria Wilson Miller (1867 - 1947)*
      James Horatio Wilson (1869 - 1930)*
      George Washington Wilson (1871 - 1929)
      Mary Jane Wilson Miller (1874 - 1935)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Inscription:
      This cemetery was recorded by Jeff Perkins, Dorothy Park, and Donna J. Walbrown of the Roane County Historical Society. This project was the Society’s effort to make a permanent record of burials in Roane County, West Virginia. The recording of this cemetery is published in Cemeteries of Roane County, West Virginia Volume V pgs. 93 and 94, and published by the Roane County Historical Society, Inc., PO Box 161, Spencer, WV 25276, 2001.

      Note: Vet. Spanish American War

      Burial:
      Miller Cemetery #3
      Spencer
      Roane County
      West Virginia, USA
      Maintained by: MoniT
      Originally Created by: Anonymous
      Record added: Jul 11, 2015
      Find A Grave Memorial# 149052625
    Person ID I56202  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father Azariah Fletcher Wilson,   b. Abt 1835, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Rachel Casto,   b. Abt 1836, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 2 Feb 1856  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • 1860 Roane, Va # 546
      Azariah Wilson 25 VA
      Rachel 22 VA

      1870 Salisbury, Meigs OH # 273
      Wilson, Fletcher 33 VA
      Rachel 32 VA
      Sarah 8 VA
      Victoria 3 OH
      James 1 OH

      1880 Harper, Roane, WV # 136
      Wilson, Azariah F 44 wd WVWVWV
      Elvira V 13 da OH WVWV
      James H 10 son OH
      George W 8 son OH
      Mary 6 da OH
    Family ID F3464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maggie Loretta Miller,   b. 24 Aug 1884, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1961  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 8 Sep 1901  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 9/8/1901 at the residence of P G Wilson
      Place: Roane, West Virginia, United States
      George W Wilson, 28, Pomroy Ohio; Roane Co WV
      Maggie L Miller, 17, Roane Co, Roane Co
    Family ID F15278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S898] Gravestone or Memorial posted on Findagrave.com.

    2. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    3. [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.