Wilson

Great Grandparents
HENRY CLAY MOORE AND MARY ALICE WILSON

G. G. Grandparents
JAMES WILSON - Born May 10, 1833 at Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
Died Aug. 5, 1918 in Trenton, Illinois
SOPHIA GELLY - Born in 1841 in Ireland. Died May 4, 1919 in Illinois.
M. Oct. 20, 1860 in Illinois

-PHOTO OF JAMES AND SOPHIA WILSON-

G.G.G. Grandparents
JOHN (Written as "Jno." on James' death certificate) WILSON and MARGARET BROWN
Both born in Scotland.

Children of James and Sophia Wilson

Note: James and Sophia had sixteen children. The following are the only names I have found from two sources, Melvin Gelly and the 1880 Clinton County IL census. A birth record for Raymond lists him as the sixteenth child.

1. MARY ALICE WILSON - Born 1859 or 1860. Died 1912
m. 1) HENRY CLAY MOORE March 4, 1882.
m. 2) ROBERT COOK in 1901
See MOORE for children of Henry and Mary Alice.

2. EMMA GRACE WILSON - Born 1861. Died 1887. m. A W RIEGEL.

3. ROBERT WILSON - Born 1865. m. 1) GEORGIA SEIBOLD

..........1. Sophia - m. 1) Walter Kuhn. m. 2) Laverne Clementz
..........2. Leslie (Lessie) - born 1901. m. Henry Miener.

m.2) After Georgia died, Robert married KATE MARMADUKE. She died in 1913.
m.3) MAUD KINKADE.

Vivian Higbee states the following:
"Note: Georgia's marriage to Robert Wilson, [Son of James and Sophia Wilson] who was an uncle of Mabel Hobbs, wife of Herbert Elmer Hobbs, made their children - Vivian, Herbert, Leonard and Louis double second cousins to Inez, Lessie, Sofia, Leland and Orin Wilson."

4. MARGARET WILSON (Maggie) - Born 1867. m. FRANK VIRGIN

..........1. Florence Virgin - Born 1888. Not married
..........2. Horace Virgin - Born 1895. Died 1895
..........3. Herbert Virgin (Bert) - Born 1896. Died 1930.

Note: Melvin Gelly states that Florence died in 1959, but I have a letter she wrote to Mabel Hobbs in 1962.

5. ELLEN WILSON - Born in 1869. Died 1945. m. EDWARD HOBBS. No children.

Note:Virginia Hobbs' Tree shows the following:
Joseph Hobbs (Son of Herbert and Rutha Hobbs) b. 1842, m. Nancy Billingsley
Children of Joseph and Nancy:
..........1. Bert
..........2. Edward m. Ellen Wilson
Vivian Higbee states "Daughter [of Joseph] married Rich Lee". No mention of Edward Hobbs

6. ESTHER JANE WILSON - Born 1871. Died 1891. Not married.

7. BERTHA WILSON - Born Dec. 15, 1873. Died 1890. Not married.

8. JAMES WILSON - Born 1878. Died 1941. Married JULIA ? Died 1947.

..........1. Tuss Wilson

9. JESSIE WILSON(f.) - Born in 1868 per Melvin Gelly, but 1879 per 1880 census. Died 1957.
m. CURTIS BENDER, who died in 1957. Buried in Trenton, IL.

10. CORA WILSON - Born Sept., 1883. Died in 1981 at the age of 98.
m. JAMES DECREVEL , Sept. 1907. James died in 1961.

..........1. Dean Decrevel
..........2. Orville Decrevel
..........3. Bessie Decrevel m. Joy Malen.

11. RAYMOND WILSON - Born in 1888. Died, 1954. Buried in Trenton.
Married his first cousin, Sadie Gelly. She died in 1953. Bur. at Nokomis, IL

Sources:
1. Melvin Gelly, from "Gelly-Jelly Family Record". Note: The work of Melvin Gelly does appear to contain some errors.
2. 1880 Clinton County, IL Federal Census
3. Dorothy Falk, Clinton County look-up volunteer, who found valuable records for me. Thanks so much, Dorothy!
4. "Descendents of Herbert and Rutha Hobbs" outline by Vivian Hobbs Higbee.
5. Family tree drawn by Virginia Hobbs.
6. James birthplace was discovered in his Masonic obituary. Special Thanks to the Trenton Masonic Lodge for providing the obituary!
Many thanks to my cousins, who sent me the information compiled by their mothers, and to Marjorie Gelly, who sent me the outline written by her late husband, Melvin Gelly.

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