William Henry Wilson

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[Broderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3244]

Henry was a foreman for the Southern Railroad. His obituary appeared in The Raleigh News & Observer on 17 Oct 1957. It read, "William H. Wilson, Sr., 81, of Varina, died at his home early Wednesday. Funeral services will be held from the Fuquay Springs Presbyterian Church Thur. at 4 pm with the pastor Rev. Charles Parrish, officiating. Burial will be in Montlawn." The survivors were then listed. Henry bought his house in Varina when he retired. Granddaughter Phyllis recalled, "He was about 6'. He worked for the railroad. He brought Dad [Roy A. Cates] home for dinner one night - he worked for Granddad...[Roy] loved him more than any other person, other than his own family, than anyone he ever knew. They used to fish, hunt and talk for hours...Granddad later worked as a furniture salesman after retirement."

In the 1910 Census of Wake County, NC, in the Swift Creek Township, Henry is living with his first wife Artelia. They'd been married 7 years. He was a R.R. foreman at the time and was renting his home. He and Artelia could both read and write. Henry and Bettie were married by D. H. Tuttle. Henry and wife Bettie are buried at Gravesite 1 and 2, Unit C, in Block 4 of Lot 91.

William married Bettie Armistead Burwell on 14 May 1913 in Henderson, Vance County, NC. Bettie (daughter of William Spottswood Burwell and Alice Josephine Morton) was born on 7 Apr 1883 in Oxford, Granville County, NC; died on 23 Nov 1959 in Raleigh, Wake County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
2. Alice Morton Wilson
3. Jr. William Henry Wilson