TX Family Groupsheet for Rev. Francis (Frank) WILSON Family Submitted by: Daniel Bode Email address: danielbode@prodgy.net *********************************************** Copyright by submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Husband: Rev. Francis "Frank" WILSON Birthdate: July 21, 1824 Birthplace: Nicholas Co., Virginia Death date: August 22, 1893 Place of death: Polk Co., Texas Father: Rev. Francis WILSON Mother: Elizabeth KOUNTZ Marriage date: August 26, 1843 Marriage place: San Augustine, The Republic of Texas Wife: Harriet BROWN Birthdate: 1822 Birthplace: Louisiana Death date: March 23, 1886 Place of death: Polk Co., Texas Father: Esquire/Squire BROWN Mother: Lucretia VREEDENBERGH CHILDREN Child No. 1: Francis Morgan WILSON Sex: M Birthdate: June 27, 1844 Birthplace: San Augustine, The Republic of Texas Death date: May 28, 1931 Place of death: Madison Co., Texas Marriage date: August 31, 1870 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Mary THOMAS Child No. 2: Edward Henderson WILSON Sex: M Birthdate: October 22, 1846 Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas Death date: January 27, 1930 Place of death: Double Bayou, Chambers Co., Texas Marriage date: March 25, 1869 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Mariah OATES Child No. 3: Elizabeth Lucretia WILSON Sex: F Birthdate: January 6, 1850 Birthplace: Belgrade, Newton Co., Texas Death date: March 15, 1936 Place of death: Moscow, Polk Co., Texas Marriage date: May 6, 1875 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Travis Evander JOSEY Child No. 4: Margaret Ann WILSON Sex: F Birthdate: April 23, 1853 Birthplace: Belgrade, Newton Co., Texas Death date: October 24, 1929 Place of death: Livingston, Polk Co., Texas Marriage date: August 21, 1873 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Stephen Moses OATES Child No. 5: Olivia Corene WILSON Sex: Birthdate: December 3, 1855 Birthplace: Belgrade, Newton Co., Texas Death date: September 1, 1925 Place of death: Weldon, Houston Co., Texas Marriage date: December 16, 1875 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Charles Spencer OATES Child No. 6: William Ashbury WILSON Sex: M Birthdate: January 26, 1859 Birthplace: Belgrade, Newton Co., Texas Death date: January 17, 1902 Place of death: Moscow, Polk Co., Texas Marriage date: December 22, 1892 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Margaret Elizabeth McCRANEY Child No. 7: Frances Virginia "Jennie" WILSON Sex: F Birthdate: October 20, 1861 Birthplace: Belgrade, Newton Co., Texas Death date: October 28, 1949 Place of death: Baytown, Harris Co., Texas Marriage date: March 25, 1885 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Rev. Pickney Jackson WALDREP Child No. 8: Mary Elizabeth WILSON Sex: F Birthdate: March 19, 1865 Birthplace: Belgrade, Newton Co., Texas Death date: April 17, 1926 Place of death: Weldon, Houston Co., Texas Marriage date: February 9, 1888 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: William Henderson OATES Documentation: *Rev. Frank Wilson was a Methodist minister and farmer. The Wilson Family lived in San Augustine, Texas, until 1848 when they moved to Newton County. The Wilson Family was moving to Bosque County, Texas, in the winter of 1865 when a snowstorm on Christmas Day forced them to make camp in Moscow, Texas. While they were camping, two of their horses got away and while searching for them, the Wilsons found 1,100 acres for sale in the Ollie Community of Polk Co. The Wilson and Rice Families purchased this property and settled down. After the death of his wife, Harriet, in March 1886, Frank Wilson returned to Newto County where he courted a widow named Elizabeth (Betty) Horger Alson. She was the widow of Dr. John Alston. Frank and Betty were married Oct. 2, 1886, in Newton Co., Tx. They returned to Polk County and settled. Frank and his first wife, Harriet, are buried in the Rice Cemetery in Polk County, Texas. *Frank and Harriet Wilson's oldest son, Francis Morgan Wilson, was widowed when his wife, Mary, died in 1891. Francis M. Wilson married a young widow, Jane Wingfield, on Nov. 30, 1892, in Leon Co., Texas. *Frank and Harriet Wilson's second son, Edward Henderson Wilson, was widowed when his wife, Mariah Oates, died about 1875. Edward married Nancy Floried CANON, on Nov. 23, 1876, in Polk Co., Texas. Nancy was the daughter of Robert Taylor CANON and Amanda Louisa BEARD. Sources: Records in Polk County Courthouse, Livingston, Tx. Records in Newton County Courthouse, Newton, Texas. Tombstone inscriptions in Polk, Madison, and Houston Counties. Interviews with Ola Fay Oates Powell, William E. Smith, Jesse (Jake) Oates, and the late Rev. Waldrep of Spurger, Tx.