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, Gideon Hall (1832-1896) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 602 GIDEON HALL WILSON, born August 20, 1832. Son of Rev. Samuel Wilson, of Frenchton. He married November 23, 1859, Lydia Margaret Curry, daughter of John Curry. To this union ten children were born: Emma Florence, Charles William. Edward Grant, George Jay, Lanham Oliver, Samuel Foster, John Curry, Isaac Gideon, Mary Lucetta and Anna Delzena. On February 6, 1862, he with his family settled on a farm on the head waters of Sand Fork, which farm escaped injury from the heavy frost in the year 1859, on June 5th. For a short while he was engaged with E. E. Curry, as partner, in the mercantile business at Centerville, and were compelled to haul their goods from Clarksburg. In the year 1872 he moved to a place on the Little Kanawha River, of which Alpheus Rude was the first settler. Shortly after coming to this place he purchased the place, together with a grist mill and saw mill and continued in this business until it was destroyed by fire in the year 1890. He then turned his attention to lumber, which he pursued. Mr. Wilson's politics were Republican, and church views Methodist. It was largely through his influence that a Methodist Episcopal church was built near his home, known as Wilson Chapel. Mr. Wilson died April 15, 1896, at the age of 59 years, after a successful life financially, and renowned for his generosity to the poor. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Pages 78-79) FULL-NAME: Gideon H. Wilson AGE-AT-DEATH: 58y-10m-23d DEATH-DATE: April 15, 1896 MARITAL-STATUS: Married CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart Disease ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------