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 1876 - 1957 (81 years)
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| Name |
William Henry Wilson |
| Birth |
12 Aug 1876 |
Apex, Wake County, North Carolina, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
16 Oct 1957 |
Varina, Wake County, NC |
| Person ID |
I16238 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Bettie Armistead Burwell, b. 7 Apr 1883, Oxford, Granville County, NC d. 23 Nov 1959, Raleigh, Wake County, NC (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
14 May 1913 |
Henderson, Vance County, NC |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F6223 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- [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.
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