GILBERT NATHANIAL'S DESCENDANTS

Gilbert Nathanial Wilson, also known as George Washington Wilson, is the oldest known

ancestor of the Wilson family in the United States. His parents immigrated from Ireland in the

early nineteenth century. Little is known about his parents and why they came over although it

was probably for religious freedom here in the New World. There is a Nathanial Wilson who

appears in the census of 1810 in Colleton County as head of the household who could be Gilbert

Nathanial's father, but so far we have no evidence linking these men together. As a matter of fact,

little information is known about the Wilson family until 1846, when Gilbert married his first wife,

Margaret 0' Flynn. This date is recorded on a page in the family Bible and begins the written

history of the family. This page also lists the birth of their children and their marriages and deaths.

It also records Gilbert's birthday as July 1, 1816. From The ie - e e r. - a .1 q I I

by Josephine Shuler, Gilbert's grandaughter, I was able to find plentiful as well as fascinating

information on my direct ancestor and his family. An interview Mrs. Shuler included in her

published work describes the hardships and history of the family. This interview is basically a

conversation in which James Mendenhall Wilson recollects bits of information of his father,

Gilbert, which are recorded by his sister, Lydia Wilson Freeland. This conversation took place in

Mr. Mendenhall's home, located in Walnut Grove, Orangeburg County, in the winter of 1964.

The only family Gilbert had was his mother. His father died before Gilbert was a teenager

and his sister married young and moved away. Gilbert and his mother were left alone on a farm

with one spotted pony to help them cultivate corn, potatoes, peanuts and rice. The farm was

located in St. Bartholomew's Parish in Colleton County, presently known as Walterboro. While

living on the farm, he depended on his spotted pony to take him to school which was fifteen miles

away. Gilbert did receive some schooling, however most of it was not until later in his life.

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He did not learn how to read or write until sometime between 1850 and 1860, as shown in the

1850 census of Colleton District and the 1860 census of Orangeburg County, see appendix.

Gilbert's first job during the late 1820's was transporting groceries from Charleston, a

dominant trading port in the south during this time, back to Walterboro. Everyday he would drive

an empty supply wagon to the major city, load up, and drive back home. This job soon evolved

into a new investment of the state during the early 1830's, (the trade lanes), which involved

transporting goods on a much larger scale from the back country of South Carolina to the coast.

Gilbert was only fourteen during this time, and the back country was still meagerly populated.

Later, in 1846, the month of August, day 26, Gilbert married Margaret 0' Flynn, who was born

on April 17, 1820. Being only four years apart, they were a perfect pair.

A few years later, Gilbert and Margaret and their first child Franklin moved from St.

Bartholomew's Parish to the Orangeburg area, near Branchville. By this time, Gilbert's expertise

became carpentry. First he worked with others building houses, and eventually he worked for

himself and built many others. The "Mike Arant" house near Bowman still stands, showing how

well he mastered the skills of carpentry. Margaret and Gilbert lived in a house Gilbert built on

Railroad Avenue, which is now known as South Boulevard. It was torn down some time ago,

and now another building stands in its place on the corner of South Boulevard and John C.

Calhoun Drive. Gilbert also built Walnut Grove Baptist Church about five miles on the outskirts

of Bowman. While living in Branchville, Margaret gave birth to several children including;

Shaldonia Vernicia, born August 21, 1850; George Jr., born July 7, 1854, and died August 14,

1854; Caleb Jasper, born August 5, 1855; William Perry, born July 17, 1857; Jefferson Lee, born

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June 6, 1861; and Mack Coburg, born March 3, 1865. Gilbert and his family appear in the 1860

census, however, Gilbert and Margarets' ages are wrong and she is listed as being older than him.

Shaldonia is listed as John, with the corresponding age of 9. Although Shaldonia's age is correct,

it is believed that Gilbert did not want to tell the government he had a daughter. George, Jr. is

listed as James, who would have been seven if he had not died when he was an infant. Caleb J.

and William are listed respectively, with the right ages as well. During these years, Gilbert

became employed with the South Carolina Railroad. In the 1860 census, Gilbert lists his

occupation as the roadmaster for the South Carolina Railroad, which was quickly expanding

during the early to mid-nineteenth century. By this time, Gilbert could read and write. He made

his children read the Bible regularly. He realized how illiterate people were because they could

not spell his name. Therefore, he changed his name to something people could easily relate to and

knew how to spell: George Washington Wilson. The 1860 census provides the first evidence that

George's (Gilbert's) place of birth was in South Carolina. Another document that confirms his

place of birth and employment is the List of Person Reporting for Enrollment in Orangeburg. see

appendix. Again, South Carolina was listed as his place of birth, his employment is recorded with

the Southern Railroad Company, and his Irish features are recorded. He was exempted from

serving in the Civil War under an Act of Congress, approved February 17, 1864, and maintained

his position with the railroad. He was charged with the responsiblity of keeping the railroad open

in order for the Confederacy to quickly be able to mobilize troops and transport goods when

necessary. Since his death in 1912, a Confederate marker has been placed upon his grave: "For

this wartime effort, The United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded him a service cross, which

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they placed upon his grave in Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery" (The Descendants of

George Washington, 1).

Three years after the Civil War Margaret died. She died when she was forty eight on

April 23, 1868, (The Orangeburg News, May 9, 1868). She is buried at The First Baptist Church

in Orangeburg. However, a tombstone does not exist for her because the graves of this section of

the graveyard were covered by an addition to the church, the annex known as Davis Hall, added

in 1926.

Gilbert, now known as George, had been a widower for only a few months when he met

the widow EvanCatherine Whitmire. Evan Catherine Bozard Whitmire was born on August 30,

1845, and was married first to Rufus Whitmire, who died of Yellow Fever at Charleston during

the Civil War. With this man, she had nine children. Her ancestors were from the Four Holes

Community east of Orangeburg. Her relatives lived next door to the Wilson's on Railroad

Avenue. George and Catherine married on September 20, 1868. George lived with his new wife

and his six children from his first marriage on Railroad Avenue in Orangeburg until 1877, when he

moved his large family into the country on a farm near Bowman. By this time, Catherine had

given birth to four children and would give birth to five more on the farm; Durham Samuel, Ida

Olivia, Julian Harry, Jennie (Jane), James Mendenhall, Lydia, Barney Scoville, Lorena, and Beulla

Bair. Altogether, a count of George Washington Wilson's children totals 16 (including the infant

George Jr.). When you include his step children of Catherine and Rufus, he had 24 children.

George Washington Wilson lived in Bowman until his death in 1912, approximately three months

shy of being one-hundred years old. He was the oldest citizen living in Orangeburg

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married an intriguing woman named Phoebe, who is believed to have disappeared during a lonely

journey to Alabama. Together, they had Peter Reuben, Jacob Roe, Henry Glenn, Charles, and

Urban David. Urban David, born in 1828, is my great, great, great grandfather who married, in

1855, a lady named Sarah Anne Pickling, who was born in 1833, in Orangeburg, . Urban David

fought in the Civil War enrolling in the 14th Infantry Regiment, also called the First or Second

Battallion in McPhersonville, which was eventually consolidated under the 5th Calvary Regiment.

Urban received a wound from a "conical missile" to the left thigh and was taken prisoner at the

battle of Hawe's Shop, Virginia, on May 28, 1864. He died from the wound and was buried at

Lincoln General Memorial, in Washington D.C., in the Soldier's Cemetery now known as

Arlington. Sarah Anne, Ada's mother, died in the Norway Township of Orangeburg, on January

25, 1916. A of picture Sarah Anne is provided in the appendix.

William Perry Wilson and Ada Lenora Segrest, as mentioned above, lived in the country

on a farm near Ada's mother, Sarah Anne Fielding . William Perry cultivated corn and cotton,

and also did carpenter work like his father. Ada and William Perry had eight children according

to The Segrest Saga . They were; Curtis, born 1877; Jimmy, born in May of 1882; Eddie K.,

born in 1884; Anna, born in April of 1886; Agnes, born in May of 1888; Grover Osdell, my great

grandfather, born in 1890; Perry, Jr., born in February in 1894; and Drew, born in 1899. Some of

thses dates appear to be slightly incorrect. Jimmy is believed to be from a different Wilson family

because no one recalls of him. In the Wilson Geneology found in the Salley Archives in

Orangeburg, Agnes Wilson is listed; getting married in W.C. Wilson's home in 1901. It is very

likely that Agnes is Curtis's sister. One of our Wilson's not mentioned is Ennis Wilson, who was

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born in June of 1882. There is a descrepency with William Perry's date of death; the year 1892 is

recorded on his tombstone but may be false considering he supposedly had two sons after that

date. The Segrest Saga records him as dying in late 1898, or early 1899, with the cause of his

death unknown. However, we do know that George Washington Wilson was with his son when

he died. William Perry is buried in Willow Swamp Cemetery with Ada next to him.

After William Perry's death, Ada married a second time to George B. Gray. He was born

in 1850, however nothing else is known about hint In some papers in the Orangeburg

Courthouse, Ada is listed as Adah Gray. However, in the 1910 census, she is listed as Ada

Wilson. She took back William Perry's name for the sake of her children. Ada died in 1923, in

Orangeburg.

Grover Osdell Wilson is a son of William Perry and Ada Wilson, born on May 18, 1890, in

Bowman, South Carolina. Grover was raised on that same farm near Bowman, and eventually

married a lady named Nellie Mae Victoria Hughes. Nellie Mae was born on November 7, 1895,

and after a long struggle inherited sixty acres of land near Neeses on which she and Grover lived.

Sheldona Livingston, Nellie's mother, died when Nellie was an infant, and according to her will

left her land to Nellie Mae. However, some of Nellie's greedy uncles stole the will and changed it

in order to benefit them. Only after Grover married Nellie in 1913 did she receive the land she

inherited. The matter ended up going to court and Nellie eventually won her land back. Later,

Nellie donated a portion of her land to Calvary Baptist Church near Orangeburg. Nellie and

Grover had five children most of which are alive today. They include Christi Mae, Modelle,

Woodrow, George, (my grandfather), and Lois. Together, Nellie and Grover raised their children

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on the farm. They mainly grew cotton until the depression, when Grover began his career as a

carpenter building bridges and houses with a company named Florida Bridge and Construction

Co. Nellie died on January 30, 1946. After Nellie died, Grover remarried twice. The first time

was to Daisy Young, but she died a year later of bad health. Four years later, he married Francis

Powers. Grover died on February 1, 1978, and is buried in Willow Swamp.

George Washington Wilson, son of Nellie and Grover was born on February 1, 1922, in

Neeses, South Carolina. George grew up on the farm Nellie inherited. Eventually, they owned

more than 100 acres of land. George and his sisters and brothers experienced the barrage of

technological advances we now take for granted including the discovery of electricity. Later,

George joined the Navy and fought in World War II and would eventually work for himself in the

carpentry business. He married my grandmother, Dorothy Louise Buck, who was born in

Summerville, South Carolina on June 1, 1925. They were married on July 25, 1942, in Charleston

in Dorothy's mother's home. Dorothy owned a clothing shop for quite some time after she had

three children, Linda Carol, George Lewis (Skip), and Perry Glenn.

George Lewis, my father, was born on. July 4, 1947, in Columbia. He attended Jackson

Heights Grammer School, Bradley Elementary School, and A.C. Flora High School. After grade

school, he attended Lees McCrae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, and later received a

Civil Engineering Degree from Midlands Technical College, where he net my mother, Judy

Allaire. Judy's mother is Mary Theresa Marcoux, who is from Quebec, Canada. Her father is

Frederick Arthur Allaire, who was born in Rhode Island. Apparently, I am related to John

Adams through Judy's father; my grandfather. My mother was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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on December 1, 1949, and lived there until August of 1963, when her father was transferred here

with Kendall Textiles. Judy finished High School at Camden High and received a Dental

Hygienist Degree from Midlands Technical College. My mom and dad married on July 5, 1969.

My father now owns a construction company and my mother is a dental hygienist in a dental

office.

May 1, 1974,I was born. My brother Clay was born March 4, 1977. I attended St.

Joseph's School for nine years and graduated from A.C. Flora High School in 1992. I now attend

USC with intentions to graduate with a Chemical Engineering Degree. My brother went to

Crayton Middle School for the sixth through eighth grade and then went on to A.C. Flora to

graduate exactly thirty years after our father in 1995. He now attends Midlands Technical

College.

This is only my dads side of the family. In short review, George Washington Wilson

(Gilbert Nathanial) is my great, great, great grandfather. His son, William Perry , had a son

named Grover Osdell. Grover had a son named George Washington, who had a son named

George Lewis (Skip). Skip is my father. My mother's side of the family is complicated with a

great deal of history behind it as well, however, because no one on her side of the family came to

South Carolina until the early 1960's, I was unable to talk about them. However, when I take

History 112 next semester, I would enjoy writing another family history stressing her ancestors. I

have enjoyed writing this paper and intend to keep pushing for more details about Gilbert

Nathanial's parents.

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on the farm. They mainly grew cotton until the depression, when Grover began his career as a

carpenter building bridges and houses with a company named Florida Bridge and Construction

Co. Nellie died on January 30, 1946. After Nellie died, Grover remarried twice. The first time

was to Daisy Young, but she died a year later of bad health. Four years later, he married Francis

Powers. Grover died on February 1, 1978, and is buried in Willow Swamp.

George Washington Wilson, son of Nellie and Grover was born on February 1, 1922, in

Neeses, South Carolina. George grew up on the farm Nellie inherited. Eventually, they owned

more than 100 acres of land. George and his sisters and brothers experienced the barrage of

technological advances we now take for granted including the discovery of electricity. Later,

George joined the Navy and fought in World War II and would eventually work for himself in the

carpentry business. He married my grandmother, Dorothy Louise Buck, who was born in

Summerville, South Carolina on June 1, 1925. They were married on July 25, 1942, in Charleston

in Dorothy's mother's home. Dorothy owned a clothing shop for quite some time after she had

three children, Linda Carol, George Lewis (Skip), and Perry Glenn.

George Lewis, my father, was born on July 4, 1947, in Columbia. He attended Jackson

Heights Grammer School, Bradley Elementary School, and A.C. Flora High School. After grade

school, he attended Lees McCrae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, and later received a

Civil Engineering Degree from Midlands Technical College, where he met my mother, Judy

Allaire. Judy's mother is Mary Theresa Marcoux, who is from Quebec, Canada. Her father is

Frederick Arthur Allaire, who was born in Rhode Island. Apparently, I am related to John

Adams through Judy's father; my grandfather. My mother was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

PRIMARY SOURCES

Fogle, Modelle. Personal Interview. 06 October. 1996.

"Nearly 100 Years Old. Aged and Well Known Citizen of Bowman Dead." The

Orangeburg Sun 22 March 1912.

Orangeburg County. Salley Archives. Genealogy : Wilson File, A-333. 1868-1946.

Shuler, Josephine F. Personal Interview. 14 September. 1996.

South Carolina. Caroliniana Library. List of Person Reporting for Enrollment in

Orangeburg. Columbia, South Carolina: Dr. Allen Heath Stokes, Jr., 1989.

South Carolina. Caroliniana Library. Person Exempt Under Act of Congress Approved

Febry. 17, 1864. Columbia, South Carolina: Dr. Allen Heath Stokes, Jr., 1989.

United States. The National Archives and Records Services. Population Schedules of

the Seventh Census of Chester. Chesterfield. Colleton and Darlington Districts,

1850. Microcopy Publication No. 432. Roll 851. Washington : 1964. P

451,452. Line 22.

United States. The National Archives and Records Services. Population Schedules of

the Eighth Census of Orangeburg and Newberry Counties. 1860. Microcopy

Publication No. 653. Roll 1224. Washington : 1967. P 404 A,B. Line 30.

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Walkup, Terry W. Personal Interview. 25 September. 1996.

Wilson, Dorothy B. Personal Interview. 06 October. 1996.

Wilson, George W. Personal Interview. 06 October. 1996.

SECONDARY SOURCES

Harrison, Gladys B., and Josephine F. Shuler. The Descendants of George Washington

Wilson. Orangeburg, South Carolina: 1984.

Kirkland, Randolph W., Jr. Broken Fortunes. South Carolina Soldiers . Sail ors and

Citizens Who Died in the Service of their Country and State in the War for

Southern Independence, 1861-1865. South Carolina : South Carolina Historical

Society: 1995.

Segrest, Freddie H., and Phala J. Tatum. The Segrest Saga. Hartline Publishing Co.,

1994.

I would like to acknowledge Josephine F. Shuler for her guidance and information while

assisting me with this paper. If it were not for her, this paper may not have been possible. She is

a past president of the National Historical Society and currently is on the board of The German

Swiss Society in Orangeburg. She has been digging deep in the Wilson family history since the

early 1960's.

APPENDIX

PREFACE

This publication of the List of Persons Reporting For Enrollment in Orangeburg for possible military service in the Confederate Army marks the first undertaking by OGSGS to publish information from a manuscript of historical im-portance.

The original source of this information is found in the South Caroliniana Library on the campus of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. It is one official document pertaining to an area of the state which is filed in a pub-lic library and not in the South Carolina Archives.

When Dr. Allen Heath Stokes, Jr., Director of the South Caroliniana Library, spoke at Oktoberfest IX on October 7, 1989, he displayed the original document and presented a copy to the Society, suggesting that OGSGS publish the content. Since that time, James Hill Gressette, Jr. has directed the project to prepare the material for this publication, which the Society offers as an aid to genealogical research and as an item of historical interest from the period of the 1860's in Orangeburg.

LIST OF PERSON REPORTING FOR ENROLLMENT IN ORANGEBURG

NO. DATE NAME WHERE BORN AGE HEIGHT EYES HAIR COMP. OCCUPATION

432 Aug. 3 Spencer, W.P. Orangeburg, SC 18 5.7 blue red fair Student 433 Aug. 10 Rives, William T. Richland, SC 46 5.9 grey dark fair C.S.Collector 434 Aug. 10 Spigener, Danl. F. Orangeburg, SC 44 5.11 blue dark fair C.S.Assessor 435 Aug. 11 Barsh, W.F. Orangeburg, SC 24 5.9 blue dark fair Farmer 436 Aug. 13 Starnes, John S. Lexington, SC 17 5.6 grey light fair Farmer 437 Aug. 15 Hutto, Joseph Orangeburg, SC 31 5.6 grey light fair Farmer 438 Aug. 17 Cooper, James Orangeburg, SC 44 5.4 grey dark ruddy Farmer 439 Aug. 17 Williamson, John T. Orangeburg, SC 17 5.11 grey light fair Farmer 440 Aug. 17 Keyes, Otis A. Orangeburg, SC 45 5.9 black black dark Merchant 441 Aug. 23 Odom, George I. Barnwell, SC 35 5.7 blue dark ruddy Physician 442 Aug. 26 Poole, Richard D. Maryland 22 5.7 grey auburn ruddy Physician 443 Aug. 27 Smoke, Francis M. Orangeburg, SC 24 5.3 blue light fair Farmer 444 Aug. 27 Livingston, M.H. Orangeburg, SC 17 5.8 blue dark fair Farmer 445 Aug. 27 Morrell, L.B. Georgia 21 5.3 blue light fair Farmer 446 Aug. 27 Adams, Cicero Georgia 31 5.9 grey light fair Lawyer 447 Sept. 6 Giessendanner, J.R. Orangeburg, SC 17 5.4 blue dark dark Farmer 448 Sept. 9 Tyler, Warren C. Orangeburg, SC 17 5.8 blue black dark Farmer 449 Sept. 10 Bruce, A.H. Orangeburg, SC 17 5.0 blue light dark Farmer 450 Sept. 10 Whetsell, J.R. Orangeburg, SC 42 5.10 blue dark ruddy Miller 451 Sept. 10 Barber, Jacob B. Orangeburg, SC 19 5.5 dark dark dark Farmer 452 Sept. 15 Alexander, Saml. T. Charleston, SC 18 5.1 blue light fair Student 453 Sept. 20 Hunt, Benj. G. Alabama 31 5.10 grey dark ruddy Miller 454 Sept. 22 Barton, George W. Orangeburg, SC 43 5.8 hazel dark dark Miller 455 Sept. 22 Carter, Willis Colleton, SC 49 5.7 brown black dark R.R. Employee 456 Sept. 1 Cobia, W.H. Charleston, SC 40 5.10 grey black dark R.R. Employee 457 Sept. 1 Wilson, George W. Orangeburg, Sc 35 5.10 blue light fair R.R. Employee_ 458 Sept. 1 Reeves, John C. Orangeburg, SC 30 5.9 blue light fair R.R. Employee 459 Sept. 1 Walling, Joshua Orangeburg, SC 28 5.8 grey dark dark R.R. Employee 460 Sept. 1 Rose, Thos. P. Orangeburg, SC 27 5.9 black black dark R.R. Employee 461 Sept. 1 Cameron, D. Orangeburg, SC 38 5.9 dark black dark R.R. Employee 462 Sept. 1 Dukes, James Orangeburg, SC 42 5.10 dark black dark R.R. Employee 463 Sept. 1 Patrick, John P. Orangeburg, SC 48 5.11 hazel dark dark R.R. Employee 464 Sept. 1 Connerly, Barney D. Barnwell, SC 46 5.8 hazel dark dark R.R. Employee

PERSONS EXEMPT UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED FEBRY 17, 1864

DATE CAUSE OF NO. OF NO. DATE NAME WHERE BORN AGE OWNER EXEMP EXEMPTION SLAVES

96 June 1 Joiner, Donald R. Orangeburg, SC 28 J.D. Kett Jun 1 Overseer 40 97 June 3 Wannamaker, W.W. Orangeburg, SC Physician 98 June 10 Bronson, D.L. Kershaw, SC 46 D.L. Bronson Jun 10 Own & Manager 15 99 June 18 Spradley, W.L. Edgefield, SC 40 J.A. Sally Jun 18 Overseer 15 100 June 18 Hayden, John S. Orangeburg, SC 3? Jun 18 Minister 101 July 23 Bull, N.A. Connecticut 45 Jul 23 Post Master 102 Aug. 24 Odom, George I. Barnwell, SC 35 Physician 102 Aug. 3 Chaplin, W.F. Beauford, SC 30 Minister 103 July 4 Mellichamp, F.H. Beaufort, SC 35 Physician 104 Apr. 12 Holman, I.A.K. Orangeburg, SC 39 Physician 105 Sept. 1 Cobia, W.H. Charleston, SC 40 Mechanic RR Employee 106 Sept 1 Wilson, Geo. W. Orangeburg, SC 35, Carpenter RR Employee 107 Sept 1 Reeves, John C. Orangeburg, SC 30 Carpenter RR Employee 108 Sept 1 Walling, Joshua Orangeburg, SC 28 Carpenter RR Employee 109 Sept 1 Rose, Thos. P. Orangeburg, SC 27 Carpenter RR Employee 110 Sept 1 Cameron, D. Orangeburg, SC 38 Carpenter RR Employee 111 Sept 1 Dukes, James Orangeburg, SC 42 Carpenter RR Employee 112 Sept 1 Patrick, John P. Orangeburg, SC 48 Carpenter RR Employee 113 Sept 1 Connerly, Barney D. Barnwell, SC 46 Carpenter RR Employee 114 Sept 1 Carmalt, J.W. Scotland 41 Foreighner 115 Sept 1 Pou, William L. Orangeburg, SC 31 Physician 116 July 12 Hutto, Philip S. Orangeburg, SC 45 I.S. Jennings Jul 2 Overseer 117 Oct. 14 Jennings, John T. Orangeburg, SC 33 Jno T. Fanning Oct 14 Owner & Manager 16 118 Oct. 14 Jennings, H.H. Orangeburg, SC 46 H.H. Jennings Oct 14 Owner & Manager 22 119 Oct. 20 Smith, W.H. Barnwell, SC 29 I.S. Jennings Oct 20 Overseer 18 120 Oct. 29 King, C.W.P. Colleton, SC 32 W. King Oct 29 Mangr & Overseer 15 121 Oct. 29 Lancaster, J.A. Barnwell, SC 41 I. Townsend Oct 29 Overseer 22 122 Nov. 2 Pohl, T.B. Charleston, SC 30 RR Employee 123 Nov. 3 Laws, Jas. A. Barnwell, SC 26 Est. I.I.Wannamker Nov 3 Overseer 25 124 Nov. 3 Stokes, Thos. P. Colleton, SC 43 T.P. Stokes Nov 3 Ownr&Overseer 15 125 Nov. 3 Baxter, E.J. Orangeburg, SC 24 D.H. Baker Nov 3 Overseer 15 126 Nov. 3 Tate, J.H.P. Orangeburg, SC 32 J.H. P.Tate Nov 3 Own & Manager 30

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Died at this place on the 23 April last...leaving husband and nix children... G.

The Orgb Pews, 9 lay 1868.

MARRIED: MISS S. V. WILSON... of Oraxgeburg..0n the 21st Aug 1873..and Mr.

James A. Cobb of Greenville...

The O. Times, 18 Sept 1873.

MARRIED: J. L. WILSON.. Dec. 28, 1881...to Miss J. F. Stroman, allot O. Co..

Sou. Ch. Adv., 14 Jan 1882.

MISS IDA WILSON... Ida Wilson Thursday, Dec. 17, 1891..to Lr. d. Hamilton Petrick, both of C. Co.

Sou. Ch. Adv., 7 Jan 1892.

MASTER JULIAN HARRY WILSON... aged four years and nine maths, the youngest son of Mr.

4: Mrs. G. W. Wilson of Middlepen, died on January 12, af- ter

a short illness... 41,„ A Walnut.

T. k D., 3 Feb 1892.

'MARRIED: ROBERT WILSON.. On Wednesday night quite a romantic marriage occurred

in this city. It was the union of Miss Lottie White to 'Robert Wilson, both of this place.The resolution to be made one seemed to have been suddenly formed, as the pair repaired to Chief Perryclear and demanded to be married by him. The chief decline..saying that it was beyond his ,jurisdiction, and sent for a minister...all the clergymen were engaged at prayer meeting, the services of the clerk. of Court, Mr. Wannamaker, were called into requisition... After the ceremony Chief Perryclear furnished the wine and cake and the young couple went on their way rejoicing.

T. k D., 24 Feb 1892.

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MARRIED: DURHAM S. WILSON... at the bride's home, Orangeburg..Dec. 26, 1895..and

'Miss Angie C. Ayers.

Sou. Ch. Adv., 10 Jan 1896.

;MARRIED: C. W. WILSON... in Norway..on Wed. afternoon, Doc. 23, 1896..

'Rod Miss Gertie Smoak...

T. & D., 6 Jan 1897.

ALDA L. WILSON... wife of Mr. G. W. Wilson, who moved s short time age from Honey Hill, Berkeley County, to Orangeburg, died on last Thursday after a protracted illness..a Methodist... she leaves devoted husband and four children...

T. & D., 10 Nov 1897.

MARRIED: MISS ORRIE S. WILSON... of Bowman, at the residence of her father, J. L. Wil-

son...Oct. 19, 1898..to Mr. Wm. F. Croswell of Fort Motto..

T. & D., 26 Oct 1898.

MARRIED:-MISS RENA WILSON... on Wednesday, Dec. 26...at the home of her brother,

Mr. D. S. Wilson...her sister, Miss Lyde Wilson was Maid of Honor. The groom is a well-to-do farmer of Cameron.

(T) T. & D.,. 2 Jan 1901.

HARRIED: MISS AGNES WILSON... C=AN

and Mr. D. L. Brickle, at the home of Wilson, all of O. County, on Mar. 10, 1901.

Sou. Ch. Adv., 4 Apr 1901. di‘e)/s1A'

MARRIED: JAS. M. WILSON... a--"0"--1-1---) or last Wednesday, 12th instant..at the Bowman Par-

sonage...to Miss Lessie O. Shuler, both of the Middlepen section...followed by a sumptuous repast at the residence of the groom's father, Cant. G. W. Wilson...the bride is the eldest daughter of Capt. and Mrs. F. P. Shuler...

T. & D., 19 Mar 1902.

INFANT DAUGHTER OF W. & MRS. ENNIS WILSON... on last Wednesday...near Lee's Turnout..died end was

buried et the cemetery of Willow Swamp church..

T. & D., 15 Apr 1903.

ms. S. E. WILSON... who lived in this city with her son, Col. W. G. Smith,

died at Anderson, where she was visiting. Mrs. Wilson was sixty-three...a Baptist...interred in Bamberg...

T. & D., 16 Nov 1904.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT: MRS.(?) SALLIE E. WILSON... from the Woman's Missionary Society of the O. Baptist

church, Dec. 13, 1904...our tribute of love to the memory of one who was faithful in the discharge of her duties, both as a member and officer of said association- societies...

(Committee) The Baptist Courier, 12 Jan 1905.

ISAAC NEWELL WILSON... was born in O. county..Jan. 20, 1825; died at his-home--

in Berkeley county..Jan. 2, 1905... after the late Con-federate war, When down in the lower part of Berkeley ley county, he allied himself with the Methodist....In 1862___ he volunteered as a Confederate soldier...He leaves an aged widow, five sons, three daughters, fifty -grandchildren-and- ten great-grandchildren....(W. T. Patrick)

_Sou, Ch. Adv., 27 Apr 1905,.__

MARRIED: B. S. WILSON... Cr the afternoon of Dec. 9, 1906, at the residence of

Mrs. Franklin Shuler, to their youngest daughter, Carrie...Among attendants:..Mr. D. G. Shuler...Mr. Wilson is the youngest son of Cent. and tars. Tr. W. Wilson Wilson

T. & D., 20 Dec 1906. 'V

INFANT: CHILD OF MR. AND MRS. J. M. WILSON... c41-2,-,., Bowman, Sept. 27:...died here early yesterday...

T. & D., 28 Sept 1911(Thurs.)

CORINE WILSON... -1-4V-141'14 Bowman, Nov. lst:..daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney

Wilson, on R. F. D. 1, died yesterday afternoon and will be buried at Walnut Grove Baptist Church near here Wednesday. Little Corine was (about four,),.

T. & D.. 2 Nov 1911(Thurs.) 04/1.1.

CORINE LIDIA WILSON. Jam'-4t-p-i-• 21)) /5 o little girl o our years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Barney Wilson - a Bowman...laid to rest at Walnut Grove Baptist church..(no date) Oct 31 1911

,T. & D., 7 Nov 1911(Tues.)

MARRIED: MISS MARY SALOME WILSON... Wednesday afternoon at the Lutheran Church in

this city..to Mr. Charles Edward Betts of Quitman Georgia...Among attendants:..the bridesmaid, Miss

Hannah R. Wilson of St. Stephens; the bride on 1 the arm of her brother, Mr. Robert D. Wilson of Walhalla, S. C....The ceremony was performed by the Fey. J. H. Wilson, D. D., father of the bride assisted by the Fey. Al D. Betts of Greensboro, N. C., grandfather of the grooms...

8, D.. 5 Dec 1911(Tues.)

MRS. CLARENCE WILSON... ..Wednesday..died..She and her husband-came to St.

!Matthews from Sumter about two years ago...She was a Miss Nesbitt of Marion County, the daughter-in-law of the Rev. Jno. Wilson, a prominent member of the Methodist Church, recently of Sumter. She leaves a husband and several small children. The body was buried Thursday at West End Cemetery...a Methodist(from The News and Courier)

T. & D., 27 Jan 1912(Sat.)

GEORGE W. WILSON... who died at his home near Bowman on last Sunday, had

.nearly reached the century mark, having been born July 4, 1812.. lie was perhaps the oldest citizen of O. County. For a number of years he was a valued employee of the old South Carolina Railroad, but for the last forty years or more he has been a successful farmer. He leaves a large family... Wrong date ,

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T. & D., 21 Mar 1912(Thurs.)

D. S. WILSON... merchant of this city, died in a hospital in Charleston

early Tuesday morning—funeral at Walnut Grove church..

T. & D., 7 Sept 1916(Thurs.)

LIEUT. ORVILLE K. WILSON... of the 318th Field Artillery Band...is dead in France-

as a result of pneumonia...January 12, and Mrs. Wilson, now in Richmond, Va., was immediately notified. Lieut. Wilson was about fifty-five..and had made this city his home for a number of years. He organized and was leader of the Orangeburg Band for a long period, and during the service of our State's troops along the Mexican border, he was in charge of the band, then the 2nd regiment band. When the European War came, this organization was called out, and later assigned to the 318th Field Artillery. He was a musician of unusual ability and the many delightful concerts given in Orangeburg will long be remembered.

While in Orangeburg, Lieut. Wilson was the manager of the Reliance Theatre. He was a Methodist and a Mason. He leaves his widow, and two children, Miss Irene Wilson, who is with her mother, and a son, Orville K., Jr., who is in the 318th F. A. Band overseas.

q. & D., 30 Jan 1919(Thurs.)

MARRIED: FRED WILSON... AA- of Norway..and Miss Francis Jones, daughter of W8,2,--

J. C. Jones...at the home of Rev. Dr. W. A. Massabeau on Church St., Thursday, June 11...Both..are members of Orangeburg's younger set...to make Orangeburg their home.

T. & D., 17 Jun 1919(Tues.)

MRS. E. C. WILSON... Bowman, Dec. 5. - of the Walnut Grove section..died

yesterday..buried at Walnut Grove church..this afternoon.; Mrs. Wilson was about 72..and us survived by two sons, - J. M. and (B. W. Wilson, and four daughters: Mrs. J. B. Bair, R. F. D. 1; Mrs. G. W. Shuler, Cameron; Mrs. Free-land and Miss Jennie Wilson of Orangeburg...Her husband,

1-44(, Mr. G. W. Wilson, preceded ) T. & D., 7 Dec 1919(Sun.) her some years ago...

(MARRIED: WALTER WILSON... at First Baptist church, by Rev. Geo. E. Davis, Feb..:".! 1, 1920, and Miss Reacy Belle Amaker, both of this county.;

T. & D., 3 Feb 1919(Tues.)

MARRIED: MISS PANSYE LORENA WILSON... and Perry A. Smoak..on Saturday, Var. 12.., at the Bowman

Baptist parsonage..She is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Wilson of near Bowman..She is a graduate of the bowman High school and was a member of the Commercial Class of Orange burg. Mr. Smoak is the son of Mrs. Rebecca Smoak of the Cope section and is a young business man.

T. & D., 15 Mar 1932(Tues.)

JOSEPH EARL WILSON... Walterboro, June 18. --services for Joseph Earl Wilson,

43, who died at his home at Cope yesterday after a five months' illness, were held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church..this afternoon.. Interment followed at the Pleasant Grove cemetery.

Mr. Wilson was a blacksmith and a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lizzie Drawdy Wilson; a son, Ernest Wilson of Swanquarter, E. C.; four daughters, Miss Gladys Wilson, Cope; Miss Ray Wilson, Charleston; Misses Louise and Elizabeth Wilson. Henry Wilson, a brother, of Canadys, and Mrs. Pauline Risher of Walterboro, a sister, also survive.

T. & D., 20 Jun 1935(Thurs.)

MARRIED: MISS MODELLE WILSON... daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Wilson, on July 6, 1935, to

Manning Fogle of Neeses..

T. & D., 13 Jul 1935(Sat.)

MARRIED: MISS CHRISTIE MAE WILSON... Neeses, Nov. 29. - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Wilson,

to William Hutto of Norway, or Nov. 23, 1935.

T. & D., 3 Dec 1935(Tues.)

DR. & MRS. HARRY F. WILSON... Bowman, Dec. 30. - of Dillon scent Christmas with the for-

mer's parents, Lr. and Mrs. J. L. Wilson, in the Walnut Grove section.

T. & D., 31 Dec 1935(Tues.)

MARRIED: MISS BLANCHE HAZEL WILSON... and Julius Edward Gramling, Jr., Saturday afternoon,

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Feb. 15, at the Baptist parsonage in Bowman..She is the )daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Wilson of Bowman, and is an honor graduate of the Un. of S. C., where she was nam-ed on the Dean's List during both her junior and senior years..Mr. Gramling is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius E. Gramling of Orangeburg. He received his education at the Un. of Alabama and Draughon's Business College in Colum-bia..They will make their home in Charleston, where Mr. Gramling holds a responsible position.

T. & D., 18 Feb 1936(Tues.)

MARRIED: MISS MINNIE MAE WILSON.... and Thomas Garland Bonnette..Thursday afternoon at the hornet.

of Rev. P. A. Bolen, uncle of the groom, in the presence of a few relatives and friends.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Wilson and is a graduate of Winthrop Since graduation she has been

Married: Minnie Mae Wilson...(cont.) teaching in Smoaks High School.

Mr. Bonnette is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bon-nette. He is a graduate of Furman Un., and for the past four years he has been teaching in the public schools of the state.. After Aug. 28, they will make their home in Norway, where Mr. Bonnette is principal of the high school this session.

T. & D.. 22 Aug 1936(Sat.)

MR. & MRS. O. A. CLARK...(Wilson) Bowman. of Jacksonville, Fla., accompanied by their

two boys and daughter, also a niece, Miss Harriet Harrold, arrived Thursday morning to spend a few days with Mrs. Clark's brother, A. E. Wilson, in the Walnut Grove sec-

tion. T. a D., 1 Sep 1939(Fri.)

MARRIED: MISS SYLVIA EVELYN WILSON.. Bowman, Dec. 25. - youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. S.

'Nilson, at the Baptist parsonage, by her pastor, to Julian Basil Rickenbaker, son of L. W. Rickenbaker and the late Mrs. Rickenbaker of Cameron, on Dec. 24. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, class of 1938. Since graduation she has been teaching in the Yemassee high school. Mr. Rickenbaker was graduated from Clemson College in 1938.

Since then he has been teaching agriculture at Furman, S. C.

T. & D., 26 Dec 1939(Tues.)

MR. & MRS. J. B. RICKENBAKER.. (Wilson) Wilson

left Tuesday for Furman, where Mr. Rickenbaker will teach again this year. They spent two weeks with Mrs. Rickenbaker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Wilson.

T. & D., 5 Sep 1940(Thurs.)

MR. & MRS. B. S. WILSON... Spending Christmas Day at the home of their parents,

Mr. and Mrs. B. VIII; Wilson, were Mr. and Mrs. T. U. Bonnett of Holly Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Smoak, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Gramling, Jr., and daughter, Hazel Ann, all of Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. basil Rickenbaker and little

daughter, Judith Marlyn, of Cameron. All were present to enjoy this henry occasion except

their son and his wife, Yr. and Mrs. u. V. Wilson, from Mineola, N. Y. T. a D., 30 Dec 1941(Tues.)

MISS JENNIE WILSON... "Aunt Jane

Bowman. - of Orangeburg is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Bair, Sr., in the Walnut Grove section.

T. & D.. 21 Feb 1942(Sat.)

JAMES HARVEY WILSON... son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson on Jan. 30.(Holly Hill News)

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Hr. & D., 26 Feb 1942(Thurs.)

MRS. ANGIE AYERS 91, died at the hone of her nephew, J. W. Smoak, Ridge-

ville, Sunday morning..services will he Monday at St. Paul's Methodist Church—with ipterment at Sunnyside cemetery. Mrs. Wilson had lived with Mr. and Mrs. J. 7i. Smoak for many years

in Orangeburg and moved with them to Ridgeville about ten years ago. A faithful church worker and a member of St. Paul's

for over 70 years, she gave freely to those in need. She was a charter member of the missionary society and the Basket Band.

T. & D., 9 Nov 1942(Mon.)

Lt. COL. & MRS. HARRY F. WILSON.. are guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.

Wilson. Col. Nilson is in the Army Medical Corps, station-ed at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., where he is chief of a re-search division of the. Chemical warfare Service Technical Command. Mrs. Wilson is a registered nurse and has been working at Doctors hospital in •Washington

IT, & D., 17 Apr 1943(Sat.)

SGT. AND MRS. VERNON WILSON.. Bowman. - of New York are spending some time with the for-

mer's parents, Mr.and Mrs. B. S. Wilson in the Walnut Grove section.

T&D. 29 Nov 1945.

SGT. AND MRS. GEO. V. WILSON left Saturday for their home in New York, after spend-

ing 3 weeks with their parents, Mr.and Mrs. B. S. Wilson. Sgt. Wilson has been in the Army 39 months, two years of this time being spent overseas.

Tom. 10 Dec 1945.

MRS. NELLIE WILSON.. wife of G. O. Wilson, died at a Columbia hospital this

morning arter a few hours' illness. She was a native of Orangeburg county but had resided in Columbia for a number of years.

she is survived by her husband, G. U. Wilson, of Columbia, and the following children: Mrs. Booser Hutto of Norway; Mrs. canning Fogle of Norway; Lt. Woodrow Wilson, Camp Leonard Wood, Mo.; George Wilson of Columbia and Mrs. Lois Blucher of Colum-bia..

T&D. 31 Jan 1946(Thurs.)

MRS. GROVER U. NILSON died at the Providence hospital in Columbia yesterday af-

ternoon..services will be from the Calvary Baptist church at Neeses..

surviving are her husband; three daughters: Mrs. Donald Blocker of Columbia; sirs. Boozer Hutto and Mrs. Manning Fogle of Neeses; two sons, Lt. Woody O. Wilson of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and George O. Wilson of Columbia; four sisters: Mrs. R. D. Keller, Mrs. Joe Berry, Mrs. Willie Kemmerlin and Mrs. Doyle Thompson, all of Orangeburg.

Tali, 1 Feb 1946.

MRS. CARRIE SHULER of the Walnut Grove community, died suddenly Saturday

morning at her residence near Downier'. She had been in declining health because of heart trouble for some time.

She was a daughter of the late Franklin F. Shuler and Bettie Cook Shuler of Orangeburg county..

..services at the Walnut Grove church.. lnterment in the churchyard. surviving are her husband, Bernie Wilson of bowman; a son, George V. Wilson, of Harringron Park, 1q. J.; four daughters: Mrs. Garland Bonnette; Mrs. Ferry Smoak and Mrs. J. L. Gremlins, Jr., all of Orangeburg, and Mrs.J. Basil Rickenbaker of Cameron; two sisters: Mrs. Jim Wilson ana Mrs. J. A. Weathers, both of bowman; three brothers: Herbert G. Shuler of Orangeburg; Thomas F. bhuler of bow_ man and Gary F. Shuler of Charlotte, 14. C. ; also five grandchildren..

T&d, 11 Mar

JAMES M. WILSON

James (Jim) M. Wilson, 94, of the Walnut Grove Community died at 10:15 a.m. Sunday at the; Veterans Hospital in Columbia..

He was born in Bowman, son of the, late George ashington Wilson and Evan Bozard Wilson. He was a retired far-mer, oldest member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church, and was a veteran of the Spanish American War. His first wife was the late Mrs. Lessie Shuler Wilson.

Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Monday at the Walnut Grove Baptist Church with the 'Rev., Leroy Blewer officiating: Interment' will follow in the,

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church cemetery. The body will be placed in the

church one hour . before the service.

Active pallbearers will be 4, E.• Gramling, Garland Bo nette, 'Shelley Bair, Ea rl Appleby;--.! Larry' Patrick, Hampton Whetsell, Heyward Shuler and Timrod Austin.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bertha Myers Wilson of Bowman; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Leo Wilsorr Hall of Columbia; five stepdaughters; Mrs. Ernest (Thelma) Thompson of Branchville, Mrs: -George (Irene) , Bacot of Columbia, Mrs. Bernice Stoney of West Columbia, Mrs. Fred (Elsie) Smith of North Charleston, and Mrs. Jack (Doris) Berry of Bowman; 14 step-grandchildren; seven step: greatgrandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews

Friends may call at the residence in the Walnut Grove Community and at the Thomp- son Funeral Home.

will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Walnut Grove Baptist Church cemetery in Bowman, with the Rev. W.J. ,Carraway officiating.

Mr. Wilson was born in Or-angeburg County, a son of the late Barney S. and Carrie Shuler Wilson. He was a graduate of Clemson University and a re-tired salesman of Swift and Co. He was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church and the American Legion and a World War II veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace R. Wilson; three sisters, Mrs. T. Garland (Minnie Mae) Bonnette and Mrs. Clyde W. (Pansye) Riser, both of Orangeburg, and Mrs. J. Basil (Evelyn) Rickenbaker of Cameron; and his stepmother, Mrs. Nathalee S. Wilson of Ridgeville.

Friends may call at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home.

GEORGE V. WILSON CONWAY, S.C. r George Vernon Wilson, 75, of 1107 Oak St., died Saturday evening at his residence following an extended illness. 1 L cJ \c\ is 3 ;„Graveside.,- funeral services

Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson Kinard

Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson Ki-nard, 86, of the Orangeburg Nurs-ing Home, died Wednesday at her residence.

The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church near Neeses, with the Rev. R.B. Moorehead and the Rev. B.B. Chestine. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jacob Gar-rick, Paul Garrick, Billy Dyches, Terry Walkup, Ray Smith and Maurice Keitt. Honorary pallbear-ers will be deacons of Calvary Baptist Church.

Mrs. Kinard was born Sept. 14, 1906, in Orangeburg County, a daughter of the late Ennis Wilson and Hattie Gray Wilson. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was the widow of Leo Kinard.

Survivors include a son, Jimmy Kinard of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla.; five daughters, Mrs. Mary Dyches of Hilda, Bernice Davis of Gaston, Mrs. Carl (Agnes) Keitt of Osteen, Fla., Jolly Jensen of Or-lando, Fla., and Mrs. Corrie Gib-son of Norway; a brother, Mickey Wilson of Tabbs, Va.; four sisters, Lizzie Douglas of Savannah, Ga., Helen Harden of Lexington, Alma Daniels of. Chamblee, Ga., and Hope Love of West Columbia; 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grand-children and a great-great-grand-daughter.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Thompson Funeral Home of Or-angeburg. Friends may call at the residence of Mrs. Corrie Gibson, U.S. Highway 400, Norway, and at the funeral home.

NEARLY 100 YEARS OLD

Aged and Well Known Citizen of

Bowman Dead.

Bowman---- Mr George Wilson, the oIdest citizen of this section, and probably of the county, died Sunday evening and was buried Monday 'evening. He was born July 1, 1812, and died March 17, 1912, lacking but three months of being 100 years old;

Mr Wilson was married twice had seven chiIdren from

his first marriage, and ten from his second He was a .consistent member of the

Baptist church for 70 years, and was one of Bowman's true and sub"

stantial citizens. who could be depended upon in times of need.

The deceased had a remarkable physique and was in bed only two weeks before his death, which was a general breakdown. He was sick very little in his long life. Mr. Wilson was

Confederate veteran. He was for a number of years an employee of the old South Carolina Railway Company, having his head-quarters in Orangeburg

The funeral eervices were held at, Walnut Grove Baptist church, of which church he was a lifelong member. Burial took place in the church graveyard. Mr Wilson is survived by his widow and the followong children: Mrs S V Cobb of Dallas, Texas; Mrs L G Shuler of Cameron; Mrs W H Patrick, Bowman; Mrs John B Bair, Bowman; Mrs J C Freeland and Miss Jennie Wilson of Orangeburg; and five

sons, Dr M C Wilson of Rincon, Ga.; J L WilSon of Columbia J M Wilson, Bowman, D S Wilson Orangeburg and Barney Wilson of Bowman.

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THE ORANGEBURG SUN Friday, March 22, 1912

Orangeburg, S.C.

NEARLY 100 YEARS OLD

Aged and Well Known Citizen of Bowman Dead

Bowman-- Mr. George W. Wilson, the oldest citizen of this section, and probably of the county, died Sunday evening and was buried Monday evening. He was born July 1, 1812, and died MArch 17, 1912, lacking but three months of being 100 years old.

Mr. Wilson was married twice; had seven children from his first marriage, and ten from his second. He was a consistent member of the Baptist church for 70 years; and was one of Bowman's true and substan-tial citizens, who could be depended upon in times of need.

The deceased had a remarkable physique and was in bed only two weeks before his death, which was a general breakdown. He was sick very little in his long life. Mr. Wilson was a Confederate veteran. He was for a number of years an employee of the old South Carolina Railway Company, having his headquarters in Orangeburg.

The funeral services were held at Walnut Grove Baptist chrurch, of which he was a member. Burial took place in the church graveyard. Mr. Wilson is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. S.V.Cobb of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. L.G. Shuler of Cameron; Mrs. W.H. Patrick, Bowman; Mrs. John B. Bair, Bowman;Mrs. J.C. Freeland and Miss Jennie Wilson of Orangeburg; and five sons, Dr. M.C. Wilson of Rincon, Ga.; J.L.Wilson of Columbia, J.M. Wilson, Bowman; D.S. Wilson Orangeburg and Barney Wilson of Bowman.