U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson, Solomon Thomas (1841-1922) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 511-512 Solomon Thomas Wilson, born in Maryland 1841, son of William P. and Eliza A. (Simmons) Wilson, was married in 1867 to Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin O. and Matilda (Wooden) Ware. Children, Laura V., John W., Mattie B., Henry F., James S., Francis C., Benjamin K., Cora E., Eliza A., Harriet B., William H., and Blanch. He is a member of the German Baptist Church, a Republican and a farmer, living on Sugar Creek, where he owns 400 acres, nearly all improved and in sod, and on which he now grazes sixty-nine cattle. His daughter Mattie, married Ashford W. Stalnaker, a farmer of Glade District; his son James S., married Mertie, daughter of John C. Right, a merchant at Huffman, Barbour County. His son Benjamin K., is a student at Buckhannon. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #13052 FULL-NAME: Solomon Wilson BIRTH-DATE: April 25, 1842 BIRTH-PLACE: Garrett, Maryland DEATH-DATE: December 16, 1922 DEATH-PLACE: Belington, Barker District, Barbour County, WV OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Wm. P. Wilson (born in Maryland) MOTHER: Eliza Simmons (born in Piedmont, W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Loss of vitality & heart failure INFORMANT: J. G. Wilson (of Belington, W.Va.) BURIAL: Sugar Creek Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------