Ahnentafel #62 - William Wilson

William Wilson

Born: 1835 in Indiana
Died: Feb. 3, 1899 in Clay Co., IL of pneumonia

Buried: Louisville, IL, probably in the Old Louisville Cemetery, no stone found

Married:  
1) Evann Brooks, July 20, 1860, Clay Co., IL
2) Mary Ellen Heath, Nov. 21, 1880, Clay Co., IL

Occupation: farmer, day laborer

Records:
1840 Indiana, Daviess Co. - age 5.  There is an Alex. Wilson household:

• 1 male -5 Alexander
• 1 male 5-10 William
• 1 male 20-29 Alexander
• 1 female 20-29 Lorena 
• 1 person engaged in agriculture
• 1 adult unable to read and write

1850 Indiana, Daviess Co.- age 16 living with his parents and five siblings.

1855 not found on the Illinois census

1860 Illinois, Clay Co. - age 25 William & Evann are living with his widowed father Alexander and William's six siblings.

• Wilson, Alexander, 44, m, farmer, KY
• Wilson, William, 25, m, IN
• Wilson, Anna [Evann] 17 f, OH
• Wilson, Alexander 21 m, farm laborer, IN
• Wilson, Shelby 19, m, IN
• Wilson, Emily 17 f, IN
• Wilson, Andrew 14 m IN
• Wilson, Mary 10 f IN
• Wilson, George W. 9 m IN

1865 Illinois, Clay Co. - age 27 with Evann and two children, producing $15 worth of grain

1870 Illinois, Clay Co., Louisville Twp. - age 35 William's occupation is given as works on farm. 

• Wilson, Wm. 35, works on farm, personal property valued at $250, IN
• Wilson, Anna [Evann], 24 keeping house OH
• Wilson, Franklin, 8 IL
• Wilson, Mary E. 6 IL
• Wilson, Bell D[ora] 4 IL
• Wilson, America 2 IL

1880 Illinois, Clay Co. - age 42 widower living with four children ages 12 to 15.

• Wilson, William 42 widower, farmer, IN, KY, IN
• Wilson, Franklin 17 son single, farm laborer, IL, IN, OH
• Wilson, Mary E. 15 dau, single keeping house, IL, IN, OH
• Wilson, Beldora 14 dau single IL, IN, OH
• Wilson, America 12 dau, single, IL, IN, OH

Children by Evann Brooks:

William Franklin b. 1862 md. Rosa Belle Sullivan md. 1884

• Stella May b. 1885
• Frederick b. 1889 md. Zella (--?--) 1913 
• Myrtle b. 1915

Mary E. b. 1865, d. 1901 md. 1) Emmett Freeland 1884 & 2) Merritt Chism 1899

• Harvey Freeland b. 1885, d. 1945 md. Helena (--?--) Child: Philip

Beldora / Bell Dora b. 1866
America Adeline

Children by Mary Ellen Heath:
unnamed child? 
Henrietta b. 1881, listed as 2nd child on birth record
Alva b. 1884 md. 1) Nancy Warren 1916 & 2) Anna (--?--)

Zetta b. 1890 md. Rolla Carder 1905

• Vincent b. 1907, d. 1962, md. Bonnie Crowell, Child: Betty
• Victor b. 1910, d. 1935

Revised 1/21/2022